Jones' latest sets Amazon.com record

January 31, 2007 Hailed by critics as her best album to date, the new release from jazz vocalist Norah Jones, "Not Too Late," was the most preordered album of all time on the online retailer Amazon.com.  The album, riding high in digital charts, gives a timely boost to EMI, the parent music company of her Blue Note label, which issued a profit warning earlier this month.  In terms of advance orders, "Not Too Late" ranks as the biggest seller in Amazon's 11-year history, surpassing the previous record held by country pop trio the Dixie Chicks.

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