George Michael - Biography - IMDb George Michael Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (1) | Trade Mark (1) | Trivia (39) | Personal Quotes (34) Overview (5) 6' (1.83 m) Mini Bio (1) George Michael was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in Finchley, north London, in the United Kingdom, to Lesley Angold (Harrison), a dancer, and Kyriacos Panayiotou, a restaurateur. His father was a Greek Cypriot, and his mother was of English background. He first discovered fame as a musician when he and school friend, Andrew Ridgeley , formed the pop group Wham! . Success came fast and furious with their first album, 'Fantastic' (1983) hitting the UK number one spot. Wham! survived for five years and during that time the group notched up four number one singles and two number one albums. Most of their other releases made top three.

George also contributed to the Band Aid Single 'Do They Know It's Christmas' (1984), and scored two further solo number one hits with 'Careless Whisper' and 'A Different Corner'. Following the break-up of Wham! , George went on to have a hugely successful career as a solo artist, his debut album 'Faith' (1987) - and the single of the same name - both achieving instant and international success. The album has since been certified Diamond. Over the last four decades George has notched up 8 number one albums in the and 13 number one singles in the UK (including Wham! , Band Aid , and the 'Five Live' EP). In the U.S. he has achieved 2 number one albums and 10 number one singles, with numerous other number one hits throughout the rest of the world. He has performed duets with artists including Aretha Franklin , Elton John , Queen , and Lisa Stansfield , and actively participates in charitable causes, Live Aid and the Freddie Mercury concert for AIDS being just two of the more prominent examples. According to a BBC documentary, George donated more than five million pounds towards various charities.

Whilst with Wham!, he donated all the proceeds of 'Last Christmas' (1984) to charity. The single reached number two in the UK and George also performed simultaneously on the number one charity record 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'. George released the single 'December Song' in 2008 as a free download: his hope was that purchasers would donate money to charity. He remained in contact with his Wham! partner and long-time friend Andrew Ridgeley until his death in 2016. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous Trade Mark (1) Powerful, smooth and soulful voice Trivia (39) He was arrested in April 1998 at a public restroom in Beverly Hills for committing a lewd act in front of an undercover police officer. As a result, for the first time he spoke publicly about being gay. BBC talk show host Michael Parkinson dedicated an episode of his Parkinson (1971) series to an interview with him. Michael also wrote and released the song "Outside", which had lyrics and a music video mocking the whole incident. The arresting police officer filed a civil suit against Michael for defamation of character, but it was dismissed.

He enjoyed four UK number one singles with Wham: "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" (1984), "Freedom" (1984), "I'm Your Man" (1985) and "The Edge of Heaven" (1986). His song "Father Figure" was sampled for PM Dawn 's hit "Looking Through Patient Eyes". He collaborated with Queen and Lisa Stansfield on the British chart-topping "Five Live" (EP) of 1993. The first three singles of George Michael's solo career all went to the number one position on the UK chart: "Careless Whisper" (1984), "A Different Corner" (1986) and "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (1987). The latter was a duet with Aretha Franklin . His song with Wham! , "Last Christmas", is the best selling UK hit never to get to number one, reaching the number two position in December 1984, being re-issued and reaching the number six position the next December and being re-issued again and reaching the number 45 position in December 1986.

It spent a total of 24 weeks on the UK chart. He sang on the number one and number two Christmas singles of 1984, Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and Wham! 's "Last Christmas". He was a big fan of This Morning (1988) and, on the final episode of the series, he phoned the presenters, Richard and Judy, to thank them live on air and to wish them the best. He has contributed two songs to the "Warchild Hope" album (released 21 April 2003); one is a cover of Don McLean 's "The Grave" and the other is his own classic "Faith" (a duet with Ms Dynamite). His controversial single "Shoot the Dog" (released 2002) had a video that ridiculed Tony Blair , Cherie Blair and George W. Bush . His last performance with Wham! was at Wembley Stadium in June 1986. Played a benefit for striking British miners.

