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Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar; March 30, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has won several awards for her music and as of 2012, has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. ''
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'' named her the top
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artist of the 2000's decade. She has won nine
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and was ranked 60th on ''Billboard'' magazine's artists of the 2000s decade chart. In 2002, Jones launched her solo music career with the release of ''
Come Away with Me ''Come Away with Me'' is the debut studio album by American recording artist Norah Jones, released on February 26, 2002, by Blue Note Records. Recording sessions took place at Sorcerer Sound Studio in New York City and Allaire Studios in Shok ...
'', which was a fusion of jazz with
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, folk and
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. It was certified
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, selling over 27 million copies. The record earned Jones five
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, including the
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, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist. Her subsequent studio albums—'' Feels Like Home'' (2004), '' Not Too Late'' (2007), and '' The Fall'' (2009)—all gained
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status, selling over a million copies each. They were also generally well received by critics. Jones's fifth studio album, ''
Little Broken Hearts ''Little Broken Hearts'' (stylized as ''...Little Broken Hearts'') is the fifth studio album by American singer and songwriter Norah Jones, released on April 25, 2012, by Blue Note Records. The album was produced by Brian Burton, better known as ...
'', was released on April 27, 2012; her sixth, ''
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'', was released on October 7, 2016. Her seventh studio album, '' Pick Me Up Off the Floor'', was released on June 12, 2020. Jones made her feature film debut as an actress in ''
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'', which was released in 2007 and was directed by
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. Jones is the daughter of Indian
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ist and composer
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and concert producer Sue Jones, and is the half-sister of fellow musicians
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and Shubhendra Shankar.


Early life

Jones was born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30, 1979, in
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, New York City, to American concert producer Sue Jones and Indian Bengali musician
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. After her parents separated in 1986, Jones lived with her mother, growing up in
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. As a child, Jones began singing in church and also took piano and voice lessons. She attended Colleyville Middle School and
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before transferring to
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in
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. Her music took its first form early on in the local Methodist Church where she regularly sang solos. While in high school, she sang in the school choir, participated in band, and played the alto saxophone. At the age of 16, with both parents' consent, she officially changed her name to Norah Jones, removing the Indian elements from her name. Jones always had an affinity for the music of
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and
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, among other "oldies". She once said, "My mom had this eight-album Billie Holiday set; I picked out one disc that I liked and played that over and over again". She attended
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during the summers. While at high school, she won the ''
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'' Student Music Awards for Best Jazz Vocalist (twice, in 1996 and 1997) and Best Original Composition (1996). Jones attended the
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(UNT), where she majored in jazz piano and sang with the UNT Jazz Singers. During this time, she had a chance meeting with future collaborator
Jesse Harris Jesse Harris (born October 24, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and guitarist. He has worked with Norah Jones, Melody Gardot, Madeleine Peyroux, Nikki Yanofsky, and Lizz Wright. Early life and education Harris and his twin si ...
. She gave a ride to a band playing at the university whose members happened to be friends of Harris. He was on a cross-country
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with friend and future Little Willies member Richard Julian, and stopped to see the band play. After meeting Jones, Harris started sending her
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s of his songs. In 1999, Jones left Texas for New York City. Less than a year later, she started a band with Harris, and her recordings with them were bestsellers.


Musical career

Jones was a
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before becoming a recording artist. Before releasing her first studio album, she performed with
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,
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.


2000–2001: ''New York City'', ''First Sessions''

As Peter Malick states in the liner notes, "I started looking for a singer who might be open to recording y latest songsfor me. On a Tuesday night, I walked into the Living Room just as the singer announced the last song of the set. The Dinah Washington classic 'Since I Fell for You' filled the room and I was struck breathless. Here, in the tradition of Billie Holiday, was a stunningly beautiful, blues infused voice. This was my first contact with Norah Jones." Malick asked her to participate in sessions at Room 9 from Outer Space in
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, during August and September 2000. They recorded Malick's songs "New York City", "Strange Transmissions", "Deceptively Yours" and "Things You Don't Have to Do" in addition to cover versions of "All Your Love" by Sam Maghett and "Heart of Mine" by Bob Dylan. These songs became the album ''New York City'' ( Koch, 2003) by the Peter Malick Group Featuring Norah Jones. After moving to New York City, Jones signed to
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, a label owned by
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. The signing came as an indirect result of her performing as lead singer for the JC Hopkins Biggish Band. Shell White, who was the wife of J. C. Hopkins, worked for
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and gave Jones's three-track demo to Bruce Lundvall, the label's president, and Brian Bacchus, its artists and repertoire agent ( A&R). The demo contained two jazz standards and a song by
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. The two executives agreed that Jones had potential. Despite their misgivings about the direction of her music, they signed her to the label. Bacchus told ''
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'', "We let her find her own direction ... We knew that if she could develop her songwriting and we could find great songs, it would work."


