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interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" title="Regina Spektor – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Regina Spektor" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%DA%A9%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1" title="رجینا اسپکتور – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="رجینا اسپکتور" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Регина Спектор – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Регина Спектор" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" title="Regina Spektor – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Regina Spektor" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" title="Regina Spektor – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Regina Spektor" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" title="Regina Spektor – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Regina Spektor" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" title="Regina Spektor – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Regina Spektor" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" title="Regina Spektor – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Regina Spektor" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" title="Regina Spektor – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Regina Spektor" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" title="Regina Spektor – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Regina Spektor" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%DA%A9%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1" title="رجینا اسپکتور – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="رجینا اسپکتور" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" title="Regina Spektor – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Regina Spektor" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" title="Regina Spektor – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Regina Spektor" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A0%88%EC%A7%80%EB%82%98_%EC%8A%A4%ED%8E%99%ED%84%B0" title="레지나 스펙터 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="레지나 스펙터" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%A5%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A1_%D5%8D%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%80" title="Ռեգինա Սպեկտոր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ռեգինա Սպեկտոր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" title="Regina Spektor – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Regina Spektor" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" title="Regina Spektor – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Regina Spektor" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" title="Regina Spektor – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Regina Spektor" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%92%27%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A8" title="רג'ינה ספקטור – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="רג'ינה ספקטור" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg%C4%ABna_Spektore" title="Regīna Spektore – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Regīna Spektore" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" title="Regina Spektor – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Regina Spektor" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1" title="ريجينا سبيكتور – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ريجينا سبيكتور" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" title="Regina Spektor – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Regina Spektor" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" title="Regina Spektor – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Regina Spektor" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9A%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC" title="レジーナ・スペクター – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="レジーナ・スペクター" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" title="Regina Spektor – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Regina Spektor" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" title="Regina Spektor – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Regina Spektor" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Spektor" title="Regina Spektor – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Regina Spektor" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a 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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American musician (born 1980)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">In this name that follows <a href="/wiki/East_Slavic_naming_customs" title="East Slavic naming customs">East Slavic naming customs</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Patronymic" title="Patronymic">patronymic</a> is <i> Ilyinichna</i> and the <a href="/wiki/Surname" title="Surname">family name</a> is <i> Spektor</i>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Regina Spektor</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="nickname" lang="ru">Регина Спектор</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Regina_Spektor_2009-07-02_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Regina_Spektor_2009-07-02_001.jpg/250px-Regina_Spektor_2009-07-02_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Regina_Spektor_2009-07-02_001.jpg/330px-Regina_Spektor_2009-07-02_001.jpg 1.5x, 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class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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.marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Dishel" title="Jack Dishel">Jack Dishel</a> </div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2011)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><b>Musical career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-folk" title="Anti-folk">Anti-folk</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Indie-pop" class="mw-redirect" title="Indie-pop">indie-pop</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Alternative_rock" title="Alternative rock">alternative rock</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Vocals</li><li>piano</li><li>guitar</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sire_Records" title="Sire Records">Sire</a>/<a href="/wiki/Warner_Records" title="Warner Records">Warner</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.reginaspektor.com/">www<wbr />.reginaspektor<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Regina Ilyinichna Spektor</b> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Регинa Ильинична Спектор</span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ru-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Russian" title="Help:IPA/Russian">[rʲɪˈɡʲinə<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈspʲɛktər]</a></span>; born February 18, 1980) is a <a href="/wiki/Russian_Americans" title="Russian Americans">Russian-born American</a> singer, songwriter, and pianist.<sup id="cite_ref-npr12_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr12-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After self-releasing her first three records and gaining popularity in New York City's <a href="/wiki/Indie_music_scene" title="Indie music scene">independent music scenes</a>, particularly the <a href="/wiki/Anti-folk" title="Anti-folk">anti-folk</a> scene centered on New York City's <a href="/wiki/East_Village,_Manhattan" title="East Village, Manhattan">East Village</a>, Spektor signed with <a href="/wiki/Sire_Records" title="Sire Records">Sire Records</a> in 2004 resulting in greater mainstream recognition.<sup id="cite_ref-torg_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-torg-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After giving her third album <i><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Kitsch" title="Soviet Kitsch">Soviet Kitsch</a></i> a major label re-release, Sire released Spektor's fourth album, <i><a href="/wiki/Begin_to_Hope" title="Begin to Hope">Begin to Hope</a></i>, which achieved a <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification#Records" title="RIAA certification">Gold</a> certification by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her following two albums, <i><a href="/wiki/Far_(album)" title="Far (album)">Far</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/What_We_Saw_from_the_Cheap_Seats" title="What We Saw from the Cheap Seats">What We Saw from the Cheap Seats</a></i>, each debuted at number 3 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>. </p><p>Mayor <a href="/wiki/Bill_de_Blasio" title="Bill de Blasio">Bill de Blasio</a> proclaimed June 11, 2019, Regina Spektor Day in New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spektor was also inducted into the Bronx Walk of Fame on May 18, 2019, by Borough President <a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_D%C3%ADaz_Jr." title="Rubén Díaz Jr.">Rubén Díaz Jr.