Norah Jones

Norah Jones
Norah Jones at the U.S. Capitol in 2011
Born
Geethali Norah Jones Shankar

(1979-03-30) March 30, 1979 (age 45)
New York City, U.S.
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
SpousePete Remm
Children2
Parents
Relatives
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
Years active2001–present
LabelsBlue Note
Member of
Formerly ofWax Poetic

Norah Jones (/ˈnɔːrə/ NOR-ə; born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar; March 30, 1979)[2] is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She has won several awards for her music and, as of 2023, had sold more than 50 million records worldwide.[3] Billboard named her the top jazz artist of the 2000s decade. She has won nine Grammy Awards[4] and was ranked 60th on Billboard magazine's artists of the 2000s decade chart.[5]

In 2002, Jones launched her solo music career with the release of Come Away with Me, which was a fusion of jazz with country, blues, folk and pop. It was certified diamond, selling over 27 million copies.[6] The record earned Jones five Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist, making her the first person of South Asian descent to win that many Grammy awards.[7] Her subsequent studio albums Feels Like Home (2004), Not Too Late (2007), and The Fall (2009), all gained platinum status, selling over a million copies each.[8] They were also generally well received by critics.[9] Jones made her feature film debut as an actress in My Blueberry Nights, which was released in 2007 and was directed by Wong Kar-Wai.

Jones is the daughter of Indian sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar, and is the half-sister of fellow Indian musicians Anoushka Shankar and Shubhendra Shankar.

  1. ^ "Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  2. ^ Dilworth, Thomas J. (July 6, 2007). "What's Next for Norah Jones?". ABC News. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2009. Hailing from Brooklyn, N.Y., is Norah Geethali Shankar, born on March 30, 1979. Shankar officially changed her name to Norah Jones when she was 16, and has been using it ever since.
  3. ^ "Biography - Norah Jones". Bluenote.com. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  4. ^ "Norah Jones | Artist | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
  5. ^ "Artists of the Decade". Billboard.com. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  6. ^ McCormick, Neil (October 2, 2016). "'Fame happened too fast': Norah Jones on life after Come Away With Me". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  7. ^ "Norah Jones sweeps Grammy Awards". CNN.com. February 28, 2003. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  8. ^ "Gold & Platinum – August 19, 2010". RIAA. Archived from the original on July 25, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  9. ^ "Norah Jones Profile". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 6, 2016.