# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/duncan-sheik
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:47:37.325Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/duncan-sheik"
name: "Duncan Sheik"
slug: "duncan-sheik"
description: "Duncan Sheik 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."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Duncan_Sheik.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1969-11-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           68.17
  momentum:             6.647834840477026
  historical:           12.113416
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 10200
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/theduncansheik"
    handle:    "theduncansheik"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/DuncanSheik"
    handle:    "DuncanSheik"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790854/"
    handle:    "nm0790854"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3AO6RTDA16mg8czQI5Y9K0"
    handle:    "3AO6RTDA16mg8czQI5Y9K0"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.duncansheik.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF3Ys4Bspqs6PaL3n9LswXQ"
    handle:    "@duncansheik5024"
    followers: 10200
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "دونكان شيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%86_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AE"
    title: "دانکن شیخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Sheik"
    title: "Duncan Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Sheik"
    title: "Duncan Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Sheik"
    title: "Duncan Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%86_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AE"
    title: "دانکن شیخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Sheik"
    title: "Duncan Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Sheik"
    title: "Duncan Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%A9%EC%BB%A8_%EC%85%B0%EC%9D%B4%ED%81%AC"
    title: "덩컨 셰이크"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Sheik"
    title: "Duncan Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Sheik"
    title: "Duncan Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2d1829d9-ff1b-4000-b6c6-41d2cfbf3e52"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1265451"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/974457"
    title: "Duncan Sheik"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump