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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 2024 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 music|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 is one of the List of best-selling music artists|best-selling recording artists of all timecite news https://news.sky.com/story/troubled-personal-life-of-star-george-michael-10707623 Troubled personal life of pop superstar George Michael|work=Sky News December 27, 2016 December 27, 2016 December 26, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161226222242/http://news.sky.com/story/troubled-personal-life-of-star-george-michael-10707623live and was named one of the greatest singers of all time by ''Rolling Stone''.Cite magazine 1 January 2023 The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/george-michael-8-1234643105/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20230803221636/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/george-michael-8-1234643105/ 3 August 2023 3 August 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US Michael 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. Their first two albums, ''Fantastic (Wham! album)|Fantastic'' (1983) and ''Make It Big'' (1984, reached number one on the US Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200 and UK Albums Chart. Their Wham! in China: Foreign Skies|1985 tour in China was the first by a Western popular music act, and generated worldwide media coverage.Cite news https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-04-28-8501250765-story.html East meets Wham!, and another great wall comes down Patrick Al|newspaper=Chicago Tribune 28 April 1985 |accessdate=12 April 2020 12 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151104/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-04-28-8501250765-story.htmllive Michael 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. Michael's first solo single, "Careless Whisper" (1984, reached number one in over 20 countries, including the UK and US.[http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/george%20michael/ "George Michael"]. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 April 2011. Webarchive https://web.archive.org/web/20141102053946/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/george%20michael/ 2 November 2014[BillboardURLbyName|artist=george michael|chart=all George Michael Album & Song Chart History] ''Billboard''. Retrieved 21 April 2011 The second solo single, "A Different Corner", also reached number one in 1986. After Wham! disbanded that year, Michael released the number-one duet with Aretha Franklin, "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)". His debut solo album, ''Faith (George Michael album)|Faith'' (1987, stayed at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 for 12 weeks and topped the UK Albums Chart. It is one of the List of best-selling albums|best-selling albums of all time, having sold over 25 million copies worldwide. The singles "Faith (George Michael song)|Faith", "Father Figure (George Michael song)|Father Figure", "One More Try (George Michael song)|One More Try", and "Monkey (song)|Monkey" reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Michael became the List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1988|best-selling music artist of 1988, and ''Faith'' was awarded Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year at the 1989 Grammy Awards. Michael's second solo album, ''Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1'' (1990, was also a number one in the UK and yielded the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number one "Praying for Time" and the worldwide hit "Freedom! '90".Cite magazine https://www.billboard.com/music/george-michael George Michael Chart History |magazine=Billboard 14 June 2019 9 June 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190609214249/https://www.billboard.com/music/george-michael live Michael went on to release a series of multimillion-selling albums, including ''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). The albums earned him multiple hits such as "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 achieved 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 ''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