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{{Short description|American musician (born 1980)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Regina Spektor
| image = Regina Spektor 2009-07-02 001.jpg
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| caption = Spektor in 2009
| native_name = Регина Спектор
| native_name_lang= ru
| birth_name = Regina Ilyinichna Spektor
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|2|18}}
| birth_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], Soviet Union
| citizenship = United States (arrived 1989)
| occupation = {{hlist | Singer | songwriter}}
| years_active = 2001–present
| spouse = {{marriage |[[Jack Dishel]] |2011}}
| children = 2
| website = {{URL|http://www.reginaspektor.com/}}
| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| background = solo_singer
| genre = {{hlist |[[Anti-folk]]|[[indie-pop]]|[[alternative rock]]}}
| instrument = {{hlist | Vocals | piano | guitar}}
| label = {{hlist | [[Sire Records|Sire]]/[[Warner Records|Warner]]}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist | [[Jack Dishel|Only Son]] | [[Sondre Lerche]] | [[Ben Folds]] | [[Kill Kenada]] | [[Gogol Bordello]] | [[The Strokes]] | [[Odesza]] | [[Dufus (band)|Dufus]]}}
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'''Regina Ilyinichna Spektor''' ({{langx|ru|Регинa Ильинична Спектор}}, {{IPA|ru|rʲɪˈɡʲinə ˈspʲɛktər|pron}}; born February 18, 1980) is a [[Russian Americans|Russian-born American]] singer, songwriter, and pianist.<ref name= npr12>{{cite web| url=https://www.npr.org/2012/08/27/160106266/regina-spektor-on-growing-up-a-soviet-kid|title=Regina Spektor: On Growing Up A 'Soviet Kid'|date=27 August 2012 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref>
After self-releasing her first three records and gaining popularity in New York City's [[Indie music scene|independent music scenes]], particularly the [[anti-folk]] scene centered on New York City's [[East Village, Manhattan|East Village]], Spektor signed with [[Sire Records]] in 2004 resulting in greater mainstream recognition.<ref name= torg/> After giving her third album ''[[Soviet Kitsch]]'' a major label re-release, Sire released Spektor's fourth album, ''[[Begin to Hope]]'', which achieved a [[RIAA certification#Records|Gold]] certification by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gold & Platinum Searchable Database|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Regina%20Spektor&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2007&sort=Artist&perPage=25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924152140/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Regina%20Spektor&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2007&sort=Artist&perPage=25|archive-date=2015-09-24|access-date=2017-09-10|website=RIAA}}</ref> Her following two albums, ''[[Far (album)|Far]]'' and ''[[What We Saw from the Cheap Seats]]'', each debuted at number 3 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].
Mayor [[Bill de Blasio]] proclaimed June 11, 2019, Regina Spektor Day in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Matozzo|first=Marissa|date=12 June 2019|title=Watch NYC Honor Regina Spektor with Her Own Official Day|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/06/watch-nyc-honor-regina-spektor-with-her-own-offici.html|access-date=2019-06-20|website=pastemagazine.com}}</ref> Spektor was also inducted into the Bronx Walk of Fame on May 18, 2019, by Borough President [[Rubén Díaz Jr.]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wirsing|first=Robert|date=26 May 2019|title=Bronxites Have A Ball At Bronx Ball Gala|url=https://www.bxtimes.com/stories/2019/21/21-a-bronxball-2019-05-24-bx.html|access-date=2019-06-20|website=Bronx Times}}</ref>
==Early life and musical beginnings==
Spektor was born on February 18, 1980,<ref name= Contact>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/regina-spektor |title=Regina Spektor | Biography, News, Photos and Videos |magazine=Contactmusic.com |access-date=2015-08-24}}</ref> in [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]], to a musical [[Russian-Jewish]] family.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/10/03/496125426/regina-spektor-i-see-my-family-in-everybody|title=Regina Spektor: 'I See My Family ... In Everybody'|work=[[NPR]]|date=October 3, 2016|access-date=May 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Ben|last=Harris|url=https://www.jta.org/2012/04/02/arts-entertainment/amid-mainstream-success-regina-spektor-stays-true-to-jewish-roots|title=Amid mainstream success, Regina Spektor stays true to Jewish roots|work=JTA - Jewish news|date=April 2, 2012|access-date=May 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Ryan|last=Torok|url=http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/85787/|title=Regina Spektor goes live|work=Jewish Journal|date=December 8, 2010|access-date=May 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Dean|last=Budnick|url=https://www.relix.com/articles/detail/parting_shots_regina_spektor|title=Parting Shots: Regina Spektor|work=[[Relix]]|date=January 4, 2017|access-date=May 17, 2018}}</ref> 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 [[Mount Vernon, New York]], now retired.<ref name= sound>{{cite web|title=Soundcheck (2004-11-18) "Hot Hot Hot"|url=https://www.newsounds.org/story/37488-hot-hot-hot/ <!-- ORIGINAL: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/episodes/0182004-->|publisher=New York Public Radio}} ([https://audio.wnyc.org/soundcheck/soundcheck101804.mp3 Direct MP3 URL] ([https://audio.wnyc.org/soundcheck/soundcheck101804.mp3?listeningSessionID=5ae9f2f5e18cd4c4_2715542_jkIBQRZ6__0000000eNKj archived] June 2, 2018)</ref> Spektor has a brother, Boruch, who was featured in the track "* * *" (or "Whisper") from her 2003 album ''[[Soviet Kitsch]],'' and who inspired the song "Bear Spektor", which has been performed live but never officially released.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=IUI3mltWX-awKe_G&v=Pf1MZpA4OV4&feature=youtu.be |title=regina spektor - Bear Spektor (Live) |date=2012-04-11 |last=TheSpektography |access-date=2024-09-18 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bear Spektor |url=https://www.spektorsthesaurus.com/song/bearspektor |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=Spektor's Thesaurus}}</ref> Growing up in Moscow, Regina started taking piano lessons when she was seven and learned how to play the piano by practicing on a [[Petrof]] [[Upright piano|upright]] that her grandfather gave her mother.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/regina-spektor-tunes-up-for-broadway|title=Regina Spektor Tunes Up for Broadway|last=Schulman|first=Michael|magazine=The New Yorker|date=2019-06-20|access-date=2019-06-20|issn=0028-792X}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sturges|first=Fiona|date=2009-07-02|title=Regina Spektor – Refugee from Soviet kitsch|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/regina-spektor--refugee-from-soviet-kitsch-1729328.html|url-status=live|access-date=2010-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208224210/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/regina-spektor-refugee-from-soviet-kitsch-1729328.html|archive-date=2018-02-08}}</ref> She grew up listening to classical music and [[Russian bards]] like [[Vladimir Vysotsky]] and [[Bulat Okudzhava]].<ref name= npr12/> Her father, who obtained recordings in Eastern Europe and traded cassettes with friends in the Soviet Union, also exposed her to [[rock and roll]] bands such as [[the Beatles]], [[Queen (band)|Queen]], and [[the Moody Blues]].<ref name= sound/>
The family left the Soviet Union for the Bronx in 1989, when Spektor was nine and a half, during the period of ''[[Perestroika]]'', when Soviet citizens were permitted to emigrate. She had to leave her piano behind.<ref name= london>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/gig-23351811-details/Regina+Spektor/gigReview.do?reviewId=23364423 |last=Aizlewood |first=John |title=Regina Spektor: A Triumph That Began With Hope |date=2006-08-24 |publisher=thislondon.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216081618/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/gig-23351811-details/Regina+Spektor/gigReview.do?reviewId=23364423 |archive-date=2008-12-16 }}</ref> 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 [[Antisemitism in the Soviet Union|discrimination that Jewish people faced]].<ref name=Wiseman>{{cite web|first=Eva|last=Wiseman|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/13/regina-spektor-the-only-reason-im-jewish-is-antisemitism|title=Regina Spektor: 'The only reason I'm Jewish is antisemitism'|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=November 13, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Jenny|last=Eliscu|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/new-yorks-screwball-pop-queen-20090709
