George Michael
English singer (1963-2016) · United Kingdom · Musicians · Died at 53
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Something wrong?The voice that made "Careless Whisper" and "Faith" global anthems - 10 US number-ones, 13 in the UK, over 25 million copies of one album alone. George Michael turned pop songwriting into an art of ache and groove, then spent decades navigating the gap between the image and the man.
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Songs From the Last CenturyAlbum1997BRIT AwardsAward1996OlderAlbum1991BRIT AwardsAward1990“I guess somewhere along the way He must have let us all out to play Turned his back, and all God's children Crept out the back door”In their wordsListen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)“Did you cling to the things they sold you? Did you cover your eyes when they told you That he can't come back, 'cause he has no children To come back for”In their wordsPraying for TimeGreatest HitsAlbumListen Without Prejudice, Volume 1Album1989American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B AlbumAwardFavorite Pop/Rock Male ArtistAwardFavorite Soul/R&B Male ArtistAward1988BRIT AwardsAwardGolden Raspberry Award for Worst Original SongAwardGrammy AwardsAward1987
FaithAlbum1985BRIT AwardsAward1963Born25 June 1963Also in Deutsch
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Michael (left) and Andrew Ridgeley as Wham!, c. 1984-1985
Michael performed at Live Aid at the old Wembley Stadium (exterior pictured) on 13 July 1985, and Wham! played their last concert, The Final, at the same venue on 28 June 1986.
Garth Brooks and Michael at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, 29 April 2000
Michael performing in Antwerp, Belgium, 2006
Michael onstage in Munich, 2006
Michael at the Royal Opera House in 2011In their own words 4
, I spent the first half of my career being accused of being gay when I hadn't had anything like a gay relationship.
I have to be honest here, I'm not really interested in selling records to people who are homophobic. I don't need the approval of people who don't approve of me.
I guess somewhere along the way He must have let us all out to play Turned his back, and all God's children Crept out the back door
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Born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley in 1963, he formed Wham! with Andrew Ridgeley in 1981 and became a fixture of mid-'80s pop before stepping into Band Aid and Live Aid. His 1987 solo debut Faith won the Grammy for Album of the Year and sold over 25 million copies worldwide, spawning a run of chart dominance that continued through Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 in 1990, Older in 1996, and Patience in 2004. He came out publicly in 1998 after an arrest for public lewdness, then became an outspoken LGBTQ rights advocate and HIV/AIDS fundraiser while tabloids tracked his legal troubles and drug use. The 2004 documentary A Different Story traced the arc; the 25 Live tour ran three years. He fell into a coma with pneumonia in 2011, recovered, played his final show at Earls Court in 2012, and died of heart disease at home in Goring-on-Thames on Christmas Day 2016.
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