• Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Norah Jones is one of the most successful recording artists of the decade, selling more than 39 million albums worldwide to date. She is the daughter of famed sitar impresario Ravi Shankar.

• Fast Facts:

  1. Name: Geethali Norah Jones Shankar
  2. Born March 30, 1979 in Brooklyn, New York
  3. Record Label: Blue Note
  4. Grammy Awards: 8
  5. Plays piano and guitar
  6. Changed name to "Norah Jones" at age 16
  7. Performs duet with Andre 3000 on the OutKast album(s) Speakerboxxx-The Love Below
  8. Inspired to make music by Billie Holiday

• Career Overview

  Before recording music, Jones worked in New York City as a lounge singer. She gained some early fame as a jazz pianist, and performed jazz standards in 2003 on NPR.

  Jones released her debut album, Come Away With Me, in 2002, and scored a hit single that year with "Don't Know Why." She won Album of the Year that year at the Grammy Awards. It is the second best-selling album of the decade behind The Beatles' 1.

  Jones has since released two more popular albums - Feels Like Home and Not Too Late. She made her acting debut in the 2007 film My Blueberry Nights, directed by Wong Kar-wai, which opened the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

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