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{{short description|American singer-songwriter and composer (born 1969)}}
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|Born = [[November 18]], [[1969]]<br>[[Montclair, New Jersey]]
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| origin = Los Angeles, California
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|Occupation = Singer-songwriter
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|Years_active = 1996&ndash;present
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|Label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]], [[Nonesuch Records|Nonesuch]], [[Zoe Records|Zoë]],
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| years_active = 1993–present
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'''Duncan Scott Sheik''' (born [[November 18]], [[1969]]) is an [[United States of America|American]] [[singer-songwriter]]. Born in [[Montclair, New Jersey|Montclair]], [[New Jersey]], Sheik's upbringing was split between his parents' home in [[South Carolina]] and that of his grandparents in New Jersey. His grandmother, a piano graduate of [[The Juilliard School]], taught him to play the piano and encouraged his musical development. Sheik graduated from the Eaglebrook School before attending [[Phillips Academy]] in [[1988]]. He subsequently studied [[semiotics]] at [[Brown University]].
'''Duncan Sheik''' (born November 18, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Sheik is known for his 1996 debut single "[[Barely Breathing]]", which earned him a [[Grammy Award]] nomination for [[Best Male Pop Vocal Performance]]. He has composed music for motion pictures and Broadway musicals, winning the 2007 [[Tony Awards]] for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations for his work on the musical ''[[Spring Awakening (musical)|Spring Awakening]]''.


==Early life==
Sheik began his professional musical career playing for other acts, including Liz And Liza (with [[Lisa Loeb]] and [[Liz Mitchell]]), and played on [[His Boy Elroy]]'s 1993 album. Through connections from fellow Brown alum [[Tracee Ellis Ross]], Sheik's music gained the attention of executives at [[Atlantic Records]]. Duncan Sheik's eponymous debut [[album (music)|album]] for Atlantic spawned the 1996 hit single [[Barely Breathing]] in the [[United States|US]], which remained on the charts for 55 straight weeks. In [[1998]], he was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance]] for Barely Breathing.
Sheik is a native of [[Montclair, New Jersey]]. Following his parents' divorce, he split time between his father's house in New Jersey and his mother's home in South Carolina.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/insidejersey/2010/03/jersey_boy_duncan_sheik.html|title=Duncan Sheik gets his Jersey on in South Orange|first=Lisa|last=Rose|date=March 8, 2010|website=nj.com}}</ref> He is the half-brother of Broadway actress Kacie Sheik.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fox|first=Sandra Diamond|date=November 18, 2015|title=Happy Birthday To Garrison's Duncan Shiek|url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/putnam/news/happy-birthday-to-garrisons-duncan-shiek/587493/|website=Putnam Daily Voice}}</ref> Sheik's [[Juilliard]]-trained grandmother introduced him to the piano, and he later took up the electric guitar. By age 12, he was playing guitar with high school students in a cover band.<ref name="latimes.com">{{cite web|last=Matsumoto|first=Jon|date=April 15, 1997|title=Waiting to Exhale : 'Barely Breathing' Singer-Songwriter Duncan Sheik, Busy Touring, Can't Wait to Get Back in the Studio|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-04-15-ca-48742-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621050618/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-04-15-ca-48742-story.html|archive-date=21 June 2019|website=The Los Angeles Times}}</ref> After graduating from [[Phillips Academy|Phillips Academy, Andover]] in 1988,<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Jenn|date=8 April 2015|title=Duncan Sheik to roll out new material at Drury show|url=https://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/duncan-sheik-to-roll-out-new-material-at-drury-show,330133|website=The Berkshire Eagle}}</ref> Sheik studied [[semiotics]] at [[Brown University]];<ref>''Loveline'', September 8, 1996.</ref> while at Brown, he played guitar in a band with fellow Brown student [[Lisa Loeb]]. Following his graduation from Brown in 1992, he moved to Los Angeles.<ref name="latimes.com"/>


==Career==
A lay [[Buddhist]], Sheik's involvement with [[Soka Gakkai]] has increased steadily over the years. In [[2000]], Sheik wrote the foreword to [[The Way of Youth: Buddhist Common Sense for Handling Life's Questions]] by Soka Gakkai leader [[Daisaku Ikeda]].
Early in his musical career, Sheik played guitar for other artists, including [[Liz and Lisa]] (with [[Elizabeth Mitchell (musician)|Elizabeth Mitchell]] and [[Lisa Loeb]]). Sheik also played on [[His Boy Elroy]]'s 1993 album through his connections from a fellow Brown alum, [[Tracee Ellis Ross]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Price|first=Betsy|date=5 May 2015|title=Duncan Sheik talks about composing for 'Winn-Dixie'|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/entertainment/theater/2015/05/07/duncan-sheik-talks-composing-winn-dixie/26937837/|website=delawareonline}}</ref>


===Singer-songwriter===
In his second album, 1998's [[Humming (album|Humming]], Sheik experimented in the studio with meticulous string arrangements while keeping the haunted vocal sound of his first album. Additionally, on some tracks Sheik took a step away from his pop roots to address larger social issues. In fact, some songs are laced with biting anger. Some say that Sheik went to greater lengths to reflect his Buddhist faith after reaching certain popular success from his debut.
In 1996, Sheik released his self-titled [[Duncan Sheik (album)|debut album]], which was certified gold.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gold & Platinum|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=duncan+sheik#search_section|access-date=22 January 2021|website=RIAA}}</ref> The album featured the hit single "[[Barely Breathing]]", which peaked at number 16<ref name="billboard.com">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/duncan-sheik|title=Duncan Sheik Barely Breathing Chart History|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> and remained on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] for 55 consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite web|last=Boskamp|first=Elsie|title=Update: East End Favorites Expected To Rock Out During Inaugural Hamptons Music Festival – The Arts – Live Music View|url=https://www.hamptons.com/The-Arts/Live-Music-View/20081/Update-East-End-Favorites-Expected-To-Rock-Out.html#.XQx-jI97lPY|website=www.hamptons.com|date=October 15, 2014 }}</ref> "Barely Breathing" also enjoyed Top 20 success on Adult Contemporary radio,<ref name="billboard.com"/> reached No. 2 on the Adult Top 40 charts,<ref name="billboard.com"/> and garnered Sheik a [[Grammy Award]] nomination for [[Best Male Pop Vocal Performance]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Iwasaki|first=Scott|date=February 1, 2008|title=New awakening spurs 2nd Grammy bid for Sheik|url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/695248795/New-awakening-spurs-2nd-Grammy-bid-for-Sheik.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621065747/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/695248795/New-awakening-spurs-2nd-Grammy-bid-for-Sheik.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 21, 2019|website=DeseretNews.com}}</ref>


