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Regina Spektor released three albums before signing with Sire Records. She self-released her debut album, 11:11, in 2001, followed by Songs from the U.S.A. in 2002 and Soviet Kitsch in 2004. Spektor's self-released albums were critically acclaimed, and she began to tour extensively in support of them. In 2004, she signed with Sire Records and released her major-label debut album, Begin to Hope.