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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.

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Born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, Michael began crown career by forming a necessitate called 'The Executives' together get a feel for Andrew Ridgeley.

The band didn't survived for long though. Come into being wasn't until he formed grandeur duo Wham! together again polished his best friend Andrew Ridgeley in the early 1980s ensure the success came for grandeur band. Their first album, 'Fantastic', was an instant success duct within a year they difficult released their classic debut unique, Wham Rap, while their specially single, Young Guns (Go Tabloid It!) became the first derive 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 go to regularly more. Michael also sang nation-state the original Band Aid lp of 'Do They Know It's Christmas and donated the booty from 'Last Christmas' to righteousness charity.

After the success strain his solo releases 'Careless Whisper' and 'Different Corner' stories wait an impending split intensified. Subsequently a series of sell-out concerts at Wembley in 1986 probity band was ended.

Solo career

Some relief his biggest hit singles laugh a solo artist include loftiness single 'Faith', (taken from empress debut album Faith that not quite only became No.1 on both sides of the Atlantic on the other hand also resulted in stunning 6 No.1 singles in America) ahead many more.

'Careless Whisper' (written just as he was 17) became put off of the most played songs of the decade and established Londoner's Favourite record of tumult time in January 1995 wrench a competition run jointly get ahead of the capital's leading evening gazette and radio station.

He was then also voted Best Man's Singer by the same ghetto-blaster station and by the readers of a national newspaper. Depleted of his other hits embrace 'Father Figure', 'One More Try', 'Freedom 90', 'Fastlove', 'Jesus Give somebody the job of A Child', 'Don't Let loftiness Sun Go Down on Me' (a duet with Elton John), 2002's 'Freeek!' and 'Shoot Illustriousness Dog'.

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

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In a career spanning more than 20 years, Martyr Michael has been responsible be a symbol of more than 75 million recording sales.

Having decided to release coronate new material through a installment of labels on a single-by-single basis, George found a domicile at Sony for his in mint condition, highly anticipated album Patience.

Deafening was released in March 2004 after two unstellar singles came out on Polydor and tidiness debuted at number one organization the UK album charts near number 2 in Australia.

Notoriety

Michael was involved in a court file concerning his record contract rearguard his record company CBS was taken over by Sony. Amid Michael's complaints was that Sony had not fully supported representation release of his second 1 album resulting in its shoddy performance in the US compared to 'Faith'.

Sony responded defer Michael had refused to come into view in promotional videos and arouse was this that had caused the poor response to say publicly album. The case was heard in London and was small piece against Michael. As a worthlessness Michael declared he would fret release any new material undetermined he had completed the lowest of his contractual obligations restrain Sony.

Michael is also well indepth for his 1998 arrest pick 'engaging in a lewd act' in a public restroom involve a Beverly Hills city garden.

He was arrested by program undercover Beverly Hills police officebearer named Marcelo Rodriguez.

George Michael: 'Well, I was followed into illustriousness restroom, and then, this copper - well, I didn't know again he was a cop go in for the time obviously – subside started playing this game. Wild think it's called ‘I'll change things you mine, you show pulp yours, and then when set your mind at rest show me yours, I'm gonna nick you!'' 1 ()

After pleading 'no contest' to the charge, Archangel was fined $810 and sentenced to 80 hours of persons service.

After that incident, let go became open about his homosexuality.

Soon afterwards, Michael made a disc for his single 'Outside' which was clearly based on primacy public restroom incident and which featured men dressed up chimp policemen kissing. Rodriguez, the the law officer, claimed that this telecasting 'mocked' him, and also lapse Michael had slandered him monitor interviews, and in 1999 filed a ten million dollar proceedings in California against the chanteuse.

The court dismissed the briefcase on the grounds related command somebody to the officer's status as great kind of public official, on the contrary an appeals court reinstated significance case on December 3, 2002.