In 1998, Sheik recorded "Embraceable You" for ''[[Red Hot + Rhapsody]]'', a [[George Gershwin]] tribute to increase AIDS awareness, and also recorded "Songbird" for another tribute, ''Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours''.{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}} Also in 1998, Sheik released ''[[Humming (album)|Humming]]'', an experimental follow-up with string arrangements.{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}}
Sheik's next record, 2001's [[Phantom Moon]], was a collaboration with poet and writer [[Steven Sater]], who Sheik met through his Soka Gakkai involvement. The two collaboratively created the album by each drawing inspiration from other's simultaneous work, with Sheik sending Sater music and Sater sending Sheik words. The album continued the melancholic tone of Sheik's previous work, and displayed his growing prowess as a composer and arranger. Also with Steven Sater, Sheik has written the music for a new musical [[Spring Awakening]], slated to premiere in May 2006. Spring Awakening is based on the controversial [[Germany|German]] [[expressionism|expressionist]] play [[The Awakening of Spring]] by [[Frank Wedekind]].


Sheik sang a duet with singer [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]] on Jones' 2000 single entitled ''Someone You Need''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Iwasaki|first=Scott|date=July 7, 1999|title=The people have their say: Hojo rocks|url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/706201/The-people-have-their-say-Hojo-rocks.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925181207/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/706201/The-people-have-their-say-Hojo-rocks.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 25, 2018|website=DeseretNews.com}}</ref>
In 2002, Sheik made a brief commercial comeback with his album [[Daylight (Duncan Sheik album)|Daylight]], including success with the tracks On A High and Half Life. Eschewing the [[Nick Drake]]-like sound of Phantom Moon, Daylight featured a lighter, more modern sound with production effects and electronic backgrounds. Sheik indicated in interviews that the record was an attempt to create an album of pure pop songs. {{fact}}


Sheik released ''[[Phantom Moon]]'', a [[Nick Drake]]-influenced album on which he collaborated with poet and writer [[Steven Sater]], in 2001.{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}} The following year, Sheik released ''[[Daylight (Duncan Sheik album)|Daylight]]'', a brighter, more modern-sounding album which included the singles, "[[On A High]]" and "Half-Life".{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}} After a four-year recording break, Sheik released ''[[White Limousine]]'' (2006), an album which included companion software on a [[DVD-ROM]] to remix individual tracks.{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}} In 2008, Sheik was a judge at the 7th annual Independent Music Awards.{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}}
More recently, Sheik wrote the score for the [[2004]] film [[A Home at the End of the World]], including two original songs for the film. The score was well received, even though the film was not. {{fact}}


In 2009 he released ''[[Whisper House]]'', a concept album which provided the score for the musical of the same name.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hetrick|first=Adam|date=8 January 2009|title=Track List Announced for Sheik's 'Whisper House'; Concert Dates Added|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/track-list-announced-for-sheiks-whisper-house-concert-dates-added-com-156748|access-date=23 January 2021|website=Playbill}}</ref> The stage musical premiered at [[Old Globe Theatre|The Old Globe Theatre]] in San Diego in January 2010, after a workshop at [[Vassar College]], produced by [[New York Stage and Film]] in 2009.<ref>Jones, Kenneth (May 3, 2009). [http://www.playbill.com/article/old-globe-will-premiere-duncan-sheiks-whisper-house-and-bricusses-sammy-davis-jr-musical-com-160544# "Old Globe Will Premiere Duncan Sheik's ''Whisper House'' and Bricusse's Sammy Davis Jr. Musical"]. ''Playbill''.</ref><ref name="whisper">Rothstein, Mervyn (January 20, 2010). [http://www.playbill.com/article/a-ghostly-awakening-duncan-sheiks-whisper-house-com-165092# "A Ghostly Awakening: Duncan Sheik's ''Whisper House''"]. ''Playbill''.</ref>
Sheik's newest album, [[White Limousine]], was released on January 24, 2006, on the [[Zoe Records]] label. The first single released from the album was the title track. Like its predecessor Daylight, subtle electronic influences are a hallmark of Sheik's fifth studio album, as well as many songs that are politically charged. The album is both Sheik's first to be released outside of what is now [[Warner Music Group]], and his first with companion software on a [[DVD-ROM]] to remix individual album tracks.

In 2011, Sheik released ''[[Covers 80's]]'', an album including covers of popular 1980s songs. Concert dates in support of the album were later canceled due to Sheik seeking treatment for alcohol addiction.<ref name="auto">{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Michael H.|date=8 June 2011|title=Duncan Sheik Cancels Tour Dates to Deal with Alcohol-Related Addiction|newspaper=Observer.com|url=https://observer.com/2011/06/duncan-sheik-cancels-tour-dates-to-deal-with-alcohol-related-addiction/|access-date=February 16, 2012}}</ref> A remixed version of the album was released the following year.<ref>{{cite web |author=Kevin Thomas |url=http://www.dallasvoice.com/duncan-chic-10132949.html |title=Duncan, chic |website=Dallasvoice.com |date=November 30, 2012 |access-date=December 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208071424/http://www.dallasvoice.com/duncan-chic-10132949.html |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sheik released a new studio album entitled ''[[Legerdemain (album)|Legerdemain]]'' in October 2015.<ref>{{cite web|author=Powers|first=Ann|date=October 16, 2014|title=Hear Two Songs From Duncan Sheik's Next Album : The Record|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2014/10/16/356464328/hear-two-songs-from-duncan-sheiks-next-album|access-date=December 4, 2015|website=NPR}}</ref>

===Composer===
In addition to being a singer-songwriter, Sheik has also composed music for plays, musicals, and movie soundtracks. He composed original music for the 2002 [[New York Shakespeare Festival]] production of ''[[Twelfth Night]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02EEDA1631F931A35754C0A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink | work=The New York Times | first=Robin | last=Finn | title=PUBLIC LIVES; Decisions, Decisions. Name Recognition or Nirvana? | date=July 2, 2002}}</ref>

