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GEORGE MICHAEL

George Michael was the founder of 1980s pop duo WHAM! along with friend and band mate Andrew Ridgeley. Following a string of chart-topping hits as a duo, George Michael, real name Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou launched a stellar solo career in 1984 with chart-topping ballad Careless Whisper and became a chart icon in his own right, scoring seven UK Number 1 singles in total as a solo artist and seven Number 1 albums.

George Michael's UK Number 1s in order are Careless Whisper, A Different Corner, 1987's Aretha Franklin collaboration I Knew You Were Waiting For Me, his 1991 duet with Elton John Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, Five Live EP with Queen and Lisa Stansfield and 1996's Jesus To A Child and Fastlove.

As part of WHAM! George Michael also penned the perennial festive classic Last Christmas, a song he wrote with the intention of it becoming Christmas Number 1 in 1984. Alas, it was kept off the top spot by Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas - the second best-selling single of all time. However 37 years later it landed the Number 1 spot for the first time, and went on to finally secure the coveted Christmas Number 1 crown of 2023 at long last, marking the longest-ever journey to UK Christmas Number 1 of 39 years. It also managed to become the 2024 Christmas Number 1, breaking Official Chart records, the first song to ever be Christmas Number 1 in consecutive years.

George Michael sadly passed away on 25 December 2016.

GEORGE MICHAEL Songs stats

UK No1s
7
UK Top 10s
23
UK Top 40s
36
UK Top 75s
38
Weeks at No1
17
Weeks in the Top 10
75
Weeks in the Top 40
190
Weeks in the Top 75
310

GEORGE MICHAEL Albums stats

UK No1s
7
UK Top 10s
10
UK Top 40s
10
UK Top 75s
10
Weeks at No1
17
Weeks in the Top 10
111
Weeks in the Top 40
333
Weeks in the Top 75
742

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