Norah Jones
Artist Type: Person
Artist Born:
1979
External Links:
Surge Tracks
Artist Biography
Norah Jones, born on March 30th 1979 in New York City is one of the most popular jazz and jazz-influenced singers of our time. Her debut album Come Away with Me sold 18 million copies worldwide and won 8 Grammy Awards in 2003.
Her second album, Feels Like Home, with folk tendency, is the highest-selling album in the history of Blue Note Records with over a million copies sold within the first week. Norah Jones was listed among the most influential people of 2004 by the Time Magazine.
On January 30, 2007 Norah Jones released her third album, Not Too Late - a collection of 13 original songs, itunes includes a bonus live track of the song Sinkin' Soon. This was the most pre-ordered album of all time on Amazon.com.
The daughter of Beatles-influencing sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, Jones doesn't closely follow any particular genre, rather she brings her unique jazzy flavor to songs with roots in country, folk, Americana, and modern light jazz and pop.
Artist Discography
Albums
Come Away With Me (2002-03-04)
Feels Like Home (2004-02-09)
First Sessions (2001)
Not Too Late (2007-01-30)
Singles
Don't Know Why (2002-05-13)
Sunrise
Turn Me On (2003)