In 2004, he composed the score for the film ''[[A Home at the End of the World (film)|A Home at the End of the World]]''. The ''AllMusic'' reviewer wrote: "...takes the sensitivity and tension of the film's plot and crafts incidental music and new songs that complement the movie well."<ref>Theakston, Rob. [https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-home-at-the-end-of-the-world-mw0000211409 "''A Home at the End of the World'' Original Soundtrack"] allmusic.com, retrieved July 24, 2019</ref> He composed the score for the 2005 film ''[[Through the Fire (2005 film)|Through the Fire]]'' with Pete Miser.<ref>Catsoulis, Jeanette. [http://movies2.nytimes.com/2006/02/10/movies/10telf.html "Review. ''Through the Fire''. The Golden Road to a Basketball Dream"] ''The New York Times'', February 10, 2006</ref><ref>Scheib, Ronnie (July 14, 2005). [https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/through-the-fire-1200524487/ "Review. ''Through the Fire''"]. ''Variety''.</ref>

Sheik wrote the music for ''[[Spring Awakening (Musical)|Spring Awakening]]'' (2006) in collaboration with [[Steven Sater]]. Written over a period of eight years, the musical, which premiered off-Broadway during the summer, opened on Broadway to critical acclaim later in the fall. The musical was based on the controversial German [[expressionism|expressionist]] play ''[[Spring Awakening (play)|The Awakening of Spring]]'', written by [[Frank Wedekind]]. Sheik won the 2006 [[Tony Award for Best Orchestrations]] for his work on ''Spring Awakening'',<ref>{{cite web|date=29 April 2011|title=Duncan Sheik In Concert|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/04/29/135808694/live-today-duncan-sheik-in-concert|website=NPR}}</ref> and he and Sater won a [[Tony Award for Best Original Score]].<ref>{{cite web|last=McPhee|first=Ryan|date=October 18, 2018|title=''Spring Awakening'' Writers Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater at Work on ''Twelfth Night''-Inspired Amazon Musical Series|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/spring-awakening-writers-duncan-sheik-and-steven-sater-at-work-on-twelfth-night-inspired-amazon-musical-series|website=Playbill}}</ref> In addition, ''Spring Awakening'' won the [[Tony Award for Best Musical]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Wallenberg|first=Christopher|date=December 10, 2018|title=From the Archives: Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele, and John Gallagher Jr. of ''Spring Awakening'' Reflect on 'Surreal' Success|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/from-the-archives-jonathan-groff-lea-michele-and-john-gallagher-jr-of-spring-awakening-reflect-on-surreal-success-com-361392|website=Playbill}}</ref> and a [[Grammy Award]] for Best Musical Show Album.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=February 10, 2008|title=''Spring Awakening'' Wins 2008 Best Musical Show Album Grammy; Krieger and Dale Also Win|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/spring-awakening-wins-2008-best-musical-show-album-grammy-krieger-and-dale-also-win-com-147531|website=Playbill}}</ref> The guitar that Sheik used to compose songs for ''Spring Awakening'' was displayed at the [[New York Public Library]] for the Performing Arts at [[Lincoln Center]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Anthony|first=Ellen|title=Hidden Broadway Treasures Revealed|url=http://www.broadway.tv/broadway-features-reviews/Hidden-Broadway-Treasures-Revealed|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923164730/http://www.broadway.tv/broadway-features-reviews/Hidden-Broadway-Treasures-Revealed|archive-date=September 23, 2011|access-date=December 4, 2015|website=Broadway.TV}}</ref> As of 2012, Sheik was composing music for a feature-film adaptation of ''Spring Awakening'', an adaptation almost a decade in the making.<ref>{{cite web|author=Cerasaro|first=Pat|date=16 November 2012|title=BWW EXCLUSIVE SCOOP: Duncan Sheik Teases SPRING AWAKENING Movie; Filming in Spring 2013 & New Cast?|url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-EXCLUSIVE-SCOOP-Duncan-Sheik-Teases-SPRING-AWAKENING-Movie-Filming-in-Spring-2013-20121116|access-date=December 4, 2015|website=BroadwayWorld}}</ref>

In 2012, Sheik wrote ''[[Alice by Heart|Alice By Heart]]'', an adaptation of [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'', along with collaborator Sater. Directed by [[Jessie Nelson (filmmaker)|Jessie Nelson]] with musical direction by Lance Horne, the musical was workshopped at the [[Royal National Theatre]] and commissioned by the [[National Theatre Connections]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hetrick|first=Adam|date=24 May 2011|title=EXCLUSIVE: Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik Workshopping New 'Alice' Musical at London's National Theatre|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/exclusive-steven-sater-and-duncan-sheik-workshopping-new-alice-musical-at-londons-national-theatre-com-179442|access-date=23 January 2021|website=Playbill}}</ref>

Sheik wrote the music and lyrics to the 2013 musical adaptation of ''[[American Psycho (musical)|American Psycho]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Cox|first=Gordon|date=February 2, 2010|title='American Psycho' musical takes shape|url=https://variety.com/2010/legit/news/american-psycho-musical-takes-shape-1118014592|magazine=Variety|access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref> which opened at the [[Almeida Theatre]] in London, and was later staged on Broadway in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last=Simonson|first=Robert|date=July 17, 2015|title=In Case You Missed It: Duncan Sheik Is Having a Busy Season and Do Critics Have Faith in ''Amazing Grace''?|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/in-case-you-missed-it-duncan-sheik-is-having-a-busy-season-and-do-critics-have-faith-in-amazing-grace-com-353485|access-date=August 2, 2022|website=Playbill}}</ref>

In 2013, Sheik wrote the music for the musical adaptation of the novel ''[[Because of Winn-Dixie]]'', which premiered at the [[Arkansas Repertory Theatre]].<ref name="dog">{{cite web|last=Purcell|first=Carey|date=July 18, 2013|title=''Because of Winn Dixie'', New Musical by Duncan Sheik and Nell Benjamin, Will Premiere in Arkansas; John Tartaglia Directs|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/because-of-winn-dixie-new-musical-by-duncan-sheik-and-nell-benjamin-will-premiere-in-arkansas-john-tartaglia-directs-com-207660|access-date=August 2, 2022|website=Playbill}}</ref> ''Dixie'' was a collaboration with then-director [[John Tartaglia]] and [[Nell Benjamin]], who wrote the book and lyrics.<ref name="dog" /> The musical ran at the [[Goodspeed Opera House]], East Haddam, Connecticut from July 2019 to September 2019, directed by [[John Rando]].<ref>Verini, Bob (July 22, 2019). [http://nystagereview.com/2019/07/22/from-connecticut-because-of-winn-dixie-is-not-arf-bad/ "From Connecticut: ''Because of Winn Dixie'' is Not Arf Bad"]. ''New York Stage Review''.</ref>

