Duncan Sheik
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| 2008 | Best Musical Show Album Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album The Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album has been awarded since 1959. The award was given only to the album producer, and to the composer and lyricist who wrote at least 51% of the music which had not been recorded previously.... Spring Awakening Spring Awakening Spring Awakening is a rock musical adaptation of the controversial 1892 German play of the same title by Frank Wedekind. It features music by Duncan Sheik and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater. Set in late-19th century Germany, it concerns teenagers who are discovering the inner and outer tumult of... |
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| 2007 | Best Orchestrations Tony Award for Best Orchestrations -1990s:1997*Jonathan Tunick – Titanic**Michael Gibson - Steel Pier**Luther Henderson - Play On!**Don Sebesky and Harold Wheeler - The Life1998*William David Brohn – Ragtime**Robert Elhai, David Metzger and Bruce Fowler - The Lion King... Spring Awakening |
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| 2007 | Best Original Score Tony Award for Best Original Score The Tony Award for Best Original Score is the Tony Award given to the composers and lyricists of the best original score written for a musical in that year. The score consists of music and lyrics... Spring Awakening |
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Duncan Scott Sheik (born November 18, 1969) is an American
United States
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singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. Sheik initially found success as a singer, most notably for his 1996
1996 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact...
debut single "Barely Breathing
Barely Breathing
"Barely Breathing" is the first single from singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik's self-titled debut album. Originally intended as a "throwaway" track written to complete the album, the song catapulted Sheik to fame as his breakout hit, entering the top 20 of the U.S. Billboard charts, peaking at #16,...
". He later expanded his work to include compositions for motion pictures and the Broadway stage, leading him to involvement in the multiple award-winning musical Spring Awakening. He resides in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
Early years
Born in Montclair, New JerseyMontclair, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 38,977 people, 15,020 households, and 9,687 families residing in the township. The population density was 6,183.6 people per square mile . There were 15,531 housing units at an average density of 2,464.0 per square mile...
, Sheik's upbringing was split between his grandparents' home in Hilton Head, South Carolina, and his parents' in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. His grandmother, a graduate of Juilliard, taught him to play the piano and encouraged his musical development. Sheik graduated from the Eaglebrook School
Eaglebrook School
Eaglebrook School is an independent junior boarding school for boys in Deerfield, Massachusetts. It is located on the Pocumtuck Range near Deerfield Academy and sited on a campus which is also preserved by the Deerfield Wildlife Trust....
before attending Phillips Academy, Andover
Phillips Academy
Phillips Academy is a selective, co-educational independent boarding high school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12, along with a post-graduate year...
, in 1988. He subsequently studied semiotics
Semiotics
Semiotics, also called semiotic studies or semiology, is the study of signs and sign processes , indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication...
at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
. After college, he moved to Daly City, a suburb near San Francisco where he started his music career.
Career
Sheik began his professional career playing for other acts, including Liz and LisaLiz and Lisa
Liz and Lisa was a band formed by Lisa Loeb and Elizabeth Mitchell while both were enrolled at Brown University in the late 1980s. Both women were in the class of 1990 at Brown, and by the spring of 1990 had developed a unique and sweet sound. Loeb wrote most of the lyrics and music, and was the...
(with Lisa Loeb
Lisa Loeb
Lisa Anne Loeb is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She launched her career in 1994 with the song, "Stay ". She was the first artist to have a number one single in the United States while not signed to a recording contract.Loeb's efforts now include music, film, television, voice-over...
and Elizabeth Mitchell
Elizabeth Mitchell (musician)
Elizabeth Mitchell, a Smithsonian Folkways Recording artist, has been recording and performing music for children since 1998. Elizabeth was the first new children's music artist signed to Smithsonian Folkways Recordings in the 21st century...
), and played on His Boy Elroy
His Boy Elroy
-History:His Boy Elroy was founded by Johnny Fly, alias Johnny Stevens, in Seattle. Early on, Brian Vander Ark played with the group on guitar, but quit to form his own band before His Boy Elroy signed to a major label. The group's 1993 self-titled Epic Records album was constructed mainly in the...
's 1993 album. Through connections from fellow Brown alum Tracee Ellis Ross
Tracee Ellis Ross
Tracee Ellis Ross is an American actress. She is best known for her lead role as Joan Clayton on the UPN/CW series, Girlfriends. She is currently starring as Dr...
.
His 1996 self-titled debut album
Duncan Sheik (album)
Duncan Sheik is the Gold-certified, self-titled debut album by American singer/songwriter/producer Duncan Sheik. It was released in 1996 through Atlantic Records and featured the Grammy-nominated hit single "Barely Breathing." The song was a major radio hit, staying on the Billboard Hot 100...
for Atlantic was certified Gold and spawned the #16 hit single "Barely Breathing
Barely Breathing
"Barely Breathing" is the first single from singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik's self-titled debut album. Originally intended as a "throwaway" track written to complete the album, the song catapulted Sheik to fame as his breakout hit, entering the top 20 of the U.S. Billboard charts, peaking at #16,...
" in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, which remained on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
for a record-setting 55 straight weeks during 1997-98. It also enjoyed lengthy stays on Billboard's Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40 charts where it reached #2. In early 1998, Duncan was nominated for a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
in the Best Male Pop Vocal Performance category for "Barely Breathing" but lost to Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
's "Candle In The Wind
Candle in the Wind 1997
"Candle in the Wind 1997" is a rewritten and rerecorded version of Elton John's own 1973 hit "Candle in the Wind" that was released as a tribute single to the late Diana, Princess of Wales....
".
A lay
Laity
In religious organizations, the laity comprises all people who are not in the clergy. A person who is a member of a religious order who is not ordained legitimate clergy is considered as a member of the laity, even though they are members of a religious order .In the past in Christian cultures, the...
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
Daisaku Ikeda
is president of Sōka Gakkai International , a Nichiren Buddhist lay association which claims 12 million members in 192 countries and territories, and founder of several educational, cultural and peace research institutions.-Life and establishment of SGI:...
.
In his second album, 1998's Humming
Humming (album)
Humming is the second album by Duncan Sheik. Released by Atlantic Records in 1998, it was the follow-up to his self-titled debut album. More understated than his first album, it did not include any major singles, but featured the London Session Orchestra on some tracks.Two of the album's songs,...
, 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.
His next record, 2001's Phantom Moon
Phantom Moon
Phantom Moon is the third studio album by singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik. Released via Nonesuch Records, the album was a collaboration between Sheik, who provided the stark instrumentation, and poet/playwright Steven Sater, who wrote the lyrics for the album. The album is considered a tribute of...
, was a collaboration with poet and writer Steven Sater
Steven Sater
-Life and Career:Born in Evansville, Indiana, Sater attended Washington University in St. Louis as an undergraduate. Due to an apartment fire Sater was forced to jump from his balcony and damaged his spine, as well as several other limbs...
, whom Sheik met through his Soka Gakkai involvement. The two collaboratively created the album by drawing inspiration from the each other's simultaneous work, with Sheik sending Sater the music and Sater sending Sheik the lyrics.
In 2002, Sheik made a brief commercial comeback with the album Daylight
Daylight (Duncan Sheik album)
Daylight is the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik. The album, his last for Atlantic Records, was released in 2002 as an attempt at a pure pop album and included the singles "On a High" and "Half-Life".-Track listing:#"Genius" – 3:43...
, including success with the singles "On A High
On a High
"On a High" is a song written and recorded by singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik and released as the first single from his album Daylight.A female cover of "On a High" can be heard in the commercials for the TV movie Queen Sized, sung by Nikki Blonsky....
" and "Half-Life". Eschewing the Nick Drake
Nick Drake
Nicholas Rodney "Nick" Drake was an English singer-songwriter and musician. Though he is best known for his sombre guitar based songs, Drake was also proficient at piano, clarinet and saxophone...
-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.
Sheik composed original music for a New York Shakespeare Festival
New York Shakespeare Festival
New York Shakespeare Festival is the previous name of the New York City theatrical producing organization now known as the Public Theater. The Festival produced shows at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, as part of its free Shakespeare in the Park series, at the Public Theatre near Astor Place...
production of Twelfth Night, which opened July 21, 2002, at the Delacorte Theater
Delacorte Theater
The Delacorte Theater, established in 1962, is an open-air theater located in Manhattan's Central Park and has a seating capacity of 1,800. The Delacorte is owned by the City of New York and operated by The Public Theater. It is an open-air amphitheater, with the Turtle Pond and Belvedere Castle...
.
In 2003, he portrayed Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin , born Walden Robert Cassotto, was an American singer, actor and musician.Darin performed in a range of music genres, including pop, rock, jazz, folk and country...
in an episode of the television series "American Dreams
American Dreams
American Dreams is an American television comedy-drama program broadcast on the NBC television network, produced by Once A Frog and Dick Clark Productions in association with Universal Network Television and NBC Studios...
". He also composed the score for the 2004 film A Home at the End of the World
A Home at the End of the World (film)
A Home at the End of the World is a 2004 drama film directed by Michael Mayer. The screenplay by Michael Cunningham was adapted from his 1990 novel of the same title.-Plot synopsis:...
, including two original songs.
In 2006, Through the Fire
Through the Fire (film)
Through the Fire is a 2005 Documentary film. The movie focuses on Sebastian Telfair as he goes through his senior year at Abraham Lincoln High School in New York City...
was released, for which Sheik served as the composer. Through The Fire follows the senior high school year of Sebastian Telfair
Sebastian Telfair
Sebastian Telfair is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Telfair was the 13th overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers out of Abraham Lincoln High School...
.
His fifth album, White Limousine
White Limousine
White Limousine is the fifth album by Duncan Sheik, his first for Zoe Records. A more political effort — particularly critical of George W...
, was released on January 24, 2006, on the Zoe Records
Zoë Records
Zoë Records is an independent record label in the United States. It is a part of the Rounder Records group.Zoë predominantly distributes albums by folk rock and alternative pop artists...
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
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
, and his first with companion software on a DVD-ROM to remix individual album tracks.
Working continually with Steven Sater
Steven Sater
-Life and Career:Born in Evansville, Indiana, Sater attended Washington University in St. Louis as an undergraduate. Due to an apartment fire Sater was forced to jump from his balcony and damaged his spine, as well as several other limbs...
, Sheik wrote the music for the Tony award
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
winning musical Spring Awakening over a period of eight years. The musical, which premiered off-Broadway in New York in May 2006, opened on Broadway to much critical acclaim in December 2006. Spring Awakening is based on the controversial German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
expressionist
Expressionism
Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas...
play, Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind
Frank Wedekind
Benjamin Franklin Wedekind , usually known as Frank Wedekind, was a German playwright...
. Sheik won two Tonys for his work on the musical —for Best Orchestration and Best Original Score (Music)—and the show won the Tony for Best Musical. The original cast recording album, released in December 2006, received the Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
in 2008 for Best Musical Show Album. The guitar Sheik used to compose songs for Spring Awakening is on display at the New York Public Library
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is the largest public library in North America and is one of the United States' most significant research libraries...
for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
On January 27, 2009, Sheik released Whisper House
Whisper House
Whisper House is the sixth studio album recorded by American singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik, released in the United States on January 27, 2009...
, his first new studio album since 2006 and first release under his new deal with RCA Records on their RCA Victor imprint. This marks Sheik's first full length album on a major label since 2002's Daylight. Singer-keyboardist Holly Brook
Holly Brook
Holly Brook Hafermann , better known by her stage name Skylar Grey, is a Grammy-nominated American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Grey was signed to Machine Shop Recordings under the name Holly Brook. She released her debut album as Holly Brook, Like Blood Like...
plays a prominent role alongside Sheik on some of the songs. Sheik toured throughout the first half of 2009 in support of the album. He was a judge at the 7th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.
Sheik composed the music for the Musical adaption of American Psycho
American Psycho
American Psycho is a psychological thriller and satirical novel by Bret Easton Ellis, published in 1991. The story is told in the first person by the protagonist, serial killer and Manhattan businessman Patrick Bateman. The book's graphic violence and sexual content generated a great deal of...
.
Sheik's Facebook
Facebook
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page announced March 15, 2011 that he planned to release a full album of 1980's songs
Covers 80's
Covers 80's is the seventh studio album recorded by American singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik, released in the United States on June 7, 2011. The album is Sheik's second independent effort since his major label debut — following his fifth album White Limousine...
that he has recorded his interpretation
Interpretation
-Language:* Language interpretation, the facilitation of dialogue between parties using different languages* Interpretation of tongues, a supernatural ability to understand unknown languages* Semantics, assignment of meanings to symbols-Philosophy:...
of on June 6, 2011.
It was announced that Sater and Sheik wrote an adaption of Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll , was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the...
's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures...
called Alice By Heart, which is being workshopped at the Royal National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
. It was commissioned by the National Theatre Connections
National Theatre Connections
Connections is the National Theatre in London's annual youth theatre scheme....
. Sater said "It's about how to leave childhood behind and the challenge and struggle in that." The two week workshop will be directed by Jessie Nelson and musical direction by Lance Horne.
Sheik is working on the musical score for a Broadway play based on the book "American Psycho" at his home in upstate New York. http://www.observer.com/Duncan-Sheik-American-Psycho-Maserati. Duncan described the musical as "The American Psycho score is, so far, completely electronic. Prophet 5, Moog, various drum machines. Imagine Depeche Mode as the pit band!" on his Twitter
feed on 8/20/11.
Charity
In 1998, Sheik recorded " Embraceable You" for the Red Hot OrganizationRed Hot Organization
Red Hot Organization is a not-for-profit, 501 3, international organization dedicated to fighting AIDS through pop culture.Since its inception in 1989, over 400 artists, producers and directors have contributed to over 15 compilation albums, related television programs and media events to raise...
's compilation album Red Hot + Rhapsody, a tribute to George Gershwin
George Gershwin
George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
, which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
awareness and fighting the disease. In 2008 he participated in a music album called Songs for Tibet, which is an initiative to support Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
, Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word далай meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "teacher"...
Tenzin Gyatso and to underline the human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
situation in Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
. The album was issued on August 5 via iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
and on August 19 in music stores around the world.
Musicals
- Nero (Another Golden Rome) - 2006
- Spring Awakening - 2006, 2007—2009
- The Nightingale - 2006 (based on The Nightingale)
- Whisper House - 2010
- American Psycho - In production
Studio and compilation albums
Note: All certifications based on current data from RIAA's website: http://www.riaa.com| Year | Album | Billboard Top 200 |
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| 1996 | Duncan Sheik Duncan Sheik (album) Duncan Sheik is the Gold-certified, self-titled debut album by American singer/songwriter/producer Duncan Sheik. It was released in 1996 through Atlantic Records and featured the Grammy-nominated hit single "Barely Breathing." The song was a major radio hit, staying on the Billboard Hot 100... |
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| 1998 | Humming Humming (album) Humming is the second album by Duncan Sheik. Released by Atlantic Records in 1998, it was the follow-up to his self-titled debut album. More understated than his first album, it did not include any major singles, but featured the London Session Orchestra on some tracks.Two of the album's songs,... |
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| 2001 | Phantom Moon Phantom Moon Phantom Moon is the third studio album by singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik. Released via Nonesuch Records, the album was a collaboration between Sheik, who provided the stark instrumentation, and poet/playwright Steven Sater, who wrote the lyrics for the album. The album is considered a tribute of... |
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| 2002 | Daylight Daylight (Duncan Sheik album) Daylight is the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik. The album, his last for Atlantic Records, was released in 2002 as an attempt at a pure pop album and included the singles "On a High" and "Half-Life".-Track listing:#"Genius" – 3:43... |
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| 2006 | White Limousine White Limousine White Limousine is the fifth album by Duncan Sheik, his first for Zoe Records. A more political effort — particularly critical of George W... |
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| 2009 | Whisper House Whisper House Whisper House is the sixth studio album recorded by American singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik, released in the United States on January 27, 2009... |
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| 2011 | Covers 80's Covers 80's Covers 80's is the seventh studio album recorded by American singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik, released in the United States on June 7, 2011. The album is Sheik's second independent effort since his major label debut — following his fifth album White Limousine... |
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Compilation albums
- Brighter/Later: A Duncan Sheik AnthologyBrighter/Later: A Duncan Sheik AnthologyBrighter/Later: A Duncan Sheik Anthology is a two-CD overview of the early years of Duncan Sheik's career, released on Rhino Records on October 24, 2006. The title is a play on and tribute to singer-songwriter Nick Drake's second album, Bryter Layter...
(October 24, 2006, Rhino) - Greatest Hits: A Duncan Sheik CollectionGreatest Hits: A Duncan Sheik CollectionGreatest Hits: A Duncan Sheik Collection is a greatest hits album from singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik that was released through Rhino Records...
(March 6, 2007, Rhino)
Extended play albums
- At the Reservoir (1997, AtlanticAtlantic RecordsAtlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
) - Humming Along (1998, AtlanticAtlantic RecordsAtlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
) - White Limousine EP (2005, ZoeZoë RecordsZoë Records is an independent record label in the United States. It is a part of the Rounder Records group.Zoë predominantly distributes albums by folk rock and alternative pop artists...
) - Whisper House EP (2008)
- 80s Covers 2010 (2010, Sneaky Records Inc.)
- "Duncan Sheik & David Poe: Music from the Motion Picture 'Harvest' " EP (May 3, 2011 via digital platforms)
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
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| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US AC |
US Adult |
US Dance |
US Pop Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) The Mainstream Top 40 is an airplay chart from Billboard magazine, and is also known as Pop Songs on billboard.com. It was often mistaken for and confused with the now discontinued Pop 100 Airplay chart... |
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| 1997 | "Barely Breathing Barely Breathing "Barely Breathing" is the first single from singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik's self-titled debut album. Originally intended as a "throwaway" track written to complete the album, the song catapulted Sheik to fame as his breakout hit, entering the top 20 of the U.S. Billboard charts, peaking at #16,... " |
16 | 19 | 2 | — | 10 | Duncan Sheik | ||
| "She Runs Away She Runs Away "She Runs Away" is the second of three singles released by pop artist Duncan Sheik from his 1996 debut album Duncan Sheik. The song was the first Duncan Sheik single of 1997, as a follow-up single to the hit single "Barely Breathing".... " |
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| "Reasons for Living Reasons for Living "Reasons for Living" is a song written and performed by Duncan Sheik. It was the third and final single from his 1996 Atlantic Records debut. While the album version of the song did not fare well at radio, the club remixes helped the single reach number three on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play... " |
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| 1998 | "Wishful Thinking Wishful Thinking (Duncan Sheik song) "Wishful Thinking" is a song written and performed by Duncan Sheik for the soundtrack to the 1998 motion picture Great Expectations starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Robert De Niro... " |
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| "Bite Your Tongue Bite Your Tongue (song) "Bite Your Tongue" was released as a single on February 2, 1999 and is found on Duncan Sheik's second studio album, Humming. The song was called "a driving hard-pop number" by Rolling Stone's Neva Chonin, "self-deprecating" by Allmusic's Roxanne Blanford and Elysa Gardner from the Los Angeles Times... " |
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| 1999 | "That Says It All" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2001 | "A Mirror in the Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | Phantom Moon | ||
| 2003 | "On a High On a High "On a High" is a song written and recorded by singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik and released as the first single from his album Daylight.A female cover of "On a High" can be heard in the commercials for the TV movie Queen Sized, sung by Nikki Blonsky.... " |
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| "Half-Life" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2006 | "White Limousine" | — | — | — | — | — | White Limousine | ||
| "The Dawn's Request" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2009 | "Earthbound Starlight" | — | — | — | — | — | Whisper House | ||
| "Play Your Part" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Other recordings
- "Wishful ThinkingWishful Thinking (Duncan Sheik song)"Wishful Thinking" is a song written and performed by Duncan Sheik for the soundtrack to the 1998 motion picture Great Expectations starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Robert De Niro...
" from Great Expectations: The Album - Atlantic Records - 1997 - "In the Absence of Sun" from The Saint (soundtrack)The Saint (soundtrack)The Saint: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack was the soundtrack to the 1997 movie The Saint.This soundtrack featuring Duran Duran, Sneaker Pimps, Orbital, Moby, Fluke, Luscious Jackson, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Daft Punk, David Bowie, Superior, Dreadzone, Duncan Sheik, and...
(CD) - Atlantic Records - 1997 - "Songbird" from Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours (CD) - Atlantic Records - 1998
- "Embraceable You" from Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin GrooveRed Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin GrooveRed Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove is a compilation album produced by Paul Heck of the Red Hot Organization to celebrate the birthday of George Gershwin. This compilation is the twelfth entry from the international organization's Red Hot Benefit Series...
(CD) - Antilles Records - 1998 - "View from the Other Side" from Friends AgainFriends AgainFriends Again is one-hour television program featuring teaching with Pastor Louie Santos. Currently, the program is aired in the Philippines every Sunday 8:00-9:00 a.m. on Studio 23....
(CD) - Warner Bros. Records - 1999 - "Now or Never" from Boys and GirlsBoys and Girls (2000 film)Boys and Girls is a romantic comedy film that was released in 2000, directed by Robert Iscove. The two main characters, Ryan and Jennifer meet each other initially as adolescent teenagers...
: Music from the Dimension Motion Picture (CD) - Ark 21 Records - 2000 - "I am a Pilgrim" from Transamerica: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackTransamerica (soundtrack)Transamerica is the original soundtrack, on the Nettwerk America label, of the 2005 film Transamerica starring Felicity Huffman and Kevin Zegers. The album consists of songs from various artists.-Travelin' Thru:...
(CD) - Nettwerk Records - 2005 - "A Purple Trail" from Other Songs and Dances, Vol. 1 (CD) - Backlight Records - 2006
- "Something Somewhere" & "There's A Home" from "A Home at the End of the WorldA Home at the End of the World (film)A Home at the End of the World is a 2004 drama film directed by Michael Mayer. The screenplay by Michael Cunningham was adapted from his 1990 novel of the same title.-Plot synopsis:...
" (2004). - "There Once Was a Pirate" (bonus track) from Spring AwakeningSpring AwakeningSpring Awakening is a rock musical adaptation of the controversial 1892 German play of the same title by Frank Wedekind. It features music by Duncan Sheik and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater. Set in late-19th century Germany, it concerns teenagers who are discovering the inner and outer tumult of...
(Original Broadway Cast) (CD) - Universal Music Classical - 2006
Recent and current tours
- Sheik toured throughout Europe during the spring of 2010, followed with 15 dates around the United Kingdom later in the year, from September until October 2, 2010. Touring continued into the winter, with three performances in Asia during January and February of 2011.
- Concert dates in support of Covers 80'sCovers 80'sCovers 80's is the seventh studio album recorded by American singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik, released in the United States on June 7, 2011. The album is Sheik's second independent effort since his major label debut — following his fifth album White Limousine...
were announced for cities on the U.S. east and west coasts for late spring and early summer of 2011, but later canceled due to Sheik seeking treatment for alcohol addiction. In an August 24, 2011 message to fans and friends in his tumblrTumblrTumblr is a website and microblogging platform that allows users to post text, images, videos, links, quotes and audio to their tumblelog, a short-form blog. Users can follow other users, or choose to make their tumblelog private. The service emphasizes ease of use. The site ranks as the 10th...
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."
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
External links
- Duncan Sheik official website
- Rounder Records Group artist page on Duncan Sheik