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Traveling first to Austria and then Italy, the Spektor family was admitted to the United States as refugees with the assistance of [[HIAS]] (the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society). They settled in [[the Bronx]], where Spektor graduated from [[SAR Academy]], a [[Jewish day school|Jewish day middle school]] in the [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]] 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 [[Manhattan School of Music]], until she was 17; Spektor's father had met Vargas through Vargas' husband, violinist Samuel Marder.<ref>{{cite web|last=Roeschlein|first=Shane|date=25 March 2005|title=Regina Spektor: The Red Princess|url=http://www.themusicedge.com/moxie/news/featartist/regina-spektor-the-red-pr.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060103170008/http://www.themusicedge.com/moxie/news/featartist/regina-spektor-the-red-pr.shtml|archive-date=2006-01-03|publisher=themusicedge.com}}</ref> Spektor attended high school for two years at the [[Frisch School]], a [[yeshiva]] in [[Paramus, New Jersey]], but transferred to a public school, [[Fair Lawn High School]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/magazine/regina-spektor-has-piano-will-travel.html|title=Regina Spektor Has Piano, Will Travel|last=Mason|first=Wyatt|date=2012-05-17|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-04-03|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> in [[Fair Lawn, New Jersey]], where she finished the last two years of her high school education.<ref>Bloom, Nate. "Noshes: Worth Checking Out", ''[[The Jewish Standard]]'', June 29, 2007. "Spektor, 27, is far better known... She went to middle school yeshiva in New York and, for her first two years in high school, she went to the Frisch School in Paramus. She graduated from Fair Lawn High School."</ref>
Spektor was originally interested in classical music only, but she later grew interested in [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], [[Rock music|rock]], and [[Punk rock|punk]] as well.<ref name= sound/> 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 [[Nesiya|Nesiya Institute]] in her teenage years when she attracted attention from the other children on the trip for the songs she made up while hiking.<ref name= nypr/>
Following this trip, Spektor was exposed to the works of [[Joni Mitchell]], [[Ani DiFranco]], and other singer-songwriters, which encouraged her belief that she could create her own songs.<ref name= nypr/> She wrote her first [[a cappella]] songs around the age of 16 and her first songs for voice and piano when she was 17.<ref name= sound/>
Spektor completed the four-year studio composition program of the Conservatory of Music at [[State University of New York at Purchase|Purchase College]] within three years, graduating with [[Latin honors|honors]] in 2001. Around this time, she also worked briefly at a butterfly farm in [[Luck, Wisconsin]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Rob |title=Versatile Regina Spektor floats among her song stories |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/407184953/ |access-date=3 June 2018 |work=Wisconsin State Journal |date=October 12, 2006}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Spevak |first=Jeff |date=31 July 2023 |title=The pop and peculiarity of Regina Spektor |url=https://m.roccitymag.com/arts-entertainment/the-pop-and-peculiarity-of-regina-spektor-16442338 |publisher=CITY Magazine (Rochester, NY) |access-date=15 August 2023}}</ref> and studied in [[Tottenham]] (in North London) for one term.<ref name= Art>{{cite news |last1=Llewellyn Smith |first1=Caspar |title=Regina Spektor: 'Art comes from a different place' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/may/12/regina-spektor-obama-cheap-seats-feature |access-date=2 June 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=12 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310081910/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/may/12/regina-spektor-obama-cheap-seats-feature |archive-date=10 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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==Career==
===2001–2005: Career beginnings and ''Soviet Kitsch''===
Spektor gradually achieved recognition through performances in the anti-folk scene in downtown New York City, most prominently at the East Village's [[SideWalk Cafe]]. She also performed at local colleges (such as [[Sarah Lawrence College]]) with other musicians, including the [[Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players]]. She sold self-published CDs at her performances during this period: ''[[11:11 (Regina Spektor album)|11:11]]'' (2001) and ''[[Songs (Regina Spektor album)|Songs]]'' (2002). Spektor's first nationwide tour was accompanying [[the Strokes]] as the opening act on their 2003–2004 ''[[Room on Fire]]'' tour which included performances at [[The Theater at Madison Square Garden]]. While on the tour, she and the band performed and recorded "[[Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men]]". After the tour, [[Kings of Leon]], 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 [[Warner Brothers]]' record label [[Sire Records]] to publish and distribute her third album ''[[Soviet Kitsch]]'', originally self-released in 2003. In 2005, she began making her first TV appearances including guest spots on various [[late-night talk show]]s.<ref name= torg>{{cite web|author=Smith|first=Stewart|date=26 May 2005|title=Regina Spektor: Soviet Kitsch |url=http://tweedmag.com/News/Regina_Spektor_Soviet_Kitsch.html|website=Tweed Magazine}}</ref>
In June 2005, Spektor was the opening act for the English piano rock band [[Keane (band)|Keane]] on their [[Hopes and Fears Tour|North American tour]], during which she performed at [[Radio City Music Hall]] on June 7, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|date=7 June 2005|title=Regina Spektor Tells a Guy To Fuck Off|url=http://www.musicsnobbery.com/2005/06/regina_spektor_.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429074810/http://www.musicsnobbery.com/2005/06/regina_spektor_.html|archive-date=April 29, 2015|access-date=2017-04-16|work=Music Snobbery}}</ref>
===2006–2008: ''Begin to Hope''===
Spektor went on to release the album ''[[Begin to Hope]]'' on June 13, 2006. The album debuted at number 70 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], and due to the popularity of the single "[[Fidelity (song)|Fidelity]]", it went on to peak at number 20, and was certified Gold by the [[RIAA]]. 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 ''Begin to Hope'' album included back-to-back hometown shows at [[The Town Hall (New York City)|Town Hall Theater]] in New York City on September 27 and September 28, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|date=28 September 2006|title=Regina Spektor @ Town Hall: Moscow on the Hudson|url=http://www.musicsnobbery.com/2006/09/regina_spektor_.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070902020447/http://www.musicsnobbery.com/2006/09/regina_spektor_.html|archive-date=September 2, 2007|access-date=23 August 2015|work=Music Snobbery}}</ref> This tour was Spektor's first to feature a full backing band.
Listeners of [[Sirius Satellite Radio|Sirius Radio]]'s Left of Center channel voted her single "Fidelity" as the No. 1 song of 2006. Towards the end of 2006, [[VH1]] 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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.vh1.com/artists/you_oughta_know/index.jhtml?extPop=popVspot(1537507) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061123095248/http://www.vh1.com/artists/you_oughta_know/index.jhtml?extPop=popVspot(1537507) | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 23, 2006 | title = New Music Artists Info on You Oughta Know, Rising New Artists, See Photos & Watch Videos Online | publisher = [[VH1]]}}</ref> Spektor's video for "Fidelity" reached No. 3 on VH1's Top 20 Countdown.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} Spektor reached No. 33 on ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' magazine's top 100 of 2006 and was also listed as one of the "Hottest Women of Rock".<ref>{{cite web|last=Errico|first=Mike|date=December 2006|title=Hottest Women of... Rock!|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=2295&src=blender_ed|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210001725/http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=2295|archive-date=2007-02-10|work=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]}}</ref> On January 21, 2007, she was given an extensive feature on ''CBS News Sunday Morning'' which showcased her musical beginnings and growing popularity.<ref name= Orloff>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/regina-spektors-boundless-talent/ | last=Orloff | first=Brian | title=Regina Spektor's Boundless Talent | date=2007-10-21 | publisher = [[CBS News]]}}</ref>
[[File:Regina Spektor - Lollapalooza 2007.jpg|thumb|Spektor performing at [[Lollapalooza]] 2007]]
In 2007, Spektor began performing at several major music festivals including [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]], [[Bonnaroo Music Festival]], [[Lollapalooza]], [[Virgin Festival]], and [[Austin City Limits Music Festival]]. 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 [[Neil Young]]'s [[Bridge School Benefit]] at [[Shoreline Amphitheatre]] on October 27, 2007.
