Norah Jones Discussion

[musicmania001]

Janet looks magnificent so I dont get the joke.
Maybe youre the joke.

[anafan]

#1 on Amazon now.

There's only 4 weeks til the Japanese release, so the album should leak in a couple weeks I guess.

[anafan]

But as holiday recipients start to redeem online gift certificates, the early winner is an album that won't be out for another month: Norah Jones' "Not Too Late." On Wednesday morning the pianist-singer's Jan. 30 release was at No. 2 on Amazon.com and No. 5 on iTunes and was prominently featured on the Walmart.com site.

www.variety.com/article/VR1117956339.html?categoryid=16&cs=1

[Love Plastic Love]

Hope she sells a lot!!! :)

[blurple]

underneathobsidian said:

Hope she sells a lot!!! :)

im sure she will, she's been leading the pre-orders from amazon and i-tunes (not the best indicator of sales but still). i've been liking what i'm hearing from the song previews and the single... god, im gonna be broke with all these new cds...

[skaterboyccs]

I would like to buy the album... the video for Thinking About You is cute... I have nothing of her :)

[anafan]

Norah will do a concert for SWR3 in Germany January 17th.

www.swr3.de/specials/hautnah/jones/index.html

So European promo schedule so far:

1.17 Concert in Germany for SWR3
1.27 Schlag den Raab
2.10 SWR3 "Latenight"
3.03 Wetten, dass..?
March - Sanremo Italy

[mrjedi]

isn't norah jones doing a film with Natalie (Star Wars) Portman (hot hot) next year?

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Yes, it's called "My Blueberry Nights" and it's co-written and directed by Wong Kar Wai (2046).

[AutomaticBR]

so, with how much sales do u guys think this album will debut?

[anafan]

I'm hoping for at least 500k first week.

[anafan]

The January 17th concert in Germany will be available on video live stream on

www.swr3.de/specials/hautnah/jones/index.html

[slowmo]

I'm not really a fan of Norah, but this morning I saw her video on VH1 and got all excited that she had something new out. Anyone care to explain this to me? lol I thought it was a pretty cool video and she always has something different to offer from the 'normal stuff' visual wise, which is always welcomed in my book.

[musicmania001]

I'll say something in the range of 600 to 700k maybe even more.

[reception]

Week Of: December 4, 2006

Better 'Late' Than Never
On Jan. 30, 2007, Norah Jones will return with her third studio album, "Not Too Late." Her next Blue Note outing contains 13 songs, all written or co-written by the artist. Production for the album was handled by Jones' bassist, Lee Alexander, while indie singer-songwriter M. Ward, Kronos Quartet cellist Jeff Ziegler and organist Larry Goldings make guest appearances.

"I think this new album reflects more sides of my personality than my first two records did," says Jones. "It has a lot more variety to it." And we get our first taste of it with "Thinking About You."

"Not Too Late" is the followup to 2004's "Feels Like Home," which sold 4.3 million copies in the United States; her debut effort, "Come Away With Me," has sold over 8 million to date.

Jones has kept a lower profile than usual in 2006, guesting on a few projects and recording a collaborative album with New York-based friends as The Little Willies. She has also just completed her acting debut for the Wong Kar-Wai-directed film "My Blueberry Nights," which also stars Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Rachel Weisz.

— John Schoenberger
Radio & Records

[vivi]

i love Norah Jones soooo much. I cannot wait for the new album

[musicmania001]

Actually her first project has now basically sold 10 million units. It is now diamond!!!!!

Yeah!!!!!!

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How much was her highest week sale with "Come Away With Me"?

[anafan]

from EMI

EMI's Norah Jones is no.1 on US and UK album charts; 'Come Away With Me' sales now exceed 9 million

LONDON, 5 MARCH 2003 -- EMI is pleased to announce that Norah Jones’s debut album ‘Come Away With Me’ has today returned to the top of the American charts for the second time this year, following a record-breaking week of sales in the US.

Winner of eight Grammy Awards in New York 10 days ago, Norah Jones’s album has enjoyed the biggest post-Grammy sales spike on record. According to reports today from US chart company Soundscan, ‘Come Away With Me’ sold 621,030 units over the counter in the week following the awards (week ended 2 March 2003), after a marathon 53 weeks on the charts.

In the UK, where Ms Jones last month won a Brit Award for Best International Newcomer, ‘Come Away With Me’ made number one on the album charts for the first time on Sunday.

Global shipments of Ms Jones’s album are now well past the 9 million mark, making the 23-year old singer-songwriter from New York one of the world’s best-selling artists of 2002-2003.

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I think Ms Jones' album will sell between 500k and 900k...

[anafan]

Here's the album preview that's also on iTunes when you buy Thinking About You

boss.streamos.com/wmedia/angel/not_too_late_preview_audio/not_too_late_preview_128k.asx

From the clips I'm most interested in hearing Wish I Could, The Sun Doesn't Like You, Not My Friend, Broken, Wake Me Up, Not Too Late.

[anafan]

Norah's German site is having a contest for tickets to see her live in US next year.