</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_musical_beginnings">Early life and musical beginnings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regina_Spektor&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and musical beginnings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spektor was born on February 18, 1980<sup id="cite_ref-Contact_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Contact-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, to a musical <a href="/wiki/Russian-Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian-Jewish">Russian-Jewish</a> family.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her father, Ilya Spektor, was a photographer and amateur violinist. Her mother, Bella Spektor, was a music professor in a Soviet college of music and taught at public elementary schools in <a href="/wiki/Mount_Vernon,_New_York" title="Mount Vernon, New York">Mount Vernon, New York</a>, now retired.<sup id="cite_ref-sound_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sound-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spektor has a brother, Boruch, who was featured in the track "* * *" (or "Whisper") from her 2003 album <i><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Kitsch" title="Soviet Kitsch">Soviet Kitsch</a>,</i> and who inspired the song "Bear Spektor," which has been performed live but never officially released.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Growing up in Moscow, Regina started taking piano lessons when she was seven and learned how to play the piano by practicing on a <a href="/wiki/Petrof" title="Petrof">Petrof</a> <a href="/wiki/Upright_piano" class="mw-redirect" title="Upright piano">upright</a> that her grandfather gave her mother.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She grew up listening to classical music and <a href="/wiki/Russian_bards" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian bards">Russian bards</a> like <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Vysotsky" title="Vladimir Vysotsky">Vladimir Vysotsky</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bulat_Okudzhava" title="Bulat Okudzhava">Bulat Okudzhava</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-npr12_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr12-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her father, who obtained recordings in Eastern Europe and traded cassettes with friends in the Soviet Union, also exposed her to <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock and roll</a> bands such as <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queen_(band)" title="Queen (band)">Queen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" title="The Moody Blues">the Moody Blues</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sound_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sound-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The family left the Soviet Union for the Bronx in 1989, when Spektor was nine and a half, during the period of <a href="/wiki/Perestroika" title="Perestroika">Perestroika</a>, when Soviet citizens were permitted to emigrate. She had to leave her piano behind.<sup id="cite_ref-london_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The seriousness of her piano studies led her parents to consider not leaving the Soviet Union, but they finally decided to emigrate due to the racial, ethnic, and political <a href="/wiki/Antisemitism_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Antisemitism in the Soviet Union">discrimination that Jewish people faced</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nypr_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nypr-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Traveling first to Austria and then Italy, the Spektor family was admitted to the United States as refugees with the assistance of <a href="/wiki/HIAS" title="HIAS">HIAS</a> (the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society). They settled in <a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">the Bronx</a>, where Spektor graduated from <a href="/wiki/SAR_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="SAR Academy">SAR Academy</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Jewish_day_school" title="Jewish day school">Jewish day middle school</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Riverdale,_Bronx" title="Riverdale, Bronx">Riverdale</a> section of the Bronx. Since the family had been unable to bring their piano from Moscow, Spektor practiced on tabletops and other hard surfaces until she found a piano to play in the basement of her synagogue. In New York City, Spektor studied classical piano with Sonia Vargas, a professor at the <a href="/wiki/Manhattan_School_of_Music" title="Manhattan School of Music">Manhattan School of Music</a>, until she was 17; Spektor's father had met Vargas through Vargas' husband, violinist Samuel Marder.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spektor attended high school for two years at the <a href="/wiki/Frisch_School" title="Frisch School">Frisch School</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Yeshiva" title="Yeshiva">yeshiva</a> in <a href="/wiki/Paramus,_New_Jersey" title="Paramus, New Jersey">Paramus, New Jersey</a>, but transferred to a public school, <a href="/wiki/Fair_Lawn_High_School" title="Fair Lawn High School">Fair Lawn High School</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Fair_Lawn,_New_Jersey" title="Fair Lawn, New Jersey">Fair Lawn, New Jersey</a>, where she finished the last two years of her high school education.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spektor was originally interested in classical music only, but she later grew interested in <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip hop music">hip hop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Punk_rock" title="Punk rock">punk</a> as well.<sup id="cite_ref-sound_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sound-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although she had always made up songs around the house, she first became interested in more formal songwriting during a visit to Israel with the <a href="/wiki/Nesiya" title="Nesiya">Nesiya Institute</a> in her teenage years when she attracted attention from the other children on the trip for the songs she made up while hiking.<sup id="cite_ref-nypr_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nypr-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following this trip, Spektor was exposed to the works of <a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell" title="Joni Mitchell">Joni Mitchell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ani_DiFranco" title="Ani DiFranco">Ani DiFranco</a>, and other singer-songwriters, which encouraged her belief that she could create her own songs.<sup id="cite_ref-nypr_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nypr-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She wrote her first <a href="/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a> songs around the age of 16 and her first songs for voice and piano when she was 17.<sup id="cite_ref-sound_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sound-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spektor completed the four-year studio composition program of the Conservatory of Music at <a href="/wiki/State_University_of_New_York_at_Purchase" title="State University of New York at Purchase">Purchase College</a> within three years, graduating with <a href="/wiki/Latin_honors" title="Latin honors">honors</a> in 2001. Around this time, she also worked briefly at a butterfly farm in <a href="/wiki/Luck,_Wisconsin" title="Luck, Wisconsin">Luck, Wisconsin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and studied in <a href="/wiki/Tottenham" title="Tottenham">Tottenham</a> (in North London) for one term.