Norah Jones

Norah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She was born in 1979 in New York. Her father is Ravi Shankar, a famous Indian sitar player, and her mother is in the concert producer Sue Jones. In 1986 her parents separated and later got divorced, and Norah went to live in Texas with her mother.

Norah was interested in music all her life. When she was young she played the saxophone and she was in two different choirs. She went to the University of North Texas to study jazz piano, and while she was there she met Jesse Harris. She started a band with him a year later, and since then they have worked together on many different projects.

In 1999 she moved to New York, and in 2001 she signed a contract with Blue Note records. Since then she has made five albums, and they have all been very successful. She has won nine Grammy awards and has sold over 37 million albums worldwide. She has also appeared in several films, including My Blueberry Nights.

She has been in only one relationship, with Lee Alexander, but they broke up in 2007. She still lives in New York. At the moment she is working on a new album.