Norah Jones

Los Angeles, March 4 (Reuters): Jazz chanteuse Norah Jones may be soft-spoken but her album, Feels Like Home, roared again at cash registers, topping charts for a third week in a row, according to data released by Nielsen SoundScan yesterday.

The sultry singer’s second album sold about 281,000 units in the week ended on February 29, bringing her three-week total to 1.7 million, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album sold over a million copies in its first week of release ended February 15, becoming the first to pass the 1 million mark in a debut week since ‘ Sync’s Celebrity sold nearly 1.9 million copies in July 2001, Nielsen SoundScan said.

Jones’ follow-up to her Grammy-winning blockbuster debut Come Away With Me was also a big seller in the digital domain, with four tracks from the new disc selling in the top 200 digital tracks, according to Jones’ Blue Note label.

New York-born, Texas-raised Jones, 24, daughter of Ravi Shankar and former music promoter Sue Jones, has been boosting her album through heavy promotion and press appearances.

This weekend the dark-haired singer and pianist, who lends a country sound to some of her music, is set to appear as the musical guest on NBC’s Saturday Night Live.

Rounding out the top five albums this week were College Drop Out, by rapper Kanye West at number 2, selling 132,000 units, and Tough Luv, by rappers Young Gunz, at number 3, selling 128,000 units.