[September 1984] He wrote his smash hit single "Careless Whisper" when he was just 17, on a Thursday afternoon in Bushey. He waited until he was 21 before he released it as his first solo single. The song reached number one in more than 25 countries and sold in excess of six million copies. His father, Kyriacos Panayiotou, was a Greek Cypriot restaurant owner, who emigrated to the U.K. from Cyprus in the 1950s. His mother, Lesley Angold (Harrison), was of English background, the daughter of George James Harrison and Daisy Angold Young. He and Andrew Ridgeley wrote "Careless Whisper" on the back of a bus during their school days. He provided backing vocals on Andrew Ridgeley 's album "Son Of Albert" on tracks "Red Dress" & "Shake". These were the only two songs to do well on the charts. His 1990 solo hit "Freedom 90" from the CD "Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1" was so titled to avoid confusion with his previous Wham! hit "Freedom".

He wrote many of his songs while working at a movie theater as a teenager. He was reported to have sold over 100 million albums upon his death in 2016 when his sales with Wham! and as a solo artist were combined. In the Independent on Sunday 2006 Pink List - a list of the most influential gay men and women - he came no. 25, down from 22. He had an estimated fortune of £105 million upon his death in 2016. He won several Brit (British Phonographic Industry) Awards during his career. He was the winner (as part of Wham! ) of the British Phonographic Industry Award for British Group in 1985. Wham! then shared the Outstanding Contribution award with Elton John in 1986. He was the winner of the award for British Male Solo Artist in 1988 following the success of his multi-million selling album "Faith". His album "Listen Without Prejudice Vol.1" won the 1991 Brit Award for British Album.

He was also the winner of the 1997 Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist following the success of his album "Older". He announced his retirement in February 2004, but began a new European tour in September 2006, his first tour in fifteen years. His debut solo album "Faith" has sold more than 20 million copies since its release in 1987. He was paid £1.7 million to perform for an hour at Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin's New Year's party on 31 December 2006. His partner Anselmo Feleppa, whom he met in 1991, died from an AIDS-related brain haemorrhage in 1993. He was sentenced to 100 hours community service for driving while unfit. The singer was arrested on 1 October 2006 after being found slumped at the wheel of his Mercedes in the early hours of the morning. He had an antidepressant in his system, as well as cannabis and 16 micro-grams per milliliter of the illegal Class C drug GHB. (9 June 2007).

He was a friend of Spice Girls singer Geri Horner . He was ranked #73 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists. A fan of The Beatles , he performed with Paul McCartney at Live 8 (2005). He also bought John Lennon 's Steinway Model Z upright piano for £1.67m in the year 2000, then donated it to Liverpool's Beatles Story museum. In September 2010, while serving a prison sentence for driving under the influence of drugs, Michael received a two-page handwritten letter from McCartney to lift his spirits. In the letter, McCartney said that he empathized with Michael as he himself had spent ten days in prison in Japan in 1980 after being caught with cannabis. He told Michael to keep his chin up and that he would see him when he is released. Apparently, Michael was delighted with the letter and read it over and over again. He wrote, produced and performed the classic song "Last Christmas" when he was just 21 years old. There have been over 395 cover versions of the song by different artists since it was released in 1984.

He had homes in London, in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire (where he died), and Dallas, Texas. He was a close friend of Shirlie Kemp , one of Wham! 's backing singers, and introduced her to her future husband, Martin Kemp , who was the bass player of the popular 1980s band Spandau Ballet . The singer's music video "Freedom" (1989) featured supermodels Linda Evangelista , Naomi Campbell , Christy Turlington , Cindy Crawford and Tatjana Patitz . Curiously, GM appeared nowhere in the video himself. Directed by David Fincher and photographed by Jeff Cronenweth . Many observed the poignancy that he died on Christmas Day, 32 years after he first had a hit with Wham! 's "Last Christmas", a song which has become a Yuletide perennial. Nearly died from pneumonia in December 2011. Claimed his maternal grandmother was Jewish. However this was not actually true. Matt & Andrej Koymasky - Famous GLTB - George Michael (June 25, 1963 - living) U.K.

