StatsBirth Name: Geethali Norah Jones Shankar Age: 34, born 30 March 1979 Country of origin: United States Height: 5' 1" Ethnicity: Mixed
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Geethali Norah Jones Shankar (born March 30, 1979), popularly known by her stage name Norah Jones, is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, keyboardist, guitarist, and actress. She is the daughter of Indian sitarist Pandit Ravi Shankar and dancer Sue Jones, and the half-sister of Anoushka Shankar.Come Away with Me is the debut album of pianist and singer Norah Jones, released February 26, 2002 on Blue Note Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at New York City's Sorcerer Sound S
Geethali Norah Jones Shankar (born March 30, 1979), popularly known by her stage name Norah Jones, is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, keyboardist, guitarist, and actress. She is the daughter of Indian sitarist Pandit Ravi Shankar and dancer Sue Jones, and the half-sister of Anoushka Shankar.Come Away with Me is the debut album of pianist and singer Norah Jones, released February 26, 2002 on Blue Note Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at New York City's Sorcerer Sound Studio and Shokan's Allaire Studios in 2001. Jones' mellow style and playing on Come Away with Me is recognized as contemporary jazz, but capitalizes on a resurgence of interest in the sentiments and melodic character of late Tin Pan Alley and its offshoots in early country and western music.
The album's critical and commercial success was a breakthrough for Jones in 2002, as it reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart and several jazz charts. The album also topped many critics' "albums of the year" lists and gathered major music awards in the process, including eight Grammy Awards. Following initial sales, Come Away with Me was certified diamond by the RIAA on February 15, 2005 having sold over 10 million copies in its first three years of release and this album has shipped over 22 million copies worldwide and it nevertheless became Jones's best-selling album, the fourth best-selling album of the 2000s, was also the most successful Jazz album of all time, beating Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, and was the biggest selling album by a female artist in the 2000s, this record still was not broken.
Feels Like Home is the second album by jazz songwriter Norah Jones, released in 2004. It sold a million copies in the first week of its U.S. release, the first album to do so since Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) and it was the second best-selling album of 2004, with about 4 million copies sold in U.S., It sold 1,920,000 copies on its first week worldwide. In the Netherlands, it was the year's best-selling album and According to EMI/Blue Note, this album has shipped over 10 million copies worldwide, and the twenty-fourth best-selling album of the 2000s. Norah won one Grammy Awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ("Sunrise"), and was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album (Feels Like Home), and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for "Creepin' In" with Dolly Parton. To support the album his record label, he recorded a commercial vehicle to be in televisãoes U.S. and worldwide, in the commercial she dubs the three singles from the album.
Not Too Late is the third studio album by jazz and pop musician Norah Jones, released in January 2007. It was produced by Lee Alexander, the songwriter and bassist featured on Jones's previous albums, Come Away with Me and Feels like Home. The album reached number one in the United States and the United Kingdom. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, making it Jones' third consecutive number-one album. It was the tenth best-selling album of 2007, according to IFPI.
The first single from the album was "Thinking About You", which was released in the U.S. in early December 2006 and was one of the first songs by a major artist to be available for paid digital download in mp3 format. "Not Too Late" was released as a radio single in Taiwan in early 2007. For the week beginning January 23, the entire album was streamed on VH1.com's "Hear Music First" program. Jones recorded an hour-long performance for UK BBC radio and television that was aired in late January, and she performed via simulcast on the feature Live@BT: Norah Jones for Canada's Citytv in early February. The second single from the album was "Sinkin' Soon", released in March.
The Fall is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Norah Jones, released November 17, 2009 on Blue Note Records.The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 selling 180,000 copies in its first week, becoming the lowest first week for Jones album after Come Away with Me.
The first single, "Chasing Pirates," was released on October 13, 2009.
“Young Blood” was released as the second single for North America, Europe (minus the UK) and Japan. The music video was made available at iTunes on 30 March 2010. The song has reached #33 on the Japan Hot 100.
"Stuck" was released as the second single on March 5, 2010 in the UK (digitally only).
"It's Gonna Be" was released as the third single for North America in April 2010. It charted on the billboard Triple A Chart and peak on airplay chart #11 in April 2010. Jones performed the song on The Ellen Degeneres Show. Jones reappeared on The Ellen Degeneres Show on June 25 and performed "It's Gonna Be" on the show for a second time. She is scheduled to perform the song on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on August 31, 2010.
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