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Norah Jones (born March 30 1979 ) is an American multi- Grammy Award winning Pianist and Singer-songwriter whose career was launched with her massively successful 2002 debut album '' Come Away With Me '', a contemporary Pop album with a Soul / Folk tinge, that sold 20 million copies worldwide and received eight Grammy awards. BIOGRAPHY AND CAREER Norah Jones was born Geetali Norah Jones Shankar in New York City , but later changed her name officially to Norah Jones at age 16. She is the daughter of India n Sitar ist Ravi Shankar , and the half-sister of musician Anoushka Shankar . She spent her childhood with her mother, Sue Jones, who moved to Dallas , Texas , when Norah was four. She always liked the music of Bill Evans and Billie Holiday , and she found it intriguing and relieving. Jones attended the Booker T. Washington High School For The Performing And Visual Arts and the University Of North Texas , where she majored in jazz piano, and won Beat Student Music Awards for Best Jazz Vocalist (twice, in 1996 and 1997) and Best Original Composition (1996). In 1999 , two years into the program, Norah left for New York City, where she performed with the band Wax Poetic . Jones performed quite frequently with guitarist Charlie Hunter in 2001 and appeared on Outkast 's '' Speakerboxxx/The Love Below '' album in a duet with André 3000 in 2003 . Her music is often compared to that of Billie Holiday and Nina Simone . In early 2002, she released a Debut Album , Come Away With Me , mellow, acoustic pop with Soul and country. It hit #1 on Billboard 200 , with single " Don't Know Why " hitting #1 on Top 40 Adult Recurrents in 2003. Jones walked away from the Grammy Awards Of 2003 with eight awards. By receiving Record Of The Year , Album Of The Year , Song Of The Year , and Best New Artist honors all in 2003, Jones was the first artist to sweep the "Big Four", or the four most prestigious Grammy awards, since Christopher Cross did so in the Grammy Awards Of 1981 . It should be noted that the Song of the Year award went to Jesse Harris for writing "Don't Know Why", but because Jones performed the song, she is associated with winning Song of the Year as well. Of the eight awards that came from "Come Away With Me" at the 2003 Grammy Awards, Jones personally received five awards with the other three awards attributed to the album itself. Her second album, '' Feels Like Home '', was released on February 9 2004 . Rather than repeat the softer, jazz mood of ''Come Away with Me'', her second album was influenced by Country Music . Within a week of its release, ''Feels Like Home'' had sold over a million copies, making it the highest-selling album in the history of Blue Note Records. In that same year, Time magazine listed Jones among the most influential people of 2004. Jones received 3 awards at the Grammy Awards Of 2005 , two for her Record of the Year collaboration with Ray Charles on the song "Here We Go Again." That year, Norah Jones appeared on the self-titled record by Amos Lee . In the latter part of 2003, rumours emerged that veteran Indian filmmaker Dev Anand was planning to make the film ''Song of Life'', inspired by Norah Jones's troubled relationship with her father, Ravi Shankar. Both Jones and Shankar were enraged by the rumors and Jones's comments were, "He {Link without Title} has no idea of our story, and he's not going to represent it in a truthful way, I'm sure. It's sad because it's personal stuff and nobody's business but ours." Norah Jones also collaborated with the Foo Fighters on their 2005 record '' In Your Honor '', singing vocals with Dave Grohl on "Virginia Moon". The song was nominated for a Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal in 2006. In February 2006, Screen International reported that Norah Jones would make her acting debut in a film by '' 2046 '' and '' Chungking Express '' director Wong Kar-wai . The film called '' My Blueberry Nights '', would be Wong Kai-wai's English language debut and will be partly funded by StudioCanal and Jet Tone Productions . AWARDS Norah Jones has won multiple awards, most noticeably her Grammy awards (winning 8 awards, plus an additional three received by ''Come Away with Me'', in only 2 years of eligibility) These are Jones' Grammy Awards:
TOURS Throughout 2003 Jones appeared on stages, globally, for her first tour with the Handsome Band , travelling throughout Asia, America, Europe and Australia. The tour was received with numerous sell-out concerts and positive critical acclaim. In 2005, Norah toured globally again, to promote her 'Feels Like Home' album with the Handsome Band and the addition of backing singer Daru Oda . DISCOGRAPHY Albums
Singles
Compilations
DVDs and videos
Interview
CHART POSITION THE LITTLE WILLIES The Little Willies is a band formed in 2003 that features Norah Jones on piano and vocals. The other members of the band are Richard Julian on vocals, Jim Campilongo on guitar, Lee Alexander on bass and also Dan Rieser, who is the drummer. However whereas Norah Jones is best known for her jazz influenced records, The Little Willies will showcase her country influences and will feature covers of tracks by Willie Nelson, Townes Van Zandt and Kris Kristofferson. Discography - Albums
FILM as actor: My Blueberry Nights .....(Directed by Wong Kar Wai ) SEE ALSO
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