2002: ''Come Away with Me''

Bacchus thought producer and engineer
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's experience in jazz, blues, rock, country, and folk music would give a "feeling for her sound." Jones and Newland recorded nine demo tracks. Four appeared on the sampler ''
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'' (2001). The rest were set aside for her debut album. ''
Come Away with Me ''Come Away with Me'' is the debut studio album by American recording artist Norah Jones, released on February 26, 2002, by Blue Note Records. Recording sessions took place at Sorcerer Sound Studio in New York City and Allaire Studios in Shok ...
'' (2002) was praised for its blend of acoustic pop with soul and jazz. Debuting at No. 139, it reached No. 1 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200. The single "
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" hit No. 1 on the
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Recurrents in 2003 and No. 30 in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Singles Chart. At the 45th Grammy Awards in 2003, Jones was nominated for eight Grammy Awards and won five: Best New Artist,
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,
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, Record of the Year, and
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for "Don't Know Why". This tied
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and
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for most Grammy Awards received by a female artist in one night. Jesse Harris won Song of the Year for "Don't Know Why" while
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won
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. The album won
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. ''Come Away with Me'' was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (
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) for having sold one million copies. In February 2005, it was certified diamond for selling ten million copies.


2004: ''Feels Like Home''

'' Feels Like Home'' (2004) debuted at No. 1 in at least 16 countries. At the 47th Grammy Awards in 2005, the album was nominated for three Grammys, winning one, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "
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". For " Here We Go Again", a duet with Ray Charles, she won Record of the Year and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. ''
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'' magazine named Jones one of the most influential people of 2004.


2007: ''Not Too Late''

Jones released her third album, '' Not Too Late'', on January 30, 2007. The album was the first for which she wrote or co-wrote every song. She has said some of these songs are much darker than those on her previous albums. ''Not Too Late'' was mostly recorded at Jones's home studio. It is her first album without producer Arif Mardin, who died in the summer of 2006. Jones described the sessions as "fun, relaxed and easy" and without a deadline; Blue Note executives reportedly did not know she was recording an album. The song "My Dear Country" is political commentary; she wrote it before the United States Presidential election day in 2004. ''Not Too Late'' reached the No. 1 position in twenty countries. ''Not Too Late'' had the third-best first week of sales in 2007, behind
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's ''
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'' and
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's ''
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''. It reached No. 1 in the U.S., selling 405,000 copies. EMI announced that ''Not Too Late'' reached
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or multi-platinum in 21 countries as of February 2007. The album has sold 4 million copies worldwide. That same year she sang "American Anthem" for the
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documentary ''The War''.


2009: ''The Fall''

Jones's fourth studio album, '' The Fall'', debuted at No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in November 2009, selling 180,000 copies in its first week. Although it was her first album that did not reach No. 1 in the United States it did receive critical acclaim. As part of the promotional drive for the album, Jones performed on '' Dancing with the Stars'', ''
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'', ''
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'' and other television programs. ''The Fall'' featured a St. Bernard on the cover; his name is Ben. The album's
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, "
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", peaked at No. 13 on
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and No. 7 on Jazz Songs. ''Billboard''s 2000–2009 decade awards ranked Jones as the top jazz recording artist, at No. 60 best Artist. ''Come Away With Me'' was elected the No. 4 album and No. 1 jazz album. Jones earned a platinum certification by the
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for sales of 1 million copies of ''The Fall''. The album sold 1.5 million copies worldwide and was certified gold or platinum in 14 countries as of 2010. "
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", a duet with
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, was nominated in the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals category. In 2009, Jones performed "Come Away With Me" and "Young Blood" at the end of the
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's It's Only Rock and Roll press conference on September 9 in San Francisco, for the release of iTunes 9 and video camera-equipped iPods, among other items She also made a guest appearance and performed with other artists on the season three finale of the
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'' Jones started her fourth world tour on March 5, 2010.