<sup id="cite_ref-Art_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regina_Spektor&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2001–2005:_Career_beginnings_and_Soviet_Kitsch"><span id="2001.E2.80.932005:_Career_beginnings_and_Soviet_Kitsch"></span>2001–2005: Career beginnings and <i>Soviet Kitsch</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regina_Spektor&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2001–2005: Career beginnings and Soviet Kitsch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spektor gradually achieved recognition through performances in the anti-folk scene in downtown New York City, most prominently at the East Village's <a href="/wiki/SideWalk_Cafe" title="SideWalk Cafe">SideWalk Cafe</a>. She also performed at local colleges (such as <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Lawrence_College" title="Sarah Lawrence College">Sarah Lawrence College</a>) with other musicians, including the <a href="/wiki/Trachtenburg_Family_Slideshow_Players" title="Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players">Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players</a>. She sold self-published CDs at her performances during this period: <i><a href="/wiki/11:11_(Regina_Spektor_album)" title="11:11 (Regina Spektor album)">11:11</a></i> (2001) and <i><a href="/wiki/Songs_(Regina_Spektor_album)" title="Songs (Regina Spektor album)">Songs</a></i> (2002). Spektor's first nationwide tour was accompanying <a href="/wiki/The_Strokes" title="The Strokes">The Strokes</a> as the opening act on their 2003–2004 <i><a href="/wiki/Room_on_Fire" title="Room on Fire">Room on Fire</a></i> tour which included performances at <a href="/wiki/The_Theater_at_Madison_Square_Garden" title="The Theater at Madison Square Garden">The Theater at Madison Square Garden</a>. While on the tour, she and the band performed and recorded "<a href="/wiki/Modern_Girls_%26_Old_Fashion_Men" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men">Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men</a>". After the tour, <a href="/wiki/Kings_of_Leon" title="Kings of Leon">Kings of Leon</a>, who were the second opening act on the tour, invited Spektor to open for them on their own European tour. In 2004, Spektor signed a contract with <a href="/wiki/Warner_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Brothers">Warner Brothers</a>' record label <a href="/wiki/Sire_Records" title="Sire Records">Sire Records</a> to publish and distribute her third album <i><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Kitsch" title="Soviet Kitsch">Soviet Kitsch</a></i>, originally self-released in 2003. In 2005, she began making her first TV appearances including guest spots on various <a href="/wiki/Late-night_talk_show" title="Late-night talk show">late-night talk shows</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-torg_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-torg-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2005, Spektor was the opening act for the English piano rock band <a href="/wiki/Keane_(band)" title="Keane (band)">Keane</a> on their <a href="/wiki/Hopes_and_Fears_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="Hopes and Fears Tour">North American tour</a>, during which she performed at <a href="/wiki/Radio_City_Music_Hall" title="Radio City Music Hall">Radio City Music Hall</a> on June 7, 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006–2008:_Begin_to_Hope"><span id="2006.E2.80.932008:_Begin_to_Hope"></span>2006–2008: <i>Begin to Hope</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regina_Spektor&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2006–2008: Begin to Hope"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spektor went on to release the album <i><a href="/wiki/Begin_to_Hope" title="Begin to Hope">Begin to Hope</a></i> on June 13, 2006. The album debuted at number 70 on the Billboard 200, and due to the popularity of the single "<a href="/wiki/Fidelity_(song)" title="Fidelity (song)">Fidelity</a>", it went on to peak at number 20, and was certified Gold by the <a href="/wiki/RIAA" class="mw-redirect" title="RIAA">RIAA</a>. Spektor received increased attention when her video for "Fidelity" was viewed over 200,000 times in two days on YouTube. Spektor's 2006 headlining tour in support of the <i>Begin to Hope</i> album included back-to-back hometown shows at <a href="/wiki/The_Town_Hall_(New_York_City)" title="The Town Hall (New York City)">Town Hall Theater</a> in New York City on September 27 and September 28, 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This tour was Spektor's first to feature a full backing band. </p><p>Listeners of <a href="/wiki/Sirius_Satellite_Radio" title="Sirius Satellite Radio">Sirius Radio</a>'s Left of Center channel voted her single "Fidelity" as the No. 1 song of 2006. Towards the end of 2006, <a href="/wiki/VH1" title="VH1">VH1</a> showcased her as part of its "You Oughta Know: Artists on the Rise" featurettes, playing clips from the "Fidelity" music video and showing parts of an interview with Spektor during commercial breaks on the channel.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spektor's video for "Fidelity" reached No. 3 on VH1's Top 20 Countdown.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Spektor reached No. 33 on <i><a href="/wiki/Blender_(magazine)" title="Blender (magazine)">Blender</a></i> magazine's top 100 of 2006 and was also listed as one of the "Hottest Women of Rock".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 21, 2007, she was given an extensive feature on <i>CBS News Sunday Morning</i> which showcased her musical beginnings and growing popularity.<sup id="cite_ref-Orloff_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Orloff-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Regina_Spektor_-_Lollapalooza_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Regina_Spektor_-_Lollapalooza_2007.jpg/220px-Regina_Spektor_-_Lollapalooza_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Regina_Spektor_-_Lollapalooza_2007.jpg/330px-Regina_Spektor_-_Lollapalooza_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Regina_Spektor_-_Lollapalooza_2007.jpg/440px-Regina_Spektor_-_Lollapalooza_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2066" data-file-height="1476" /></a><figcaption>Spektor performing at <a href="/wiki/Lollapalooza" title="Lollapalooza">Lollapalooza</a> 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2007, Spektor began performing at several major music festivals including <a href="/wiki/Coachella_Valley_Music_and_Arts_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival">Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bonnaroo_Music_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Bonnaroo Music Festival">Bonnaroo Music Festival</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lollapalooza" title="Lollapalooza">Lollapalooza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Festival" title="Virgin Festival">Virgin Festival</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Austin_City_Limits_Music_Festival" title="Austin City Limits Music Festival">Austin City Limits Music Festival</a>. On October 1, 2007, her video for "Better" was released on VH1 and YouTube, where it received more than 100,000 views within the first 24 hours. Spektor performed acoustic at <a href="/wiki/Neil_Young" title="Neil Young">Neil Young's</a> <a href="/wiki/Bridge_School_Benefit" title="Bridge School Benefit">Bridge School Benefit</a> at <a href="/wiki/Shoreline_Amphitheatre" title="Shoreline Amphitheatre">Shoreline Amphitheatre</a> on October 27, 2007. </p><p>On November 14, 2007, at her concert at <a href="/wiki/Ryman_Auditorium" title="Ryman Auditorium">Ryman Auditorium</a> in Nashville, Spektor collapsed during the sound check and was taken to a local emergency room. According to the statement given to the audience, Spektor was fine, but doctors said that she could not perform that night. It was later reported that the cause of the collapse was an <a href="/wiki/Inner_ear" title="Inner ear">inner ear</a> infection which caused intense <a href="/wiki/Vertigo_(medical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vertigo (medical)">vertigo</a>. The show was initially rescheduled for December 6, 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the date was once again rescheduled, and the concert finally occurred on