Norah Jones

Solo Artist · The top jazz artist of the 2000s decade

Photo: PhilipRomanoPhoto · CC BY 4.0
Active 2000-present
Origin Brooklyn, New York
Albums 9
Tracks 113
Most frequent collaborator Arif Mardin · 27 tracks
Genres JazzPopFolkCountry
Songwriter
74%
Authorship

Holds writing credit on 84 of 113 tracks

Does Norah Jones write her own songs?

Now she does, though the album everyone knows is the exception. She is credited on 84 of her 113 album tracks, but only three of the fourteen on Come Away with Me. From Not Too Late in 2007 onwards she writes most or all of every record, and five of the nine carry her name on every single track.

By the Numbers

9
Studio Albums
113
Tracks Credited
74%
Self-Written
more than 53 million albums worldwide
Records Sold
26
Years Active
50
Collaborators

Authorship Breakdown 84 / 113 self-written

Who wrote the songs?

Across all 113 tracks: how many Norah Jones wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.

Norah Jones has a writing credit74%
27%
47%
26%
Sole author31tracks27%
Co-written53tracks47%
Outside writers29tracks26%

Role Fingerprint how they contribute

Lyricist Performer Composer Producer
Norah Jones's roles across the catalogue

Share of all 113 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.

Lyricist (words)74%
Composer (music)74%
Producer44%
Performer100%

Authorship Over Time writing credit per album

Norah Jones's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.

avg 74%
21%
46%
100%
100%
100%
67%
100%
46%
100%
2002Come Away with Me
2004Feels Like Home
2007Not Too Late
2009The Fall
2012Little Broken Hearts
2016Day Breaks
2020Pick Me Up Off the Floor
2021I Dream of Christmas
2024Visions
Early · 55% written
Mid · 89% written
Late · 81% written

Authorship by Decade track-weighted

66%
2000s
Come Away with Me, Feels Like Home +2 more
83%
2010s
Little Broken Hearts, Day Breaks
81%
2020s
Pick Me Up Off the Floor, I Dream of Christmas +1 more

Authorship Spectrum pure performer to complete author

Where Norah Jones sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.

Norah Jones
Other artists on the site

Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.

Elvis Presley1%
Ray Charles14%
Britney Spears32%
Carrie Underwood43%
Dolly Parton59%
John Legend83%
Noah Kahan100%
74%Norah Jones
Pure Performer0%
Songwriter~50%
Complete Author100%

Who Really Wrote the Hits signature songs

Don't Know Why
Come Away with Me
Written by Jesse Harris
Outside writers
Thinking About You
Not Too Late
Written by Norah Jones, Ilhan Ersahin, Geethali Norah Jones Shankar
Co-wrote

Discography 9 albums

All nine solo studio albums. The collaborative records with The Peter Malick Group, Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis, Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi, and the band albums with The Little Willies and Puss n Boots sit outside this catalogue.

Collaborator Network who they worked with most

Norah Jones113 tracks
27Arif Mardin, 27 tracks LM25Leon Michels, 25 tracks LA23Lee Alexander, 23 tracks 14Jay Newland, 14 tracks CS14Craig Street, 14 tracks JK13Jacquire King, 13 tracks DM12Danger Mouse, 12 tracks BB12Brian Burton, 12 tracks EW12Eli Wolf, 12 tracks CB12co-produced by Sarah Oda, 12 tracks JT11Jeff Tweedy, 11 tracks JH7Jesse Harris, 7 tracks SO5Sarah Oda, 5 tracks RJ3Richard Julian, 3 tracks PR3Peter Remm, 3 tracks DO2Daru Oda, 2 tracks DE2Duke Ellington, 2 tracks HW1Hank Williams, 1 track JD1John D. Loudermilk, 1 track JH1JC Hopkins, 1 track HC1Hoagy Carmichael, 1 track NW1Ned Washington, 1 track AL1Adam Levy, 1 track TV1Townes Van Zandt, 1 track DP1Dolly Parton, 1 track KB1Kevin Breit, 1 track AB1Andrew Borger, 1 track KB1Kathleen Brennan, 1 track TW1Tom Waits, 1 track IE1Ilhan Ersahin, 1 track RR1Rylo Rodriguez, 1 track MM1Mike Martin, 1 track on All That Remains's page WS1Will Sheff, 1 track NY1Neil Young, 1 track HS1Horace Silver, 1 track EF1Emily Fiskio, 1 track RB1Ross Bagdasarian, 1 track IB1Irving Berlin, 1 track BH1Billy Hayes, 1 track JW1Jay W. Johnson, 1 track RB1Richard Bernhard Smith, 1 track FB1Felix Bernard, 1 track RB1Richard B. Smith, 1 track JM1Johnny Marks, 1 track MB1Marvin Brodie, 1 track LM1Lee Mendelson, 1 track VG1Vince Guaraldi, 1 track FL1Frank Loesser, 1 track HS1Homer Steinweiss, 1 track PR1Pete Remm, 1 track