On November 14, 2007, at her concert at [[Ryman Auditorium]] 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 [[inner ear]] infection which caused intense [[Vertigo (medical)|vertigo]]. The show was initially rescheduled for December 6, 2007,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071114/ENTERTAINMENT01/71114057 | title = Spektor rushed to the hospital before Ryman show | date = 2007-11-14 | first = Bill | last = Friskics-Warren | work = [[The Tennessean]] }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> but the date was once again rescheduled, and the concert finally occurred on February 29, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ryman.com |title=Ryman Auditorium | Nashville, TN | Music Venue, Concerts, Events |website=Ryman.com |access-date=2017-04-12}}</ref> After her initial collapse in Nashville, she was able to perform in concerts at [[Mountain Stage]], in West Virginia, on November 18, 2007 (the concert was aired in September 2008),<ref>{{cite web |title=''Mountain Stage Archives'': September 19, 2008, Regina Spektor |url=http://www.mountainstage.org/mtnstagepodcast.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505175322/http://www.mountainstage.org/mtnstagepodcast.aspx |archive-date=May 5, 2009 |publisher=West Virginia Public Broadcasting }} Includes link to [https://web.archive.org/web/20090106043854/http://www.mountainstage.org/mtnstageevent.aspx?id=1472 Playlist for Week after September 19, 2008], indicating that the original show date was November 18, 2007.</ref><ref>"[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94889309 Regina Spektor on Mountain Stage]". ''NPR Music''. September 22, 2008. Retrieved 2017-04-16.</ref> and at Duke University on November 19, 2007.<ref>Lawrence, Christopher (November 20, 2007). "[https://americansongwriter.com/regina-spektor-collapses/ Regina Spektor Collapses]". ''[[American Songwriter]]''. Retrieved 6 September 2020.</ref>
Spektor wrote the song "[[The Call (Regina Spektor song)|The Call]]" for the 2008 film ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (soundtrack)|The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian]]'',<ref>{{cite web|date=2016-07-15|title=The Call - Regina Spektor|url=http://www.pandora.com/music/song/regina+spektor/call#lyrics|access-date=2017-04-12|website=Pandora.com}}</ref> which appeared prominently in the film's finale sequence. She then appeared as a guest vocalist on "[[You Don't Know Me (Ben Folds song)|You Don't Know Me]]", a single from [[Ben Folds]]' 2008 album ''[[Way to Normal]]''. In promotion for the single, the duo performed the song together on several [[late-night talk show]]s.
===2009–2011: ''Far''===
Spektor's fifth album, ''[[Far (album)|Far]]'', was released June 23, 2009. For the record she worked with four producers: David Kahne (who had previously worked with Spektor on ''Begin to Hope''), [[Mike Elizondo]], [[Jacknife Lee]], and [[Jeff Lynne]]. The record sold 50,000 copies in its first week, entering the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] 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 [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] on June 29, 2009. Other European performances in 2009 included [[Glastonbury Festival]], [[Hultsfred Festival]], [[Oxegen 2009]], [[T in the Park]], [[Paradiso (Amsterdam)|Paradiso]], [[Latitude Festival]], and [[Rock Werchter]]. Spektor invited Brooklyn-based rock band [[Jupiter One]] to open concerts on her 2009 North American tour. As a part of that tour, on October 14, 2009, Spektor headlined a concert at [[Radio City Music Hall]] in NYC. On September 16, 2009, it was announced that Spektor would write the music for the musical ''Beauty'', a modern adaptation of the fairy tale ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'', which was initially set to open during the 2011–12 Broadway season.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Kenneth|date=September 16, 2009|title=Regina Spektor Will Pen Music for Landau's Grimm-Inspired ''Beauty'' Musical|work=Playbill|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/132901-Regina_Spektor_Will_Pen_Music_for_Landau%27s_Grimm-Inspired_Beauty_Musical|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923152154/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/132901-Regina_Spektor_Will_Pen_Music_for_Landau's_Grimm-Inspired_Beauty_Musical|archive-date=September 23, 2009}}</ref> Regina made her ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' debut on October 10, 2009, performing "[[Eet]]" and "The Calculation" off of ''Far''.
In May 2010, Spektor performed for [[Barack Obama|Barack]] and [[Michelle Obama]] along with hundreds of other guests at the White House reception in honor of [[Jewish American Heritage Month]]. She performed "Us" and "The Sword & The Pen."
===2012–2015: ''What We Saw from the Cheap Seats''===
[[File:Regina Spektor Outside Lands 2012 (7771486574).jpg|thumb|Spektor performing at the [[Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival]] 2012]]
Spektor's sixth album, ''[[What We Saw from the Cheap Seats]]'', was released May 29, 2012. Like her previous album, it debuted at number three on the ''Billboard'' 200. Promotional appearances for the record included Spektor appearing on the June 7, 2012, episode of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', where she performed "Small Town Moon", as well as "Ballad of a Politician" as online bonus content.<ref>{{cite web|date=June 8, 2012|title=Watch: Regina Spektor On The Colbert Report|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/news/watch-regina-spektor-on-the-colbert-report/66088/|website=Prefix Magazine|access-date=September 11, 2015|archive-date=September 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919052551/http://www.prefixmag.com/news/watch-regina-spektor-on-the-colbert-report/66088/|url-status=dead}} (videos appear to not work)</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Colbert |first1=Stephen |title=The Colbert Report July 6, 2012 |url=http://www.cc.com/video-clips/gfpnqx/the-colbert-report-regina-spektor |website=The Colbert Report |publisher=Comedy Central |date=July 6, 2012 |access-date=2018-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527101544/http://www.cc.com/video-clips/gfpnqx/the-colbert-report-regina-spektor |archive-date=2016-05-27 |url-status=bot: unknown }}(transcript available at )</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Colbert |first1=Stephen |title=The Colbert Report June 7, 2012 |url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x58p2vr |website=Daily Motion |access-date=2 June 2018 |date=June 7, 2012}} (full video, interview clip at 11:37) {{Dead link |date=September 2020}}</ref> Her world tour in support of ''What We Saw from the Cheap Seats'' included a performance in [[Moscow]]; Spektor had not returned since leaving with her family in 1989.<ref name= moscow>{{cite web|last=Chernov|first=Sergei|date=11 July 2012|title=Soviet-Born Star Regina Spektor Returns to Moscow - Arts and Ideas|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2012/07/11/soviet-born-star-regina-spektor-returns-to-moscow-a16171|access-date=6 September 2020|work=The Moscow Times}}</ref>
In 2012, Spektor was named an official "Steinway Artist"; she plays [[Steinway & Sons]] pianos almost exclusively.<ref>{{cite web|title=Singer Songwriter Regina Spektor Joins Steinway Artist Roster|url=http://www.steinway.com/news/press-releases/singer-songwriter-regina-spektor-joins-steinway-artist-roster/|website=Steinway & Sons}}</ref>
Spektor wrote and recorded the main title theme song, "[[You've Got Time]]", for the [[Netflix]] original series ''[[Orange Is the New Black]]'',<ref>Pirnia, Garin (August 1, 2013). "[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/regina-spektor-my-orange-is-the-new-black-theme-really-fits-20130801 Regina Spektor: My 'Orange Is the New Black' Theme 'Really Fits'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808234308/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/regina-spektor-my-orange-is-the-new-black-theme-really-fits-20130801 |date=2017-08-08}}". ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved 2017-04-16.</ref> which premiered in July 2013. It was nominated in the Best Song Written for Visual Media category at the [[56th Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|date=2 December 2014|title=First-Time GRAMMY Nominee: Regina Spektor|url=http://www.grammy.com/blogs/first-time-grammy-nominee-regina-spektor|work=The GRAMMYs}}</ref>
===2016–2021: ''Remember Us to Life''===
Spektor announced her seventh album, ''[[Remember Us to Life]]'', on July 21, 2016, through her email newsletter. The album was released on September 30, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Remember Us To Life CD|url=http://store.warnermusic.com/warner-bros-records/artists/regina-spektor/remember-us-to-life-deluxe-cd-1.html|work=Warner Music Store|access-date=July 22, 2016|archive-date=April 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416020818/https://store.warnermusic.com/warner-bros-records/artists/regina-spektor/remember-us-to-life-deluxe-cd-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first single, "Bleeding Heart", was released July 22, 2016. The follow-up single, "Small Bill$", was released August 11, 2016. Regina Spektor performed [[George Harrison]]'s "[[While My Guitar Gently Weeps]]", released August 5, 2016, for the film ''[[Kubo and the Two Strings]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-regina-spektors-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps-cover-w432964|title=Hear Regina Spektor's Haunting 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' Cover|last=Reed |first=Ryan |date=August 5, 2016 |magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2017-04-16}}</ref>
In 2016, Spektor was one of the artists featured on ''[[The Hamilton Mixtape]]''; she sings a remix of "[[Dear Theodosia]]" with [[Ben Folds]].<ref name= Gerard>{{cite web|last1=Gerard|first1=Jeremy|title='Hamilton' World Dominance Continues With Questlove, Regina Spektor 'Mixtape' Launch|url=https://deadline.com/2016/12/hamilton-mixtape-0launch-regina-spektor-1201863125/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=December 1, 2016|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref>
In 2017, Spektor was featured as a guest singer on the title track to Gypsy-punk band [[Gogol Bordello]]'s studio album ''[[Seekers and Finders]]''.<ref name= Kaye>{{cite magazine|last=Kaye|first=Ben|url=https://consequence.net/2017/07/gogol-bordello-share-new-single-walking-on-the-burning-coal-listen/|title=Gogol Bordello share new single "Walking on the Burning Coal": Stream|magazine=[[Consequence of Sound]]|date=2017-07-10|access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref> Spektor was also featured as a guest vocalist on [[Odesza]]'s song "Just A Memory" from their album ''[[A Moment Apart]]''.
