Norah Jones

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In this Indian name, the name Shankar is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person
should be referred to by the given name, Norah.

Norah Jones

Jones performs at Farm Aid, October 2, 2010

Background information

Birth name Geetali Norah Shankar

Born March 30, 1979 (age 38)

Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.

Origin Grapevine, Texas, U.S.

Jazz
Genres
blue-eyed soul

blues

folk

country

adult contemporary

pop
 Occupation(s) Singer

songwriter

actress

Instruments Vocals

piano

guitar

bass

Years active 2001present

Labels Blue Note

Associated acts The Little Willies

Puss n Boots

El Madmo

Billie Joe Armstrong

Wax Poetic

Seth MacFarlane

Walter Murphy

Ryan Adams

Website norahjones.com

Norah Jones (born Geetali Norah Shankar; March 30, 1979)[1] is an American singer,
songwriter and actress. Throughout her career, Jones has won numerous awards and has sold
more than 50 million albums worldwide.[2]Billboard named her the top jazz artist of the 20002009
decade. She has won nine Grammy Awards and was 60th on Billboard magazine's artists of the
20002009 decade chart.[3]
In 2002, Jones launched her solo music career with the release of Come Away with Me, a
commercially successful and critically acclaimed album that was a fusion of jazz with country
music and pop. It was certified diamond, selling over 26 million copies.[4] The record earned
Jones five Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New
Artist.[5] Her subsequent studio albums Feels Like Home, released in 2004; Not Too Late,
released in 2007, the same year she made her film debut in My Blueberry Nights; and
2009's The Fall all gained Platinum status, selling over a million copies each.[6] They were also
generally well received by critics.[7] Jones' fifth studio album, Little Broken Hearts, was released
on April 27, 2012, and her most recent, sixth studio album, Day Breaks, was released on October
7, 2016.[8]
Jones is the daughter of Indian sitar player and composer Ravi Shankar, and half-sister of fellow
musician Anoushka Shankar