Every Little Thing

Debuting in 1996 with the Top 40 hit "Feel My Heart," Every Little Thing became one of Japan's successful acts throughout the late-1990s and 2000s, an era that saw the band releasing nine chart-topping albums and six Number 1 hits. The J-pop group formed in Tokyo in 1996, with keyboardist Mitsuru Igarashi, vocalist Kaori Mochida, guitarist Ichiro Ito comprising the initial lineup. As a trio, Every Little Thing topped the Oricon Albums chart with the group's full-length debut, Everlasting, in 1997. The album featured three Top 40 singles, including "Dear My Friend," which reached number 9. Although wildly popular in Japan, Everlasting was quickly overshadowed by the band's sophomore release, Time to Destination, which arrived in 1998 and became Japan's tenth best-selling album of all-time. Five songs from Time to Destination cracked the Top 5, with two singles — "For the Moment" and "Face the Change" — reaching Number 1. Igarashi wrote every song on the album and continued to handle the bulk of the group's songwriting duties on Every Little Thing's third album, Eternity, which rocketed to Number 1 in 2000. However, Igarashi unexpectedly left the lineup shortly after Eternity's release, and the group transitioned to more of an acoustic-oriented sound as a duo. The commercial success continued with 2003's Many Pieces, 2004's Commonplace, and 2006's Crispy Park, all of which reached Number 1, as well as chart-topping singles like "Fragile" (2001), "Untitled 4 Ballads" (2002), and "Koibumi" (2004). Igarashi began collaborating with the group once again in 2009, contributing to several songs that appeared on Every Little Thing's ninth album, Change, the following year. Change reached the Top 10 in Japan, as did the remaining three albums released by the group during that decade. Similarly popular with compilation albums like Every Best Single: Complete, which became the group's final release to top the Oricon Albums chart.

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