On November 8, 2018, Spektor released a new song entitled "Birdsong", written specially for an episode of the [[Amazon Prime Video|Amazon Prime]] series ''[[The Romanoffs]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Reed|first=Ryan|date=November 9, 2018|title=Hear Regina Spektor's Meditative New 'Birdsong'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/regina-spektor-new-song-birdsong-754012|access-date=2018-12-15|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>
On March 25, 2019, Spektor announced she would be bringing her music to Broadway as the Artist in Residency at the [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]] for five performances June 20–26, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/regina-spektor-to-play-broadways-new-concert-residency-series|title=Regina Spektor to Play Broadway's New Concert Residency Series|last=McPhee|first=Ryan|date=March 25, 2019|website=Playbill|access-date=2019-06-20}}</ref>
On July 26, 2019, Spektor released an acoustic version of her own song "[[You've Got Time]]", coinciding with the release of the seventh and final season of ''[[Orange Is the New Black]]''. The song is featured in the final episode of the series.
In late 2019, Spektor released a new song, "Walking Away", for Amazon Prime Original Series ''[[Modern Love (TV series)|Modern Love]]''.
===2022–present: ''Home, Before and After''===
On February 22, 2022, Spektor announced her eighth studio album ''[[Home, Before and After]]'' with a June 24 release date, alongside the release of the album's lead single "Becoming All Alone". Recorded in [[upstate New York]], the album was produced by Spektor and [[John Congleton]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Abby |title=Regina Spektor Announces New Album, Shares "Becoming All Alone": Stream |url=https://consequence.net/2022/02/regina-spektor-announces-home-before-and-after-becoming-all-alone-stream/ |website=Consequence of Sound |access-date=22 February 2022 |date=22 February 2022}}</ref>
She performed an [[Tiny Desk Concerts|NPR ''Tiny Desk Concert'']] on August 5, 2022, including "Becoming All Alone" from her new album as well as tunes from past releases such as "Fidelity" and "Samson".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boilen |first1=Bob |title=Regina Spektor: Tiny Desk Concert |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/08/05/1112430121/regina-spektor-tiny-desk-concert |website=NPR |date=5 August 2022 |access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref>
==Artistry==
[[File:"hey remember that time...".jpg|thumb|right|Spektor performing at the [[Hammerstein Ballroom]] in 2007]]
Spektor's primary instrument is the piano, and she plays the guitar as a secondary instrument, primarily playing on a seafoam [[Epiphone]] Wildkat [[Archtop guitar|archtop]] [[Semi-acoustic guitar|hollow-body electric guitar]] for live performances.<ref>{{cite web|date=6 April 2005|title=Imagine A Female Singer Songwriter For The Strokes Generation|url=http://www.epiphone.com/news.asp?NewsID=259|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928151433/http://www.epiphone.com/news.asp?NewsID=259|archive-date=28 September 2011|access-date=23 August 2015|website=Epiphone.com}}</ref><!--Note, although the Epiphone official site states that she plays an Alleykat guitar, an examination of both the Alleykat and Epiphone photos on the Epiphone website shows that it is actually a Wildkat guitar.-->
Spektor has said that she has created a great number of songs<ref name= OrloffStone>{{cite magazine|last=Orloff|first=Brian|date=15 March 2006|title=Regina Spektor's Got New "Hope"|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/regina-spektors-got-new-hope-111832/|access-date=6 September 2020|magazine= [[Rolling Stone]] }}</ref> 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.<ref name= nypr/><ref name= woman>{{cite web | url=http://www.womanrock.com/features/regina_spektor.html | last=Alonzo | first=Rod | title=Making Stuff Up: An Interview With Regina Spektor | publisher=WOMANROCK.com | date = 2003 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051111031721/http://womanrock.com/features/regina_spektor.html | archive-date=2005-11-11 }}</ref> Her songs show influences from [[folk music|folk]],<ref name= grave/><ref>{{cite web|last=Bridge|first=Colette|date=July 2006|title=Nottingham Music: Paolo Nutini / Peaches / Regina Spektor: Tis the period of the singer / songwriter|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/music/2004/07/paolo_nutini_peaches_regina_spektor.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228150834/http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/music/2004/07/paolo_nutini_peaches_regina_spektor.shtml|archive-date=28 February 2007|website=BBC – Nottingham}}</ref> [[punk rock|punk]], [[Rock music|rock]], [[Secular Jewish music|Jewish]],<ref name= woman/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Music/Content?oid=88732 | last=Holub | first=Annie | title=Spectral Musings: Six lines that will make you fall in love with Regina Spektor | date=2006-11-02 | work=Tucson Weekly}}</ref> [[ethnic Russian music|Russian]],<ref name= woman/> [[hip hop music|hip hop]],<ref name= grave>{{cite web|last=Murphy|first=John|date=16 January 2006|title=Regina Spektor – Mary Ann Meets The Gravediggers (review)|url=https://www.musicomh.com/albums/regina-spektor_0106.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214110443/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/regina-spektor_0106.htm|archive-date=2006-12-14|work=musicOMH}}</ref><ref name= npr2>{{cite web|date=3 October 2006|title=Regina Spektor in Concert|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6161219|publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref> [[jazz]],<ref name= grave/> and classical music.<ref name= woman/> 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:<ref name= Orloff/> "It doesn't feel natural for me to write some diary type song. I want to write a classic like "[[Yesterday (Beatles song)|Yesterday]]" but weird songs about meatballs in refrigerators come into my head – I can't help it."<ref>[[Rolling Stone magazine]] issue 694, September 2009. "New York Screwball Pop Queen" by [[Jenny Eliscu]], page18.</ref>
Spektor performs using a broad [[vocal range]], 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 [[beatboxing|beatbox]]-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.<ref name= nypr/><ref name= block>{{cite web|last=Block|first=Melissa|date=28 June 2006|title=Stories in Song: Regina Spektor's ''Begin to Hope''|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5518985|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630154806/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5518985|archive-date=2006-06-30|publisher=[[National Public Radio]] – [[All Things Considered]]}} MP3 audio download linked from archived copy)</ref> Part of her style also results from the exaggeration of certain aspects of vocalization, most notably the [[glottal stop]], prominent in the single "[[Fidelity (song)|Fidelity]]". She also uses a strong [[New York accent]] on some words, which she has said is due to her love of New York and its culture.<ref name= sound/>
Spektor usually sings in English, though she sometimes includes a few words or verses of [[Latin]], 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.
