In January 2005, the single "The Joint is Jumpin'" featuring Hunt peaked at number 5 on the United States Billboard Dance Club Songs.

Beside Zucchero, Hunt performed with Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, James Brown, Joe Cocker, Miles Davis, Macy Gray, Tina Turner, Bryan May, Dolores O'Riordan and Alen Vitasović.

[4][5][6] Hunt achieved fame and relative success in Italy, where she has been credited as "one of the most incredible voices of the past years.

[5] Hunt collaborated on Zucchero's fifth studio album Oro Incenso & Birra, and is best remembered for the single Madre dolcissima.

The single "The Joint is Jumpin'" featuring Hunt peaked at number 12 on the United States Billboard Dance Club Songs (January 8, 2005).

[13] A remix of the song ("The Joint is Jumpin' - J. Budz/ Blueroom/ Twisted Dee & Jayito Mixes") peaked at number 5 on the same chart on January 22, 2005.

John Rizzo's single "Unity", released in 2008 and featuring Hunt and Wanda Houston, peaked at number 27 on the United States Billboard Dance Club Songs.

[14] In addition to her participation in the soundtrack of Snack Bar Budapest in the 1980s (with "Something Strong" featuring Hunt and Zucchero), Hunt has contributed vocals to the soundtrack of HBO's Subway Stories, and collaborated on HBO's adaptation of Goodnight Moon, featuring Lauryn Hill and Susan Sarandon.

[15] Hunt has appeared in a number of off-Broadway musicals, including Dreamgirls, Robert Wilson's Medea[16] and Ballad for Bimshire by Susan Watson Turner.