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Regina Spektor

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Regina Spektor on stage in 2006

Regina Spektor (born February 18, 1980) is a Russian-American singer-songwriter and pianist. She was born in Moscow, Russia, but moved to The Bronx in New York City as a child.

She has released eight studio albums. She released her first album 11:11 in 2001. In 2002 she released her second album Songs. Spektor's third album Soviet Kitsch was her first album to be released on a record label. Three singles were released from the album. In 2009 Spektor released her fourth album Far. What We Saw from the Cheap Seats was released in 2012.

She usually sings in English but has used other languages in her songs including Latin, French, and Russian.

Spektor sings the theme song of Orange is the New Black, "You've Got Time". The song was nominated for the award for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 2013 Grammy Awards.[1]

Personal life

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Spektor married Jack Dishel in 2011.[2]

She gave birth to a baby boy in 2014.

Other websites

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References

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  1. "Entertainment". Archived from the original on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
  2. Smith, Caspar Llewellyn (12 May 2012). "Regina Spektor: 'Art comes from a different place'". The Observer.