Her lyrics are equally eclectic, often taking the form of abstract narratives or first-person character studies, similar to [[short story|short stories]] or [[vignette (literature)|vignettes]] put to song.<ref name= sound/><ref name= block/> Some of Spektor's lyrics include literary allusions,<ref name= nypr/> such as: [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]] and [[Ernest Hemingway]] in "Poor Little Rich Boy"; ''[[The Little Prince]]'' in "Baobabs"; [[Virginia Woolf]] and [[Margaret Atwood]] in "Paris"; [[Ezra Pound]] and ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' in "Pound of Flesh"; [[Boris Pasternak]] in "Après Moi"; [[Samson]] and [[Delilah]] in "[[Samson (Regina Spektor song)|Samson]]"; ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'' in "Oedipus"; Edith Wharton's ''[[Ethan Frome]]'' 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 [[gravedigger]]s, the [[Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil]], and the name "Mary Ann". Spektor's use of satire is evident in "Wasteside", which refers to ''[[The Twelve Chairs]]'', the classic satirical novel by the Soviet authors [[Ilf and Petrov]], and describes the town in which people are born, get their hair cut, and then are sent to the cemetery.
Spektor's first album, ''[[11:11 (Regina Spektor album)|11:11]]'', was recorded and self-released while she was still in college. It differs from Spektor's later releases as she was heavily influenced by [[blues]] and [[jazz]] at the time of its recording. Her second album, ''[[Songs (Regina Spektor album)|Songs]]'', 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carátula Interior Frontal de Regina Spektor - 11:11 - Portada|url=http://www.coveralia.com/caratulas/Regina-Spektor-11-11-Interior1.php|website=Coveralia.com|access-date=September 11, 2015|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415140650/https://www.coveralia.com/caratulas/Regina-Spektor-11-11-Interior1.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her third album, ''[[Soviet Kitsch]]'', 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.<ref name= london/>
Spektor says the records that most impact her are those of "bands whose music is really involved".<ref name= avclub>{{cite news|last=Murray|first=Noel|date=June 21, 2006|title=Interviews {{!}} Regina Spektor|newspaper=The A.V. Club|url=https://www.avclub.com/content/node/49632|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516063529/http://www.avclub.com/content/node/49632|archive-date=May 16, 2007}}</ref> She cites [[the Beatles]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Eminem]], [[Kate Bush]], [[Rufus Wainwright]], [[David Bowie]], the [[Ramones]], [[Patti Smith]], [[Billie Holiday]], [[Radiohead]], [[Tom Waits]], and [[Frédéric Chopin]] as prime influences.<ref name= avclub/><ref>{{cite web|author=Vaziri|first=Aidin|date=25 October 2009|title=A guide to Regina Spektor's album 'Far'|url=http://m.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/A-guide-to-Regina-Spektor-s-album-Far-3212219.php|access-date=3 November 2017|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/magazine/music/e3ib45af50decbdb4496f1d9fd83a0ee0b5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625110606/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/magazine/music/e3ib45af50decbdb4496f1d9fd83a0ee0b5 |archive-date=June 25, 2007 |date=January 13, 2007 |last=Visakowitz |first=Susan |title=Spectacular Spektor: Slow-Building Promo Campaign Driving Sire Disc |work=Billboard.biz }}</ref>
British singer [[Kate Nash]] 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."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Women in music|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|date=May 2008|issue=262|page=105}}</ref>
== Appearances in the media ==
=== Television ===
Spektor has written and recorded a number of songs for television, including "[[You've Got Time]]" the theme song for the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Orange is the New Black]]'' in 2013,<ref>{{cite web |last=Spiegel |first=Amy Rose |date=1 August 2013 |title=How Regina Spektor Wrote The "Orange Is The New Black" Theme Song |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/verymuchso/regina-spektor-orange-is-the-new-black-song#.hjXY393VJK |work=BuzzFeed}}</ref> "Birdsong" for the [[Amazon Prime Video|Amazon]]'s ''[[The Romanoffs]]'' in 2018,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Reed |first=Ryan |date=2018-11-09 |title=Hear Regina Spektor's Meditative New 'Birdsong' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/regina-spektor-new-song-birdsong-754012/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215123719/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/regina-spektor-new-song-birdsong-754012/ |archive-date=2018-12-15 |access-date=2025-07-31 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> and "Walking Away" for Amazon's ''[[Modern Love (TV series)|Modern Love]]'' in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=All Music |title=Walking Away - Regina Spektor {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/walking-away-mw0003338819 |access-date=2025-07-31 |website=[[All Music]]}}</ref> She also covered "[[Little Boxes]]" by [[Malvina Reynolds]] for [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]'s television series ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]'', which was used as the title song in the episode "[[Mile Deep and a Foot Wide (Weeds episode)|Mile Deep and a Foot Wide]]" (2006); her original recording "[[Soviet Kitsch|Ghost of Corporate Future]]" was used both at the beginning and end of this episode.<ref>{{cite web |title=Music from the hit series, Weeds |url=http://www.sho.com/site/weeds/music.do |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091002012258/http://www.sho.com/site/weeds/music.do |archive-date=2009-10-02 |work=[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]}}</ref>
=== Film ===
Spektor wrote and recorded "[[The Call (Regina Spektor song)|The Call]]" for the 2008 film ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian]]''<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-08-08 |title=Why Regina Spektor loves homework |url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/doublej/music-reads/features/why-regina-spektor-loves-homework/10265466 |access-date=2025-07-31 |work=[[Double J]]}}</ref> and "One Little Soldier" for the 2019 film [[Bombshell (2019 film)|''Bombshell'']]''.''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Milligan |first=Kaitlin |date=2019-11-29 |title=Regina Spektor Debuts 'One Little Soldier' From BOMBSHELL |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Regina-Spektor-Debuts-One-Little-Solider-From-BOMBSHELL-20191129 |access-date=2025-07-31 |work=[[Broadway World]]}}</ref> She also covered "[[While My Guitar Gently Weeps]]" by [[The Beatles]] for the 2016 animated film [[Kubo and the Two Strings]].