Pop singer and songwriter George Michael, whose real name is Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, is born in Finchley, London. His family were Greek-Cypriot. In the UK he has been called The Bubble with the Stubble. From the Cockney rhyming slang bubble and squeak = Greek. He was often seen sporting designer stubble. He and Andrew Ridgeley (born 1963) first started to perform together in 1979 in a ska act, The Executive. George Michael wrote a song with the line "Wham bam thank you ma'am", and this led them to adopt the name Wham! for their singing duo. The song evolved into Wham! Rap (Enjoy What You Do), (February, 1983). The duo became popular and well-known and also had the hit singles: Young Guns ("Go For It", November 1982), and Bad Boys, (May, 1983). At the time of the release of Club Tropicana (August, 1983), they changed their management to Simon Napier-Bell and Jazz Summers.

However, by the end of 1985 the relationship ended acrimoniously, and George Michael made plans to go solo. The duo split with a farewell concert in Wembley Stadium on 28th. June, 1986 with an audience of 72000. He stopped producing work for a while during legal proceedings to extricate himself from his recording contract with Sony which he had originally signed to under CBS when in Wham!. The matter was eventually settled. He re-establised himself as a solo artists and his first three songs were no.1 hits and four more no.1 in the 90s. His songs between 1984 and 1999 included 18 Top 10 hits, 15 of them were Top 5 and overall 7 no.1s, he only had 7 songs out of Top 10. For many years there had been rumours about George Michael's sexuality, but he was very secretive and avoided addressing the issue. As a result he was called Coy George. Nevertheless his album Older had some clues. It was dedicated to his lover, Anselmo Feleppa, and some of the lyrics contained homosexual sentiments.

Prior to the incident which led to him being forced out he had recently lost his mother through cancer, he had been distressed at the deaths of his friends Princess Diana and Gianni Versace, and his lover of two years, Anselmo Feleppa, had died of an AIDS-related illness. On Tuesday April 7, 1998 Los Angeles detective, Marcello Rodriguez, arrested George Michael for lewd behaviour in a public lavatory in Will Rogers Memorial Park in Beverly Hills. The event became a big story, particularly in the tabloid newspapers. On April 9, 1998 the front page of The Sun was taken up entirely by the story with the banner headline almost filling the page "Zip me up before you go go". (A reference to the Wham! hit single "Wake me up before you go go", 1984.) He was sentenced to community service and sex counselling. The video of the song Outside was his reaction to this arrest. Rodriguez later claimed a large financial compensation because he was "traumatized and humiliated" by the behaviour of George Michael.

After the arrest George Michael was quoted as saying: "I feel stupid, reckless and weak for having allowed my sexuality to be exposed in this way, but I don't feel any shame whatsoever, and neither do I think I should." The incident might have been expected to be George Michael's fall from grace, but he turned the outing into something more to his own advantage. He underwent a metamorphosis from a scared closet case to an open, relaxed and happy homosexual. In subsequent interviews he became very ready to talk about his arrest and his sexuality. The video for the single Outside featured an irreverent reconstruction of events leading upto the arrest. A television interview by Michael Parkinson received some acclaim for its frankness. George Michael has been responsible for some of the best dance music and ballads of the '80s and '90s. Such songs as Faith, I Want Your Sex, Careless Whisper, Fastlove, Too Funky, and Freedom 90 establish him as one of the most inventive and exciting pop artists of our time. His lover is Kenny Goss. Source: The Knitting Circle - - et alii Hits Young Guns ("Go For It", 1982) Wham!

Rap ("Enjoy What You Do", 1983) Bad Boys (1983) Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (1984) Careless Whisper (1984) Last Christmas / Everything She Wants (1984) I'm your man (1984) Music From The Edge Of Heaven (1986) Where Did Your Heart Go (1986) Solo: I Knew You Were Waiting for Me (1987, with Aretha Franklin) I Want Your Sex (1987) Jive Talkin' (1987, with Boogie Box High) Faith(1987) Heaven Help Me (1989, with Deon Estus) Praying for Time (1990) Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me (1991, with Elton John) Too Funky (1992) Somebody to Love (1993, with Queen) Killer (1993) Jesus to a Child (1996) Fast Love (1996) You Have Been Loved (1997) Outside (1998) Listen Without Pre

judice, volume 1 (1990) Five Live (1993, with Queen) Ladies and Gentlemen, the Very Best of...

