Norah Jones Biography

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another plan as she embarked on a summer trip to Greenwich Village in 1999.

Given chance to witness the thriving Manhattan music scene, Norah was so captivated by the atmosphere that she in the end concluded to quit her college education to fully take part in the circuit. For about a year beginning in December 1999, the aspiring artist enthusiastically made regular appearance with a funk-fusion band called Wax Poetic before later formed her own group alongside Jesse Harris, Lee Alexander, and Dan Reiser. Under the latter troupe, she delightfully managed to produce a selection of demos which the personnel then brought to EMI's Blue Note Records, leading her to a meeting in front the label's president Bruce Lundvall by January 2001. Much to her joy, the man did not take long consideration to sign her under the company for he instantly offered the deal on the spot after listening to her three-song tape.

Backed up by top-notch producers Craig Street and Arif Mardin, Norah ultimately saw her full-length studio debut “Come Away with Me” hit the stores on February 26, 2002 to a really fantastic outcome which dramatically changed her life ever since. Not only reached triple Platinum status ...

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by January 2003, the LP fabulously strived to top three Billboard album charts, notably that of The Billboard 200 for four weeks. More importantly, it even led the dark-haired singer to personally collect five out of eight honors at that year's Grammy Awards, four of which being the big titles of Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Don't Know Why”, and Best New Artist.

Undeniably soared to vast prominence following the superb attainment, Norah devotedly spent most of the year holding tour before she brought out her sophomore effort, “Feels Like Home”, to the surface on February 10, 2004. Like its predecessor, this piece of works easily became the standout among the other records, quickly sold over one million copies in its first week of release in the States to then be certified quadruple Platinum in May the same year while spawning hit single “Sunrise” which won her another Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance category in February 2005. Accompanied the prize were two more honors of Record of the Year and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for song "Here We Go Again" which she sang with Ray Charles.

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