2012: ''Little Broken Hearts''

After working with Danger Mouse and
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on some of the tracks for their album ''
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'', Jones worked with Danger Mouse again on her fifth studio album, ''
Little Broken Hearts ''Little Broken Hearts'' (stylized as ''...Little Broken Hearts'') is the fifth studio album by American singer and songwriter Norah Jones, released on April 25, 2012, by Blue Note Records. The album was produced by Brian Burton, better known as ...
'', which was released on May 1, 2012. She played the album in its entirety at
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2012. ''
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'' called ''Little Broken Hearts'' the "most dramatic and rewarding departure she's made in her career." On May 25, 2012, she began her fifth world tour in Paris, with performances in Europe, North America, Asia, South America, and Australia. She performed in London at the Roundhouse on September 10, 2012, as part of the iTunes Festival which was broadcast on the internet. She toured three cities in India for the first time because her father wanted her to do so. She also performed a headlining performance at Summer's Day, music festival produced by Only Much Louder. The tour started at Summer's Day in Mumbai on March 3 and included stops in New Delhi on March 5 and Bangalore on March 8.


2016: ''Day Breaks''

Her sixth studio album, ''
Day Breaks ''Day Breaks'' is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Norah Jones, released on October 7, 2016, through Blue Note Records. The album features nine original songs and three covers. Jones returned to a piano-driven sound as heard ...
'', which included nine new songs and three
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, was released on October 7, 2016. "Carry On", the album's lead single, was released to digital outlets on the same day. The album marked a return to her piano after dabbling in folk and pop for the last two records. Jones said the goal of this record was to do everything live. She said in an interview with ''Billboard'', "When you have great musicians, there's no reason to overdub. That strips the soul out of the music."


2020: ''Pick Me Up Off the Floor''

Her seventh studio album, '' Pick Me Up Off the Floor'', was released on June 12, 2020. It debuted at number 87 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, making it Jones's first album not to debut in the top three.