February 29, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After her initial collapse in Nashville, she was able to perform in concerts at <a href="/wiki/Mountain_Stage" title="Mountain Stage">Mountain Stage</a>, in West Virginia, on November 18, 2007 (the concert was aired in September 2008),<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and at Duke University on November 19, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spektor wrote the song "<a href="/wiki/The_Call_(Regina_Spektor_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Call (Regina Spektor song)">The Call</a>" for the 2008 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia:_Prince_Caspian_(soundtrack)" title="The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (soundtrack)">The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which appeared prominently in the film's finale sequence. She then appeared as a guest vocalist on "<a href="/wiki/You_Don%27t_Know_Me_(Ben_Folds_song)" title="You Don't Know Me (Ben Folds song)">You Don't Know Me</a>", a single from <a href="/wiki/Ben_Folds" title="Ben Folds">Ben Folds</a>' 2008 album, <i><a href="/wiki/Way_to_Normal" title="Way to Normal">Way to Normal</a></i>. In promotion for the single, the duo performed the song together on several <a href="/wiki/Late-night_talk_show" title="Late-night talk show">late-night talk shows</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2009–2011:_Far"><span id="2009.E2.80.932011:_Far"></span>2009–2011: <i>Far</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regina_Spektor&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2009–2011: Far"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spektor's fifth album, <i><a href="/wiki/Far_(album)" title="Far (album)">Far</a></i>, was released June 23, 2009. For the record she worked with four producers: David Kahne (who had previously worked with Spektor on <i>Begin to Hope</i>), <a href="/wiki/Mike_Elizondo" title="Mike Elizondo">Mike Elizondo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jacknife_Lee" title="Jacknife Lee">Jacknife Lee</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Lynne" title="Jeff Lynne">Jeff Lynne</a>. The record sold 50,000 copies in its first week, entering the US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a> at number three; the record remained on the chart for 19 weeks. The album peaked at number 30 and 16 in the UK and Canada, respectively. She then headlined at Serpentine Sessions, a series of concerts at London's <a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park,_London" title="Hyde Park, London">Hyde Park</a> on June 29, 2009. Other European performances in 2009 included <a href="/wiki/Glastonbury_Festival" title="Glastonbury Festival">Glastonbury Festival</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hultsfred_Festival" title="Hultsfred Festival">Hultsfred Festival</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxegen_2009" title="Oxegen 2009">Oxegen 2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/T_in_the_Park" title="T in the Park">T in the Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paradiso_(Amsterdam)" title="Paradiso (Amsterdam)">Paradiso</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latitude_Festival" title="Latitude Festival">Latitude Festival</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rock_Werchter" title="Rock Werchter">Rock Werchter</a>. Spektor invited Brooklyn-based rock band <a href="/wiki/Jupiter_One" title="Jupiter One">Jupiter One</a> to open concerts on her 2009 North American tour. As a part of that tour, on October 14, 2009, Spektor headlined a concert at <a href="/wiki/Radio_City_Music_Hall" title="Radio City Music Hall">Radio City Music Hall</a> in NYC. On September 16, 2009, it was announced that Spektor would write the music for the musical <i>Beauty</i>, a modern adaptation of the fairy tale <i><a href="/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty" title="Sleeping Beauty">Sleeping Beauty</a></i>, which was initially set to open during the 2011–12 Broadway season.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Regina made her <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> debut on October 10, 2009, performing "<a href="/wiki/Eet" title="Eet">Eet</a>" and "The Calculation" off of <i>Far</i>. </p><p>In May 2010, Spektor performed for <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama">Michelle Obama</a> along with hundreds of other guests at the White House reception in honor of <a href="/wiki/Jewish_American_Heritage_Month" title="Jewish American Heritage Month">Jewish American Heritage Month</a>. She performed "Us" and "The Sword & The Pen." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012–2015:_What_We_Saw_from_the_Cheap_Seats"><span id="2012.E2.80.932015:_What_We_Saw_from_the_Cheap_Seats"></span>2012–2015: <i>What We Saw from the Cheap Seats</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regina_Spektor&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2012–2015: What We Saw from the Cheap Seats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Regina_Spektor_Outside_Lands_2012_(7771486574).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Regina_Spektor_Outside_Lands_2012_%287771486574%29.jpg/250px-Regina_Spektor_Outside_Lands_2012_%287771486574%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Regina_Spektor_Outside_Lands_2012_%287771486574%29.jpg/330px-Regina_Spektor_Outside_Lands_2012_%287771486574%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Regina_Spektor_Outside_Lands_2012_%287771486574%29.jpg/500px-Regina_Spektor_Outside_Lands_2012_%287771486574%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2118" data-file-height="1503" /></a><figcaption>Spektor performing at the <a href="/wiki/Outside_Lands_Music_and_Arts_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival">Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival</a> 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>Spektor's sixth album, <i><a href="/wiki/What_We_Saw_from_the_Cheap_Seats" title="What We Saw from the Cheap Seats">What We Saw from the Cheap Seats</a></i>, was released May 29, 2012. Like her previous album, it debuted at number three on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Billboard 200</a>. Promotional appearances for the record included Spektor appearing on the June 7, 2012 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Colbert_Report" title="The Colbert Report">The Colbert Report</a></i> where she performed "Small Town Moon" as well as "Ballad of a Politician" as online bonus content.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her world tour in support of <i>What We Saw from the Cheap Seats</i> included a performance in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>; Spektor had not returned since leaving with her family in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-moscow_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moscow-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, Spektor was named an official "Steinway Artist"; she plays <a href="/wiki/Steinway_%26_Sons" title="Steinway & Sons">Steinway & Sons</a> pianos almost exclusively.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spektor wrote and recorded the main title theme song, "<a href="/wiki/You%27ve_Got_Time" title="You've Got Time">You've Got Time</a>", for the <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> original series <i><a href="/wiki/Orange_Is_the_New_Black" title="Orange Is the New Black">Orange Is the New Black</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which premiered in July 2013. It was nominated in the Best Song Written for Visual Media category at the <a href="/wiki/56th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="56th Annual Grammy Awards">56th Annual Grammy Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016–2021:_Remember_Us_to_Life"><span id="2016.E2.80.932021:_Remember_Us_to_Life"></span>2016–2021: <i>Remember Us to Life</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regina_Spektor&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2016–2021: Remember Us to Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spektor announced her seventh album, <i><a href="/wiki/Remember_Us_to_Life" title="Remember Us to Life">Remember Us to Life</a></i> on July 21, 2016, through her email newsletter. The album was released on September 30, 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first single, "Bleeding