Forget flowers and chocolate, Norah Jones is the new Valentine's Day gift of choice.

The jazzy singer became just the second female artist to sell more than 1 million copies in a single week. Her sophomore release, Feels Like Home, sold a remarkable 1,022,149 copies for the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures, easily enough to top the Billboard Top 200 album chart.

Jones' disc, which also debuted at number one in 15 other countries, including England, France, Ireland, Germany, Italy and Canada, became the biggest selling debut in the Top 200 since 'N Sync's Celebrity sold 1.88 million copies in July 2001. (Eminem's The Eminem Show sold 1.6 million in May 2002, but that for a seven-day period, as opposed to five for Jones.) The only other female artist to hit the 1 million mark was Britney Spears, whose Oops!...I Did It Again sold 1.3 million copies in May 2000. Only nine artists have accomplished the feat since SoundScan began tracking sales.

"This is the kind of achievement that one can only expect from a truly original, extraordinary artist like Norah," said Bruce Lundvall, head of Jones' Blue Note label. "It's not very often that an artist can span so many genres and enjoy such broad appeal. But that's what happens when the music is this good.

The boffo debut of Feels Like Home boosted Jones' 2002 debut, Come Away with Me, which nearly doubled its sales, going from 43,000 in the previous week to 80,000 last week. The album, which in its best week sold 621,000 copies, has overall sales of 8 million in the U.S. and 17 million worldwide. Winner of a staggering eight Grammys in 2003, Come Away with Me will celebrate its two-year chart anniversary next week. (In its first week, Come Away with Me sold a paltry 9,700.)

Jones overshadowed a strong second-place opening for rapper Kanye West, whose debut, The College Dropout, sold a stunning 440,000 copies--a figure that usually would have resulted in a number one. West, a top producer who made a name for himself working with Jay-Z, recently produced radio hits for Alicia Keys and Twista.

Jones also kept any of the Grammy winners and performers from hogging the headlines. But the so-called Grammy bounce was in full effect. OutKast, whose Speakerboxxx/The Love Below was named Album of the Year, more than doubled its sales, from 111,000 to 275,000, good enough for number four.

Evanescence, winner of Best New Artist, saw sales of Fallen climb 82 percent in its 50th week on the charts, selling 183,000 copies at number seven. Also back in the Top 10 was the 2004 Grammy Nominees compilation, which gained 85 percent to 120,000 copies at number 10.

Beyonc? Knowles, who landed a show-best five awards, jumped 11 spots to number 12 as Dangerously in Love sold 99,000 copies (50,000 more than the previous week). Luther Vandross' Dance with My Father, which captured four trophies, including Song of the Year for the title track, moved 58,000 copies (up from 20,000) and jumped 33 spots to number 28. Record of the Year winner Coldplay had A Rush of Blood to the Head gain 71 percent, selling 40,000 copies to move up seven spots to number 40. And the White Stripes' Elephant, which won two awards, including Best Alternative Album, exploded 206 percent from the previous week, clawing from 105 to 44 with 41,000 copies.

Other Grammy winners experiencing big jumps were the late Warren Zevon, whose The Wind was back on the charts at 74 with a sales increase of 355 percent, and the Foo Fighters, whose One by One rocketed 227 percent to 159 after being named Best Rock Album.

Even those going home empty-handed did well, as Robert Randolph, who performed a blistering number during the ceremony's funk tribute, saw his Unclassified soar 459 percent. Michael McDonald, who went 0-for-2 at the Grammys and didn't perform (he did present an award, however) saw his Motown disc catapult 20 spots to number 14 with sales of 93,000. The singer, who's currently working on Motown 2, also performed at the NBA All-Star Game last Sunday.

In non-Norah, non-Grammy chart action, Melissa Etheridge scored the week's third highest debut at 15 with Lucky, selling 91,000 copies. The metal group Damageplan, featuring members of Pantera, opened at 38 with New Found Power (44,000), followed at 39 by the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy soundtrack (also 44,000). Kylie Minogue's Body Language (43,000) and Drag-On's Hell & Back (37,000) landed at 42 and 47, respectively.

Returning to the record bins after six years, Courtney Love's America's Sweetheart only sold 32,000 for a dismal debut at 53. Still, she bested the self-titled debut from Probot, a new side project by Nirvana alumnus and Foo Fighter frontman Dave Grohl, which opened at 68.

Last week's number one, Kenny Chesney's When the Sun Goes Down, fell to three as his sales dropped 36 percent to 350,000, giving him a two-week total of 900,000. Harry Connick Jr.'s Only You got a Valentine bounce selling 220,000 copies in his second week (up 58 percent from its first-week sales) at number six. Other Top 10 holdovers included Josh Groban's Closer at five, Twista's Kamikaze at eight and Incubus' A Crow Left of the Murder at nine.

Fueled by the Norah Factor, the post-Grammy album rush and Valentine's Day, more than 8 million albums were sold last week, the biggest selling five-day period (not counting the November-December Yuletide season) registered since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking in 1991.

Here's a recap of last week's Top 10 albums:

1. Feels Like Home, Norah Jones
2. The College Dropout, Kanye West
3. When the Sun Goes Down, Kenny Chesney
4. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, OutKast
5. Closer, Josh Groban
6. Only You, Harry Connick, Jr.
7. Fallen, Evanescence
8. Kamikaze, Twista
9. A Crow Left of the Murder, Incubus
10. 2004 Grammy Nominees, various