(1999) Songs From the Last Century (1999) Writing: George Michael: A colourful life - BBC News BBC News George Michael: A colourful life 14 September 2010 Read more about sharing. Close share panel George Michael - whose real name is Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou - was born in north London in 1963 to a Greek Cypriot father and English mother. While at secondary school in Bushey, Hertfordshire, he met his future pop partner Andrew Ridgeley. Within a year of forming duo Wham!, the teenagers released debut single, Wham Rap, closely followed by Young Guns (Go For It!). It was to be the first of many top 10 hits, including Wake Me Up (Before You Go Go) and Last Christmas. After the band broke up, Michael embarked on a successful solo career - his debut album Faith spawned several number one singles including Father Figure and the title track. It sold more than 20 million copies and earned Michael a best album Grammy in 1988. His second solo album was titled Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1.

It sold about eight million copies, considerably less than its predecessor but it did reach number two on the UK album chart and was named best British album at the Brits in 1991. In the 2005 documentary, George Michael: A Different Story, the singer admitted he had been striving to match the achievements of Michael Jackson and Madonna. But following the golden success of the early 1990s, Michael's life and image became dogged by trauma and controversy. Michael was devastated when he lost his lover Anselmo Feleppa to Aids in 1993. GEORGE MICHAEL'S LEGAL HISTORY April 1998 Arrested in LA for "engaging in a lewd act" in a public toilet. Ordered to pay a $810 fine and 80 hours community service. February 2006 Arrested for possession of Class C drugs. Cautioned and released. June 2007 Charged with driving while unfit through drugs. Given a two-year driving ban and 100 hours community service. September 2008 Arrested for possession of Class A and C drugs. Cautioned and released.

August 2010 Charged with driving under the influence of drugs and possession of Class C drugs. Given six-month interim driving ban until sentencing. September 2010 Sentenced to eight weeks in prison, fined £1,250 and given a five-year driving ban. George Michael's brushes with the legal system "Anyone who's experienced having somebody they love, whether it be a member of the family or a loved one, who has a terminal illness - which HIV was still considered in 1991 - anyone who's lived through that knows that it's a terrifying, terrifying thing," he said later. He fell out spectacularly with his record company Sony in 1994 and tried to get himself released from his contract, which he called "professional slavery". He accused Sony of not marketing Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1 adequately. A three-month court case ensued, which Michael eventually lost, forcing him to fulfil his contractual commitments and record two more songs to be used on a greatest hits album. Michael then signed a record deal with Dreamworks, releasing his album Older in 1995 but it sold less than one million copies in the US.

Michael lost his mother to cancer in 1997 and was arrested for a sex act in Los Angeles the following year, leading to a public admission that he was gay. He parodied the arrest incident in the video for his single Outside in 1998 - which reached number four on the UK singles chart. But headlines surrounding his brushes with the law soon began to overtake his music. He released a covers album, Songs From the Last Century, in 1995 and five years later returned with Patience which featured controversial single, Shoot the Dog. The video for the song was a political satire showing Tony Blair as George Bush's poodle. In 2006, he embarked on his first solo tour in 15 years, 25 Live, taking in Europe, the US and Canada. The 106 tour shows were performed in 41 countries and seen by 2 million fans. Tickets for the final two UK dates sold out in two hours. Earlier this year, he also toured Australia but it has been six years since he released an album of new material.

George Michael George Michael Birth Name: Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou Born: 25 June 1963 Died: 25 December 2016 Country of origin: View all George Michael pictures Description: George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou on 25 June 1963; died on 25 December 2016) was an English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer who rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! along with his school friend Andrew Ridgeley. His first solo single, "Careless Whisper" was released when he was still in the duo and sold about six million copies worldwide. As one of the world's best-selling music artists, Michael has sold over 100 million albums worldwide as of 2010.

