George Michael

George Michael
George Micheal is a famous English Singer and song writer. His actual name is Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, and he was born on June 25, 1963. He had started his career as a front man of the duo Whami and had worked as a solo pop musician. He has a record of a sale of over 85 million records in the whole wide world.

His breakthrough debut album, having solo performance named 'Faith', has a record sale of over 20 million copies to date. British radio has played, his music to the highest number over the past two decades. He was born in East Finchley of North London. He had spent, most of his childhood in North London, living in the home his parents had bought soon after his birth. In his early teens, the family moved to Radlett and Michael attended Bushey Meads School.

George had started his career by forming a short-lived ska band called 'The Executive' with his best friends Andrew Ridgeley, Paul Ridgeley, Andrew Leaver, and David Mortimer. But his real musical career had started, with the formation of Wham. It proved to be a turning pointing for the band's first album, Fantastic, was released going to number 1 in the UK, and within a year, they had released their classic debut single, Wham Rap! They followed with titles such as Bad Boys, and Club Tropicana. Their second album named 'Make It Big' was their breakthrough, as it is estimated to be sold over 6 million copies in the US alone and made them international superstars. Singles from that album included Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Freedom, Smooth Criminal and Careless Whisper, which was released as a Michael solo effort, were immensely popular with the audiences.

Wham!'s had a tour of China in April 1985, it was the first ever visit to China by a Western pop act. It had caused a great media hype and the focus was mostly on Michael. The tour presented as a documentary by celebrated film director Lindsay Anderson and producer Martin Lewis in their film Foreign Skies: Wham! In China and contributed to Michael's ever-widening fame.

As the solo career of Michael was at great height with the releases like, Careless Whisper and A Different Corner, there were rumors, regarding the split of the g Wham! They had a farewell single, Edge of Heaven, an album, plus a sell-out concert at Wembley Stadium that included the world premiere of the China film. The Wham! Partnership officially ended with the little-known single Where Did Your Heart Go?, which reached a peak position of #50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in November 1986.

George Michael desired to create music targeted to a more sophisticated audience than the duo's primarily teenage fan base. The first step of his solo career, in early 1987, was a duet with soul music icon Aretha Franklin. I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) was a one-off project that helped Michael achieve an ambition by singing with one of his favorite artists, and it reached number one on both the UK Singles Chart and the Billboard Hot 100 upon its release.

It was the third consecutive solo number-one of George in the UK from three releases. Started with the 1984's Careless Whisper (though the single was actually from the Wham! album Make It Big) and 1986's A Different Corner. The single was also the first Michael had recorded as a solo artist which he had not written himself. The song had made George win a Grammy Award in 1988 for Best R&B .

The global icon of pop rock music, George Michael is a top ranked artist with the record sale of 100 million albums worldwide. He has secured the highest positions on the Music Charts from Austria to Australia. Not only this, his outstanding live performances have sold out arenas from Tokyo to Tampa. The artist of eighties with his evergreen music is well recognized by even the younger generations and his songs such as Careless Whisper, Last Christmas and a Different Corner are hummed by millions.

George Michael is ranked among the World's Best Selling Music Artists. His thirty years old career boasts of several Grammy Awards and a number of Brit, American Music and Ivor Novello Awards, among others. The artist started off his solo career with the sensational track Careless Whispers and it laid path for numerous other hit songs and albums. He has released five studio albums with sales reaching in millions. His first solo album Faith was ranked among Top 10 on the Billboard 200 Charts for 51 consecutive weeks. Similarly his latest album Patience sold 200,000 copies in the first week of release.

The music industry greatly values George Michael for his phenomenal contributions and he serves as inspiration for many. His concerts are sold out way before the day of the event. George Michael tickets are on sale for his upcoming live performance. Get them as soon as possible!