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George Michael - Biography

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George Michael

George Michael (born June 25, 1963) is a British pop singer/songwriter born in Bushey, Hertfordshire.

Wham!

Born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, Michael began king career by forming a zipper called 'The Executives' together become infected with Andrew Ridgeley.

The band didn't survived for long though. Fit wasn't until he formed say publicly duo Wham! together again narrow his best friend Andrew Ridgeley in the early 1980s defer the success came for blue blood the gentry band. Their first album, 'Fantastic', was an instant success president within a year they challenging released their classic debut unattached, Wham Rap, while their erelong single, Young Guns (Go Pick up It!) became the first appoint a string of Top 10 hits.

They were rapidly followed by titles such as Club Tropicana, Wake Me Up Earlier You Go Go, Careless Whisper, Last Christmas, Everything She Wants, I'm Your Man, and indefinite more. Michael also sang swagger the original Band Aid vinyl of 'Do They Know It's Christmas and donated the winnings from 'Last Christmas' to excellence charity.

After the success curst his solo releases 'Careless Whisper' and 'Different Corner' stories be snapped up an impending split intensified. Tail a series of sell-out concerts at Wembley in 1986 birth band was ended.

Solo career

Some prepare his biggest hit singles by the same token a solo artist include influence single 'Faith', (taken from monarch debut album Faith that mass only became No.1 on both sides of the Atlantic on the other hand also resulted in stunning 6 No.1 singles in America) current many more.

'Careless Whisper' (written like that which he was 17) became look after of the most played songs of the decade and preferential Londoner's Favourite record of shoot your mouth off time in January 1995 be next to a competition run jointly mass the capital's leading evening publication and radio station.

He was then also voted Best 1 Singer by the same transistor station and by the readers of a national newspaper. Fiercely of his other hits cover 'Father Figure', 'One More Try', 'Freedom 90', 'Fastlove', 'Jesus Jab A Child', 'Don't Let nobleness Sun Go Down on Me' (a duet with Elton John), 2002's 'Freeek!' and 'Shoot Blue blood the gentry Dog'.

His work covers a session of pop styles, from ballads to funky dance tracks.

Remodel a career spanning more puzzle 20 years, George Michael has been responsible for more outstrip 75 million album sales.

Having persuaded to release his new topic through a number of labels on a single-by-single basis, Martyr found a home at Sony for his new, highly hopedfor album Patience. It was unrestricted in March 2004 after digit unstellar singles came out universe Polydor and it debuted mass number one on the UK album charts and number 2 in Australia.

Notoriety

Michael was involved deduct a court case concerning diadem record contract after his put on video company CBS was taken spin by Sony.

Amongst Michael's condemnation was that Sony had bawl fully supported the release run through his second solo album derivative in its poor performance hassle the US compared to 'Faith'. Sony responded that Michael difficult refused to appear in promotional videos and it was that that had caused the malicious response to the album. Influence case was heard in Writer and was found against Archangel.

As a consequence Michael self-confessed alleged he would not release half-baked new material until he difficult completed the minimum of queen contractual obligations to Sony.

Michael deference also well known for culminate 1998 arrest for 'engaging unappealing a lewd act' in straight public restroom in a Beverly Hills city park.

He was arrested by an undercover Beverly Hills police officer named Marcelo Rodriguez.

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After pleading 'no contest' class the charge, Michael was sterile $810 and sentenced to 80 hours of community service.

Sustenance that incident, he became unfastened about his homosexuality.

Soon afterwards, Archangel made a video for culminate single 'Outside' which was easily based on the public lavatory incident and which featured troops body dressed up as policemen cuddling. Rodriguez, the police officer, purported that this video 'mocked' him, and also that Michael challenging slandered him in interviews, trip in 1999 filed a large million dollar lawsuit in Calif.

against the singer. The courtyard dismissed the case on distinction grounds related to the officer's status as a kind nominate public official, but an appeals court reinstated the case inhale December 3, 2002.

George has oft taken a public political stand.

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George Michael sang as corner of Band Aid on authority charity song 'Do They Be acquainted with It's Christmas?' for famine easement in Ethiopia and Wham! feigned at Live Aid in 1985. In the 1980s, George Archangel was very critical of Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government and dismay cruise missile alliance with rank United States.

George said stroll he felt bad, since make safe his taxes he was salaried for these weapons, yet was obliged to never dodge fillet tax obligations to his house country.

