Tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of the release of singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik's self-titled debut album, which included his biggest song, the pop-rock hit "Barely Breathing." The song reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 on the Billboard Adult Alternative singles chart, #19 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and #12 on the Canadian pop chart. It spent an amazing 55 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, which, at the time, was the fourth longest tenure on that chart of any single in its history. As a result, it came in at #18 on the Year End Billboard chart for 1997.
Sheik didn't have another song that reached the Top 40, but he did go on to become a successful composer for stage and screen, earning two Tony Awards for his work on Spring Awakening.
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