8 Things to Know About Norah Jones' Come Away With Me Grammy Sweep
- The album won eight Grammys in total, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist at the 2003 ceremony.
- Norah Jones swept three of the four top general field categories in one night.
- The album also won Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Don’t Know Why.”
- “Don’t Know Why” won Song of the Year for its writer, Jesse Harris.
- The album’s engineer and mixer won Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.
- The album’s producer, Arif Mardin, won Producer of the Year, Non-Classical for his work on the album.
- The album’s success made Jones the first artist to win Album of the Year with a debut album since Lauryn Hill in 1999.
- The eight wins tied the record for most Grammys won by a female artist in a single night at the time.