In 2015, Sheik wrote the musical thriller ''Noir'' with [[Kyle Jarrow]]. It premiered as part of New York Stage and Film's season in July to August 2015 at the [[Powerhouse Theater]] at Vassar College. Inspired by live radio plays and classic film noir, the musical was directed by Rachel Chavkin.<ref>{{cite web|last=McPhee|first=Ryan|date=July 22, 2015|title=Exclusive: Duncan Sheik on His New Show Noir, American Psycho Casting & Spring Awakening Film's Delay|url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/181549/exclusive-duncan-sheik-on-his-new-show-noir-american-psycho-casting-spring-awakening-films-delay/|access-date=December 4, 2015|website=Broadway.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=''Noir''|url=https://powerhouse.vassar.edu/season/2015/musicals/noir.html|access-date=July 24, 2019|website=powerhouse.vassar.edu}}</ref><ref>Viagas, Robert (July 6, 2015). [http://www.playbill.com/article/namt-flash-busy-duncan-sheik-has-another-new-musical-in-the-pipeline-com-352678# "NAMT Flash: Busy Duncan Sheik Has Another New Musical in the Pipeline"]. ''Playbill''.</ref>

In 2016 he prepared the music for the [[Shakespeare Theatre Company]] (Washington, D.C.) production of ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'', described in ''The Washington Post'' as "an assortment of preexisting songs by singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik".<ref name="marks">Marks, Peter (May 25, 2016). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/shakespeares-shrew-an-all-male-muddle/2016/05/25/8eb57fc2-227e-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html "Shakespeare Theatre Company’s ‘Shrew’: An all-male muddle"]. ''Washington Post''.</ref>

===Other work===
Sheik produced singer-songwriter Micah Green's 2000 debut album<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/micah-green/1195802 |title=The Top 100 Artists on ARTISTdirect – Pop, Rock & Hip Hop Music Styles – Free Music Download, Music Video, MP3 music and Music CD |website=Artistdirect.com |access-date=December 4, 2015}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=June 2019}} as well as his 2012 follow-up.<ref>{{cite web|date=August 28, 2012|title=Duncan Sheik produced Micah Green's latest album I Know, I Know, I Know, due out Tuesday August 28th via MRI/Sneaky Records « Duncan Sheik Duncan Sheik – Official Website|url=http://www.duncansheik.com/duncan-sheik-produced-micah-greens-latest-album-i-know-i-know-i-know-due-out-tuesday-august-28th-via-mrisneaky-records|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014003738/http://www.duncansheik.com/duncan-sheik-produced-micah-greens-latest-album-i-know-i-know-i-know-due-out-tuesday-august-28th-via-mrisneaky-records|archive-date=14 October 2012|access-date=December 4, 2015|website=DuncanSheik.com}}</ref><ref>Farber, Jim (September 2, 2012). [https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/top-10-cd-picks-week-sept-2-2012-article-1.1147034 "The top 10 CD picks for the week of Sept. 2, 2012"]. ''New York Daily News''.</ref><ref>[https://www.last.fm/music/Micah+Green/+wiki "Micah Green Biography"] ''last.fm''. Retrieved July 24, 2019.</ref>{{better source needed|date=June 2019}}

In 2000, Sheik wrote the foreword to ''The Way of Youth: Buddhist Common Sense for Handling Life's Questions'', by [[Soka Gakkai International]] leader [[Daisaku Ikeda]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}}

In 2006, Sheik recorded the song "A Purple Trail" for ''Other Songs and Dances, Vol. 1''. In 2008, Sheik participated in ''[[Songs for Tibet: The Art of Peace]]'', an initiative to support [[Tibet]], [[Dalai Lama]], and [[Tenzin Gyatso]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Finn|first1=Natalie|date=July 22, 2008|title=Sting, Matthews, Mayer Gamer for Tibet Than Beijing|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/3342/sting-matthews-mayer-gamer-for-tibet-than-beijing|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724212652/http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b147502_sting_matthews_mayer_gamer_tibet_beijing.html|archive-date=24 July 2008|access-date=December 5, 2019|website=E! Online}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Concert dates in support of Sheik's 2011 album ''Covers 80's'' were canceled when Sheik sought treatment for alcohol use disorder.<ref name="auto"/> In a message to fans on his [[tumblr]] blog, Sheik noted that he had entered a treatment center on the same day his latest album was released and had told his staff, "My record is coming ''out'' and I’m checking ''in''."<ref>{{cite web |author=Peter Vidani |url=http://dsnews.tumblr.com/post/9345502953/message-song-from-duncan |title=Duncan Sheik News Archive (Message + Song From Duncan) |publisher=Dsnews.tumblr.com |access-date=February 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107204143/http://dsnews.tumblr.com/post/9345502953/message-song-from-duncan |archive-date=January 7, 2016 }}</ref>

Sheik has a daughter with his girlfriend, model [[Nora Ariffin]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wong|first=Curtis M.|date=2020-11-19|title=Duncan Sheik Looks Beyond 'Barely Breathing' To Deliver Moody Pop For Chaotic Times|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/duncan-sheik-fake-plastic-trees-cafe-carlyle-album_n_5fb1d3b5c5b6a37e7e331c82|access-date=23 January 2021|website=HuffPost}}</ref><ref name="herworld">{{cite news|last=Cheong|first=Justin|date=3 February 2016|title=Singapore Supermodel Nora Ariffin Talks About Stripping And Surviving In The 80s|url=http://www.herworld.com/fashion/singapore-supermodel-nora-ariffin-talks-stripping-surviving|access-date=March 18, 2018|newspaper=Her World Singapore}}</ref>

