Norah Jones
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	BIRTHDAY: March 30, 1979 BIGGEST SINGLE: "Don't Know Why" (2002) BIGGEST LP: Come Away With Me (2002) GRAMMY AWARDS: 8 "I'm not inspired by music of today, I'm inspired by music of yesterday." - Norah Jones

During 2002, Norah Jones slowly burst onto the music scene with her jazz and folk sound and elegant musical styling. Prior to attempting a solo career, Norah studied jazz piano at the University of North Texas and was a member of the groups "Laszlo' and 'Wax Poetic' after joining the New York music scene. She signed with Blue Note Records and released the EP Norah Jones First Sessions. Her short summer stint in New York City ended up having her hook up with songwriter Jesse Harris and bassist Lee Alexander and started a journey to multi-Grammy nominations.

# 147 Singles Artist of the Year

Norah was hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as 1 of '10 Artists To Watch.'

Norah released her debut LP, Come Away With Me.

Norah could be heard on the LP Medicated Magic with "Ruler Of My Heart" (with Robert Randolph).

Come Away With Me was certified gold.

Norah hit the Top 40 with "Don't Know Why."

Come Away With Me was certified platinum.

Come Away With Me was certified 2x platinum.
Norah performed on Saturday Night Live.
Norah could be seen briefly singing in the film Two Weeks Notice.

Norah topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top Contemporary Jazz Artist and with the Top Internet Album and the Top Contemporary Jazz Album (Come Away With Me).

Come Away With Me topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 4 weeks after 46 weeks on the chart.
Come Away With Me was certified 3x platinum.

Norah won a Brit Award for Best International Breakthrough Artist.
Norah won 5 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album (Come Away With Me), Record of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ("Don't Know Why"), and Best New Artist. Norah also performed at the ceremony.

Norah released the DVD - Norah Jones Live In New Orleans - a performance from August including material not covered on her LP.
Come Away With Me was certified 5x platinum.
Come Away With Me topped the LP charts in the UK (for 4 weeks) and Canada.

Come Away With Me was certified 6x platinum.

VH1: 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "Don't Know Why" at # 99.
Come Away With Me was certified 7x platinum.

Norah was featured on Peter Malick's EP New York City.

Norah could be heard on the compilation Remembering Patsy Cline with "Why Can't He Be You."
Come Away With Me was certified 8x platinum.

Norah could be heard on the compilation tribute to Dolly Parton LP, Just Because I'm A Woman, with "The Grass In Blue."
Norah won 2 World Music Awards for Best Pop Female Artist and Best Adult Contemporary Artist.

Norah was nominated for 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Album and Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist.

Norah topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top Billboard 200 Album Artist - Female and Top Contemporary Jazz Artist, and with the Top Internet Album and Top Contemporary Jazz Album (Come Away With Me).
Norah had the 2nd biggest selling LP of the year - Come Away With Me - which sold over 5.1 million copies during the year in the US.

Norah was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals ("Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You)" with Willie Nelson).
Norah released her next LP, Feels Like Home.
Norah topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 6 weeks with Feels Like Home selling over 1 million copies its first week of release in the US.
Feels Like Home topped the LP charts in the UK and Canada.

Norah performed on Saturday Night Live.

Feels Like Home was certified 4x platinum and Come Away With Me was certified 9x platinum.

Norah could be heard on the soundtrack for The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement along with Adam Levy with "Love Me Tender."

Norah won 2 World Music Awards for Best Female Artist and Best Pop Female Artist.
Norah released a revamped version of Feels Like Home that will include 3 previously unreleased songs ("Moon Song," "Sleepless Nights," and "I Turned Your Picture To The Wall") and a DVD of live cuts. The CD/DVD will hit stores on September 21st.

The single "Sunrise" was certified gold.

Norah was nominated for 3 American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Album, Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist, and Artist of the Year.

Feels Like Home was the 2nd biggest-selling LP in the US for year with sales during the year topping 3.8 million.
Norah topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top Billboard 200 Album Artist - Female, Top Internet Album Artist, Top Contemporary Jazz Artist and with the Top Internet Album and Top Contemporary Jazz Album (Come Away With Me).

Norah performed as part of the benefit show Tsunami Aid: A Concert Of Hope on NBC.

Norah won 3 Grammy Awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ("Sunrise"), Record of the Year, and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals ("Here We Go Again" with Ray Charles), and was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album (Feels Like Home), and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals ("Creepin' In" with Dolly Parton).
Come Away With Me was certified 10x platinum.

Norah could be heard on the Hurricane Ground Hurricane Benefit Relief Concert compilation with "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" and on the Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now compilation with "Any Other Day."

Norah was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals ("Virginia Moon" with Foo Fighters) and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals ("Dreams Come True" with Willie Nelson).

Norah released Not Too Late.

Norah topped the Billboard 200 LP chart, Top Digital Albums chart, and Top Internet Albums chart with Not Too Late - selling over 405,000 copies its first week of release in the US.
Norah topped the UK and Canada LP charts with Not Too Late.

Not Too Late was certified 2x platinum.

Norah could be heard on the Fats Domino tribute compilation Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino with "My Blue Heaven."

Norah was nominated for 2 American Music Awards for Artist of the Year and Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist.

Norah could be heard on the Wyclef Jean LP Carnival II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant on the track "Any Other Day."

	Come Away With Me Released: February, 2002 US: 10x Platinum Billboard peak: # 1 (for 4 weeks) Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "Don't Know Why" - "Seven Years" - "Cold Cold Heart" - "Feelin' The Same Way" - "Come Away With Me" - "Shoot The Moon" - "Turn Me On" - "Lonestar" - "I've Got To See You Again" - "Painter Song" - "One Flight Down" - "Nightingale" - "The Long Day Is Over" - "The Nearness Of You"
	Feels Like Home Released: February, 2004 US: 4x Platinum Billboard peak: # 1 (for 6 weeks) Tracks: "Sunrise" - "What Am I To You" - "Those Sweet Words" - "Carnival Town" - "In The Morning" - "Be Here To Love Me" - "Creepin' In" - "Toes" - "Humble Me" - "Above Ground" - "The Long Way Home" - "The Prettiest Thing" - "Don't Miss You At All" Feels Like Home (reissue with DVD) Released: September, 2004 Tracks: "Sunrise" - "What Am I To You" - "Those Sweet Words" - "Carnival Town" - "In The Morning" - "Be Here To Love Me" - "Creepin' In" - "Toes" - "Humble Me" - "Above Ground" - "The Long Way Home" - "The Prettiest Thing" - "Don't Miss You At All" - "Sleepless Nights" - "Moon Song" - "I Turned Your Picture To The Wall"
	Not Too Late Released: January, 2007 US: 2x Platinum Billboard peak: # 1 Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B- Tracks: "Wish I Could" - "Sinkin' Soon" - "The Sun Doesn't Like You" - "Until The End" - "Not My Friend" - "Thinking About You" - "Broken" - "My Dear Country" - "Wake Me Up" - "Be My Somebody" - "Little Room" - "Rosie's Lullaby" - "Not Too Late"