Norah Jones

Norah Jones ˈnɔːrə NORə born Geethali Shankar March 30 1979 is an American singersongwriter 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 on Billboard magazines artists of the 00s decade chart 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 making it the highestselling 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 albums Feels Like Home 2004 Not Too Late 2007 and The Fall 2009 all gained platinum status selling over a million copies each They were also generally well received by critics Jones made her feature film debut as an actress in My Blueberry Nights which was released in 2007 and was directed by Wong KarWai Jones is the daughter of Indian sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar and is the halfsister of fellow Indian musicians Anoushka Shankar and Shubhendra Shankar Description above from the Wikipedia article Norah Jones licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia