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Duncan Sheik
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Born: Nov 18, 1969
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Born in Montclair, New Jersey, and raised in Hilton Head, South
Carolina, Duncan Sheik spent his teen years immersing himself in
the music of such kindred spirits as the Beach Boys, the Smiths,
and the Blue Nile. Duncan attended Brown University, where he spent
a year playing in Liz & Lisa--a band whose membership included
singer/songwriter Lisa Loeb--before heading out on his own. His
demo tapes circulated throughout the music industry, and Sheik
eventually inked with Atlantic. Sheik's 1996 self-titled RIAA
gold-certified Atlantic debut--which included the hit singles
"Barely Breathing" and "She Runs Away"--was an enormous popular and
critical success. In its four-star review, Rolling Stone hailed the
Rupert Hine-produced album as "a defiant debut--beautiful and
benevolent of spirit." Duncan Sheik reached the #1 position on both
Billboard's "Heatseekers" chart of new and developing artists, and
SoundScan's "Alternative New Artist Albums" chart, ultimately
spending some 30 weeks on the Billboard 200. The top 20 Billboard
hit, "Barely Breathing," earned a place in pop history as it became
the fourth longest-running single in the annals of the Hot 100,
where it spent an amazing 55 weeks. In addition, "In The Absence Of
Sun," another track from the debut album, was included on the top
25-charting soundtrack album to the Paramount Pictures/Rysher
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Duncan Sheik Nude and Sexy
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