His 1987 debut solo album, Faith has sold over 25 million copies worldwide and made several records and ach George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou on 25 June 1963; died on 25 December 2016) was an English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer who rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! along with his school friend Andrew Ridgeley. His first solo single, "Careless Whisper" was released when he was still in the duo and sold about six million copies worldwide. As one of the world's best-selling music artists, Michael has sold over 100 million albums worldwide as of 2010. His 1987 debut solo album, Faith has sold over 25 million copies worldwide and made several records and achievements in the United States. Michael has garnered seven number one singles in the UK and eight number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked Michael the 40th most successful artist on the "The Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists".

Michael has won numerous music awards throughout his 30 year career, including three Brit Awards winning Best British Male twice, four MTV Video Music Awards, four Ivor Novello Awards, three American Music Awards and two Grammy Awards from eight nominations. In 2004, Radio Academy named Michael as the most played artist on British radio between the period of 1984–2004. The documentary A Different Story was released in 2005; it covered his personal life and professional career. In 2006, George Michael announced his first tour in 15 years. 25 Live tour was a massive, worldwide undertaking by Michael that spanned three individual tours over the course of three years (2006, 2007 and 2008). The discography of George Michael, an English singer-songwriter, contains five studio albums, two compilation albums, one extended play, forty singles, sixteen music videos, four video albums and a number of other appearances with other artists. In his career Michael has sold 75 million records worldwide. Michael's debut album, Faith, was released by Epic Records in the United Kingdom in October 1987.

It included the singles "I Want Your Sex", "Faith", "Father Figure", "One More Try" and "Monkey". The album peaked at number one in the UK Albums Chart, and was certified 4× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It also peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200 and was certified Diamond for sales of over 10 million. Also in 1987 Michael collaborated with Aretha Franklin on the UK and US number one single "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)". In September 1990 Michael released his second album, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, which peaked at number one in the UK, number two in the US and was certified 4× Platinum by the BPI. The album spawned the singles; "Praying for Time", "Waiting for That Day", "Freedom! '90", "Heal the Pain" and "Cowboys and Angels". In December 1991 Michael released "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", a duet with Elton John; it reached number one in the UK and US.

In 1992 Michael recorded "Too Funky", for the charity project Red Hot + Dance; the song reached number four in the UK and number ten in the US. In 1993 Michael released the Five Live EP, which contained tracks performed at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert with Queen and Lisa Stansfield. It debuted at number one in the UK and was certified Gold. In early 1996 Michael released "Jesus to a Child", a UK number-one single. The follow-up "Fastlove", also peaked at number one in the UK. Following "Fastlove", the album Older was released, in May 1996. Other singles from the album included "Spinning the Wheel", "Star People '97" and the double A-sides "Older / I Can't Make You Love Me" and "You Have Been Loved / The Strangest Thing '97". All of these reached the UK top three. Michael released his first greatest hits collection, Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael, in November 1998; it contained the new songs "Outside" and "As", a duet with Mary J. Blige.

The album is Michael's most successful in the UK, reaching number one and it was certified 7× Platinum. Michael's fourth studio album, Songs from the Last Century, was released in December 1999 and included cover versions of popular songs. His next album Patience, was released in March 2004 and peaked at number one in the UK. Twenty Five, released in 2006, was George Michael's second greatest hits album, celebrating the 25th anniversary of his music career. It debuted at number one in the UK. The album contains songs mainly from George Michael's solo career and three new songs: "An Easier Affair" and "This Is Not Real Love" (a duet with Mutya Buena, formerly of Sugababes). In December 2008 Michael released a new track "December Song" on his website for free. The following year, "December Song" was officially released as a download single in the UK. ADDITIONAL REMARKS: He is of Greek descent, his father immigrated to the UK years before his birth. ...

