George Michael discography

The discography for English singer-songwriter George Michael's releases consist of five studio albums, two compilation albums, one extended play, 44 singles, eight promotional singles, 36 music videos, and five video albums. In his career, he sold an estimated 100 million to 125 million records worldwide, making him one of the .

### Studio albums

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"|Details|scope="col" colspan="10"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* Released: 30 October 1987 * Label: Columbia * Formats: CD, CS, LP, MD|1|3|3|52|3|52|1|4|4|1|* BPI: 4× Platinum * ARIA: 5× Platinum * BVMI: Gold * IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum * NVPI: Platinum * RIAA: Diamond * SNEP: 2× Platinum|
|* Released: 3 September 1990 * Label: Columbia * Formats: CD, CS, LP, MD, DCC|1|2|5|2|7|3|2|3|3|2|* BPI: 4× Platinum * ARIA: 2× Platinum * BVMI: Gold * GLF: Platinum * IFPI AUT: Gold * IFPI SWI: Platinum * NVPI: Platinum * RIAA: 2× Platinum * SNEP: Platinum|
|* Released: 13 May 1996 * Label: Virgin * Formats: CD, CS, LP, MD|1|1|1|1|3|2|1|1|2|6|* BPI: 6× Platinum * ARIA: 2× Platinum * BVMI: Platinum * GLF: Gold * IFPI AUT: Gold * IFPI SWI: Platinum * NVPI: Platinum * RIAA: Platinum * SNEP: 2× Gold|
|* Released: 6 December 1999 * Label: Virgin * Formats: CD, CS, MD|2|12|12|7|4|7|6|16|6|157|* BPI: 2× Platinum * ARIA: Gold * BVMI: Gold * IFPI SWI: Gold * SNEP: 2× Gold|
|* Released: 15 March 2004 * Label: Sony Music * Formats: CD, digital download|1|2|3|4|1|2|1|1|2|12|* BPI: 2× Platinum * ARIA: Platinum * BVMI: Platinum * GLF: Gold * IFPI AUT: Gold * IFPI SWI: Gold * NVPI: Gold * SNEP: Gold|

### Compilation albums

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"|Details|scope="col" colspan="9"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* Released: 9 November 1998 * Label: Sony * Formats: CD, MD, CS|1|2|2|3|1|2|2|5|24|* BPI: 9× Platinum * ARIA: 7× Platinum * BVMI: 3× Gold * GLF: Platinum * IFPI AUT: Platinum * IFPI SWI: Platinum * NVPI: 2× Platinum * RIAA: 2× Platinum * SNEP: 2× Platinum|
|* Released: 11 November 2006 * Label: Sony * Formats: CD, digital download|1|9|19|13|3|2|3|2|12|* BPI: 5× Platinum * ARIA: 2× Platinum * BVMI: Gold * IFPI SWI: Platinum * IRMA: 3× Platinum * SNEP: Gold|

### Live albums

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"|Details|scope="col" colspan="10"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* Released: 19 April 1993 * Label: Parlophone * Formats: CD, CS, LP|1|17|2|12|8|1|2|45|6|46|* BPI: Gold * BVMI: Gold * IFPI SWI: Gold * NVPI: Platinum * SNEP: Gold|
|* Released: 14 March 2014 * Label: Virgin EMI * Formats: Blu-ray Audio, CD, digital download, LP|1|11|7|—|6|1|2|—|6|50|* BPI: Gold|
|colspan="20" style="font-size:85%"|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.|||||||||||

### Video albums

|scope="col" style="width:18em;"|Title|scope="col" style="width:18em;"|Details|scope="col"|Certifications|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|* Released: 9 August 1988 * Label: Sony * Format: VHS|* RIAA: 2× Platinum|||||
|* Released: 5 November 1990 * Label: Sony * Format: VHS|* RIAA: Platinum|||||
|* Released: 29 November 1999 * Label: Sony * Format: DVD, VHS|* ARIA: 3× Platinum * ABPD: Gold|||||
|* Released: 13 November 2006 * Label: Sony BMG * Format: DVD|* ARIA: 2× Platinum|||||
|* Released: 7 December 2009 * Studio: Sony * Format: DVD, Blu-ray|* ARIA: 2× Platinum * BPI: Platinum|||||

