Come Away with Me is the debut album of pianist and singer Norah Jones, released February 26, 2002 on Blue Note Records.

The album's critical and commercial success was a breakthrough for Jones in 2002, as it reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart and several jazz charts.

Come Away with Me received acclaim from most music critics and achieved an aggregate score of 82/100 from Metacritic.The album received 3.5 out of 4 stars from both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Los Angeles Times.

Commercial performance

Despite genre classification disputes over the album, Come Away with Me's unique combination of jazz, folk, and soul, as well as Jones's fresh voice, caught the attention of consumers and critics alike. The album sold approximately 22.5 million copies worldwide and won eight awards (Jones won five of the awards) at the Grammy Awards of 2003, including "Album of the Year", as well as "Record of the Year" and "Song of the Year" for "Don't Know Why".Although she was happy about her success, Jones felt bad about sweeping the Grammy Awards. In an interview for 60 Minutes, Jones told Katie Couric:

I felt like I went to somebody else's birthday party and I ate all their cake. Without anybody else getting a piece. That's how I felt.^[6]

—Norah Jones

Upon initial release on February 26, 2002, Come Away with Me had a slow progression up the charts. However, it eventually gained a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on August 22, 2002.^[7] It went on to sell over ten million copies over the next year, and on February 15, 2005, was certified as a diamond record by the RIAA.^[7] Other issues of the album, including a Canadian bonus DVD version, followed in response to the album's initial success.^[22]

In Germany, the album debuted just at #37, nevertheless it stayed a total of 141 weeks on the official German Albums Chart and it managed to reach #2 in its 37th week on that chart, where it stayed for 4 weeks. In the end, Come Away with Me sold 750,000 copies, reaching 5× gold, being her most successful album in that country and one of the longest-staying album on the German Albums Chart.^[23][24]

Polyphonic HMI's "Hit Song Science" software predicted the album's success months before its release, contradicting skeptical executives.^[25]

Accolades

Rolling stone ranked "Come Away with Me" at number 54 on its list of the 100 Best Album of the Decade. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-2000s-20110718/norah-jones-come-away-with-me-19691231

In 2009, Rhapsody ranked the album at #16 on its "100 Best Albums of the Decade" list.

In 2003, she won five Grammy Awards, Best New Artist, Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for the album and Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the single "Don't Know Why" at the 45th Grammy Awards. This matched the record for most Grammy wins by a female artist in a single night (tying with Lauryn Hill and Alicia Keys). That night, Jesse Harris won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for composing "Don't Know Why", Arif Mardin won Producer of the Year, primarily for his work on Come Away With Me, and the album also received the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.

That is a really good album but i still... don't know honetsly how it sold that much. I mean good album yes, But don't know why was her only semi hit. And i didn't hear it nearly as much as i have heard any of Adeles song.

So whatever she did to get that to sell 10 million, go her

She went right over my head. I still haven't heard a single song from her. From the looks of it, she fell off. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Adele becomes a thing of the past in the next 2-3 years aswell.

Terrib3Towel said:

She went right over my head. I still haven't heard a single song from her. From the looks of it, she fell off. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Adele becomes a thing of the past in the next 2-3 years aswell.

That's what i mean! she had a somewhat successfull single & managed to just fuck everyone up

I give her props, she is also probably the last jazzy artist to even go platinum that i can think of.

Gunsnhalen said:

Terrib3Towel said:

She went right over my head. I still haven't heard a single song from her. From the looks of it, she fell off. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Adele becomes a thing of the past in the next 2-3 years aswell.

That's what i mean! she had a somewhat successfull single & managed to just fuck everyone up

I give her props, she is also probably the last jazzy artist to even go platinum that i can think of.

Yeah it's crazy how she sold that much with basically no huge pop single. Judging from the vid, I think I'll pass tho.

Love her voice. Not just on her solo work, but on her many duets (some compiled into...Featuring Norah Jones), her country band and especially their first album The Little Willies, her work with The Peter Malick Group and all her Jools Holland performances. She's also had a side thing with a rock band but I haven't gotten around to picking that up yet, nor her album with Jack White.

Norah's got album cuts all over the map, lots of labels and popular music genres. She's been consistently busy recording with other artists since her debut in a way that's unusual for an artist who hits in pop.

Terrib3Towel said:

And blowing them both out of the water, Miss Chan Marshall, better known as Cat Power.

Gunsnhalen said:

That is a really good album but i still... don't know honetsly how it sold that much. I mean good album yes, But don't know why was her only semi hit. And i didn't hear it nearly as much as i have heard any of Adeles song.

So whatever she did to get that to sell 10 million, go her

There is a big difference with Norah and Adele, one is the fact that Norah had a long history in clubs, her first cd of demos called "First Sessions" was being sold at her gigs before she was really even signed, my first encounter with Norah was in 2000 playing at the "living room" and before she blew up i had seen Norah 13times live, so she was more an artist that grinded in the clubs of NYC (mostly) and her success was purely word of mouth early on, the album "Come Away With Me" was not an out of the box Top 10 record it took months, but i think people fell for the simplicity of her on "dont know why", that is her "your song", she cant do a gig without playing it. Also back in 2002-2003, Norah did all the right things, played the late nite tv shows, had tons of vh1 play, toured HEAVILY, and despite her being "quiet" she is very very accessible in terms of doing interviews and things like that. And also Norah was everywhere, working with so many different types of artists, so i cant compare her and adele outside of the sales of their individual records, to me Norah is more the artist that is taking all these chances, and adele is this great vocalist capturing mutual emotions. I like where Norah came from, the clubs of NYC, she stomped it out played every little club you can think of, and after she blew up, she went right back and played them, she did not get caught up in her sales, because she knew it was a fluke, she always said 10 million? i thought we'd sell 10,000 if we were lucky. So i could list every artist that Norah has worked with and also Norah's side project, and honestly, it amazes me how much she has done in the decade, i mean worldwide she has sold over 40 million albums, which is amazing for someone of her style, and yes album to album the sales have dropped, that is what always happens, has nothing to do with her musical output, she also is the type of artist that does not stick to the formula, i know some say she's "safe" but to me doing music with Ryan Adams,Willie Nelson,Charlie Hunter,Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Herbie HanCock,Lucinda Williams,Qtip etc. etc.. is Not playing it safe...there isnt one artist on that list that is "mainstream".

Gunsnhalen said:

I give her props, she is also probably the last jazzy artist to even go platinum that i can think of.

Diana Krall The Look Of Love

I loved Norah Jones when she first came out. But then, I don't know what happened

I used to listen to this album in my kitchen was I was trying to learn how to cook brings back memories

This comparison is very lazy and I see it all the time, many of whom try to discredit Adele. Norah and Adele don't even make the same type of music, nor was Norah Jones as "popular" as Adele. Plus Adele's audience reaches much further than just adults. Heck Norah only has 2 songs to ever chart on the BB100.

I've only heard 1 Norah song in my lifetime and I have no desire to hear anymore.

The difference is that Nora sold more albums and had far less successful singles. In fact I found out this week that the album did so well I always thought it only sold like a million or so.

aardvark15 said:

The difference is that Nora sold more albums and had far less successful singles. In fact I found out this week that the album did so well I always thought it only sold like a million or so.

Yea it sold more than Adele...22 million copies!?!?!? I didnt even know he sold that much but I do remember the hype around it.

mjscarousal said:

aardvark15 said:

The difference is that Nora sold more albums and had far less successful singles. In fact I found out this week that the album did so well I always thought it only sold like a million or so.

Yea it sold more than Adele...22 million copies!?!?!? I didnt even know he sold that much but I do remember the hype around it.

Adele's on her way though, right? She's currently at 20 million.

smoothcriminal12 said:

mjscarousal said:

Yea it sold more than Adele...22 million copies!?!?!? I didnt even know he sold that much but I do remember the hype around it.

Adele's on her way though, right? She's currently at 20 million.

21 Hasn't even gone diamond yet

aardvark15 said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

Adele's on her way though, right? She's currently at 20 million.

21 Hasn't even gone diamond yet

In the US or? Wikipedia says over 20 million worldwide .

smoothcriminal12 said:

aardvark15 said:

21 Hasn't even gone diamond yet

In the US or? Wikipedia says over 20 million worldwide .

Adele fans screwed up wikipedia worldwide it hasn't gone diamond

[Edited 4/28/12 10:12am]

Adele will be diamond in a few months.

