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What is Regina Spektor’s Net Worth?

Regina Spektor is a Russian-born American singer, songwriter and pianist who has a net worth of $12 million. The daughter of Jewish immigrants who came to the United States to escape political and ethnic discrimination, Regina Spektor honed her skills on piano before passing out recordings she had made of herself along the Lower East side of Manhattan. Eight years later, she was performing at the White House.

Early Years

Regina Spektor was born into a Jewish family on February 18, 1980 in Moscow, Russia. Her father, Ilya Spektor, was a photographer and violinist. Her mother, Bella Spektor, was an elementary school music teacher and a college music professor. Regina began taking piano lessons at the age of seven and practiced on a Petruf upright piano that her grandfather had long ago gifted to her mother.

The Spektor family left the Soviet Union in 1989. They had nearly canceled their plans to emigrate when they learned that they would have to leave Regina’s piano there in Russia. They eventually realized they had no other choice than to flee the discrimination they were faced with due to being Jewish. The family first relocated to Austria then Italy before entering the United States with the help of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. They settled in the Bronx, New York. There, Regina took classes in classical piano and practiced on the piano in the basement of the synagogue her family had begun attending.

Regina Spektor attended the Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy, a private Modern Orthodox Jewish school. She then attended two years of high school at the Frisch School, a Jewish educational institution in New Jersey. She went on to complete the studio composition program at Purchase College’s Conservatory of Music in New York. From that institution, she graduated with honors in 2001.

Music & Tours

Regina Spektor made her presence and talent known by performing independently around Manhattan’s Lower East side. She self-published two albums “11:11” in 2001 and “Songs” in 2002 and handed them out to anyone interested after her performances.

Regina Spektor eventually caught the attention of record producers and was offered a contract with American record label Sire Records. Her first nationwide tour was as the opening act for the American rock band “The Strokes” on their 2003 tour “Room on Fire.” She then opened for the American rock band “The Kings of Leon” as they performed around Europe.

In 2004, Regina Spektor produced her third album, “Soviet Kitcsh.” The following year, she opened for the English piano rock band “Keane” on their North America tour.

Making the Charts

Regina Spektor’s fourth album “Begin to Hope” was released in 2006, and contained the song “Fidelity” which debuted at number 70 on the Billboard 200 music chart and later climbed to number 20. The song went on to receive gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America and its video was viewed over 200,000 times within two days on YouTube. The song was voted the number 1 song of 2006 by Sirius Radio’s Left of Center channel and the video reached number 3 on VH1’s Top 20 Countdown. That year, Regina Spektor was referred to by Blender music magazine as one of the “Hottest Women of Rock.”

Performing Around the World

In 2007, Regina Spektor performed at several major music festivals and released the video for her song “Better.” The following year, she wrote the song “The Call” for the film “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.”

Regina Spektor’s fifth album, “Far,” was released in 2009 and sold 50,000 copies within its first week. The album reached number 3 on the Billboard 200 music chart. That year, Regina performed at several major European music festivals and headlined a concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

In 2010, Regina performed for Barack and Michelle Obama, along with hundreds of other musical artists, at a White House reception in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month.

Albums, Film & Television

Regina Spektor released her 6^th album “What We Saw from the Cheap Seats” in 2012. It debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 music chart.

In 2013 she wrote and recorded the title theme song for the Netflix series “Orange is the New Black.” The song was nominated for an award in the “Best Song Written for Visual Media” category at the 56^th Annual Grammy Awards.

Regina Spektor’s 7^th album, “Remember Us to Life,” was released in 2016. That year she was also featured on the album “The Hamilton Mixtape.”

In 2018, Regina Spektor wrote the song “Birdsong” for an episode of the Amazon Prime series “The Romanoffs.” The following year, she released the song “Walking Away” which she wrote for the Amazon Prime series “Modern Love.”

Regina Spektor’s music has appeared in numerous television shows including Criminal Minds, Grey’s Anatomy and How I Met Your Mother. It can also be heard in the background in several films and television advertisements

Accolades

On May 18, 2019, Regina Spektor was inducted into the Bronx Walk of Fame. Two months later, Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York City, proclaimed June 11, 2019 as Regina Spektor Day.

Personal Life

In 2011, Regina Spektor married Jack Dishel, a Russian-American musician, actor, writer, director, comedian and producer. The couple have two children.

Latest Work

Regina Spektor released her eighth studio album “Home, Before and After” in 2022.