Sheik practices [[Nichiren Buddhism]] and is a member of the US branch of the worldwide Buddhist association [[Soka Gakkai International]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sgi.org/news/events/events2008/events080211.html|title=SGI-USA Arts Division Conference|date=February 8, 2008|work=Soka Gakkai International News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020134207/http://www.sgi.org/news/events/events2008/events080211.html|archive-date=October 20, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Year !! Awards !! Work !! Category !! Result
|-
| rowspan=2|1997
| rowspan=2|[[Billboard Music Awards]]
| Himself
| Top Adult Top 40 Artist
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=3| "[[Barely Breathing]]"
| Top Adult Top 40 Track
| {{won}}
|-
| 1998
| [[1998 Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
| [[Best Male Pop Vocal Performance]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1999
| [[BMI Awards|BMI Pop Awards]]
| Award-Winning Song
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=4|2007
| rowspan=2|[[61st Tony Awards|Tony Awards]]
| rowspan=5|''[[Spring Awakening (musical)|Spring Awakening]]''
| [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Orchestrations|Best Orchestrations]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Drama Desk Awards]]
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music|Outstanding Music]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations|Outstanding Orchestrations]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2008
| [[2008 Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
| [[Best Musical Show Album]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 2016
| [[Outer Critics Circle Award]]s
| ''[[American Psycho (musical)|American Psycho]]''
| Outstanding New Score
| {{nom}}
{{end}}


==Discography==
==Discography==
{{Infobox artist discography
*''[[Duncan Sheik (album)|Duncan Sheik]]'' (CD) - [[Atlantic Records]] - [[1996]]
| Artist = Duncan Sheik
*''[[Humming (album)|Humming]]'' (CD) - Atlantic Records - [[1998]]
| Studio = 9
*''[[Phantom Moon]]'' (CD) - [[Nonesuch Records]] - [[2001]]
| Live = 1
*''[[Daylight (Duncan Sheik album)|Daylight]]'' (CD) - Atlantic Records - [[2002]]
| Compilation = 2
*''[[White Limousine]]'' (CD) - [[Zoe Records]] - [[2006]]
| EP = 2
*''[[Brighter/Later: A Duncan Sheik Anthology]]'' (CD) - Atlantic Records - [[2006]]
| Singles = 23
| Option = 1
| Option name = Remix albums
}}

===Albums===
====Studio albums====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Album details
! colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2"| [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]<br><small>([[List of best selling music artists|sales threshold]])</small>
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:30px;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=Duncan Sheik|chart=Billboard 200}}|title=Duncan Sheik Album & Song Chart History (Billboard 200)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 10, 2014}}</ref>
! style="width:30px;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat]]<br><ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mw0000184350/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|title=allmusic ((( Duncan Sheik > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))|website=Allmusic|access-date=August 10, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 1996
| style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Duncan Sheik (album)|Duncan Sheik]]''
* Release date: May 20, 1996
* Label: [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]], [[Rhino Records|Rhino]]
* Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]], [[Cassette tape|cassette]], [[Music download|digital download]], [[streaming media|streaming]]
| 83
| 1
| style="text-align:left;"|
* [[Recording Industry Association of America|US]]: Gold<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Duncan%20Sheik&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50|title=RIAA – Gold & Platinum – August 10, 2014: Duncan Sheik certified albums|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|access-date=August 10, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| 1998
| style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Humming (album)|Humming]]''
* Release date: October 6, 1998
* Label: Atlantic, Rhino
* Formats: CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
| 163
| —
|
|-
| 2001
| style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Phantom Moon]]''
* Release date: February 27, 2001
* Label: [[Nonesuch Records|Nonesuch]]
* Formats: CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
| —
| —
|
|-
| 2002
| style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Daylight (Duncan Sheik album)|Daylight]]''
* Release date: August 22, 2002
* Label: Atlantic, Rhino
* Formats: CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
| 110
| —
|
|-
| 2006
| style="text-align:left;"| ''[[White Limousine]]''
* Release date: January 26, 2006
* Label: Zoë
* Formats: CD+[[DVD]], digital download, streaming
| —
| —
|
|-
| 2009
| style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Whisper House]]''
* Release date: January 27, 2009
* Label: [[RCA Victor]], [[Sony BMG]], [[Sony Masterworks|Masterworks Broadway]]
* Formats: [[Long-playing record|LP]], CD, digital download, streaming
| 181
| —
|
|-
| 2011
| style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Covers 80's|Covers 80s]]''
* Release date: June 7, 2011
* Label: Sneaky
* Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
| —
| —
|
|-
| 2015
| style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Legerdemain (album)|Legerdemain]]''
* Release date: October 9, 2015
* Label: Sneaky
* Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
| —
| —
|
|-
|2022
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Claptrap''
* Release date: August 26, 2022
* Label: AntiFragile
* Formats: Digital download, streaming
|—
|—
|
|-
| colspan="5" style="font-size:8pt" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|}

====Live albums====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Album details
|-
|2020
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Live at the Cafe Carlyle (New York, NY / 2017)''
* Release date: December 4, 2020
* Label: Sneaky, Missing Pieces
* Formats: Digital download, streaming
|}

====Remix albums====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Album details
|-
| 2012
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Covers 80s Remixed''
* Release date: November 6, 2012
* Label: Sneaky
* Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
|}

