George Michael

:This article is about the musician. George Michael is also the name of a former radio DJ and current sports presenter. See The George Michael Sports Machine.

Discography

Albums

• As part of Wham!
• Fantastic (1983) #1 UK, #83 US (Gold in the US)
• Make It Big (1984) #1 UK, #1 US (6x Platinum in the US)
• Music From The Edge of Heaven (1986) #10 US (Platinum in the US)
• The Final (1986) (compilation) #2 UK
• If You Were There (The Best of Wham) (1997) #4 UK
• As a solo artist
• 1987 Faith (#1 UK, #1 US) (10x Platinum in the US) (Sales: 20 mil.)
• 1990 Listen without Prejudice, Vol. 1 (#1 UK, #2 US) (2x Platinum in the US) (Sales: 10 mil.)
• 1992 Five live (with Queen & Lisa Stansfield) (#1 UK, #46 US) (Sales: 5 mil.)
• 1996 Older (#1 UK, #6 US) (Platinum in the US) (Sales: 6 mil.)
• 1998 Ladies & Gentlemen (Best Of George Michael) (#1 UK, #24 US) (2x Platinum in the US) (Sales: 4 mil.)
• 1999 Songs from the Last Century (#2 UK, #157 US) (Oro in the US)
• 2004 Patience (#1 UK, #12 US) (Gold in the US)

Hit singles

• from Fantastic!
• 1982 "Young Guns (Go For It)" #3 UK
• 1983 "Wham Rap" #8 UK
• 1983 "Bad Boys" #2 UK
• 1983 "Club Tropicana" #4 UK
• non-album single
• 1983 "Club Fantastic Megamix" #15 UK
• from Make It Big
• 1984 "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" #1 UK, #1 (3 weeks)US (Platinum in the US)
• 1984 "Careless Whisper" (credited to George Michael solo) #1 UK, #1 (3 weeks) US (Platinum in the US)
• 1984 "Freedom" #1 UK, #3 US (1985 release)
• 1984 "Everything She Wants" #2 UK (double A-side with Last Christmas in the UK), #1 (2 weeks) US (1985 release) (Gold in the US)
• from Music from the Edge of Heaven
• 1985 "I'm Your Man" #1 UK, #3 US
• 1985 "Last Christmas" (re-issue) #6 UK
• 1986 "The Edge of Heaven" #1 UK (double A-side with Where Did Your Heart Go in the UK), #10 US
• 1986 "A Different Corner" #1 UK, #7 US
• from Aretha (Aretha Franklin album)
• 1987 "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (with Aretha Franklin) #1 (2 weeks) US, #1 UK
• from Faith
• 1987 "I Want Your Sex" #3 UK, #2 US (Platinum in the US)
• 1987 "Faith" #2 UK, #1 (4 weeks) US (Gold in the US)
• 1988 "Father Figure" #11 UK, #1 (2 weeks) US
• 1988 "One More Try" #8 UK, #1 (3 weeks) US (Gold in the US)
• 1988 "Monkey" #13 UK, #1 (2 weeks) US
• 1988 "Kissing a Fool" #18 UK, #5 US
• from Listen without Prejudice, Vol. 1
• 1990 "Praying for Time" #6 UK, #1 (1 week) US
• 1990 "Waiting for That Day" #23 UK, #27 US
• 1990 "Freedom! 90" #28 UK, #8 US (Gold in the US)
• 1991 "Heal the Pain" #31 UK
• 1991 "Cowboys and Angels" #45 UK
• non-album single
• 1991 "Don't Let the Sun Go down on Me" (with Elton John) #1 UK, #1 (1 week) US (Gold in the US)
• from Red Hot + Dance various artists charity album
• 1992 "Too Funky" #4 UK, #10 US (Gold in the US)
• from Five Live EP
• 1993 "Somebody to Love" #1 (3 weeks) UK, #30 US
• from Older
• 1996 "Jesus to a Child" #1 UK, #7 US (Gold in the US)
• 1996 "Fast Love" #1 UK, #8 US (Gold in the US)
• 1996 "Spinning the Wheel" #2 UK
• 1997 "Older/I Can't Make You Love Me" #3 UK
• 1997 "Star People '97" #2 UK
• non-album single
• 1997 "Waltz Away Dreaming" (Toby Bourke feat. George Michael) #10 UK
• from Older
• 1997 "You Have Been Loved/The Strangest Thing '97" #2 UK
• from Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
• 1998 "Outside" #2 UK
• 1999 "As" (with Mary J. Blige) #4 UK
• from Greatest Hits (Whitney Houston album)
• 2000 "If I Told You That" (with Whitney Houston) #9 UK
• from Patience
• 2002 "Freeek!" #7 UK
• 2002 "Shoot the Dog" #12 UK
• 2004 "Amazing" #4 UK
• 2004 "Flawless (Go to the City)" #8 UK
• 2004 "Round Here" #32 UK
• 2004 "My Mother Had A Brother"

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