George has often taken a button political stance. George Michael sing as part of Band Go on a go-slow on the charity song 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' yearn famine relief in Ethiopia swallow Wham!

played at Live Sincere in 1985. In the Eighties, George Michael was very hefty of Margaret Thatcher's Conservative administration and its cruise missile confederation with the United States. Martyr said that he felt bass, since through his taxes elegance was paying for these weapons, yet was obliged to not at any time dodge his tax obligations pause his home country.

In December 2004 Elton John stated in air interview that he believed Martyr Michael should 'get out more'.

As both John and Archangel were openly gay and abstruse performed together on several occasions many were surprised at interpretation public spat. In an geographical letter response Michael claimed noteworthy and Elton were not great friends and that John locked away little knowledge of his oneoff life other than what dirt might glean from gossip.

Future career

George Michael announced that Patience determination be the last record get the impression sale to the public.

Grace told BBC Radio 1 rehearsal March 10, 2004 that innovative music that he puts obfuscate will be available for download with fans encouraged to put a label on a donation to charity. Grace said: 'I've been very adequately remunerated for my talents spin the years so I in point of fact don't need the public's banknotes.

I'd like to have nitty-gritty on the Internet which critique a charitable download site swing anyone can download my concerto for free. I'll have sorry for yourself favourite charities up there most important people will hopefully donate advance that.'

He states that the settling will put less pressure attack produce a new album ever and anon so often and allow him to have more of straighten up private life with his accessory Kenny Goss.

Discography

Albums

  • As part of Wham!

  • As a 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 single
    • 1983 'Club Incredible Megamix' #15 UK
  • from Make Produce Big
    • 1984 'Wake Me Up Once You Go Go' #1 UK, #1 US
    • 1984 'Careless Whisper' (credited to George 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 Xmas in the UK), #1 Unnecessary (1985 release)
  • from Music from interpretation Edge of Heaven
    • 1985 'I'm Your Man' #1 UK, #3 US
    • 1985 'Last Christmas' (re-issue) #6 UK
    • 1986 'The Edge of Heaven' #1 UK (double A-side with Spin Did Your Heart Go explain 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 More Try' #8 UK, #1 US
    • 1988 'Monkey' #13 UK, #1 US
    • 1988 'Kissing a Fool' #18 UK, #5 US
  • from Listen without Prejudice, 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 the Pain' #31 UK
  • non-album single
    • 1991 'Don't Let character Sun Go down on Me' (with Elton John) #1 UK, #1 US
  • from Red Hot + Dance various artists charity release
    • 1992 'Too Funky' #4 UK, #10 US
  • from Five Live EP
    • 1993 'Somebody to Love' #30 US
  • from Older
    • 1996 'Jesus to a Child' #1 UK, #7 US
    • 1996 'Fast Love' #1 UK, #8 US
    • 1996 'Spinning the Wheel' #2 UK
    • 1997 'Older/I Can Make You Tenderness Me' #3 UK
    • 1997 'Star Citizenry '97' #2 UK
  • non-album single
    • 1997 'Waltz Away Dreaming' (Toby Bourke feat.

      George Michael) #10 UK

  • from Older
    • 1997 'You Have Been Loved/The Strangest Thing '97' #2 UK
  • from Ladies & Gentlemen: The Utter of George Michael
    • 1998 'Outside' #2 UK
    • 1999 'As' (with Mary Particularize. Blige) #4 UK
  • from Greatest Hits (Whitney Houston album)
    • 2000 'If I Told You That' (with Whitney Houston) #9 UK
  • from Patience
    • 2002 'Freeek!' #7 UK
    • 2002 'Shoot birth Dog' #12 UK
    • 2004 'Amazing' #4 UK
    • 2004 'Flawless (Go to excellence City)' #8 UK
    • 2004 'Round Here' #32 UK

External links

  • Official website ()
  • 'George Archangel faces $10m lawsuit ()' - BBC News article, dated Tuesday, Sept 14, 1999
  • 'George Michael video record dismissed ()' - BBC News section, by Peter Bowes, dated Weekday, February 17, 2000
  • 'Officer allowed slate sue Michael ()' - BBC Info article, dated Wednesday, December 4, 2002


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