=== Advertising ===
In late-2005, "[[Soviet Kitsch|Us]]" was used in a commercial as part of the ''What Do You Want To Watch?'' series for the United Kingdom's [[British Sky Broadcasting]].{{citation needed|date=July 2025}} In the summer of 2006, a clip from the same song was used for the teaser website for [[Microsoft]]'s [[Microsoft Zune|Zune]] project at ComingZune.com,{{citation needed|date=July 2025}} as well as for a promotional campaign for [[MtvU]],{{citation needed|date=July 2025}} and by Dutch telecom company [[KPN]] in a commercial.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}
"[[Fidelity (song)|Fidelity]]" was used in the trailer for the 2007 film ''[[27 Dresses]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date=2007-10-03 |title=27 Dresses Movie Trailer |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/2007/10/03/27-dresses-movie-trailer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513170631/http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/10/03/27-dresses-movie-trailer/ |archive-date=2008-05-13 |access-date=2007-10-05 |publisher=Slash Film}}</ref>
==Personal life==
[[File:Regina Spektor Tel Aviv 1.jpg|thumb|right|Spektor performing "Après Moi" in [[Tel Aviv]] in 2006]]
=== Jewish identity ===
Spektor is fluent in Russian and reads Hebrew.<ref name="PiWo06">{{cite magazine|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|date=June 1, 2006|title=Piano Woman|url=https://nymag.com/arts/popmusic/reviews/17188/index1.html|magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York Magazine]]|access-date=November 8, 2023}}</ref> She has described herself as "very [[History of the Jews in Russia|Russian Jewish]]".<ref>{{cite web|last=Brown|first=Helen|date=July 1, 2012|title=Regina Spektor interview: 'Writing songs makes me so happy'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/9365698/Regina-Spektor-interview-Writing-songs-makes-me-so-happy.html|website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=November 8, 2023}}</ref> She has paid tribute to her Russian heritage, quoting the poem "February" by the Russian poet [[Boris Pasternak]] in her song "Après Moi", and stated that she is "very connected to the language and the culture."<ref name="PiWo06" /> Spektor visited Moscow in July 2012, when she toured through Russia in support of her sixth album ''What We Saw from the Cheap Seats''.<ref name="moscow" />
In a 2016 interview on NPR, Spektor discussed how her experiences and struggles as an immigrant youth in New York contributed to the album ''Remember Us to Life'', whose title is a phrase from the [[Yom Kippur]] liturgy (זכרינו לחיים) that she encountered while pregnant.<ref>{{Cite web |last=_ReginaSpektor_ |date=2016-10-05 |title=I'm Regina Spektor! Ask me anything! |url=http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5600u0/im_regina_spektor_ask_me_anything/ |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=r/IAmA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/10/03/496125426/regina-spektor-i-see-my-family-in-everybody |title=Regina Spektor: 'I See My Family ... In Everybody' |publisher=[[NPR]] |date=October 3, 2016 |access-date=April 12, 2017}}</ref> She frequently pay tribute to her Jewish identity and talked about the [[antisemitism]] she experienced and the [[Transgenerational trauma|intergenerational traumas]] associated with this identity.<ref name="Wiseman" /><ref name="Telegr16">{{cite web|last=Potton|first=Ed|date=November 21, 2016|title=Illness, politics, ageing — all to a jaunty tune. Meet a new kind of pop star|url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/article/america-was-the-promised-land-everyone-was-cool-now-the-hate-is-back-7xpccd226|website=[[The Times]]|access-date=November 8, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210708152906/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/america-was-the-promised-land-everyone-was-cool-now-the-hate-is-back-7xpccd226|archive-date=July 8, 2021|url-access=subscription|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="TOI12">{{cite web |last=Harris |first=Ben |date=April 6, 2012 |title=Amid mainstream success, Regina Spektor stays true to Jewish roots |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-mainstream-success-regina-spektor-stays-true-to-jewish-roots/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407162604/https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-mainstream-success-regina-spektor-stays-true-to-jewish-roots/ |archive-date=2012-04-07 |access-date=November 8, 2023 |website=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref>
===Political views===
==== Political orientation ====
Spektor considers herself politically liberal<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Spektor |first=Regina |date=2009-01-16 |title=MySpace.com Blogs - Eretz Yisrael - regina spektor MySpace Blog |url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=3071484&blogID=464335867 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123141420/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=3071484&blogID=464335867 |archive-date=2009-01-23 |website=MySpace}}</ref> and has made public statements with progressive positions on issues such as [[Abortion in the United States|abortion access]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alter |first=Rebecca |date=2022-06-17 |title=Regina Spektor, Before and After |url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/06/regina-spektor-home-before-and-after-interview.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922100540/https://www.vulture.com/2022/06/regina-spektor-home-before-and-after-interview.html |archive-date=2024-09-22 |access-date=2025-08-01 |website=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]]}}</ref> as well as undertaking numerous progressive [[Regina Spektor#Philanthropy|philanthropic endeavours]]. Her songs have included progressive commentary on political issues, such as "[[Soviet Kitsch|Ghost of Corporate Future]]" which [[Criticism of capitalism|critiques capitalism]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Britton |first=Amy |date=2020-04-16 |title=Album Reappraisal: Regina Spektor's 'Soviet Kitsch' |url=https://louderthanwar.com/album-reappraisal-regina-spektors-soviet-kitsch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516025412/https://louderthanwar.com/album-reappraisal-regina-spektors-soviet-kitsch/ |archive-date=2021-05-16 |access-date=2025-08-01 |work=[[Louder Than War]]}}</ref> and "[[List of songs recorded by Regina Spektor|Baby Jesus]]" which satirizes [[Christian fundamentalism|religious fundamentalism]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bennett |first=Eric |date=2022-06-24 |title=The 10 Best Unreleased Regina Spektor Songs |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/regina-spektor/regina-spektor-best-songs-unreleased |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822031601/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/regina-spektor/regina-spektor-best-songs-unreleased |archive-date=2023-08-22 |access-date=2025-08-01 |work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]}}</ref>
She admires former President of the United States [[Barack Obama]],<ref name="Art" /> but also stated that his initial opposition to same-sex marriage was "as embarrassing as [[Drinking fountains in the United States#History|white-only drinking fountains]]".<ref>{{cite web |last=Light |first=Alan |date=June 17, 2009 |title=New Angles for a Woman of Many Sides |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/arts/music/21ligh.html |access-date=November 8, 2023 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Her song "Fidelity" was used in a campaign against [[Proposition 8]], which sought to ban same-sex marriage in California.<ref>{{cite web|last=Garrison|first=Jessica|date=March 5, 2009|title=Gay couples hold vigils urging justices to end Prop. 8|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-mar-05-me-gay-marriage5-story.html|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=November 8, 2023}}</ref> She also deplored the election of [[Donald Trump]] as President of the United States in 2016.<ref name="Telegr16" />
==== Israel ====
Spektor is a supporter of Israel<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Rigotti |first=Alex |date=2025-07-29 |title=Regina Spektor tells pro-Palestine protestors to leave gig: 'This is not an internet comment section' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/regina-spektor-tells-pro-palestine-protestors-to-leave-gig-this-is-not-an-internet-comment-section-3881385 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250729164242/https://www.nme.com/news/music/regina-spektor-tells-pro-palestine-protestors-to-leave-gig-this-is-not-an-internet-comment-section-3881385 |archive-date=2025-07-29 |access-date=2025-08-01 |work=[[New Musical Express|NME]]}}</ref> and has performed in Israel on several occasions.<ref>{{cite news |last=Baylen |first=Ashley |date=May 9, 2013 |title=Regina Spektor heading to Israel |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4377674,00.html |access-date=November 8, 2023 |website=[[Ynetnews]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Stern |first=Itay |date=August 20, 2017 |title=Regina Spektor's Israel Concert Took Off When She Lost Control |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/2017-08-20/ty-article/.premium/regina-spektor-took-off-when-she-lost-control/0000017f-e240-d7b2-a77f-e347789c0000 |access-date=November 8, 2023 |website=[[Haaretz]]}}</ref> In 2008, she performed at a ceremony at the [[National Mall]] celebrating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the state of Israel.<ref name="TOI12" /> She has also expressed support for the country amidst various escalations of the [[Arab–Israeli conflict]], especially during the [[Gaza war]].