Heart", was released July 22, 2016. The follow-up single, "Small Bill$", was released August 11, 2016. Regina Spektor performed <a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/While_My_Guitar_Gently_Weeps" title="While My Guitar Gently Weeps">While My Guitar Gently Weeps</a>", released August 5, 2016, for the film <i><a href="/wiki/Kubo_and_the_Two_Strings" title="Kubo and the Two Strings">Kubo and the Two Strings</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, Spektor was one of the artists featured on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hamilton_Mixtape" title="The Hamilton Mixtape">The Hamilton Mixtape</a></i>; she sings a remix of "<a href="/wiki/Dear_Theodosia" title="Dear Theodosia">Dear Theodosia</a>" with <a href="/wiki/Ben_Folds" title="Ben Folds">Ben Folds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gerard_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gerard-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, Spektor was featured as a guest singer on the title track to Gypsy-punk band <a href="/wiki/Gogol_Bordello" title="Gogol Bordello">Gogol Bordello</a>'s studio album <i><a href="/wiki/Seekers_and_Finders" title="Seekers and Finders">Seekers and Finders</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaye_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaye-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spektor was also featured as a guest vocalist on <a href="/wiki/Odesza" title="Odesza">Odesza</a>'s song "Just A Memory" from their album <i><a href="/wiki/A_Moment_Apart" title="A Moment Apart">A Moment Apart</a></i>. </p><p>On November 8, 2018, Spektor released a new song entitled "Birdsong", written specially for an episode of the <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Prime_Video" title="Amazon Prime Video">Amazon Prime</a> series <i>The Romanoffs</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 25, 2019, Spektor announced she would be bringing her music to Broadway as the Artist in Residency at the <a href="/wiki/Lunt-Fontanne_Theatre" title="Lunt-Fontanne Theatre">Lunt-Fontanne Theatre</a> for five performances June 20–26, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 26, 2019, Spektor released an acoustic version of her own song "<a href="/wiki/You%27ve_Got_Time" title="You've Got Time">You've Got Time</a>", coinciding with the release of the seventh and final season of <i><a href="/wiki/Orange_Is_the_New_Black" title="Orange Is the New Black">Orange Is the New Black</a></i>. The song is featured in the final episode of the series. </p><p>In late 2019, Spektor released a new song, "Walking Away", for Amazon Prime Original Series <i><a href="/wiki/Modern_Love_(TV_series)" title="Modern Love (TV series)">Modern Love</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2022–present:_Home,_Before_and_After"><span id="2022.E2.80.93present:_Home.2C_Before_and_After"></span>2022–present: <i>Home, Before and After</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regina_Spektor&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2022–present: Home, Before and After"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 22, 2022, Spektor announced her eighth studio album <i><a href="/wiki/Home,_Before_and_After" title="Home, Before and After">Home, Before and After</a></i> with a June 24 release date, alongside the release of the album's lead single "Becoming All Alone". Recorded in <a href="/wiki/Upstate_New_York" title="Upstate New York">upstate New York</a>, the album was produced by Spektor and <a href="/wiki/John_Congleton" title="John Congleton">John Congleton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She performed an <a href="/wiki/Tiny_Desk_Concerts" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiny Desk Concerts">NPR Tiny Desk Concert</a> on 5 August 2022, including "Becoming All Alone" from her new album as well as tunes from past releases such as "Fidelity" and "Samson".<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Artistry">Artistry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regina_Spektor&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Artistry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%22hey_remember_that_time...%22.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%22hey_remember_that_time...%22.jpg/250px-%22hey_remember_that_time...%22.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%22hey_remember_that_time...%22.jpg/330px-%22hey_remember_that_time...%22.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%22hey_remember_that_time...%22.jpg/500px-%22hey_remember_that_time...%22.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>Spektor performing at the <a href="/wiki/Hammerstein_Ballroom" title="Hammerstein Ballroom">Hammerstein Ballroom</a> in 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>Spektor's primary instrument is the piano, and she plays the guitar as a secondary instrument, primarily playing on a seafoam <a href="/wiki/Epiphone" title="Epiphone">Epiphone</a> Wildkat <a href="/wiki/Archtop_guitar" title="Archtop guitar">archtop</a> <a href="/wiki/Semi-acoustic_guitar" title="Semi-acoustic guitar">hollow-body electric guitar</a> for live performances.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spektor has said that she has created a great number of songs<sup id="cite_ref-OrloffStone_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OrloffStone-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but rarely writes any of them down. Spektor's songs are not usually autobiographical but are based on scenarios and characters drawn from her imagination.<sup id="cite_ref-nypr_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nypr-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-woman_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-woman-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her songs show influences from <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-grave_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grave-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Punk_rock" title="Punk rock">punk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secular_Jewish_music" title="Secular Jewish music">Jewish</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-woman_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-woman-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_Russian_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic Russian music">Russian</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-woman_55-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-woman-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip hop music">hip hop</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-grave_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grave-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-npr2_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr2-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-grave_56-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grave-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and classical music.<sup id="cite_ref-woman_55-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-woman-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spektor has said that she works hard to ensure that each of her songs has its own musical style, rather than trying to develop a distinctive style for her music as a whole:<sup id="cite_ref-Orloff_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Orloff-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "It doesn't feel natural for me to write some diary type song. I want to write a classic like <a href="/wiki/Yesterday_(Beatles_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yesterday (Beatles song)">"Yesterday"</a> but weird songs about meatballs in refrigerators come into my head – I can't help it."<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spektor performs using a broad <a href="/wiki/Vocal_range" title="Vocal range">vocal range</a>, with a falsetto extension, but without any apparent break. She explores a variety of different and somewhat unorthodox vocal techniques, such as verses composed entirely of buzzing noises made with the lips and <a href="/wiki/Beatboxing" title="Beatboxing">beatbox</a>-style flourishes in the middle of ballads, and also makes use of such unusual musical techniques as using a drum stick to tap rhythms on the body of a chair.