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English singer-songwriter (1963–2016) Other people pp-vandalism|small=yes Protection padlock|small=yes Use British English July 2023 March 2025 Infobox person | name = George Michael | image = George Michael.jpeg | caption = Michael performing in Houston, 1988 | birth_name = Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou | birth_date = birth date|es|1963/6/25 | birth_place = East Finchley, Middlesex, England | death_date = death date and age|es|2016/12/25|1963/6/25 | death_place = Goring-on-Thames, England | resting_place = Highgate Cemetery|Highgate Cemetery West, London | alias = | occupation = flatlist| * Singer * songwriter * record producer | partner = plainlist| * Anselmo Feleppa (1991–1993) * Kenny Goss (1996–2009) * Fadi Fawaz (2012–2016) | years_active = 1981–2016 | website = URL|georgemichael.com | module = Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | genre = flatlist| * Pop * dance-pop * post-disco * Contemporary R&B|R&B | instruments = flatlist| * Vocals * keyboards | label = flatlist| * Innervision Records|Innervision * Columbia Records|Columbia * Epic Records|Epic * Virgin Records * DreamWorks Records|DreamWorks * Polydor * Sony Music|Sony * Aegean Records|Aegean | past_member_of = flatlist| * Wham! * Boogie Box High | module2 = Listen| embed=yes |filename = George_michael_in_desert_island_discs_b008006s.flac |title = George Michael's voice |type = speech |description = from the BBC programme ''Desert Island Discs'', 5 October 2007.Cite episode George Michael |series= Desert Island Discs http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008006s |station= BBC Radio 4 5 October 2007 18 January 2014 27 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150227165929/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008006s live | signature = George-michael-autograph.svg ''George Michael'' (born ''Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou''; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer-songwriter and record producer. Regarded as a pop culture icon,Cite web 26 December 2016 George Michael: Chart topper and cultural icon dead at 53 https://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/25/entertainment/george-michael-obituary/index.html 3 March 2024 CNN 23 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211023040019/https://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/25/entertainment/george-michael-obituary/index.html live he was known as a creative force in songwriting, vocal performance,Cite web 9 April 2020 The 20 best male singers of all time, ranked in order of pure vocal ability https://www.smoothradio.com/features/best-male-singers/ 5 July 2021 Smooth Radio 23 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211023040022/https://www.smoothradio.com/features/best-male-singers/ live and visual presentation.Cite magazine 27 December 2016 George Michael's Style: Remembering His Top 5 Iconic Looks https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7633369/george-michael-style-fashion-moments 6 July 2021 |magazine=Billboard 26 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211026131437/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7633369/george-michael-style-fashion-momentsliveCite web 25 December 2016 Pop icon George Michael was a music video master https://mashable.com/article/george-michael-greatest-hits 6 July 2021 Mashable 26 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211026115831/https://mashable.com/article/george-michael-greatest-hitslive Born in East Finchley, Middlesex, Michael rose to fame after forming the pop duo Wham! with Andrew Ridgeley in 1981. He took part in Band Aid (band)|Band Aid's UK number-one single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in 1984 and performed at the following year's Live Aid concert. His debut studio album, ''Faith (George Michael album)|Faith'' (1987, won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and became one of the List of best-selling albums|best-selling albums of all time, having sold over 25 million copies worldwide. Michael then went on to release a series of multimillion-selling albums, including ''Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1'' (1990, ''Older (George Michael album)|Older'' (1996, ''Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael'' (1998, ''Songs from the Last Century'' (1999, ''Patience (George Michael album)|Patience'' (2004, and Twenty Five (album)|''Twenty Five'' (2006). His most successful singles include "Careless Whisper", "A Different Corner", "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)", "Faith (George Michael song)|Faith", "Father Figure (George Michael song)|Father Figure", "One More Try (George Michael song)|One More Try", "Monkey (song)|Monkey", "Praying for Time", "Freedom! '90", "Jesus to a Child", "Fastlove", "Outside (George Michael song)|Outside", "Amazing (George Michael song)|Amazing", and "An Easier Affair". Michael came out as gay in 1998, and was an active LGBT rights campaigner and HIV/AIDS charity fundraiser. His personal life, drug use, and legal troubles made headlines following an arrest for public lewdness in 1998 and multiple drug-related offences. The 2005 documentary ''George Michael: A Different Story|A Different Story'' covered his career and personal life. His 25 Live tour spanned three tours from 2006 to 2008. In 2011 Michael fell into a coma during a bout with pneumonia, but recovered. He performed his final concert at London's Earls Court Exhibition Centre|Earls Court in 2012. Michael died of heart disease on Christmas Day in 2016, at his home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Michael is one of the List of best-selling music artists|best-selling recording artists of all time,cite news https://news.sky.com/story/troubled-personal-life-of-star-george-michael-10707623 Troubled personal life of pop superstar George Michael Sky News 27 December 2016 27 December 2016 26 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161226222242/http://news.sky.com/story/troubled-personal-life-of-star-george-michael-10707623live scoring 10 number-one songs on the US Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100 and 13 number-one songs on the UK singles chart. He List of awards and nominations received by George Michael|won numerous music awards, including two Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards|''Billboard'' Music Awards, and four MTV Video Music Awards. He was listed among ''Rolling Stone''s Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Singers of All Time|200 Greatest Singers of All Time and ''Billboard (magazine)|Billboard''s Greatest Hot 100 Artists of All Time. The Radio Academy named him the most played artist on British radio during the period 1984–2004.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3666541.stm "George Michael dominates airwaves"] Webarchive https://web.archive.org/web/20180119024428/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3666541.stm 19 January 2018 . BBC. Retrieved 17 February 2018. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023.cite web Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2023 Inductees https://www.rockhall.com/2023-inductees 3 May 2023 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 5 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230505074033/https://www.rockhall.com/2023-inductees live
Careless WhisperListen Without PrejudiceLiveFreedom 90FaithThe Complete Collection
Careless WhisperListen Without PrejudiceLiveFreedom 90FaithThe Complete Collection