Norah Jones

Norah Jones
Norah Jones at the U.S. Capitol in 2011
Born	Geethali Norah Jones Shankar (1979-03-30) March 30, 1979 (age 45) New York City, U.S.
Occupations	Singer songwriter musician
Spouse	Pete Remm
Children	2
Parents	Ravi Shankar (father) Sue Jones (mother)
Relatives	Anoushka Shankar (half-sister) Shubhendra Shankar (half-brother) Uday Shankar (uncle) Amala Shankar (aunt) Mamata Shankar (first cousin) Viji Subramaniam (first cousin) Gingger Shankar (first cousin once removed)
Musical career
Genres	Pop jazz folk country blues[1]
Instrument(s)	Vocals piano guitar
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Blue Note
Member of	The Little Willies Puss n Boots El Madmo
Formerly of	Wax Poetic
Musical artist

Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar; March 30, 1979)^[2] is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She has won several awards for her music and, as of 2023, had sold more than 50 million records worldwide.^[3] Billboard named her the top jazz artist of the 2000s decade. She has won nine Grammy Awards and was ranked 60th on Billboard magazine's artists of the 2000s decade chart.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7] They were also generally well received by critics.^[8] Jones made her feature film debut as an actress in My Blueberry Nights, which was released in 2007 and was directed by Wong Kar-Wai.

Jones is the daughter of Indian sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar, and is the half-sister of fellow Indian musicians Anoushka Shankar and Shubhendra Shankar.