<sup id="cite_ref-nypr_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nypr-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-block_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-block-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Part of her style also results from the exaggeration of certain aspects of vocalization, most notably the <a href="/wiki/Glottal_stop" title="Glottal stop">glottal stop</a>, prominent in the single "<a href="/wiki/Fidelity_(song)" title="Fidelity (song)">Fidelity</a>". She also uses a strong <a href="/wiki/New_York_accent" title="New York accent">New York accent</a> on some words, which she has said is due to her love of New York and its culture.<sup id="cite_ref-sound_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sound-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spektor usually sings in English, though she sometimes includes a few words or verses of <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>, Russian, French, or other languages. She plays with pronunciations, which she told NPR was a remnant of her early years when she listened to pop in English without understanding the lyrics. </p><p>Her lyrics are equally eclectic, often taking the form of abstract narratives or first-person character studies, similar to <a href="/wiki/Short_story" title="Short story">short stories</a> or <a href="/wiki/Vignette_(literature)" title="Vignette (literature)">vignettes</a> put to song.<sup id="cite_ref-sound_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sound-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-block_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-block-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of Spektor's lyrics include literary allusions,<sup id="cite_ref-nypr_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nypr-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> such as: <a href="/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald" title="F. Scott Fitzgerald">F. Scott Fitzgerald</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway" title="Ernest Hemingway">Ernest Hemingway</a> in "Poor Little Rich Boy"; <i><a href="/wiki/The_Little_Prince" title="The Little Prince">The Little Prince</a></i> in "Baobabs"; <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Woolf" title="Virginia Woolf">Virginia Woolf</a> and <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Atwood" title="Margaret Atwood">Margaret Atwood</a> in "Paris"; <a href="/wiki/Ezra_Pound" title="Ezra Pound">Ezra Pound</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Merchant_of_Venice" title="The Merchant of Venice">The Merchant of Venice</a></i> in "Pound of Flesh"; <a href="/wiki/Boris_Pasternak" title="Boris Pasternak">Boris Pasternak</a> in "Après Moi"; <a href="/wiki/Samson" title="Samson">Samson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Delilah" title="Delilah">Delilah</a> in "<a href="/wiki/Samson_(Regina_Spektor_song)" title="Samson (Regina Spektor song)">Samson</a>"; <i><a href="/wiki/Oedipus_Rex" title="Oedipus Rex">Oedipus Rex</a></i> in "Oedipus"; Edith Wharton's <i><a href="/wiki/Ethan_Frome" title="Ethan Frome">Ethan Frome</a></i> in "2.99¢ Blues". Recurring themes and topics in Spektor's lyrics include love, death, religion (particularly biblical and Jewish references), city life (particularly New York references), and certain key phrases which recur in different songs, such as references to <a href="/wiki/Gravedigger" title="Gravedigger">gravediggers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Tree_of_Knowledge_of_Good_and_Evil" class="mw-redirect" title="Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil">Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil</a>, and the name "Mary Ann". Spektor's use of satire is evident in "Wasteside", which refers to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Twelve_Chairs" title="The Twelve Chairs">The Twelve Chairs</a></i>, the classic satirical novel by the Soviet authors <a href="/wiki/Ilf_and_Petrov" title="Ilf and Petrov">Ilf and Petrov</a>, and describes the town in which people are born, get their hair cut, and then are sent to the cemetery. </p><p>Spektor's first album, <i><a href="/wiki/11:11_(Regina_Spektor_album)" title="11:11 (Regina Spektor album)">11:11</a></i>, was recorded and self-released while she was still in college. It differs from Spektor's later releases as she was heavily influenced by <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> at the time of its recording. Her second album, <i><a href="/wiki/Songs_(Regina_Spektor_album)" title="Songs (Regina Spektor album)">Songs</a></i>, was recorded on Christmas Day, 2001. Each song was recorded with just one take and is entirely acoustic. The session from which the album was derived was not originally intended as an album recording session.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her third album, <i><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Kitsch" title="Soviet Kitsch">Soviet Kitsch</a></i>, featured strings on several songs and was her first to feature a full rock band. Upon signing with a major label – which provided a bigger budget for production and studio time – Spektor began to emphasise production and more prominently use traditional pop and rock instruments.<sup id="cite_ref-london_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spektor says the records that most impact her are those of "bands whose music is really involved".<sup id="cite_ref-avclub_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-avclub-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She cites <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nirvana_(band)" title="Nirvana (band)">Nirvana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madonna_(entertainer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Madonna (entertainer)">Madonna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kate_Bush" title="Kate Bush">Kate Bush</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rufus_Wainwright" title="Rufus Wainwright">Rufus Wainwright</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ramones" title="Ramones">Ramones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patti_Smith" title="Patti Smith">Patti Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billie_Holiday" title="Billie Holiday">Billie Holiday</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radiohead" title="Radiohead">Radiohead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Waits" title="Tom Waits">Tom Waits</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin" title="Frédéric Chopin">Frédéric Chopin</a> as prime influences.<sup id="cite_ref-avclub_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-avclub-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>British singer <a href="/wiki/Kate_Nash" title="Kate Nash">Kate Nash</a> said, "I related to her because she's a woman who plays the piano and writes imaginative songs. I've played the piano since I was about seven but I'd never seen it as an instrument for pop music. Regina Spektor made the piano cool… I love the fact that her accent shines through. When I started making music, it inspired me to sing the way I talk, because that's what's real."<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appearances_in_the_media">Appearances in the media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regina_Spektor&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Appearances in the media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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format but may read better as <a href="/wiki/MOS:PROSE" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:PROSE">prose</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Regina_Spektor&action=edit">converting this section</a>, if appropriate. <a href="/wiki/Help:Editing" title="Help:Editing">Editing help</a> is available.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Since 2005, Spektor's music has been used in various television programs and commercials. </p> <ul><li>In late 2005, "Us" (from <i>Soviet Kitsch</i>) was used in a commercial as part of the <i>What Do You Want To Watch?</i> series for the United Kingdom's <a href="/wiki/British_Sky_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="British Sky Broadcasting">British Sky Broadcasting</a>, and in the summer of 2006, a clip from the same song was used for the teaser website for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Zune" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Zune">Zune</a> project at ComingZune.com, as well as for a promotional campaign for <a href="/wiki/MtvU" class="mw-redirect" title="MtvU">MtvU</a>, and by Dutch telecom company <a href="/wiki/KPN" title="KPN">KPN</a> in a commercial.</li> <li>"Fidelity" was used in the trailer for the 2007 film <i>27 Dresses</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Spektor sang the title song "<a href="/wiki/Little_Boxes" title="Little Boxes">Little Boxes</a>" of <a href="/wiki/Showtime_(TV_network)" title="Showtime (TV network)">Showtime</a>'s television series <i><a href="/wiki/Weeds_(TV_series)" title="Weeds (TV series)">Weeds</a></i> in the episode "<a href="/wiki/Mile_Deep_and_a_Foot_Wide_(Weeds_episode)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mile Deep and a Foot Wide (Weeds episode)">Mile Deep and a Foot Wide</a>" (2006) and her "Ghost of Corporate Future" was used both at the beginning and end of the episode.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Regina wrote and recorded "<a href="/wiki/You%27ve_Got_Time" title="You've Got Time">You've Got Time</a>" to be the theme song for the Netflix original series <i><a href="/wiki/Orange_is_the_New_Black" class="mw-redirect" title="Orange is the New Black">Orange is the New Black</a></i> which premiered in 2013. Spektor was approached by the show's creator, <a href="/wiki/Jenji_Kohan" title="Jenji Kohan">Jenji Kohan</a>, to create the opening number.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Spektor wrote and recorded "Birdsong" featuring guitarist Atticus McKittrick for Amazon's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Romanoffs" title="The Romanoffs">The Romanoffs</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Spektor wrote and recorded "Walking Away" for Amazon's <i><a href="/wiki/Modern_Love_(TV_series)" title="Modern Love (TV series)">Modern Love</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Spektor wrote and recorded "One Little Soldier" for the 2019 film <i><a href="/wiki/Bombshell_(2019_film)" title="Bombshell (2019 film)">Bombshell</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Spektor wrote and recorded "The Call" for the 2008 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia:_Prince_Caspian" title="The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian">The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regina_Spektor&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Regina_Spektor_Tel_Aviv_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Regina_Spektor_Tel_Aviv_1.jpg/250px-Regina_Spektor_Tel_Aviv_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Regina_Spektor_Tel_Aviv_1.jpg/330px-Regina_Spektor_Tel_Aviv_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Regina_Spektor_Tel_Aviv_1.jpg/500px-Regina_Spektor_Tel_Aviv_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="821" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>Spektor performing "Après Moi" in <a href="/wiki/Tel_Aviv" title="Tel Aviv">Tel Aviv</a> in 2006</figcaption></figure> <p>Spektor is fluent in Russian and reads Hebrew.<sup id="cite_ref-PiWo06_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PiWo06-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has described herself as "very <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Russia" title="History of the Jews in Russia">Russian Jewish</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has paid tribute to her Russian heritage, quoting the poem "February" by the Russian poet <a href="/wiki/Boris_Pasternak" title="Boris Pasternak">Boris Pasternak</a> in her song "Après Moi", and stated that she is "very connected to the language and the culture."<sup id="cite_ref-PiWo06_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PiWo06-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spektor visited Moscow in July 2012, when she toured through Russia in support of her sixth album <i>What We Saw from the Cheap Seats</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-moscow_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moscow-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2016 interview on NPR, Spektor discussed how her experiences and struggles as an immigrant youth in New York contributed to the album <i>Remember Us to Life</i>, which title is a phrase from the <a href="/wiki/Yom_Kippur" title="Yom Kippur">Yom Kippur</a> liturgy (זכרינו לחיים) that she encountered while pregnant.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has also frequently paid tribute to her Jewish identity and talked about the <a href="/wiki/Antisemitism" title="Antisemitism">antisemitism</a> she experienced.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Telegr16_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegr16-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TOI12_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOI12-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spektor was <a href="/wiki/Vegetarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Vegetarian">vegetarian</a> for a time until she toured with <a href="/wiki/The_Strokes" title="The Strokes">the Strokes</a>, who frequently dined on steak.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She married singer-songwriter <a href="/wiki/Jack_Dishel" title="Jack Dishel">Jack Dishel</a> in 2011. Formerly a guitarist with the band <a href="/wiki/The_Moldy_Peaches" title="The Moldy Peaches">the Moldy Peaches</a>, Dishel performs as Only Son, and duets with Spektor in the song "Call Them Brothers".<sup id="cite_ref-Art_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have two children.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_views">Political views</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regina_Spektor&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Political views"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Spektor considers herself politically liberal and admires former President of the United States <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Art_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She said that Obama's initial opposition to same-sex marriage was "as embarrassing as <a href="/wiki/Drinking_fountains_in_the_United_States#History" title="Drinking fountains in the United States">white-only drinking fountains</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her song "Fidelity" was used in a campaign against <a href="/wiki/Proposition_8" class="mw-redirect" title="Proposition 8">Proposition 8</a>, which sought to ban same-sex marriage in California.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She deplored the election of <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> as President of the United States in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegr16_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegr16-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spektor is a supporter of Israel and performed at a ceremony at the <a href="/wiki/National_Mall" title="National Mall">National Mall</a> celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-TOI12_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOI12-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has denounced what she views as <a href="/wiki/Three_Ds_of_antisemitism#Double_standards" title="Three Ds of antisemitism">double standards</a> about Israel in the media.<sup id="cite_ref-TOI12_76-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOI12-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JP22_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JP22-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is a critic of the <a href="/wiki/Boycott,_Divestment_and_Sanctions" title="Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions">Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions</a> (BDS) movement, stating that "[b]y not playing in Israel, you're punishing the wrong people."<sup id="cite_ref-Telegr16_75-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegr16-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has performed in Israel on several occasions herself.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also expressed support for the country amidst various escalations of the <a href="/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict" title="Arab–Israeli conflict">Arab–Israeli conflict</a>, especially during the <a href="/wiki/2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Israel–Hamas war">2023 Israel–Hamas war</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TOI12_76-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOI12-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JP22_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JP22-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regina_Spektor&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Philanthropy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2007, Spektor covered John Lennon's "<a href="/wiki/Real_Love_(John_Lennon_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Real Love (John Lennon song)">Real Love</a>" for <i><a href="/wiki/Instant_Karma:_The_Amnesty_International_Campaign_to_Save_Darfur" title="Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur">Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur</a></i>. The following year, she participated in <i><a href="/wiki/Songs_for_Tibet" class="mw-redirect" title="Songs for Tibet">Songs for Tibet</a></i>, an initiative in support of human rights in Tibet and the <a href="/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama" title="14th Dalai Lama">14th Dalai Lama</a>. The album was issued on August 5, 2008, via <a href="/wiki/ITunes" title="ITunes">iTunes</a> and on August 19 in music stores around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 22, 2009, Spektor performed at the third annual Roe on the Rocks gig at the <a href="/wiki/Bowery_Ballroom" title="Bowery Ballroom">Bowery Ballroom</a> to raise money for <a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood" title="Planned Parenthood">Planned Parenthood</a> New York City. <sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, continuing with her support for Tibet, Regina Spektor played for <a href="/wiki/Tibet_House" title="Tibet House">Tibet House</a>'s annual concert at Carnegie Hall on February 26, 2010. Less than one month later, on March 23, 2010, Spektor gave a concert at the Fillmore at Irving Plaza in New York City to raise funds for the work of <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9decins_Sans_Fronti%C3%A8res" title="Médecins Sans Frontières">Médecins Sans Frontières</a> in Haiti. Also, on April 27, she released a cover of Radiohead's song "<a href="/wiki/No_Surprises" title="No Surprises">No Surprises</a>", for which all proceeds went to Médecins Sans Frontières to help earthquake victims in <a href="/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake" title="2010 Haiti earthquake">Haiti</a> and <a href="/wiki/2010_Chile_earthquake" title="2010 Chile earthquake">Chile</a>. In February 2012, Spektor did a benefit concert at <a href="/wiki/Jazz_at_Lincoln_Center" title="Jazz at Lincoln Center">Rose Hall</a> for <a href="/wiki/HIAS" title="HIAS">HIAS</a> (a beneficiary agency of <a href="/wiki/UJA-Federation_of_New_York" title="UJA-Federation of New York">UJA-Federation of New York</a>), an organization that helped a young Spektor and her family emigrate from the Soviet Union.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spektor also has taken part in several memorial and benefit concerts for the family of Dan Cho, her former cellist who died while on tour with her in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regina_Spektor&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Regina_Spektor_discography" title="Regina Spektor discography">Regina Spektor discography</a></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/11:11_(Regina_Spektor_album)" title="11:11 (Regina Spektor album)">11:11</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Songs_(Regina_Spektor_album)" title="Songs (Regina Spektor album)">Songs</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Kitsch" title="Soviet Kitsch">Soviet Kitsch</a> </i>(2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Begin_to_Hope" title="Begin to Hope">Begin to Hope</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Far_(album)" title="Far (album)">Far</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/What_We_Saw_from_the_Cheap_Seats" title="What We Saw from the Cheap Seats">What We Saw from the Cheap Seats</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Remember_Us_to_Life" title="Remember Us to Life">Remember Us to Life</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Home,_Before_and_After" title="Home, Before and After">Home, Before and After</a></i> (2022)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regina_Spektor&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>MVPA Awards</b> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1222442308">.mw-parser-output .awards-table td:last-child{text-align:center}</style> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="table-layout: fixed; margin-right: 0;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Nominee / work </th> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2006 </td> <td rowspan="3">"<a href="/wiki/Us_(Regina_Spektor_song)" title="Us (Regina Spektor song)">Us</a>" </td> <td>Best Director of New Artist </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Directional Debut </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Animated Video </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2007 </td> <td rowspan="2">"<a href="/wiki/Fidelity_(Regina_Spektor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fidelity (Regina Spektor)">Fidelity</a>" </td> <td>Best Director of a Female Artist </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Adult Contemporary Video </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Better_(Regina_Spektor_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Better (Regina Spektor song)">Better</a>" </td> <td>Best Alternative Video </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Other awards</b> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Association </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Nominated work </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td>Antville Music Video Awards </td> <td>Best Video </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Us_(Regina_Spektor_song)" title="Us (Regina Spektor song)">Us</a>" </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shortlist_Music_Prize" title="Shortlist Music Prize">Shortlist Music Prize</a> </td> <td>Shortlist Music Prize </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Begin_to_Hope" title="Begin to Hope">Begin to Hope</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>Groovevolt Music and Fashion Awards </td> <td>Best Rock Album - Female<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Kitsch" title="Soviet Kitsch">Soviet Kitsch</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2007 </td> <td rowspan="2">Planeta Awards </td> <td>Best Female Vocal Interpretation </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Fidelity_(Regina_Spektor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fidelity (Regina Spektor)">Fidelity</a>" </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Pop/Hip-Hop Artist/Band of the Year </td> <td rowspan="4">Herself </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pollstar" title="Pollstar">Pollstar</a> Concert Industry Awards </td> <td>Best New Touring Artist </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td>Studio8 Media International Music Awards </td> <td>Studio8's Female Voice of August 2009<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2011 </td> <td rowspan="2">New York Music Awards </td> <td>Best Female Rock Vocalist </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td>Best Live Recording </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Live_in_London_(Regina_Spektor_album)" title="Live in London (Regina Spektor album)">Live in London</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_MTV_Video_Music_Awards" title="2012 MTV Video Music Awards">MTV Video Music Awards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award_for_Best_Art_Direction" title="MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction">Best Art Direction</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/All_the_Rowboats" title="All the Rowboats">All the Rowboats</a>" </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Song_Written_for_Visual_Media" title="Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media">Best Song Written for Visual Media</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">"<a href="/wiki/You%27ve_Got_Time" title="You've Got Time">You've Got Time</a>" </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; 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