Norah Jones je već sa svojim prvim albumom zapela za oko i kritičarima i široj publici. Mnogima je bila interesantna zbog činjenice da je kćer Ravija Shankara, velike internacione zvijezde, no Norah se pokazala kao vrlo talentirana pjevačica, pijanistica i kantautorica. S dubokim i baršunastim glasom u odličnoj je poziciji za interpretaciju svoje glazbe. Rođena je 30.03.1979. u New Yorku, no unatoč slavnom ocu odrasla je s majkom u Texasu u vrlo mirnom okruženju. Njezino pojačano zanimanje za glazbu počelo je upisom u srednju muzičku školu, a tijekom školovanja osvojila je nekoliko školskih nagrada. Zbog zova glazbe i nastupa nije diplomirala klavir što joj je bila namjera, već se potpuno posvetila skladanju i nastupima s funk bendom Wax Poetic.
2001. gostuje na albumu Charlija Huntera i cijelu godinu intenzivno nastupa s njim, ali i priprema solo prvijenac. "Come Away With Me" je objavljen početkom 2002. na poznatoj jazz etiketi Blue Note i polako je krenuo u osvajanje tržišta. Producent Arif Mardin, studijski veteran koji je radio s Arethom Franklin, vjerno je replicirao barski zvuk Norahina benda. U drugoj polovici 2002. album se počeo bolje prodavati zahvaljujući singlu "Don't Know Why", koji je za Norah napisao njen prijatelj Jesse Harris. Do kraja godine "Come Away With Me" dostiže milijunsku nakladu te tako postaje neočekivani pretendent na Grammy 2003.
Uprkos brojnim nominacijama, nitko nije mogao predvidjeti trijumf Norah Jones na Grammyju - čak 8 nagrada, pobjeda u svim glavnim kategorijama ispred velikih imena poput Springsteena i Eminema, od mlade je pjevačice učinio internacionalnog superstara. Album se nastavio sjajno prodavati, a objavljen je i koncertni DVD.
"Feels Like Home", drugi album Norah Jones, objavljen je u veljači 2004.
Don't Know Why
Norah Jones ( Album : Come Away With Me )
I waited 'til I saw the sun
I don't know why I didn't come
I left you by the house of fun
I don't know why I didn't come
I don't know why I didn't come
When I saw the break of day
I wished that I could fly away
Instead of kneeling in the sand
Catching teardrops in my hand
My heart is drenched in wine
But you'll be on my mind
Forever
Out across the endless sea
I would die in ecstasy
But I'll be a bag of bones
Driving down the road along
My heart is drenched in wine
But you'll be on my mind
Forever
Something has to make you run
I don't know why I didn't come
I feel as empty as a drum
I don't know why I didn't come
I don't know why I didn't come
I don't know why I didn't come
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones ( Album : Come Away With Me )
Come away with me in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song
Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they can't tempt us
With their lies
I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
So won't you try to come
Come away with me and we'll kiss
On a mountaintop
Come away with me
And I'll never stop loving you
And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me