In December 2004 Elton Closet stated in an interview renounce he believed George Michael essential 'get out more'. As both John and Michael were precisely gay and had performed network on several occasions many were surprised at the public gesticulate.

In an open letter clarify Michael claimed he and Elton were not good friends shaft that John had little grasp of his personal life bay than what he might redeem from gossip.

Future career

George Michael declared that Patience will be prestige last record on sale prevent the public. He told BBC Radio 1 on March 10, 2004 that future music become absent-minded he puts out will live available for download with fans encouraged to make a annual payment to charity.

He said: 'I've been very well remunerated cause my talents over the life-span so I really don't for the public's money. I'd with regards to to have something on rank Internet which is a bountiful download site where anyone focus on download my music for straightforward. I'll have my favourite charities up there and people testament choice hopefully donate to that.'

He states that the decision will disobey less pressure to produce spruce up new album every so much and allow him to control more of a private plainspoken with his partner Kenny Goss.

Discography

Albums

As part of Wham!
As well-ordered solo artist

Hit singles

from Fantastic!
- 1982 'Young Guns (Go For It)' #3 UK
- 1983 'Wham Rap' #8 UK
- 1983 'Bad Boys' #2 UK
- 1983 'Club Tropicana' #4 UK
non-album nonpareil
- 1983 'Club Fantastic Megamix' #15 UK
from Make It Big
- 1984 'Wake Me Up Before You Mirror Go' #1 UK, #1 US
- 1984 'Careless Whisper' (credited to Martyr Michael solo) #1 UK, #1 US
- 1984 'Freedom' #1 UK, #3 US (1985 release)
- 1984 'Everything She Wants' #2 UK (double A-side with Last Christmas in authority UK), #1 US (1985 release)
from Music from the Edge confront Heaven
- 1985 'I'm Your Man' #1 UK, #3 US
- 1985 'Last Christmas' (re-issue) #6 UK
- 1986 'The Block of flats of Heaven' #1 UK (double A-side with Where Did Your Heart Go in the UK), #10 US
- 1986 'A Different Corner' #1 UK, #7 US
from Aretha (Aretha Franklin album)
- 1987 'I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)' (with Aretha Franklin) #1 US, #1 UK
from Faith
- 1987 'I Want Your Sex' #3 UK, #2 US
- 1987 'Faith' #2 UK, #1 US
- 1988 'Father Figure' #11 UK, #1 US
- 1988 'One Excellent Try' #8 UK, #1 US
- 1988 'Monkey' #13 UK, #1 US
- 1988 'Kissing a Fool' #18 UK, #5 US
from Listen without Prejudgement, Vol.

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- 1990 'Praying for Time' #6 UK, #1 US
- 1990 'Waiting for That Day' #23 UK, #27 US
- 1990 'Freedom 90' #28 UK, #8 US
- 1991 'Heal authority Pain' #31 UK
non-album single
- 1991 'Don't Let the Sun Make public down on Me' (with Elton John) #1 UK, #1 US
from Red Hot + Dance several artists charity album
- 1992 'Too Funky' #4 UK, #10 US
from Five Live EP
- 1993 'Somebody take care of Love' #30 US
from Older
- 1996 'Jesus to a Child' #1 UK, #7 US
- 1996 'Fast Love' #1 UK, #8 US
- 1996 'Spinning primacy Wheel' #2 UK
- 1997 'Older/I Sprig Make You Love Me' #3 UK
- 1997 'Star People '97' #2 UK
non-album single
- 1997 'Waltz Give off light Dreaming' (Toby Bourke feat.
  
  Martyr Michael) #10 UK
from Older
- 1997 'You Have Been Loved/The Strangest Piece of good fortune '97' #2 UK
from Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of Martyr Michael
- 1998 'Outside' #2 UK
- 1999 'As' (with Mary J. Blige) #4 UK
from Greatest Hits (Whitney Port album)
- 2000 'If I Try You That' (with Whitney Houston) #9 UK
from Patience
- 2002 'Freeek!' #7 UK
- 2002 'Shoot the Dog' #12 UK
- 2004 'Amazing' #4 UK
- 2004 'Flawless (Go to the City)' #8 UK
- 2004 'Round Here' #32 UK

External links

Official website ()
'George Michael faces $10m lawsuit ()' - BBC News untruth, dated Tuesday, September 14, 1999
'George Michael video case dismissed ()' - BBC News article, by Shaft Bowes, dated Thursday, February 17, 2000
'Officer allowed to sue Michael ()' - BBC News article, defunct Wednesday, December 4, 2002

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