The Hindu : 5 Grammys for Norah Jones

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Tuesday, Feb 25, 2003

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5 Grammys for Norah Jones

NEW YORK FEB. 24. The sultry jazz sound of newcomer Norah Jones seduced the music industry on its biggest night, beating out the crowd favourite, Bruce Springsteen, as the Grammy Awards returned to his home turf.

Ms. Jones earned five Grammys on Sunday, including album and record of the year, and her disc was responsible for eight trophies overall.

A disc she thought would appeal only to jazz purists has sold more than six million copies worldwide and become the talk of the music business. "I feel really blessed and really lucky to have had the year I had," said the 23-year-old New Yorker.

Mr. Springsteen's tribute to the September 11 terror victims, `The Rising', and the homespun sound of the Dixie Chicks won three awards each. Double Grammy winners included Eminem, Coldplay, India.Arie, Nelly and the blues legend, B.B. King.

Eminem's second Grammy came for the best rap album, the third time he's won in the category.

Ms. Jones, who emerged last year after signing with the tiny Blue Note jazz label, also won for best female pop vocal, best new artist and best pop album.

The song, `Don't Know Why', won song of the year for songwriter Jesse Harris. The producer and the engineer of her album also accepted trophies.

The major awards had been widely expected to be a duel between Mr. Springsteen and Ms. Jones, the daughter of New York concert producer, Sue Jones, and Indian sitar maestro, Ravi Shankar.

Mr. Springsteen's three trophies were in rock `n' roll categories, but otherwise Grammy voters favoured a woman who wasn't born when he first sang `Born to Run'.

In New Delhi, Ms. Jones' proud papa said he "can't take credit" for his daughter's success. "She has been born and brought up in America, and her music has its foundations in jazz, pop and the western style. I cannot take credit for it."

Ms. Jones had never seen Mr. Shankar between the age of nine and 18 as her parents never married. They had split before she was born. She later reconciled with her father.

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