====Compilation albums====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Album details
|-
| 2006
| style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Brighter/Later: A Duncan Sheik Anthology]]''
* Release date: October 23, 2006
* Label: Rhino
* Formats: 2xCD, digital download, streaming
|-
| 2007
| style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Brighter: A Duncan Sheik Collection|Greatest Hits - Brighter: A Duncan Sheik Collection]]''
* Release date: March 6, 2007
* Label: Rhino
* Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Album details
|-
| 2005
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Rhino Hi-Five: Duncan Sheik''
* Release date: September 20, 2005
* Label: Rhino, [[Warner Strategic Marketing]]
* Formats: Digital download, streaming
|-
| 2011
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Harvest (Music from the Motion Picture)'' {{small|(with David Poe)}}
* Release date: May 3, 2011
* Label: Harvest Film
* Formats: Digital download, streaming
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Single
! colspan="6"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:35px;"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3176&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=10stcide1vqvolos2oavd5ohn1 |title=Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |access-date=December 4, 2015}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=duncan sheik|chart=all}}|title=Duncan Sheik Album & Song Chart History – Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 26, 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|US AC]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=duncan sheik|chart=Adult Contemporary}}|title=Duncan Sheik Album & Song Chart History – Adult Contemporary|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 26, 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Adult Pop Songs|US Adult]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=duncan sheik|chart=Adult Pop Songs}}|title=Duncan Sheik Album & Song Chart History – Adult Pop Songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 26, 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Hot Dance Club Songs|US Dance]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=duncan sheik|chart=Dance/Club Play Songs}}|title=Duncan Sheik Album & Song Chart History – Dance/Club Play Songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 26, 2011}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| [[Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)|US Pop]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=duncan sheik|chart=Pop Songs B}}|title=Duncan Sheik Album & Song Chart History – Pop Songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 26, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 1996
! scope="row"| "[[Barely Breathing]]"
| 12
| 16
| 19
| 2
| —
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''Duncan Sheik''
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1997
! scope="row"| "[[She Runs Away]]"
| —
| —
| —
| 24
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Reasons for Living]]"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 3
| —
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Wishful Thinking (Duncan Sheik song)|Wishful Thinking]]"
| —
| 103
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Great Expectations'' <small>(soundtrack)</small>
|-
| 1998
! scope="row"| "[[Bite Your Tongue (song)|Bite Your Tongue]]"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''Humming''
|-
| 1999
! scope="row"| "That Says It All"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 2001
! scope="row"| "A Mirror in the Heart"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Phantom Moon''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2002
! scope="row"| "[[On a High]]"
| —
| —
| —
| 21
| 1
| —
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''Daylight''
|-
! scope="row"| "Half-Life"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2005
! scope="row"| "White Limousine"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''White Limousine''
|-
! scope="row"| "The Dawn's Request"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 2008
! scope="row"| "We're Here to Tell You"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''Whisper House''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2009
! scope="row"| "Earthbound Starlight"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row"| "Play Your Part"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 2012
! scope="row"| "Shout"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Covers Eighties Remixed''
|-
| 2013
! scope="row"| "Lay Down Your Weapons"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3" {{non-album single}}
|-
| 2020
! scope="row"| "Barely Breathing 2020 'Dear 45'"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 2021
! scope="row"| "Better Things For Better Living"<br>{{small|(with Simon Kafka)}}
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| rowspan="5"|2022
! scope="row"| "Experience"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| rowspan="5"|''Claptrap
|-
! scope="row"| "Maybe"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row"| "Something Happening Here"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row"| "Chimera II"<br>{{small|(featuring Oora)}}
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
! scope="row"| "There's No Telling"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| colspan="10" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|}

==Stage credits==
*''[[Twelfth Night]]'' – 2002
*''Nero (Another Golden Rome)'' – 2006 (San Francisco)<ref name="play1">Hetrick, Adam (November 15, 2007). [http://www.playbill.com/article/sater-and-sheiks-the-nightingale-tries-its-wings-in-nyc-with-chorus-lines-tam-com-145461# "Sater and Sheik's ''The Nightingale'' Tries Its Wings in NYC with ''Chorus Line''<nowiki/>'s Tam"]. ''Playbill''.</ref><ref>Harvey, Dennis (February 26, 2006). [https://variety.com/2006/legit/reviews/nero-another-golden-rome-1200518053/ "Review. ''Nero (Another Golden Rome)'']. ''Variety''.</ref>
*''[[Spring Awakening (musical)|Spring Awakening]]'' – 2006
*''The Nightingale'' – 2003, 2005 (workshop) 2006 (based on ''[[The Nightingale (fairy tale)|The Nightingale]]'')<ref name=play1/>
*''Whisper House'' – 2010 ([[Old Globe Theatre]], San Diego)<ref name=whisper/>
*''Carson McCullers Talks About Love'' (with [[Suzanne Vega]]) — 2011 (Off-Broadway)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Suskin|first=Steven|date=2011-05-06|title=Carson McCullers Talks About Love|url=https://variety.com/2011/legit/reviews/carson-mccullers-talks-about-love-1117945160/|website=Variety}}</ref><ref>Hetrick, Adam (April 20, 2011). [http://www.playbill.com/article/suzanne-vega-debuts-carson-mccullers-talks-about-love-off-broadway-april-20-com-178402# "Suzanne Vega Debuts ''Carson McCullers Talks About Love'' Off-Broadway April 20"]. ''Playbill''.</ref>
*''[[Alice by Heart]]'' – 2012
*''[[American Psycho (musical)|American Psycho]] — 2013''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Kenneth|date=2 February 2010|title=Duncan Sheik and Robert Aguirre-Sacasa Will Make ''American Psycho'' Sing|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/duncan-sheik-and-robert-aguirre-sacasa-will-make-american-psycho-sing-com-165506|access-date=2021-01-23|website=Playbill}}</ref>
*''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' — 2016 (Washington, DC)<ref name=marks/><ref>{{cite web|title=The Taming of the Shrew|url=http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/events/the-taming-of-the-shrew/|website=Shakespeare Theatre Company}}</ref>
* ''[[The Secret Life of Bees (musical)|The Secret Life of Bees]]'' — 2019 (Atlantic Theater Company, New York), 2023 (Almeida Theatre, London)

==Film and television credits==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 1996
|
* "Barely Breathing", ''[[Party of Five]]''
* "Reasons for Living", ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''
|-
! 1997
|
* "In the Absence of Sun", ''[[The Saint (1997 film)|The Saint]]''
* "Serena", ''[[Fall (1997 film)|Fall]]''
|-
! 1998
|
* ''[[Beverly Hills 90210]]'', onscreen, uncredited, episode "[[Beverly Hills, 90210 (season 9)#ep241|The Morning After]]"
* "Wishful Thinking", ''[[Great Expectations (1998 film)|Great Expectations]]''
|-
! 1999
|
* "Alibi", ''[[Teaching Mrs. Tingle]]''
* "That Says It All", ''[[Three to Tango]]''
|-
! 2000
|
* "View from the Other Side", ''[[Friends]]''
* "A Body Goes Down", ''Jeff Buckley: Goodbye and Hello''
* "Now or Never", ''[[Boys and Girls (2000 film)|Boys and Girls]]''
|-
! 2002
|
* "On a High", ''[[Birds of Prey (TV series)|Birds of Prey]]''
|-
! 2003
|
* "Half Life", ''[[What a Girl Wants (film)|What a Girl Wants]]''
* "[[Beyond the Sea (song)|Beyond the Sea]]" (performed as [[Bobby Darin]]), ''[[American Dreams]]''
|-
! 2004
|
* "Something Somewhere"/"There's a Home", ''[[A Home at the End of the World (film)|A Home at the End of the World]]''
|-
! 2005
|
* "I Am a Pilgrim", ''[[Transamerica (film)|Transamerica]]''
|-
! 2007
|
* "Barely Breathing", ''[[Cold Case (TV series)|Cold Case]]''
* "I Wouldn't Mind"/"As Shadows Do", ''[[The Cake Eaters]]''
|-
! 2010
|
* "Mama Who Bore Me", ''[[90210 (TV series)|90210]]''
|-
! 2012
|
* "Barely Breathing", ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]''
* "Barely Breathing", ''[[Girls (TV series)|Girls]]''
|}