### As lead artist

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col" colspan="10"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1984|1|1|2|3|3|1|1|2|1|1|* BPI: 3× Platinum * ARIA: 2× Platinum * RIAA: 7× Platinum * SNEP: Silver|_Make It Big_|||
|1986|1|4|6|16|7|2|2|18|3|7|* BPI: Gold|_Music from the Edge of Heaven_|||
|rowspan="4"|1987|1|1|9|—|5|1|1|4|5|1|* BPI: Platinum * ARIA: Gold|__||
|3|2|2|11|3|1|1|8|4|2|* RIAA: Platinum|rowspan="7"|_Faith_|||
|2|1|4|22|5|2|1|9|4|1|* BPI: 2× Platinum * ARIA: 2× Platinum * RIAA: Gold|||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|rowspan="4"|1988|11|5|17|37|18|2|2|—|13|1|* BPI: Gold * ARIA: Gold|||
|8|34|19|5|22|1|4|4|4|1|* RIAA: Gold * SNEP: Silver * BPI: Silver|||||
|13|12|22|34|24|8|7|—|5|1||||||
|18|55|—|45|44|9|13|—|—|5||||||
|rowspan="3"|1990|6|16|20|19|19|3|11|9|6|1|* BPI: Silver|rowspan="6"|_Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1_|
|23|50|—|—|—|11|79|—|—|27||||||
|28|18|25|23|41|17|15|20|—|8|* BPI: Platinum * ARIA: Platinum * RIAA: Gold|||||
|rowspan="4"|1991|31|—|—|—|—|16|16|—|—|—||||
|45|164|—|36|—|15|15|—|—|—||||||
|—|95|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|1|3|2|1|4|2|1|2|1|1|* BPI: Gold * RIAA: Gold * SNEP: Silver|__||||
|1992|4|3|9|5|12|5|3|7|6|10|* ARIA: Platinum * RIAA: Gold|__|||
|rowspan="2"|1993|1|19|15|16|21|1|6|—|—|30|* BPI: Silver|rowspan="2"|_Five Live EP_|
|—|—|—|197|—|—|—|—|69|||||||
|rowspan="3"|1996|1|1|11|7|12|1|2|2|4|7|* BPI: Gold * RIAA: Gold * SNEP: Gold|rowspan="5"|_Older_|
|1|1|13|10|25|5|12|7|13|8|* BPI: Platinum * ARIA: Platinum * RIAA: Gold * SNEP: Gold|||||
|2|14|29|—|67|14|24|18|24|—|* BPI: Silver|||||
|rowspan="4"|1997|3|61|—|—|—|6|46|60|—|—|* BPI: Silver|||
|2|51|37|—|64|7|40|37|28|—|* BPI: Silver|||||
|10|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||_Room 21_||||
|2|75|—|—|—|11|44|53|—|—|* BPI: Silver|_Older_||||
|1998|2|13|17|26|30|7|14|15|19|—|* BPI: Gold * ARIA: Gold|rowspan="2"|_Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael_||
|1999|4|45|—|27|38|12|9|27|22|—|* BPI: Gold||||
|2000|9|37|—|—|58|25|31|44|33|—||__|||
|rowspan="2"|2002|7|5|7|7|7|14|12|26|2|—|* ARIA: Gold|rowspan="6"|_Patience_|
|12|36|41|59|44|23|26|39|14|—||||||
|rowspan="3"|2004|4|6|23|37|19|4|9|16|10|—|* BPI: Silver * ARIA: Gold|||
|8|26|72|—|54|23|30|—|36|—||||||
|32|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|55|—||||||
|2005|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|rowspan="2"|2006|13|36|58|87|44|20|37|23|28|—||rowspan="2"|_Twenty Five_|
|15|—|62|—|—|27|32|—|36|—||||||
|2008|14|—|63|—|37|40|18|43|—|—||rowspan="3"|||
|2011|27|—|—|—|—|—|38|—|—|—|||||
|2012|15|88|53|73|21|32|6|—|34|—|||||
|2014|53|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||_Symphonica_|||
|2017|85|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||_Listen Without Prejudice / MTV Unplugged_|||
|2019|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||_Last Christmas_|||
|2020|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|colspan="20" style="font-size:85%"|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.||||||||||||||

### Promotional singles

|scope="col" style="width:20em;"|Title|scope="col" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col"|Album|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1991||||||
|1993|_Five Live_|||||
|1996||||||
|rowspan="2"|1999|rowspan="2"|_Songs from the Last Century_|||
|2008|_Twenty Five_|||||
|2011||||||
|rowspan="2"|2014|rowspan="2"|_Symphonica_|||

## Other charted songs

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col" colspan="1"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1990|46|_Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1_||||||

## Other appearances

|scope="col" style="width:20em;"|Title|scope="col" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col"|Album|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1984|_Turn to Gold_|||||
|rowspan="3"|1985|__||||
|rowspan="2"|_Ice on Fire_|||||
|rowspan="2"|1987|__||||
|__||||||
|1989|__|||||
|1990|__|||||
|rowspan="2"|1991|__||||
|__||||||
|rowspan="2"|1995|_I've Gotta Have It All_||||
|1997|_Smoke + Mirrors_|||||
|2003|__|||||
|2005|__|||||
|2006|__|||||
|2021|__|||||

## Remix and production credits

|scope="col" style="width:20em;"|Title|scope="col" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col"|Artist|scope="col"|Album|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1989|Deon Estus|_Spell_||||||
|rowspan="4"|1991||_Praise_|||||
|Pepsi & Shirlie|_Change_|||||||
|Jay Henry||||||||
|Bananarama|__|||||||
|1993||_Let's Get Started_||||||
|2021|Sleeper|_This Time Tomorrow_||||||

## Music videos

|scope="col" style="width:20em;"|Title|scope="col" style="width:1em;"|Year|scope="col"|Director(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1984||||||
|1986|Luc Roeg|||||
|rowspan="4"|1987|Brian Grant||||
|rowspan="3"||||||
|rowspan="3"|1988|Tony Scott||||
|Andy Morahan||||||
|rowspan="2"|1990|Michael Borofsky||||
|David Fincher||||||
|1991|Andy Morahan|||||
|1992|George Michael and Thierry Mugler|||||
|1993||||||
|rowspan="3"|1996|||||
|rowspan="2"|and|||||
|rowspan="3"|1997|Milton Lage||||
|Andy Morahan||||||
|The New Renaissance||||||
|1998|Vaughan Arnell|||||
|rowspan="2"|1999|Big TV!||||
|Joanna Bailey||||||
|2000||||||
|rowspan="2"|2002|||||
|2DTV||||||
|rowspan="3"|2004|||||
|Andy Morahan||||||
|2005|Anthea Benton|||||
|2006|Jake Nava|||||
|2009|rowspan="2"|M.I.E.||||
|2011||||||
|2012|Ryan Hope|||||
|2014|Vaughan Arnell|||||
|2017||||||
|2019||||||

## Infobox (artist discography)

- **artist**: George Michael
- **image**: George Michael.jpeg
- **studio**: 5
- **compilation**: 2
- **video**: 5
- **live**: 2