Wednesday, 19 November 2008

Norah Jones

Norah Jones (Norah Jones Shankar Geethali born on 30 March 1979) is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, keyboardist, guitarist and occasional actress of Anglo-American and Bengali Indian origin. She is the daughter of the prestigious sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar and half-sister of sitarist Anoushka Shankar.

Jones' career began with her 2002 debut album comes out with me, adult contemporary pop / jazz vocal album with a sensual, plaintive soul / folk / country tinge, that sold more than twenty-five million copies worldwide and granted five hours Grammy awards Jones won a "Best New Artist." Her second album, I feel like home, was released in 2004, clocking more of one million sales in the first week of U.S. release. In 2007, she released her third album Not too late to debut one of the world circuits. It has become one of the most successful recording artists of the decade, racking up sales of over 16 million records in the U.S. and 36 million records worldwide.

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