George Michael, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

George Michael

English singer-songwriter, musician, producer

Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1963

Place of Birth: East Finchley, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 25-Dec-2016

Profession: composer, singer, record producer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist, film director, film producer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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About George Michael

  • George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham! and later embarked on a solo career.
  • Michael sold over 80 million records worldwide making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
  • He achieved seven number one songs on the UK Singles Chart and eight number one songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
  • Michael formed the duo Wham! with Andrew Ridgeley in 1981.
  • The band's first two albums, Fantastic (1983) and Make It Big (1984), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard 200.
  • Michael's first solo single "Careless Whisper" reached number one in over 20 countries, including the UK and US.
  • His debut solo album Faith (1987) topped the UK Albums Chart and stayed at number one on the Billboard 200 for 12 weeks.
  • It achieved four Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits: "Faith", "Father Figure", "One More Try", and "Monkey" and won Album of the Year at the 31st Grammy Awards.
  • Three years after the release of Faith, Listen Without Prejudice Vol.
  • 1 (1990) was released which included the Billboard Hot 100 number one "Praying for Time".
  • "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", a 1991 duet with Elton John, was also a transatlantic number one.
  • Michael, who came out as gay in 1998, was an active LGBT rights campaigner and HIV/AIDS charity fundraiser.
  • Michael's personal life and legal troubles made headlines during the late 1990s and 2000s, as he was arrested for public lewdness in 1998 and was arrested for multiple drug-related offenses after that time.
  • The 2005 documentary A Different Story covered his career and personal life.
  • Michael's first tour since 1991, the 25 Live tour, spanned three tours over the course of three years; 2006, 2007, and 2008.
  • Six years later, he performed his final concert at London's Earls Court in 2012.
  • In the early hours of 25 December 2016, Michael was found dead at his home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire aged 53.
  • A coroner's report attributed his death to natural causes.
  • Michael won various music awards including two Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, three American Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards and six Ivor Novello Awards.
  • In 2004, the Radio Academy named Michael the most played artist on British radio during the period 1984–2004.
  • In 2008, he was ranked 40th on Billboard's list of the Greatest Hot 100 Artists of All Time.

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