- Jones' sophomore album Feels Like Home sold 1,022,149 copies in single work, becoming the biggest selling debut in the Billboard Top 200 since 'N Sync's Celebrity sold 1.88 million copies in July 2001. (February 19, 2004)
- Has ordered her record label to ditch a dance remix of her international smash single Don't Know Why because it was too commercial. (February 9, 2004)
- Wishes her debut album wasn't so full of mistakes - She has sold over eight million copies of Come Away With Me and it won eight Grammys, but Norah finds it difficult listening to the disc without spotting all the little errors she made. (February 3, 2004)
- Jones and her father Ravi Shankar object to Indian film SONG OF LIFE because the script echoes the story of Shankar and Jones. (October 4, 2003)
- Among the artists appearing on the tribute album Remembering Patsy Cline. (August 25, 2003)
- Jones admits she never works out, saying, I don't care if I'm a little chubby. I love to eat way too much. (June 19, 2003)
- Studied at the University of North Texas where she majored in jazz piano but left before her 3rd year.
- Album, 'Come Away with Me' is 3 X platinum.
- Her boyfriend is her bassist Lee Alexander.
- Shares record for most Grammies awarded at one show with Lauryn Hill and fellow pianist Alicia Keys.
- Half-sister of Anoushka Shankar.
Quotes- "People think I'm really melancholy and romantic and all whispery. I'm not at all. I'm very direct."
- "If I make a record I love, then somebody will like it. Maybe not everybody, but that won't matter."
- "I want to check the record books and see how many fathers and daughters have won Grammys together."
- "I've always loved to read. But sometimes I go for a year without reading, because I forget to."
Awards- World Music Awards: best female artist (2004)
- World Music Awards: best pop female artist (2004)
- Grammy Awards: Album of the Year (2003)
- Grammy Awards: Record of the Year, Don't Know Why (2003)
- Grammy Awards: Best New Artist (2003)
- Grammy Awards: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Don't Know Why (2003)
- Grammy Awards: Best Pop Vocal Album (2003)
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