Touring in support of her critically acclaimed and RIAA Gold Certified album, BEGIN TO HOPE, which debuted at # 1 on the Billboard Magazine new artists chart, the Russian-born, Bronx-bred musician has been selling out three thousand capacity venues around the world, since the release of her Major label debut in June 2006.

BEGIN TO HOPE, which spent 5 weeks in a row at #1 on the Billboard new artists chart before moving to #20 on the Billboard Top 100, offers ample proof of the chanteuse's many remarkable gifts, from her unique and provocative vocal style to her prodigious piano skills garnered through years of classical training. Praised by such magazines as People Magazine, USA Today, Alternative Press, Spin, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Blender, and many others, Spektor is one of those rare talents who manage to outrun the trends and force the rest of the world to keep up. Rolling Stone raves Spektor breathes as much heartbreaking meaning and inflection into individual syllables as most singers give entire words.

Since the release of BEGIN TO HOPE, Spektor has become a VH1 You Oughta Know artist and has been featured on CBS Sunday morning, which retraced her Family's steps after perestroika opened a door to the West and her family decided to go through it, landing them in the Bronx. In addition, Spektor has appeared on Good Morning America, Late Night With Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman, Last Call with Carson Daly, and her songs have appeared on CSI:NY and Grey's Anatomy.