( more ) ( less ) George Michael - Songwriter, Singer - Biography.com George Michael Grammy Award-winning singer George Michael was one of the leading pop stars of the 1980s and '90s. His 1987 album 'Faith' won a Grammy for best album of the year. IN THESE GROUPS quotes “You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.” “The truth is my love life has been a lot more turbulent than I have let on.” “Celebrity and secrets don't go together. The bastards will get you in the end.” George Michael Synopsis George Michael was born in London, England, on June 25, 1963. As a teenager, he formed the band Wham! with high school friend Andrew Ridgeley. In 1984, the duo had their first worldwide hit with "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go." Two years later, Michael went solo, releasing a hit debut album Faith, which has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide. In 1998, Michael announced that he was gay after being arrested for lewd conduct in a public restroom.

Michael continued to perform and his career had a reboot in the mid-2000s with the release of his greatest hits album Twenty Five. He continued to tour and donated much of his time and wealth to charity. Michael died of heart failure on December 25, 2016 in his home in England at the age of 53. Wham! Fame George Michael was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou on June 25, 1963, in East Finchley, London, England. One of the leading artists in popular music in the 1980s and '90s, he grew up in and around London, where he developed his passion for music at an early age. While in high school, Michael befriended Andrew Ridgeley, with whom he shared a love of pop music and they began playing music together. By some reports, Michael and Ridgeley were an unlikely duo. Michael was pudgy and shy, while Ridgeley was attractive and outgoing. Dropping out of high school, Michael and Ridgeley started a short-lived ska band called the Executive. That band only played a few gigs before it fell apart, but Michael and Ridgeley soon found success.

In 1982, they landed a recording contract with Innervision records and became known as Wham! Their first album, Fantastic!, was released in Britain in 1982, and climbed as high as the No. 4 spot on the charts there (it was released in the United States the following year). With their youthful good looks, Wham! soon developed a devoted following among teenage girls. With their catchy, Motown-influenced sound, Wham! lived up to the title of their second album, Make It Big (1984). They scored their first number one hit in the United States with "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go." The up-tempo hit "Everything She Wants" and the ballad "Careless Whisper" also reached the top of the U.S. charts. In 1984, Michael also performed with the charity Band Aid on the holiday single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" to benefit Ethiopian famine relief. Michael and Ridgeley also donated the proceeds of their hit holiday single ”Last Christmas"/"Everything She Wants" to Band Aid’s charitable efforts. A year later on April 7, 1985, Wham!

made history as the first Western pop group to perform in China. READ ARTICLE: "Wham! Brings the West to Communist China" On July 13, 1985, Wham! performed to raise funds for Ethiopian famine again, at Live Aid, and it was there that Michael and Elton John sang John's classic "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me," at Wembley Stadium in London. As the lead vocalist and main songwriter, Michael emerged as the star of the group. It was not long before he broke out on his own. He left after the group's 1986 recording, Music from the Edge of Heaven. While it was not as big of a hit as their earlier efforts, the album still had several popular singles, including "Where Did Your Heart Go?" and "I'm Your Man." Recreating His Image As a solo artist, Michael earned his first Grammy Award for a duet with soul icon Aretha Franklin . Their single, "I Knew You Were Waiting," won Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1987. That same year, he made an impressive debut with Faith (1987).

Trying to shed his teen heartthrob image, he went for an edgier look, often sporting a leather jacket and a few days' worth of stubble. Musically, he took a funkier direction as well with the album. Driven in part by the number one title track, the recording reached the top of the album charts. Other hits included "Father Figure," "Monkey," and "One More Try." (Photo: Michael Putland/Getty Images ) Michael also courted controversy with another track on the album—"I Want Your Sex." Some radio stations in the United States refused to play it because of its explicit content while others would only play it late at night for the same reason. Despite the censorship, Faith went on to sell more than 25 million copies worldwide and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1988. Continuing his musical evolution, Michael incorporated soulful and jazz elements into his songs on Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (1990).

The album featured a few hits, including "Praying for Time." Further distancing himself from his pop image, he chose not to star in the video for "Freedom 90." Instead the video featured such models as Naomi Campbell , Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford . Solo Career While Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 received some positive reviews, the album only sold about 1 million copies. Michael became involved in a legal battle with his recording company Sony. Feeling that they had failed to properly promote the record, he wanted to end his recording contract. The conflict dragged on for several years, during which time Michael recorded only a few singles. In 1991, Michael reprised "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me," his duet with Elton John , for charity. It became a No. 1 hit, with the proceeds going to London Lighthouse , an AIDS hospice, and the Rainbow Trust Children's Charity . Later that year, Michael hit the charts with "Too Funky," a track featured on Red Hot and Dance, an AIDS charity album. Finally free from his contract with Sony, Michael released the album Older in 1996.

Two tracks, "Jesus to a Child" and "Fastlove," broke into the top 10 in the United States as did the album. Still, the sales for the recording paled in comparison to his earlier efforts with some attributing this decline to Michael's time away from the pop music scene. Michael did win several accolades for his work, however, taking home the award for Best British Male at the BRIT Awards and the MTV Europe Awards that year. Personal Life and Controversy In 1998, Michael made headlines, though this time not for his music. He was arrested for lewd conduct in a men's room at a public park in Los Angeles, California. After the incident, Michael made a television appearance in which he acknowledged that he was homosexual. There had been some speculation about his sexual orientation over the years, but this was his first public statement on the matter. His next musical effort was a collection of covers, Songs from the Last Century (1999). While it received some positive reviews, album sales lagged and it was his lowest charting album in the U.K.

Michael recorded several singles over the next few years, including a 2000 duet with Whitney Houston on the song "If I Told You That." Michael released his fourth solo album, Patience, in 2004. Instead of the pop charts, he found success on the dance charts. "Flawless" and "Amazing" both scored well with dance music fans. After this record, Michael made comments about giving up the music business, but his rumored retirement would prove to be short lived. A Different Story, a documentary about Michael's life and career, was released in 2005. In February 2006, Michael had another encounter with the law and was arrested on suspicion of illegal drugs in London. According to a report in Rolling Stone magazine, the singer said in a statement that "it's my own stupid fault, as usual." A few months later, Michael announced that he was going on tour for the first time in 15 years. He also released a collection of his songs, entitled Twenty Five, in the United Kingdom. The work, which included some new material, was a celebration of Michael's 25 years in music.

Comeback Resurrecting his career in the United States in 2008, Michael made several appearances, released Twenty Five stateside and guest-starred on the television series Eli Stone as a musical guardian angel of sorts. The show also featured some of his classic hits. He went on to perform on the series finale of the popular musical competition show American Idol before embarking on a national tour in the summer of 2008. In April 2011, Michael released a cover of Stevie Wonder 's 1972 song, "You and I," as a gift to Prince William and Kate Middleton prior to the couple's wedding. In August of that year, the singer-songwriter began performing as part of his Symphonica Tour, which ended early after Michael fell ill with pneumonia a few months into the series. The following year, Michael performed "Freedom! 90" and "White Light" at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, held in London. In May 2013, a 49-year-old Michael was airlifted to a medical facility in London, England, after being involved in an accident on the M1 motorway near St. Albans.

Michael had reportedly been found at the scene of the accident by paramedics, and had not been seriously injured. In his personal life, Michael was in a 13-year relationship with Kenny Goss that ended in 2009. Michael began a relationship with celebrity hair stylist Fadi Fawaz that year until the pop icon's untimely death in 2016. At the time of his death, Michael was working on Freedom, a second documentary about his life, which is scheduled for release in March 2017. Death George Michael died of heart failure on December 25, 2016 at the age of 53. Michael's partner Fadi Fawaz found him dead at his home in Oxfordshire on Christmas morning. "It is with great sadness that we can confirm our beloved son, brother and friend George passed away peacefully at home over the Christmas period," read a statement by his publicist. Following his death, many charities and individuals posted on social media about Michael's generous philanthropic acts and how he often donated his time and much of his wealth anonymously.