Hate Adele? I love Adele. I also like some mainstream music as well. I'm just stating facts. She's not diamond yet. She will be soon but she's not diamond yet

That's generalizing to claim Norah fell off. She still doing her thing right now and she's about to release her new album or already has. I wouldn't compare her to Adele.

Timmy84 said:

That's generalizing to claim Norah fell off. She still doing her thing right now and she's about to release her new album or already has. I wouldn't compare her to Adele.

the comparison never made it sense, it just always comes up when "sales" are talked about, and i dont think its to "discredit" Adele as someone said, its not like ADELE is an artist that cant sing or perform, if that were the case than shit yeah i discredit her, but its not. But the comparisons are way way off, they make way different music, and Norah has partnered with more artists than PRINCE has ever said "he was wanting to work with" but never did. To me Norah, not Beyonce was the artist of that last decade if you are talking a "music artist", but the media didnt explore they just like to make blanket statements. Now i dont know much of Adele prior to this album and im not really into it, i respect it, but i dont really find myself going back to listening to the album that much in full. But again she is early in her career and she may show that diversity and wider range and working with artists you'd never expect. I also think the blanket statements on Norah that people make are usually by people that think she did nothing prior to "come away with me" or hasnt done anything else. Charting singles was never what she was going to do, i said that back in 2002 before her album came out, i knew from the first moment i saw her and her band at a gig in 2000 prior to being signed that she had the goods it took to be a "long range" artist that would have a catalog, kind of like the female Ryan Adams, without his moods.

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lastdecember said:

Timmy84 said:

That's generalizing to claim Norah fell off. She still doing her thing right now and she's about to release her new album or already has. I wouldn't compare her to Adele.

the comparison never made it sense, it just always comes up when "sales" are talked about, and i dont think its to "discredit" Adele as someone said, its not like ADELE is an artist that cant sing or perform, if that were the case than shit yeah i discredit her, but its not. But the comparisons are way way off, they make way different music, and Norah has partnered with more artists than PRINCE has ever said "he was wanting to work with" but never did. To me Norah, not Beyonce was the artist of that last decade if you are talking a "music artist", but the media didnt explore they just like to make blanket statements. Now i dont know much of Adele prior to this credit and even that im just into it, i respect it, but i dont really find myself going back to listening to the album that much in full. But again she is early in her career and she may show that diversity and wider range and working with artists you'd never expect. I also think the blanket statements on Norah that people make are usually by people that think she did nothing prior to "come away with me" or hasnt done anything else. Charting singles was never what she was going to do, i said that back in 2002 before her album came out, i knew from the first moment i saw her and her band at a gig in 2000 prior to being signed that she had the goods it took to be a "long range" artist that would have a catalog, kind of like the female Ryan Adams, without his moods.

Yeah two totally different artists.

Gunsnhalen said:

That is a really good album but i still... don't know honetsly how it sold that much. I mean good album yes, But don't know why was her only semi hit. And i didn't hear it nearly as much as i have heard any of Adeles song.

So whatever she did to get that to sell 10 million, go her

Being Ravi Shankar's daughter too, though she hid it well for some time.

^ I doubt her being an offspring to a music legend helped sales... I wouldn't tell you to "ask the you-know-who's" because people are nuts here.

Timmy84 said:

^ I doubt her being an offspring to a music legend helped sales... I wouldn't tell you to "ask the you-know-who's" because people are nuts here.

You know my BS too well timmy

I wasn't calling anyone out with the pic, Im just noticing the "she aint all that" backlash that has started on Queen Adele from certain stans that are gonna hate cause their "artist" took a huge nose dive into oblivion and try to discredit a new force in music........

alphastreet said:

Timmy84 said:

^ I doubt her being an offspring to a music legend helped sales... I wouldn't tell you to "ask the you-know-who's" because people are nuts here.

You know my BS too well timmy

lazycrockett said:

I wasn't calling anyone out with the pic, Im just noticing the "she aint all that" backlash that has started on Queen Adele from certain stans that are gonna hate cause their "artist" took a huge nose dive into oblivion and try to discredit a new force in music........

Speaking of "Adele backlash", I doubt this one is as widespread as assumed... I know some folks are tired of her but that's because they're zombies to corporate terrestrial radio.