He is one of the most played artists on British radio over the past two decades. He has sold over 100 million records worldwide, encompassing 12 British #1 singles, 7 British #1 albums, 10 US #1 singles and 2 US #1 albums. All four of his solo studio albums reached #1 on the U.K.Ĭharts and went on to become huge international successes.
His 1987 debut solo album, 'Faith', became one of the best selling albums of all time, and also the first album to produce six top 5 singles in the United States and it has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. He began his career as one half of the duo along with and went on to establish a solo career as a soul-influenced pop musician. George Michael (born 25 June 1963, East Finchley, London, England - died 25 December 2016, Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England) was a British pop and soul singer, songwriter and producer. In 2002, he was asked to write a hymn to the Olympic Games in Athens.Georgios Criacos Panayito is famous for George Michael, a famous British singer and songwriter of a Greek father from Cyprus and a British mother. At the end of 1999, George released a collection of covers titled Songs From The Last Century, which was highly acclaimed by the critics. In October 1998, he recorded single Outside, and then collection Ladies & Gentlemen which did not leave the first place of the UK charts for eight weeks and became a bestseller. In April 1998, Michael got involved into a scandal after being arrested in the public restroom in Beverly Hills for 'lewd behavior', and confessing to his homosexuality. In 1996, he released a new album under the title Older, a record very remarkable for the unsurpassed performance and profound lyrics.
Within the following two years, Michael was mostly involved in the hearings against Sony Records initiated because of an extremely unsatisfactory contract. George invited Queen for recording Five Live EP the same year. In 1993, Michael participated in Freddie Mercury's Tribute Concert together with Queen on Wembley Stadium in London. The duet of Michael George and Elton John Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me topped the charts both of the UK and USA. The first hit from this record was Praying For Time to win the first position in the American charts and a place in the first ten of the UK charts. The next LP Listen Without Prejudice, released in 1991, was Number 1 in the UK charts as several million of copies were sold.
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