==See also==
==See also==
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*[[List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart]]
*[[List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart]]


==References==
== External links ==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
* [http://www.duncansheik.com/ Official website]

* [http://www.rounder.com/?id=artistHome.php&musicalGroupId=7567 Rounder Records Group artist page] on Duncan Sheik
==External links==
* [http://www.sheikspeak.com SheikSpeak.com] - fan site and message board
* {{official website}}
* [http://www.sgi.org/english/ Soka Gakkai International website]
* {{IBDB name}}
* {{IMDb name|790854}}
* [http://www.rounder.com/?id=artistHome.php&musicalGroupId=7567 Duncan Sheik] at [[Rounder Records]]

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Duncan Sheik
Sheik in 2006
Sheik in 2006
Background information
Born (1969-11-18) November 18, 1969 (age 55)
Montclair, New Jersey, United States
OriginLos Angeles, California
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, composer, actor
Instrument(s)Guitar, piano, vocals, electronics
Years active1993–present
Labels
Websiteduncansheik.com

Duncan Sheik (born November 18, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Sheik is known for his 1996 debut single "Barely Breathing", which earned him a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. He has composed music for motion pictures and Broadway musicals, winning the 2007 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations for his work on the musical Spring Awakening.

Early life

[edit]

Sheik is a native of Montclair, New Jersey. Following his parents' divorce, he split time between his father's house in New Jersey and his mother's home in South Carolina.[1] He is the half-brother of Broadway actress Kacie Sheik.[2] Sheik's Juilliard-trained grandmother introduced him to the piano, and he later took up the electric guitar. By age 12, he was playing guitar with high school students in a cover band.[3] After graduating from Phillips Academy, Andover in 1988,[4] Sheik studied semiotics at Brown University;[5] while at Brown, he played guitar in a band with fellow Brown student Lisa Loeb. Following his graduation from Brown in 1992, he moved to Los Angeles.[3]

Career

[edit]

Early in his musical career, Sheik played guitar for other artists, including Liz and Lisa (with Elizabeth Mitchell and Lisa Loeb). Sheik also played on His Boy Elroy's 1993 album through his connections from a fellow Brown alum, Tracee Ellis Ross.[6]

Singer-songwriter

[edit]

In 1996, Sheik released his self-titled debut album, which was certified gold.[7] The album featured the hit single "Barely Breathing", which peaked at number 16[8] and remained on the Billboard Hot 100 for 55 consecutive weeks.[9] "Barely Breathing" also enjoyed Top 20 success on Adult Contemporary radio,[8] reached No. 2 on the Adult Top 40 charts,[8] and garnered Sheik a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.[10]

In 1998, Sheik recorded "Embraceable You" for Red Hot + Rhapsody, a George Gershwin tribute to increase AIDS awareness, and also recorded "Songbird" for another tribute, Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours.[citation needed] Also in 1998, Sheik released Humming, an experimental follow-up with string arrangements.[citation needed]

Sheik sang a duet with singer Howard Jones on Jones' 2000 single entitled Someone You Need.[11]

Sheik released Phantom Moon, a Nick Drake-influenced album on which he collaborated with poet and writer Steven Sater, in 2001.[citation needed] The following year, Sheik released Daylight, a brighter, more modern-sounding album which included the singles, "On A High" and "Half-Life".[citation needed] After a four-year recording break, Sheik released White Limousine (2006), an album which included companion software on a DVD-ROM to remix individual tracks.[citation needed] In 2008, Sheik was a judge at the 7th annual Independent Music Awards.[citation needed]

In 2009 he released Whisper House, a concept album which provided the score for the musical of the same name.[12] The stage musical premiered at The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego in January 2010, after a workshop at Vassar College, produced by New York Stage and Film in 2009.[13][14]

In 2011, Sheik released Covers 80's, an album including covers of popular 1980s songs. Concert dates in support of the album were later canceled due to Sheik seeking treatment for alcohol addiction.[15] A remixed version of the album was released the following year.[16] Sheik released a new studio album entitled Legerdemain in October 2015.[17]

Composer

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In addition to being a singer-songwriter, Sheik has also composed music for plays, musicals, and movie soundtracks. He composed original music for the 2002 New York Shakespeare Festival production of Twelfth Night.[18]

In 2004, he composed the score for the film A Home at the End of the World. The AllMusic reviewer wrote: "...takes the sensitivity and tension of the film's plot and crafts incidental music and new songs that complement the movie well."[19] He composed the score for the 2005 film Through the Fire with Pete Miser.[20][21]

Sheik wrote the music for Spring Awakening (2006) in collaboration with Steven Sater. Written over a period of eight years, the musical, which premiered off-Broadway during the summer, opened on Broadway to critical acclaim later in the fall. The musical was based on the controversial German expressionist play The Awakening of Spring, written by Frank Wedekind. Sheik won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for his work on Spring Awakening,[22] and he and Sater won a Tony Award for Best Original Score.[23] In addition, Spring Awakening won the Tony Award for Best Musical[24] and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.[25] The guitar that Sheik used to compose songs for Spring Awakening was displayed at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.[26] As of 2012, Sheik was composing music for a feature-film adaptation of Spring Awakening, an adaptation almost a decade in the making.[27]

In 2012, Sheik wrote Alice By Heart, an adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, along with collaborator Sater. Directed by Jessie Nelson with musical direction by Lance Horne, the musical was workshopped at the Royal National Theatre and commissioned by the National Theatre Connections.[28]

Sheik wrote the music and lyrics to the 2013 musical adaptation of American Psycho,[29] which opened at the Almeida Theatre in London, and was later staged on Broadway in 2016.[30]

In 2013, Sheik wrote the music for the musical adaptation of the novel Because of Winn-Dixie, which premiered at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre.[31] Dixie was a collaboration with then-director John Tartaglia and Nell Benjamin, who wrote the book and lyrics.[31] The musical ran at the Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, Connecticut from July 2019 to September 2019, directed by John Rando.[32]

In 2015, Sheik wrote the musical thriller Noir with Kyle Jarrow. It premiered as part of New York Stage and Film's season in July to August 2015 at the Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College. Inspired by live radio plays and classic film noir, the musical was directed by Rachel Chavkin.[33][34][35]

In 2016 he prepared the music for the Shakespeare Theatre Company (Washington, D.C.) production of The Taming of the Shrew, described in The Washington Post as "an assortment of preexisting songs by singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik".[36]

Other work

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Sheik produced singer-songwriter Micah Green's 2000 debut album[37][better source needed] as well as his 2012 follow-up.[38][39][40][better source needed]

In 2000, Sheik wrote the foreword to The Way of Youth: Buddhist Common Sense for Handling Life's Questions, by Soka Gakkai International leader Daisaku Ikeda.[citation needed]

In 2006, Sheik recorded the song "A Purple Trail" for Other Songs and Dances, Vol. 1. In 2008, Sheik participated in Songs for Tibet: The Art of Peace, an initiative to support Tibet, Dalai Lama, and Tenzin Gyatso.[41]

Personal life

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Concert dates in support of Sheik's 2011 album Covers 80's were canceled when Sheik sought treatment for alcohol use disorder.[15] In a message to fans on his tumblr blog, Sheik noted that he had entered a treatment center on the same day his latest album was released and had told his staff, "My record is coming out and I’m checking in."[42]

Sheik has a daughter with his girlfriend, model Nora Ariffin.[43][44]

Sheik practices Nichiren Buddhism and is a member of the US branch of the worldwide Buddhist association Soka Gakkai International.[45]

Awards and nominations

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Year Awards Work Category Result
1997 Billboard Music Awards Himself Top Adult Top 40 Artist Nominated
"Barely Breathing" Top Adult Top 40 Track Won
1998 Grammy Awards Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
1999 BMI Pop Awards Award-Winning Song Won
2007 Tony Awards Spring Awakening Best Original Score Won
Best Orchestrations Won
Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Music Won
Outstanding Orchestrations Nominated
2008 Grammy Awards Best Musical Show Album Won
2016 Outer Critics Circle Awards American Psycho Outstanding New Score Nominated

Discography

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Duncan Sheik discography
Studio albums9
EPs2
Live albums1
Compilation albums2
Singles23
Remix albums1

Albums

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Studio albums

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Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[46] 		US Heat
[47]
1996 Duncan Sheik 83 1
1998 Humming
  • Release date: October 6, 1998
  • Label: Atlantic, Rhino
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
 163 —
2001 Phantom Moon
  • Release date: February 27, 2001
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
 — —
2002 Daylight
  • Release date: August 22, 2002
  • Label: Atlantic, Rhino
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
 110 —
2006 White Limousine
  • Release date: January 26, 2006
  • Label: Zoë
  • Formats: CD+DVD, digital download, streaming
 — —
2009 Whisper House 181 —
2011 Covers 80s
  • Release date: June 7, 2011
  • Label: Sneaky
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
 — —
2015 Legerdemain
  • Release date: October 9, 2015
  • Label: Sneaky
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
 — —
2022 Claptrap
  • Release date: August 26, 2022
  • Label: AntiFragile
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

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Year Album details
2020 Live at the Cafe Carlyle (New York, NY / 2017)
  • Release date: December 4, 2020
  • Label: Sneaky, Missing Pieces
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Remix albums

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Year Album details
2012 Covers 80s Remixed
  • Release date: November 6, 2012
  • Label: Sneaky
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming

Compilation albums

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Year Album details
2006 Brighter/Later: A Duncan Sheik Anthology
  • Release date: October 23, 2006
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download, streaming
2007 Greatest Hits - Brighter: A Duncan Sheik Collection
  • Release date: March 6, 2007
  • Label: Rhino
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming

Extended plays

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Year Album details
2005 Rhino Hi-Five: Duncan Sheik
2011 Harvest (Music from the Motion Picture) (with David Poe)
  • Release date: May 3, 2011
  • Label: Harvest Film
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

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Year Single Peak chart positions Album
CAN
[49] 		US
[50] 		US AC
[51] 		US Adult
[52] 		US Dance
[53] 		US Pop
[54]
1996 "Barely Breathing" 12 16 19 2 — 10 Duncan Sheik
1997 "She Runs Away" — — — 24 — —
"Reasons for Living" — — — — 3 —
"Wishful Thinking" — 103 — — — — Great Expectations (soundtrack)
1998 "Bite Your Tongue" — — — — — — Humming
1999 "That Says It All" — — — — — —
2001 "A Mirror in the Heart" — — — — — — Phantom Moon
2002 "On a High" — — — 21 1 — Daylight
"Half-Life" — — — — — —
2005 "White Limousine" — — — — — — White Limousine
"The Dawn's Request" — — — — — —
2008 "We're Here to Tell You" — — — — — — Whisper House
2009 "Earthbound Starlight" — — — — — —
"Play Your Part" — — — — — —
2012 "Shout" — — — — — — Covers Eighties Remixed
2013 "Lay Down Your Weapons" — — — — — — Non-album single
2020 "Barely Breathing 2020 'Dear 45'" — — — — — —
2021 "Better Things For Better Living"
(with Simon Kafka) 		— — — — — —
2022 "Experience" — — — — — — Claptrap
"Maybe" — — — — — —
"Something Happening Here" — — — — — —
"Chimera II"
(featuring Oora) 		— — — — — —
"There's No Telling" — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Stage credits

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Film and television credits

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1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
  • "View from the Other Side", Friends
  • "A Body Goes Down", Jeff Buckley: Goodbye and Hello
  • "Now or Never", Boys and Girls
2002
2003
2004
2005
2007
2010
  • "Mama Who Bore Me", 90210
2012
  • "Barely Breathing", Glee
  • "Barely Breathing", Girls

See also

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References

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