And this site says Norah will do 2 shows in Paris in June and perform at festivals in the summer.

So maybe there'll be more news of tour/dates soon.

[anafan]

Not Too Late EPK screencaps

Video no longer online

Performance clips of new material, Norah talking about the album












Hearing the new stuff being performed makes me so much more excited for the album!

[anafan]

The album is out in 3 weeks in Japan!

NTL is still #1 on Amazon, top 20 on iTunes US. The album is also #1 for 1/26 releases on Amazon Germany, #1 for 1/29 releases on Amazon France and UK. And the preorders on iTunes outside US (top10):

#1 Germany
#1 Switzerland
#1 Portugal
#1 Belgium
#1 Austria
#1 Finland
#2 Netherlands
#2 Spain
#2 Sweden
#3 Japan
#3 Denmark
#3 France
#4 Italy

Norah Jones presents new album with SWR3-Concert
Tuesday 2 January 2007



Baden-Baden - Norah Jones will perform songs from her new album "Not Too Late" nine days before the release on 17 January with the "SWR3" concert in Baden-Baden. The 27 year old US singer will perform approximately an one hour set for 450 listeners in the Baden-Baden theatre. The concert will be live on SWR3 radio and then shown on TV.

"Not Too Late" (EMI) contains 13 new Songs, all written or co-written by Norah Jones. Her debut "Come Away With Me" from 2002 had received eight Grammys. She has also won two World Music Awards, a Brit Award, an Echo Award and sold over 30 million albums worldwide.

- Yahoo Germany

[anafan]

Mellencamp, Jones albums among early '07 releases

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Billboard presents a look at the music you'll be hearing a lot about in the first quarter:

NORAH JONES

"Not Too Late" (Blue Note, January 30)

Norah Jones kept a low profile in 2006, recording a collaborative album with New York-based musician friends as the Little Willies and guesting on the self-titled Ipecac album from
Mike Patton's Peeping Tom project.

But January 30 sees her back in the public eye with her third album, "Not Too Late," comprising songs all written or co-written by the artist. Production was handled by Jones' songwriting partner/bassist Lee Alexander; indie singer/songwriter M. Ward, Kronos Quartet cellist Jeff Ziegler and organist Larry Goldings make guest appearances.

First single "Thinking About You" typifies an album full of jazz- and soul-shaded arrangements, old-school organ and horns and Jones' honeyed vocals.

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By Ricardo Baca
Denver Post Pop Music Critic

Norah Jones, "Not Too Late": You can't deny Jones' coy voice and masterful pop sensibilities. Jan. 30.

test.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_4932110

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Record year ahead
By JIM FARBER
New York Daily News

Norah Jones: “Not Too Late,” the third CD from the burgundy-voiced star, arrives Jan. 30.

www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/entertainment/16353605.htm

[babyboylrtm]

Ugh I cannot wait!

[43dudleyvillas]

Norah Jones talks with HITS' Bud Scoppa about her upcoming album. It's worth reading. Here's HDD's set-up:

Not Too Late is even quieter than Norah Jones’ first two LPs, and it’s far moodier as well, as the artist and her boyfriend, Lee Alexander, who produced, boldly pared everything down to the bone. There are cellos and horns, but they’re used so sparingly and subtly that you never feel like you’re being pushed in a certain direction. The 13 songs, all written or co-written by Jones, represent a parallel deepening of her aesthetic. The world may not be expecting this, but it turns out that Jones has a lot on her mind and a natural gift for expressing herself in song, as well as in conversation, as a smitten Bud Scoppa discovered.

And an excerpt:

How would you describe the direction?

I don’t know. I always have trouble describing music, because that’s not my job. But I do think that this album is in a way darker, but also more playful at the same time. And I think that it’s more personal, yet every song isn’t about a personal situation; it’s just my personal view on maybe other situations, too. I’m really proud of these songs, which is not something I can always say. I was glad that I wrote some songs on the first two records—and I liked them—but, to be able to feel like, “Wow, I’m so proud of these songs,” that’s so cool for me.

[finyanga]

HDD has an interesting interview with Norah about the album:

Not Too Late for the Sky

I'm intrigued by some of what she says, particularly the reference to a Brecht-Weill feel of two of the songs. I'm also interested (in light of the conversations in other threads about album sales vs. individual song downloads) to hear her talking about an overall theme to the album.

I'm looking forward to hearing this album.

ETA: I'm only one minute slower than dudley. That's pretty good!

[musicmania001]

Great!!!!!

She's awesome!!!

[anafan]

Thanks! Nice interview. I'm looking forward to more press, reviews, and the promotion in the coming weeks.

NTL iTunes top10 preorders

#1 Denmark
#1 Belgium
#1 Germany
#1 Finland
#1 Spain
#1 Netherlands
#1 Austria
#1 Portugal
#1 Switzerland
#1 Sweden
#2 France
#2 Italy
#2 Japan
#5 Greece
#8 Norway

#1 on Amazon, #1 on Amazon UK for 1/29 releases, #1 on Amazon Germany for 1/26 releases, #1 on Amazon France for 1/29 releases.