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Norah Jones on March 30, 1979; she changed her name officially to Norah Jones at age 16Norah Jones is an American multi-Grammy Award winning pianist and singer-songwriter whose career was launched with her successful 2002 debut album folk tinge, that sold 20 million copies worldwide and received eight Grammy awards.

Jones was born in New York City, the daughter of Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar, but 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 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 swept the "Big Four", or the four most prestigious Grammy awards. It should be noted that she received only 5 awards personally at the 2003 Grammy Awards, with the other 3 awards attributed to her album itself.

Her second album, 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 , 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 [Anand] 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 no's business but ours."

Norah Jones also collaborated with the Foo Fighters on their 2005 record , 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.

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Awards

Jones has won multiple awards, most noticeably her Grammy awards (winning 8 awards, plus an additional three received by

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, further proving Jones' amazing ability as a musician.

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.