The pop star avoided making headlines for his many acts of kindness, which included volunteering at a homeless shelter, paying for a woman's fertility treatments and tipping a waitress thousands of dollars to help her pay for her nursing school debts. He also anonymously gave millions of dollars to charities, including Childline , a counseling service for children in the U.K. "No one outside the charity knew how much he gave to the nation's most vulnerable children," said Dame Esther Rantzen, the charity’s founder, said in an interview with the British news outlet ITN. Celebrities around the world also reacted to the unexpected news of Michael's death with disbelief, sadness, and an appreciation of his musical legacy. Fact Check We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us ! Citation Information George Michael - MusicBrainz George Michael George Michael 1 Showing official release groups by this artist. Show all release groups instead , or show various artists release groups . Artist information George Michael Discography at Discogs Report George Michael Nacido en Londres en 1963, Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou saltó a la fama en los años 80 el dúo pop Wham!

que formó con schoolfriend Andrew Ridgeley en 1981. Se produjeron dos álbumes número uno y las listas de éxitos individuales "Wake Me Up Antes de Go-Go" y "Soy tu hombre", así como los diez mejores canciones como "Club Tropicana "y" Young Guns (ir a por ello!) ". Después de cantar en la Band Aid sencillo "Do They Know Es Navidad?" George posteriormente puesto en libertad sencillos "Careless Whisper y" A Different Corner ", ambos de los cuales fue a ninguna. 1 en el UK Singles Chart. En 1986, el dúo se dividió y lanzó una canción de despedida, "The Edge of Heaven", y se realizó un programa de sell-out en el estadio de Wembley. El Grammy-premiado "Yo sabía que estaba esperando", un dúo con Aretha Franklin encabezó las listas en ambos lados del Atlántico y en 1987 George Michael lanzó su primer disco en solitario Fe .

El álbum ha logrado vender más de 25 millones de copias en todo el mundo. Cuatro de las canciones del álbum de éxito el primer lugar en el Billboard: "Fe", "Padre Modelo", "One More Try", y "mono". En 1990, el cantante y compositor lanzado escuchar sin prejuicios y sin ninguna actividad promocional. El álbum incluye canciones "Libertad! '90" y "Esperando ese día" y ganó un BRIT Award a la Mejor Álbum. Cuatro años más tarde George realizó la canción "Jesús a un niño", un homenaje a su amante que había muerto en 1993. La pista apareció en más vieja que fue lanzado en 1996. El álbum también incluyó el single número 1 "Fastlove".

Sus grandes éxitos álbum doble de señoras y caballeros: Lo mejor de George Michael dio lugar a dos nuevas top diez sencillos "exteriores" y "como" y el álbum en sí pasaron ocho semanas en la cima de la tabla de álbumes del Reino Unido. Después de un álbum de covers - Canciones del siglo pasado - George lanzado a finales de su último álbum de estudio paciencia en marzo de 2004. Uno de los discos más vendido en la historia del Reino Unido que fue directamente en al N ° 1. En mayo de 2011, George anunció la gira Sinfónica jugando fechas europeas con una orquesta. Después de enfermarse de neumonía en Viena pospuso el resto de la gira hasta finales de 2012, pero también apareció en el Brit entrega de premios en el año 2012 para presentar también cantante Adele con su premio.

El 25 de diciembre el año 2016 anunció su publicista que George Michael se había "fallecido tranquilamente en casa". Who Is George Michael - George Michael Net Worth Who Is George Michael Read more... George Michael George Michael Net Worth is $90 Million. George Michael has an estimated net worth of $90 million. George Michael was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou on June 25, 1963 in Hertfordshire, England. He began getting involved in the music business when h. George Michael (born Georgio... George Michael Net Worth is $90 Million. George Michael Net Worth is $90 Million. George Michael has an estimated net worth of $90 million. George Michael was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou on June 25, 1963 in Hertfordshire, England. He began getting involved in the music business when h George Michael ; 25 June 1963) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Michael rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham!

with his school friend, Andrew Ridgeley. His first solo single, "Careless Whisper", was released when he was still in the duo and sold about six million copies worldwide. As one of the world's best-selling music artists, Michael has sold more than 100 million records worldwide as of 2010. His 1987 debut solo album, Faith, has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and made several records and achievements in the United States. Michael has garnered seven number one singles in the UK and eight number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked Michael the 40th most successful artist on the Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists list. Michael has won numerous music awards throughout his 30-y...

Question: Born in 1963, whose real name is Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou?
Answer: GEORGE MICHAEL