Bubble size = tracks worked on together. LM Leon Michels · LA Lee Alexander · CS Craig Street · JK Jacquire King

Photo credits

Portraits in the web and the rail come from Wikimedia Commons. The artist's own photo carries its credit under the picture.

The Authorship Story

Data Insight

She is credited on 84 of her 113 album tracks, but the split runs the wrong way round. Come Away with Me, the album that made her, carries her name on three of fourteen songs. Everything after it is mostly hers, and five of the nine albums carry her name on every single track.

Quick Facts

  • The reversal3 of 14 tracks on the debut, then most of every album since
  • Ten GrammysTen wins from twenty nominations
  • Come Away with MeCertified diamond, over 27 million copies sold
  • Career salesMore than 53 million albums worldwide
  • Five in one nightThe first person of South Asian descent to win 5 Grammy Awards at a single show
  • Her fatherThe sitar player Ravi Shankar

Creative Fingerprint

A singer on the record that sold 27 million, and the writer of nearly everything she made afterwards.

The Story

Norah Jones sang three of her own songs on the album that sold 27 million copies. Every record since has been mostly hers. Nine albums, ten Grammy Awards, and a career built backwards from a debut nobody expected.

Awards & Recognition

Ten Grammy Awards from twenty nominations
Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist (2003)
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Visions (2025)
BRIT Award for International Breakthrough Act (2003)
Named the top jazz artist of the 2000s decade by Billboard

Frequently Asked Questions Norah Jones

Does Norah Jones write her own songs?
Now she does, though the album everyone knows is the exception. She is credited on 84 of her 113 album tracks, but only three of the fourteen on Come Away with Me. From Not Too Late in 2007 onwards she writes most or all of every record, and five of the nine carry her name on every single track.
Who wrote "Don't Know Why"?
Jesse Harris, alone. Jones sang it, won a Grammy for Record of the Year with it, and has no writing credit on it.
Which songs on Come Away with Me did she write?
Three: the title track, "Nightingale", and "The Long Day Is Over" with Jesse Harris. The other eleven come from Harris, Lee Alexander, Hank Williams, Hoagy Carmichael and John D. Loudermilk.
How many albums has she released?
Nine solo studio albums between 2002 and 2024, plus collaborative records with Willie Nelson, Danger Mouse, The Little Willies and Puss n Boots that sit outside this catalogue.
How many records has she sold?
More than 53 million albums worldwide as of 2023. Come Away with Me alone accounts for over 27 million of those.
How many Grammys has she won?
Ten, from twenty nominations. Five came in one night in 2003 for Come Away with Me, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist.
Who is Lee Alexander?
The bassist and songwriter who wrote four songs on Come Away with Me, co-wrote across Feels Like Home and Not Too Late, and produced Not Too Late.
Who produced Little Broken Hearts?
Danger Mouse, who also co-wrote all twelve tracks with her. It is the only album where a single collaborator shares every credit.
Is she related to Ravi Shankar?
He was her father. Her half-sister Anoushka Shankar is also a sitar player. She was born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar and changed her name at 16.
Which albums carry her name on every track?
Five of the nine: Not Too Late, The Fall, Little Broken Hearts, Pick Me Up Off the Floor and Visions. On Little Broken Hearts every one of those credits is shared with Danger Mouse.

Sources

Wikipedia: Norah Jones Wikipedia: Norah Jones discography Wikipedia: List of awards and nominations received by Norah Jones