Duncan Sheik

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Duncan Sheik (born November 18, 1969 in Montclair, NJ) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Establishing himself in the mid-'90s as a singer/songwriter with a knack for literate adult pop songs with hazy surfaces and a touch of alt-rock grit, Duncan Sheik had a Top 20 hit with the song "Barely Breathing" from his 1996 eponymous debut. He had three more albums land on the Billboard 200 by the end of the next decade, including his fourth full-length, 2002's Daylight. Featuring intricate production and multiple overdubs, it was co-produced with frequent Madonna collaborator Patrick Leonard. After scoring his first feature-length film, 2004's A Home at the End of the World, Sheik's career turned toward Broadway with the success of 2006's Spring Awakening, a hit rock musical. It won him the Tony for Best Original Score as well as a Grammy for Best Musical Show Album, both with lyricist Steven Sater. Sheik continued to juggle adult-alternative albums, film scores, and musical theater in the years to follow, issuing his eighth solo album, the ranging, over-hour-long Legerdemain, in 2015 and moving his musical American Psycho to Broadway in 2016. For that show, Sheik served as composer, lyricist, and orchestrator. Following off-Broadway excursions including 2019's The Secret Life of Bees, he issued the studio album Claptrap in 2022. It sought out a more positive state of mind. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, in 1969, Duncan Sheik grew up in South Carolina but spent

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Duncan Sheik

Spring Awakening (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

Spring Awakening

White Limousine

Barely Breathing / Wishful Thinking [Digital 45]

Daylight

Alice By Heart (Original Cast Recording)

Brighter/Later: A Duncan Sheik Anthology

American Psycho (Original London Cast Recording)

Phantom Moon

Covers 80's

Humming

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