<ref name="TOI12" /><ref name="JP22">{{cite web |last=Starr |first=Michael |date=August 11, 2022 |title=Singer Regina Spektor supports Israel during Operation Breaking Dawn |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-714416 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250214223019/https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-714416 |archive-date=2025-02-14 |access-date=November 8, 2023 |website=[[The Jerusalem Post]]}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite news |last=Bogen |first=Amir |date=November 8, 2023 |title=Regina Spektor blasts Björk over pro-Palestine post |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/bjlhzib76 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106105447/https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/bjlhzib76 |archive-date=November 6, 2023 |access-date=November 8, 2023 |website=[[Ynetnews]]}}</ref> She has said that Israel's war against [[Jihadism|Islamic jihad]] is protecting Europe and the United States "from the gates of hell".<ref name=":1" /> Although Spektor has expressed discomfort with being labelled a [[Zionism|Zionist]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Pincu |first=Nizan |date=2023-11-10 |title=Regina Spektor on when she realized how bad the horrors were on October 7 |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/bktios5mp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/WAEo9 |archive-date=2025-07-31 |access-date=2025-07-31 |work=[[Ynet]]news}}</ref> she has referenced the necessity of the Israeli state for the survival of Jewish people worldwide.<ref name=":3" />
In 2009, during [[Gaza War (2008–2009)|Operation Cast Lead]], she criticized the media for not portraying the events as [[Self-defence in international law|self-defence]].<ref name="TOI12" /> This was a position that she continued to hold in August 2022, when she denounced the [[Three Ds of antisemitism#Double standards|double standards]] in the media coverage of [[2022 Gaza–Israel clashes|Operation Breaking Dawn]], stating that Israel was being unfairly criticised in comparison to other countries undertaking similar actions to kill [[Jihadism|Islamic jihadists]], speculated to be a reference to celebratory reactions to the [[killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri]] by the United States government.<ref name="JP22" />
Spektor has also expressed criticism towards the Israeli government. In 2016, she spoke against calls for artists to stop holding concerts in Israel as part of the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] (BDS) movement, stating that "[b]y not playing in Israel, you're punishing the wrong people."<ref name="Telegr16" /> She criticized [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] in the days following the [[October 7 attacks]], as not speaking for all Israelis or Jews, without specifically referencing which statements or actions she was referring to.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Hays |first=Gabriel |date=July 29, 2025 |title=Regina Spektor show interrupted by anti-Israel protesters screaming, 'Free f------ Palestine!' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/regina-spektor-show-interrupted-anti-israel-protesters-screaming-free-f-palestine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/wip/lXK6C |archive-date=August 1, 2025 |access-date=August 1, 2025 |work=[[Fox News]]}}</ref>
==== Gaza war ====
Spektor has voiced her support for Israel during the [[Gaza war|Gaza War]], whilst facing scrutiny for her activism on social media.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Gilson |first=Grace |date=2025-07-29 |title=Regina Spektor responds to pro-Palestinian protester at concert: 'You're just yelling at a Jew' |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-862556 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/MXOiN |archive-date=2025-08-01 |access-date=2025-08-01 |work=[[The Jerusalem Post]]}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite news |last=Naot |first=Shira |date=2023-11-16 |title=Regina Spektor: 'Many Jews Like Me Are Still in Shock and Sorrow' |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-11-16/ty-article-magazine/.premium/regina-spektor-many-jews-like-me-are-still-in-shock-and-sorrow/0000018b-d790-dffa-adef-f790f2900000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/wX5GJ#selection-931.0-958.0 |archive-date=2025-07-31 |access-date=2025-07-31 |work=[[Haaretz]]}}</ref> She expressed sadness and anger on Instagram at the "largest massacre of Jews since the [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]" in the days following the [[October 7 attacks]].<ref name=":8">{{Cite news |last=Millman |first=Ethan |date=2025-07-28 |title=Regina Spektor to Pro-Palestine Protesters at Her Concert: 'You're Just Yelling at a Jew' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/regina-spektor-concert-interuppted-pro-palestine-chants-1236331725/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/Hxqqf |archive-date=2025-07-29 |access-date=2025-08-01 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> A few days later, she criticized Benjamin Netanyahu, lamented the suffering of all sides in the conflict, denounced [[Hamas]], and called for the return of [[Gaza war hostage crisis|hostages taken into Gaza]] and an end to the bombing.<ref name=":4" /> On October 30, amidst increasing [[Calls for a ceasefire during the Gaza war|demands for a ceasefire]],<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=October 27, 2023 |title=Israel/OPT: Urgent call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties to end unprecedented civilian suffering - Amnesty International Australia |url=https://www.amnesty.org.au/israel-opt-urgent-call-for-an-immediate-ceasefire-by-all-parties-to-end-unprecedented-civilian-suffering/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029095842/https://www.amnesty.org.au/israel-opt-urgent-call-for-an-immediate-ceasefire-by-all-parties-to-end-unprecedented-civilian-suffering/ |archive-date=October 29, 2023 |access-date=July 31, 2025 |website=[[Amnesty International]]}}</ref> she made another Instagram post questioning the calls for a ceasefire instead of demanding that Hamas surrender and return the hostages.<ref name=":7" /> She affirmed her position against a ceasefire in an interview with [[Ynet]] on November 10, emphasising her desire "to liberate Gaza from Hamas".<ref name=":1" />
In November 2023, Spektor responded negatively to an Instagram post made by [[Björk]] that criticized [[Israeli-occupied territories|Israel's displacement of Palestinians]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite magazine |last=Legaspi |first=Althea |date=2025-07-28 |title=Regina Spektor Confronts Pro-Palestine Protesters at Concert: 'You're Just Yelling at a Jew' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/regina-spektor-concert-disrupted-pro-palestine-protesters-1235395060/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/CYAsT |archive-date=2025-07-28 |access-date=2025-08-01 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> Spektor claimed that this infographic was false propaganda and was ignorant of the nuances of the situation, whilst also expressing disappointment as Björk had been one her musical idols.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":7" /> At this time, Spektor also expressed dismay at the characterisation of Israel as a [[Zionism as settler colonialism|white colonialist power]] committing [[Gaza genocide|genocide in Gaza]] and that the left were "shoulder to shoulder with Hamas".<ref name=":7" />
In October 2024, on the anniversary of the October 7 attacks, Spektor performed at a pro-Israel rally in New York, led by the [[UJA-Federation of New York|UJA-Federation]], the [[Jewish Community Relations Council]] of New York, and the [[Hostages and Missing Families Forum]], that focused on the bloodshed of the massacre the year prior and the hostages who remained captive.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gergely |first=Julia |date=2024-10-07 |title=In NYC, Jews gather together — and apart — for prayer and protest to mark one year since Oct. 7 |url=https://www.jta.org/2024/10/07/ny/in-nyc-jews-gather-together-and-apart-for-prayer-and-protest-on-oct-7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009023248/https://www.jta.org/2024/10/07/ny/in-nyc-jews-gather-together-and-apart-for-prayer-and-protest-on-oct-7 |archive-date=2024-10-09 |access-date=2025-08-01 |work=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Gupta |first1=Gaya |last2=Fadulu |first2=Lola |date=2024-10-07 |title=In New York, honoring the dead and calling for an end to war. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/nyregion/oct-7-nyc-protest-vigil.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/FbiMP |archive-date=2024-10-08 |access-date=2025-08-01 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
In July 2025, Spektor was heckled mid-way through her concert in Portland with chants of "Free Palestine". She accused the hecklers of "just yelling at a Jew", suggesting that this was an example of [[antisemitism]] and that she was being "othered".<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":9" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=2025-07-28 |title=Regina Spektor Concert Interrupted By Pro-Palestine Protestors |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2317251/regina-spektor-concert-interrupted-by-pro-palestine-protestors/news/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250728190831/https://www.stereogum.com/2317251/regina-spektor-concert-interrupted-by-pro-palestine-protestors/news/ |archive-date=2025-07-28 |access-date=2025-07-31 |work=[[Stereogum]]}}</ref> After stating that this was "real life" and not an "internet comment section", an audience member, referencing the [[Gaza Strip famine|famine in Gaza]], replied "...there is a genocide happening. I'm watching dying children. That hurts."<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":5" /> Spektor then encouraged those unhappy with her position to not respond to these comments during the concert to "take a walk", prompting some audience members to leave.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />
=== Family ===
She married singer-songwriter [[Jack Dishel]] in 2011. Formerly a guitarist with the band [[the Moldy Peaches]], Dishel performs as Only Son, and duets with Spektor in the song "Call Them Brothers".<ref name="Art" /> They have two children.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=June 12, 2022 |title=Regina Spektor: 'Songs are my byproduct in this world. I leave a trail of them' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/12/regina-spektor-home-before-and-after-interview |access-date=15 June 2022 |newspaper=The Observer}}</ref>
==Philanthropy==
In 2007, Spektor covered John Lennon's "[[Real Love (John Lennon song)|Real Love]]" for ''[[Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur]]''. The following year in 2008, she contributed her song "Better" from [[Begin to Hope]] to the compilation album ''[[Songs for Tibet: The Art of Peace]]'', an initiative to support of human rights in Tibet and the [[14th Dalai Lama]].<ref>{{Cite web |work=[[E! Online]] |date=July 22, 2008 |url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b147502_sting_matthews_mayer_gamer_tibet_beijing.html |title=Sting, Matthews, Mayer Gamer for Tibet Than Beijing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724212652/http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b147502_sting_matthews_mayer_gamer_tibet_beijing.html |archive-date=July 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |last=Finn |first=Natalie}}</ref>
On January 22, 2009, Spektor performed at the third annual Roe on the Rocks gig at the [[Bowery Ballroom]] to raise money for [[Planned Parenthood]] New York City.<ref>[https://www.nme.com/news/music/regina-spektor-26-1336610#qQRA84Kpcx7TSTQl.99 "Regina Spektor to play Planned Parenthood benefit"]. ''[[NME]]''. November 17, 2008. Retrieved 2017-04-16.</ref> Continuing with her support for Tibet, Regina Spektor played for [[Tibet House]]'s annual concert at [[Carnegie Hall]] on February 26, 2010.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}} 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 [[Médecins Sans Frontières]] in Haiti.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}} On April 27, she released a cover of Radiohead's song "[[No Surprises]]", for which all proceeds went to Médecins Sans Frontières to help earthquake victims in [[2010 Haiti earthquake|Haiti]] and [[2010 Chile earthquake|Chile]].{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}
In February 2012, Spektor featured in a benefit concert at [[Jazz at Lincoln Center|Rose Hall]] for [[HIAS]] (a beneficiary agency of [[UJA-Federation of New York]]), an organization that helped a young Spektor and her family emigrate from the Soviet Union.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hias.org/en/post/press-releases/hias-announces-benefit-concert-featuring-regi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522123857/http://www.hias.org/en/post/press-releases/hias-announces-benefit-concert-featuring-regi |archive-date=May 22, 2013 |title=HIAS Announces Benefit Concert Featuring Regina Spektor at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center |publisher=HIAS |date=January 6, 2012 |access-date=2017-04-16}}</ref> 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.<ref>Belkin, Lisa (August 19, 2010). [http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/helping-a-toddler-grieve "Helping a Toddler Grieve"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA-fjqeWsyA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/cA-fjqeWsyA |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Regina Spektor breaks down on stage|date=10 July 2010|work=YouTube|access-date=23 August 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==Discography==
{{Main|Regina Spektor discography}}
* ''[[11:11 (Regina Spektor album)|11:11]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Songs (Regina Spektor album)|Songs]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Soviet Kitsch]] ''(2004)
* ''[[Begin to Hope]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Far (album)|Far]]'' (2009)
* ''[[What We Saw from the Cheap Seats]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Remember Us to Life]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Home, Before and After]]'' (2022)
==Awards and nominations==
'''MVPA Awards'''
{{award table}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2006
| rowspan="3" | "[[Us (Regina Spektor song)|Us]]"
| Best Director of New Artist
| {{nom}}
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| Best Directional Debut
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Animated Video
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| rowspan="2" | "[[Fidelity (Regina Spektor)|Fidelity]]"
| Best Director of a Female Artist
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Adult Contemporary Video
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2008
| "[[Better (Regina Spektor song)|Better]]"
| Best Alternative Video
| {{nom}}
{{end}}
'''Other awards'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Year
! Association
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
|-
| 2005
| Antville Music Video Awards
| Best Video
| "[[Us (Regina Spektor song)|Us]]"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|2006
|[[Shortlist Music Prize]]
| Shortlist Music Prize
| ''[[Begin to Hope]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| Groovevolt Music and Fashion Awards
| Best Rock Album - Female<ref>{{Cite web | title=groovevolt.com -{{!}} general - category 1 {{!}}- 2006 Groovevolt.com Music & Fashion Awards | url=http://www.groovevolt.com/vote/general.asp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726165601/http://www.groovevolt.com/vote/general.asp | archive-date=2011-07-26 | access-date=2024-12-22}}</ref>
| ''[[Soviet Kitsch]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2|2007
| rowspan=2|Planeta Awards
| Best Female Vocal Interpretation
| "[[Fidelity (Regina Spektor)|Fidelity]]"
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Pop/Hip-Hop Artist/Band of the Year
| rowspan=4|Herself
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2008
| [[Pollstar]] Concert Industry Awards
| Best New Touring Artist
| {{nom}}
|-
|2009
| Studio8 Media International Music Awards
| Studio8's Female Voice of August 2009<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.smallstepsproject.org/portfolio/regina-spektor/ | title=Regina Spektor | access-date=May 3, 2022 | archive-date=November 8, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108030959/https://www.smallstepsproject.org/portfolio/regina-spektor/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=2|2011
| rowspan=2|New York Music Awards
| Best Female Rock Vocalist
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Live Recording
| ''[[Live in London (Regina Spektor album)|Live in London]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 2012
|[[2012 MTV Video Music Awards|MTV Video Music Awards]]
| [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]]
| "[[All the Rowboats]]"
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2014
|[[Grammy Award]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media|Best Song Written for Visual Media]]
| rowspan="2" | "[[You've Got Time]]"
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2015
|[[Broadcast Music, Inc.]]
| BMI Streaming Media Awards|BMI Streaming Media Awards
| {{Won}}
|-
| 2020
| [[Guild of Music Supervisors Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shootonline.com/node/83525|title="Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood," "Queen & Slim," "Bombshell" Among Feature Winners At Guild of Music Supervisors Awards|date=2020-02-06|website=SHOOT Online|access-date=2020-02-07|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806171506/https://www.shootonline.com/node/83525|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[Guild of Music Supervisors Awards|Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film]]
| "One Little Soldier" <small>(from ''[[Bombshell (2019 film)|Bombshell]]'')</small>
| {{won}}
|}
*2019 [[Bronx Walk of Fame]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
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*{{Official website|http://www.reginaspektor.com/}}
*{{IMDb name|id=1258550|name=Regina Spektor}}
*"[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5518985 Stories in Song: Regina Spektor's 'Begin to Hope']". Interview on ''[[All Things Considered]]'', [[National Public Radio|NPR]], 28 June 2006
*"[https://glidemagazine.com/14098/volume-27-regina-spektor Regina Spektor]", by Katie Cook (''Strangers Almanac'' column, Volume 27), ''Glide Magazine'', 1 July 2009
* {{cite web |last1=Siegel |first1=Robert |title=Regina Spektor Still Doesn't Write Anything Down (Interview) |url=https://www.npr.org/2012/05/24/153537425/regina-spektor-still-doesnt-write-anything-down |website=All Things Considered |access-date=2 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601105752/https://www.npr.org/2012/05/24/153537425/regina-spektor-still-doesnt-write-anything-down |archive-date=1 June 2012 |url-status=live |date=May 24, 2012}} (MP3 audio download linked from archived copy)
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[[Category:Singer-songwriters from New York (state)]]
[[Category:Singers from New York City]]
[[Category:Sire Records artists]]
[[Category:Soviet emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:Soviet Jews]]
[[Category:State University of New York at Purchase alumni]]
[[Category:American women punk rock singers]]
[[Category:American Zionists]]
[[Category:Musicians from Bergen County, New Jersey]]
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