Additional projects and collaborations

Jones made a cameo appearance as herself in the 2002 movie ''
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'', which starred
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and
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. The film shows her briefly at the piano, singing for a charity benefit. In 2003, The Peter Malick Group and Jones released an album, ''
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''. Jones appeared on OutKast's ''
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'' album, on "Take Off Your Cool". This album won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year (Jones was not credited). Also in 2003, Jones appeared on
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's album of jazz interpretations of country and folk songs, '' Free Country'', as lead vocalist on "
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" and "
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". Jones formed
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in 2003, alongside Richard Julian on vocals, Jim Campilongo on guitar, Lee Alexander on bass, and Dan Rieser on drums. The
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band released its eponymous first album in 2006 and '' For the Good Times'' in 2012. Jones appeared in the 2004 special, ''
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Presents: The Street We Live On''. Jones appeared in the concert and DVD "Return to Sin City – A Tribute to Gram Parsons". Jones performed the song "She" and then, together with
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of
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, sang "Love Hurts". In 2005, Jones appeared on the
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' album ''
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'', performing piano and vocals on the song "Virginia Moon". The track was nominated for a Grammy for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, in 2006. Jones appeared on
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' &
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' 2005 album, '' Jacksonville City Nights'', on the track "Dear John", which she co-wrote with Adams. In 2011, Jones also played piano and vocals on numerous tracks on Ryan Adams' 2011 studio album ''
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''. Jones worked with
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in 2006, providing vocals on the track "Sucker" on the
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project. The song attracted attention as it was the first time Jones used profanity in a recording. In 2007, Jones made her acting debut as the protagonist in a film directed by
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. The film, ''
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'', opened for the 2007 Cannes Film Festival as one of the 22 films in competition. She wrote and performed a song, "The Story", for the movie. In January 2007, Jones recorded a live session at
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for ''
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''. The episode, on which John Mayer and
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also appeared, was aired on UK
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and on the
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. She appeared twice on the
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series ''
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'', on November 2, 2002, and October 6, 2007. The latter appearance was the season opener. In a change of direction predating ''The Fall'', Jones (referring to herself as "Maddie" and virtually anonymous in a blond wig) sang and played guitar with rock band El Madmo. The band consists of Jones, Daru Oda and Richard Julian and released an eponymous album on May 20, 2007. In 2008, she recorded a duet with
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front man Q-Tip, titled "Life Is Better" from his "Renaissance" LP. Jones appears in
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's 2007 release '' River: The Joni Letters'', singing the first track, "
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". This album won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year at the 50th Grammy Awards in 2008; Jones was credited as a featured artist, her ninth Grammy win. Jones is one of the participants in the so-called " Hank Williams Project" overseen by
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, and reportedly including contributions from Willie Nelson,
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,
Lucinda Williams Lucinda Gayle Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and a solo guitarist. She recorded her first two albums: '' Ramblin' on My Mind'' (1979) and '' Happy Woman Blues'' (1980), in a traditional country and blues style ...
, and
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. On March 31, 2008, Jones commemorated the 20th anniversary of
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with a midnight performance at the intimate
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music venue where the singer got her start. She played a new song entitled "How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart" and explained that it originated from newly found Hank Williams lyrics she was asked to put to music. Jones also performed the song in late 2008 on
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's talk/music television series, '' Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...''. Jones was a judge for the 5th annual Independent Music Awards, supporting independent artists' careers. In 2010, Jones contributed "World of Trouble" to the
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and
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''Raise Hope for Congo''
compilation. Proceeds from the compilation fund efforts to make the protection and empowerment of Congo's women a priority, as well as inspire individuals around the world to raise their voices for peace in Congo. Jones released '' ...Featuring'', a compilation album of collaborations she has done with well-known musicians, including the
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, Willie Nelson,
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, Outkast, Q-Tip,
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,
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,
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,
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, Dolly Parton,
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,
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, and others. Jones said, "It's so exciting and flattering and fun when I get asked to sing with somebody that I admire.... It takes you a little bit out of your comfort zone when you're doing something with another artist. You don't know what to expect—it's kind of like being a little kid and having a playdate." The 18-track Blue Note disc was released on November 16, 2010. Jones recorded a Christmas duet, " Home for the Holidays", with
Cyndi Lauper Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper Thornton (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. Her career has spanned over 40 years. Her album ''She's So Unusual'' (1983) was the first debut album by a female artist to achi ...
. As a tribute to
Steve Jobs Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur, industrial designer, media proprietor, and investor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple; the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar; a ...
, Jones appeared on the Apple Campus in October 2011, performing "Nearness of You" and "Painter Song". She finished her live, three-song set by performing Bob Dylan's " Forever Young" in honor of Jobs, because "he liked Bob Dylan". Jones collaborated with ''
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'' creator
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on his Grammy-nominated 2011 debut studio album ''
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'' on the song "
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". Jones also had a cameo appearance in MacFarlane's 2012 feature film ''
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''. Additionally for the film, she collaborated with MacFarlane and ''Family Guy'' composer
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on the song " Everybody Needs a Best Friend", recorded on the motion picture soundtrack album and nominated for the
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. Jones would later collaborate with MacFarlane on his second studio album '' Holiday for Swing'' on the song "Little Jack Frost Get Lost". Jones sang "It Came Upon Midnight Clear", "Silent Night" and "Pooping Log (Caga Tió)" on the Holiday Special 2011 of '' Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations''. In September 2012, she appeared in "30 Songs/30 Days" to support '' Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide'', a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book. Jones is featured on
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's 2013 album '' Black Radio 2'', singing "Let It Ride". In October 2013, it was revealed that Jones and
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front man
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would be releasing a duets LP. The album, consisting of covers from the
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' album ''
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'', was titled ''
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'' and released on November 25, 2013. Jones collaborated with her half-sister,
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, on Shankar's album '' Traces of You'', released on October 22, 2013. She contributed vocals to three songs on the album. Jones recorded an album with her country music project, an all-female trio called
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, which consists of Jones,
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and
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. The album, titled ''
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'', was released on July 15, 2014, through Blue Note Records. In 2014, Jones played with her label-mates including
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,
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, Brian Blade and
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in celebration of the 75th anniversary of Blue Note Records in the Concert Hall of
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. Later, Jones joined
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for two songs at the
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to celebrate Staples' 75th birthday. Jones is featured on
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's 2014 album ''Afro Blue'', singing " Fools Rush In" and "Don't Misunderstand". On September 28, 2014, she appeared at the
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tribute concert to
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in Los Angeles, where she sang "
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" and "
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". Three days beforehand, Jones performed "Behind That Locked Door" live on the TBS television show '' Conan''. Her performance at George Fest was included on the 2016 album and film release of the event. Jones duets with The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards on the song "Illusions", from his 2015 album '' Crosseyed Heart''. On May 6, 2015, Jones sang "Don't Know Why" on ''The Late Show with David Letterman'', as she had thirteen years before for her first appearance on the Letterman show. The episode was broadcast within two weeks of Letterman's retirement as host. During the same year, she sang " Little Bird" and "
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" at Brian Fest. Jones donated her voice to the end credits song from the film ''
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'', on the song "One Voice". The song also features singers
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, Susanna Hoffs,
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,
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,
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and
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. It was produced by Dean Falcone, who wrote the film's score. "One Voice" was released on
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, April 16, 2016, with profits from the sale of the single going to benefit animal charities. In 2017, Jones recorded a rendition of "
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", a song made famous by
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, for ''Resistance Radio: The Man in the High Castle Album'', a soundtrack to
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's ''
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'' TV series. The song and soundtrack were produced by Danger Mouse, with whom Jones worked on her 2012 album, ''
Little Broken Hearts ''Little Broken Hearts'' (stylized as ''...Little Broken Hearts'') is the fifth studio album by American singer and songwriter Norah Jones, released on April 25, 2012, by Blue Note Records. The album was produced by Brian Burton, better known as ...
''. ''Begin Again'' was released through
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on April 12, 2019. The collection is a compilation of singles Jones recorded from 2018 to 2019, and includes collaborations with Jeff Tweedy and Thomas Bartlett. Jones planned to tour Australia and the US in support of the album, before cancelling shows due to the
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. In 2020, Jones duetted with US jazz star
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on the song " Angel Eyes" from her covers album ''The Women Who Raised Me''.


