info-stars.com

Norah Jones

Norah Jones
Norah Jones performing at the Hearst Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California on June 23, 2007
Background information
Birth name	Geethali Norah Jones Shankar
Born	March 30, 1979 (1979-03-30) (age 29) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Genre(s)	Jazz, jazz blues, vocal jazz, pop, soul, folk, country
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, musician, actress
Instrument(s)	Singing, piano/keyboards, guitar
Years active	2001–present
Label(s)	Blue Note
Website	www.norahjones.com

Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, keyboardist, guitarist, and occasional actress of Anglo-American and Bengali descent.

Jones' career was launched with her 2002 debut album Come Away with Me, a contemporary pop album with a sensual, plaintive soul/folk/country tinge, that sold over twenty million copies worldwide and received five Grammy Awards, with Jones winning "Best New Artist". Her second album, Feels like Home, was released in 2004, clocking more than a million sales in the first week of U.S. release. In 2007, she released her third album, Not Too Late, which debuted at number one on the world charts. She has become one of the most successful recording artists of the decade, racking up sales of more than 16 million records in the US and 39 million records worldwide. She is the daughter of musical maestro Ravi Shankar and half sister of sitarist Anoushka Shankar. Jones stands 5' 1" tall.