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Norah Jones (NOR-ə; bornGeethali Norah Jones Shankar, March 30, 1979) 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 records worldwide.Billboard named her the top jazz artist of the 2000s decade. She has won ten Grammy Awards and was ranked 60th onBillboard magazine's Artists of the 2000s Decade chart.

In 2002, Jones launched her solo music career with the release ofCome Away with Me, which was a fusion of jazz with country, blues, folk and pop. It was certified diamond, selling over 27 million copies, making it the highest-selling debut studio album by a solo artist in the 21st century. 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. Her subsequent studio albumsFeels Like Home (2004),Not Too Late (2007), andThe Fall (2009) all gained platinum status, selling more than a million copies each. They were also generally well received by critics. Jones made her feature film debut as an actress inMy 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.

vocal jazz,jazz,singer-songwriter,jazz pop,blues

contemporary vocal jazz,neo mellow