Tours

* Come Away with Me Tour (2002–04) * Norah Jones & The Handsome Band Tour (2004–05) * Not Too Late Tour (2007–08) * The Fall Tour (2010) * Little Broken Hearts Tour (2012–13) * Daybreaks World Tour (2016–17) * North American Tour (2019) * Summer Tour (2022)


Personal life

Jones was in a relationship with bassist Lee Alexander from 2000 to 2007. After a period of estrangement from her father,
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, Jones traveled to
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to spend time with him and wrote some material that was later recorded for the album ''The Fall''. Jones has two children with her husband, keyboardist Pete Remm.


Discography

Studio albums * ''
Come Away with Me ''Come Away with Me'' is the debut studio album by American recording artist Norah Jones, released on February 26, 2002, by Blue Note Records. Recording sessions took place at Sorcerer Sound Studio in New York City and Allaire Studios in Shok ...
'' (2002) * '' Feels like Home'' (2004) * '' Not Too Late'' (2007) * '' The Fall'' (2009) * ''
Little Broken Hearts ''Little Broken Hearts'' (stylized as ''...Little Broken Hearts'') is the fifth studio album by American singer and songwriter Norah Jones, released on April 25, 2012, by Blue Note Records. The album was produced by Brian Burton, better known as ...
'' (2012) * ''
Day Breaks ''Day Breaks'' is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Norah Jones, released on October 7, 2016, through Blue Note Records. The album features nine original songs and three covers. Jones returned to a piano-driven sound as heard ...
'' (2016) * '' Pick Me Up Off the Floor'' (2020) * '' I Dream of Christmas'' (2021) Collaborative albums * ''
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'' (2003) * '' Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles'' (2011) * ''
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Foreverly ''Foreverly'' (stylized as ''foreverly'') is a collaborative album by Green Day singer/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and jazz/pop singer-songwriter Norah Jones. It was released on November 25, 2013, through Reprise Records. ''Foreverly'' is a c ...
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* Fry Street Fire – Norah Jones was an honorary Chairwoman of "Save Fry Street". *
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