Norah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She has won several awards for her music and, as of 2023, has sold more than 53 million albums worldwide.
Billboard named her the top jazz artist of the 2000s decade. She has won ten Grammy Awards and was ranked 60th on Billboard magazine's Artists of the 2000s Decade chart.
real name: Geetali Norah Jones Shankar
labels: Blue Note
genres: jazz, smooth jazz, country music, blues, soul, folk music
awards: Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Amadeus Austrian Music Awards, Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Record of the Year
plays: piano, guitar, voice
member of: The Little Willies, Puss n Boots
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Jones was born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30, 1979, in Manhattan, New York City, to American concert producer Sue Jones and Indian Bengali musician Ravi Shankar.
Jones was a lounge singer before becoming a recording artist. Before releasing her first studio album, she performed with Wax Poetic, Peter Malick, and jazz guitarist Charlie Hunter.
Underlined songs have their story further down.
"Come Away with Me" is a song written and performed by American recording artist Norah Jones. The ballad was released on September 30, 2002, as the third single from her debut studio album, Come Away with Me (2002).
The music video of the song was directed by James Frost and shows Norah driving a car in a California desert. The video was released in 2003.
"Don't Know Why" is a song written and composed by American singer-songwriter Jesse Harris that originally appeared on his 1999 album, Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos. A cover of the song later appeared on Norah Jones' debut studio album, Come Away with Me (2002), and was released as her debut single on January 28, 2002.
A music video directed by Anastasia Simone and Ian Spencer was filmed in February 2002 and released later that year. It features Norah Jones performing the song on a gray beach at sunrise, on a rocky pier, and at a beach rental stand accompanied by a wooden piano while undersea images are projected onto the walls.
"Turn Me On" is a song by John D. Loudermilk that was first recorded and released by Mark Dinning in 1961 as the B-side to his single "Lonely Island".
Other notable versions are by Nellie Rutherford and Nina Simone. Norah Jones released her version as the last single from her debut album Come Away with Me on May 12, 2003.
"Sunrise" is the lead single of American singer-songwriter Norah Jones' second studio album, Feels like Home (2004). Released on January 12, 2004, the folk ballad reached number one in Croatia, number four in Canada, and number 13 in Italy.
Despite failing to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, the single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of 500,000 copies. The song won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards in 2005.