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Norah Jones (born Geetali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30 1979; she changed her name officially to Norah Jones at age Xvi) is an American multi-Grammy Award winning pianist and singer-songwriter whose career was launched with her successful 2002 debut album Come Away with Me, a contemporary pop album with the soul/folk tinge, that sold 20 million copies worldwide and standard Octonary Grammy awards.

Jones was innate within New York City, the girl of Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar, but she spent her childhood by owning her mother, Sue Jones, world health organization moved to Dallas, Texas, when Norah was four. Jones attended the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and the University of North Texas, where she majored in jazz piano. Around 1999, two years into a program, Norah left for Up to date York City, in which she performed sustaining a band Wax Poetic.

Jones performed quite often sustaining guitar player Charlie Hunter in 2001 and appeared on Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below album in the duet sustaining André 3000 in 2003. Her music is typically in comparison that of Billie Holiday and Nina Simone.

Jones walk off from a Grammy Awards of 2003 with 8 awards. By getting Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist honors all in 2003, Jones swept a "Big Four", or even a quatern virtually all prestigious Grammy awards.

Her 2nd album, Feels Like Home, was released in February 9 2004. Like than repetition a easy, jazz mood of CaUs Away using Me, her 2nd album was influenced by country music. In the week of its release, Feels Prefer Page experienced sold across the million copies. Therein equivalent season, Time magazine listed Jones among the Most Influential People of 2004.

Jones received Ternary awards at a Grammy Awards of 2005, two for her Record of the Season collaboration by owning Ray Charles on the song "Here We Go Again." That month, Norah Jones appeared on the self-titled record by Amos Lee.

Awards
Jones has won multiple awards, virtually all perceptibly her Grammy awards (winning Octonary awards, + even more, an extra triad received by CaUs Away by using Me, inside merely Deuce years of eligibility)

Which are actually Jones' Grammy Awards: 2002 Best Pop Vocal Album Come Away with Me 2002 Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - "Don't Know Why" 2002 Right Recently Artist 2002 Album of the Month Are Away by owning Me 2002 Record of the Season - "Don't Know Why" 2004 Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals - "Here We Go Again" (by using Ray Charles) 2004 Right Female Pop Vocal Performance - "Sunrise" 2004 Record of the Month - "Here We Go Again" (by having Ray Charles)

Discography

Albums/EPs
First Sessions (EP) (2001) Come Away with Me (2002) US #1 (for Iv weeks), UK #1, AUS #1 [Sales: 10 million US, 20 million Worldwide] Feels Like Home (2004) US #1 (for Hexad weeks), UK #1, AUS #1 - [4 million US, 12 million Worldwide]

Singles
"Come Away With Me" #2 Canada "Don't Know Why" #30 United states, #3 AUS "Sunrise" #4 Canada

Norah Jones Music
Official page for the singer who majored in jazz piano, and also plays soul, blues, and folk-based pop. Audio files, show dates, photos, and news.

Blue Note: Norah Jones
Record label page features photos, biography, audio and video clips, and reviews.

JamBase.com: Norah Jones
Review by Robert Krevolin follows Jones' musical development in Texas and New York. Includes photos and links.

Jazzbo Becomes Piano Seductress
Rolling Stone article: Jones is one of the ten artists to watch in 2002.

Dotmusic.com: Album Review
Enthusiastic review of the "Come Away with Me" album.

Unofficially Norah Jones
Fan page with articles, news, reviews, show dates, lyrics, forums, and trivia.

Blue Note: Come Away with Me
Features reviews of the album, tour dates, e-cards, and news.

AskMen.com: Norah Jones
Pictures, biography, and commentary about Jones's career.

Yahoo Groups: Miss Jones 2
Fan e-mail group with pictures, videos and press. [Membership required.]

Norah Jones
Fan site with biography, discography, music samples, lyrics, photos and related links. [Requires Flash]


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