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a b c d "Austrian certifications – George Michael" (in German). IFPI Austria . Retrieved 26 December 2016. a b c d "George Michael > Album & Song Chart History > Billboard Hot 100". Billboard . Retrieved 6 March 2011. Michael's debut solo album, Faith, was released by Columbia Records in the United States and sibling label Epic Records in the United Kingdom in October 1987. It included the singles " I Want Your Sex", " Faith" (the Billboard Hot 100 year-end number-one single of 1988 in the United States), " Father Figure", " One More Try"," Monkey" and Kissing A Fool. The album peaked at number one in the UK Albums Chart, and was certified 4× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). [3] [4] It also peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200 and was certified Diamond for sales of over 10 million copies. [5] [6] Also in 1987, Michael collaborated with Aretha Franklin on the UK and US number one single " I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)". [3] [7] In September 1990, Michael released his second album, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, which peaked at number one in the UK, number two in the US, and was certified 4× Platinum by the BPI. [3] [4] [5] The album spawned the singles; " Praying for Time", " Waiting for That Day", " Freedom! '90", " Heal the Pain" and " Cowboys and Angels". Irish Charts > George Michael". irishcharts.ie Irish Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010 . Retrieved 6 March 2011. New Releases – For Week Starting 1 March, 1999: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 27 February 1999. p.25 . Retrieved 28 July 2021.

Year list Album (incl. Collections), 1999". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish) . Retrieved 1 January 2021. Bland is all I can say. I certainly think it's no great loss to music, and to those who think he's the next best thing to John Lennon, please give us a break. During the late 1980s, Michael had a relationship with make-up artist Kathy Jeung, who was regarded for a time as his artistic "muse" and who appeared in the " I Want Your Sex" video. [165] Michael later said that she had been his "only bona fide" girlfriend, and that she knew of his bisexuality. [160] In 2016, Jeung reacted to Michael's death by calling him a "true friend" with whom she had spent "some of the best time of [her] life". [166] In December 1991, Michael released " Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", a duet with Elton John; it reached number one in the UK and US. [3] [7] In 1992, Michael recorded " Too Funky", for the charity project Red Hot + Dance; the song reached number four in the UK and number ten in the US. [3] [7] In 1993, Michael released his version of Somebody To Love, which was performed at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert with Queen. It debuted at number one in the UK and was certified Gold. [3] [4] In early 1996, Michael released " Jesus to a Child", a UK number-one single. [3] The follow-up " Fastlove", also peaked at number one in the UK. [3] Following "Fastlove", the album Older was released, in May 1996. Other singles from the album included " Spinning the Wheel", " Star People '97" and the double A-sides " Older / I Can't Make You Love Me" and " You Have Been Loved / The Strangest Thing '97". All of these reached the UK top three. [3] Michael released his first greatest hits collection, Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael, in November 1998; it contained the new songs " Outside" and " As", a duet with Mary J. Blige. The album was Michael's most successful in the UK, reaching number one and it was certified 8× Platinum. [3] [4] a b "British album certifications – George Michael – Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 27 October 2017.Wham! performed their hits with scantily clad dancers and strobing disco lights. According to Napier-Bell, Michael tried to get the crowd to clap along to "Club Tropicana", but "they hadn't a clue – they thought he wanted applause and politely gave it", before adding that some Chinese did eventually "get the hang of clapping on the beat." [44] A UK embassy official in China stated "there was some lively dancing but this was almost entirely confined to younger western members of the audience." [44] The tour was documented by film director Lindsay Anderson and producer Martin Lewis in their film Wham! in China: Foreign Skies. [45] GEORGE MICHAEL: LADIES & GENTLEMEN – THE BEST OF". 22 September 2002. Archived from the original on 22 September 2002. Wham!'s tour of China in April 1985, the first visit to China by a Western popular music act, generated worldwide media coverage, much of it centred on Michael. [11] [12] The headline in the Chicago Tribune read: "East meets Wham!, and another great wall comes down". [12] Before Wham!'s appearance in China, many kinds of music in the country were forbidden. [11] The band's manager, Simon Napier-Bell, had spent 18 months trying to convince Chinese officials to let the duo play. [11] The audience included members of the Chinese government. Chinese television presenter Kan Lijun, who was the on-stage host, spoke of Wham!'s historic performance: ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2010 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 11 December 2021.

Dutchcharts.nl – George Michael – Ladies and Gentlemen – The Best of" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 May 2016. Topp 40 Album Vinter 1999" (in Norwegian). VG-lista. Archived from the original on 31 December 2016 . Retrieved 18 May 2016. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "UK Charts > George Michael". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 10 October 2017.a b c d "Swiss Charts > George Michael" (in German). swisscharts.com Hung Medien . Retrieved 5 March 2011. Sexton, Paul (27 March 2004). "Strong interest precedes new Michael album". Billboard . Retrieved 27 April 2013.

If I Told You That" video". VH1. Archived from the original on 30 December 2008 . Retrieved 8 September 2009. Michael's father was a communist. At the age of fifteen, Michael joined the Young Communist League, under his Greek name. [218] During the time of Margaret Thatcher as the Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom throughout the 1980s, Michael voted Labour. [217] In September 1984, Wham! performed at a benefit concert at London's Royal Festival Hall for the striking UK miners. [219] On one level, I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me) was as much a statement as a song, the presence of Aretha Franklin automatically conferring a new gravitas on her co-performer. Although he didn’t write it, the song won the pair a Grammy award for best R&B performance, deservedly so: I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me) is totally joyous. 16. Wham! – Young Guns (Go for It!) (1982) A South Bank Show recording from September 1990. The programme documents Michael's career up to that point, from the Wham! era to the release of his second solo studio album, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1. It also includes a TV commercial for the album, which was co-directed and choreographed by Michael.No-one had ever seen anything like that before. All the young people were amazed and everybody was tapping their feet. Of course the police weren't happy and they were scared there would be riots." [11] And soul influences are still brought to bear at points in LWP. This time, though, further stylistic shifts are added to the mix including the social commentary anthemics of John Lennon on the beautiful, stately opener Praying For Time.