Artist Bio

November 3, 2023     Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Philanthropist and Creative Icon, George Michael is considered one of the most...

July 7, 2023 The Singles: Echoes from the Edge of Heaven is the fourth compilation album by Wham!, released on...

July 5, 2023 A documentary film about Wham! marks the 40th anniversary of their 1983 debut album Fantastic. It was...

December 16, 2022 Last Christmas once again reach the summit of the Official Singles Chart boasting 11.4 million streams. Originally...

September 30, 2022 The re-issue of Older has re-entered the Official UK Albums Chart at number 2 – having missed...

January 1, 2021   Last Christmas earned Wham! a fifth UK Number 1. It was the UK’s biggest-selling single never...

November 6, 2019   This Is How (We Want You to Get High), co-written and co-produced by George and collaborator...

October 17, 2017   In 1990 George’s second solo album Listen Without Prejudice spent a week at the top of...

December 25, 2016   In a statement, George’s publicist wrote: It is with great sadness that we can confirm our...

March 14, 2014     Symphonica album was released, became George Michael’s ninth British number 1, and went on to...

February 4, 2014   Let Her Down Easy was George’s first single from the album Symphonica.  

October 17, 2012   Last show of the Symphonica tour in London. The tour spanned 75 shows in 17 countries.

September 9, 2012   George Michael became the first contemporary pop artist to perform, as part of his Symphonica tour...

September 4, 2012   George resumed his Symphonica tour in Vienna, thanking the medical staff who treated him in 2011....

August 12, 2012   George took the stage at the London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony where he performed Freedom ’90...

June 29, 2012   George wrote White Light to repay fans for their support during his hospitalisation for acute pneumonia....

November 21, 2011   The tour could not have been going any better. Due to high demand for tickets extra...

August 22, 2011   Symphonica opened at the Prague State Opera House. During this tour George Michael performed a carefully...

April 15, 2011   George released a cover of Stevie Wonder’s 1972 song, You and I, as an MP3 gift...

  March 18, 2011   George Michael joined James Corden in the Red Nose Day sketch Smithy To The Rescue....

  March 13, 2011   George covered New Order’s True Faith and released it as a charity single for Comic...

  January 31, 2011   Faith remains one of the best-selling albums of all time, having sold over 20 million...

  February 20, 2010   For the first time since his Faith Tour in 1988 George returned to Australia to...

  December 7, 2009     Live In London, a live concert recording of George Michael’s final two concerts in...

  December 25, 2008   George released a new track, December Song (I Dreamed Of Christmas), as a free download....

  December 1, 2008   Two concerts, titled The Final Two, took place in Earls Court, London on 24 and...

  June 17, 2008   A third Leg of the 25 LIVE Tour started for United States and Canada. This...

  January 31, 2008   George Michael’s contributions to pop culture didn’t end at music. He was also an integral...

  June 9 & June 10, 2007     After the huge success of the autumn leg of the 25LIVE...

  December 20, 2006   At the end of the first leg of his 25LIVE Tour George paid tribute to...

  November 16, 2006   George  celebrated 25 years in the industry with the release of greatest hits compilation Twenty...

  September 23, 2006   First night of the 25LIVE Tour in Barcelona. The tour was the most commercially successful...

July 3, 2006   An Easier Affair was the first single from George Michael’s second greatest hits album Twenty Five....

April 22, 2006   George announced his intention to tour for the first time since 1991. Ticket sales in the...

February 25, 2006   George recorded How Do You Keep The Music Playing? at Air Studios in London with Tony...

October 3, 2005   John and Elvis Are Dead was released as a digital Ep with five tracks – John...

September 20, 2005   Genius & Friends by Ray Charles was released. It contained Blame It on the Sun by...

July 2, 2005   George performed Drive My Car with Paul McCartney at Live 8 – a benefit concert –...

February 16, 2005   George Michael – A Different Story was a documentary film about George that followed his life...

June 28, 2004   Flawless (Go To The City) was released as a single and peaked at #8 in the...

April 28, 2004   George received the Radio Academy’s PPL Award, at the Shaw Theatre in London, for the most...

March 18, 2004   Patience, George Michael’s fifth solo album was released and went straight at #1 in the UK....

March 1, 2004   Amazing was released as the lead single from Patience. It peaked at #4 in the UK.

November 17, 2003   George Michael signed a new worldwide recording deal with the U.K. arm of Sony Music. A...

March 7, 2003   Protesting against the war in Iraq George made his first appearance on Top of the Pops...

July 29, 2002   George released Shoot the Dog as a single. The song was a protest song referring to...

March 18, 2002   George released Freeek! as a single. The video for the song was directed by Joseph Kahn....

October 18, 2000   George purchased John Lennon’s walnut-finished upright Steinway model Z piano – paying 1.45 million British pounds...

August 8, 2000   George and Whitney Houston recorded a new version of If I Told You That for her...

June 6, 2000   George performed at the Pavarotti & Friends, a benefit concert pro Cambogia & Tibet held at...

April 29, 2000   George performed at Equality Rocks, a benefit concert to raise awareness of prejudice and human rights....

December 6, 1999 Songs From The Last Century, George’s fourth solo album, was released. Produced by Phil Ramone and George...

October 9, 1999   George performed at Net Aid during the concert held at Wembley Stadium in London. Net Aid...

April 10, 1999   George performed at Here, There and Everywhere: a Concert for Linda, a benefit tribute to Linda...

March 1, 1999   The 2nd single from Ladies & Gentlemen (The Best Of George Michael) was released in the...

December 5, 1998   George appeared on Parkinson Show for a candid interview. He talked honestly & humorously about his...

December 1, 1998   Ladies & Gentleman: The Best Of George Michael was released. The collection was a huge success,...

October 19, 1998   George released Outside, a joyous, disco-infused jam that used self-deprecating humour to poke fun at the...

April 10, 1998   George came out to the general public.  

April 7, 1998   George was arrested in Beverly Hills for allegedly engaging in a lewd act alone in a...

November 24, 1997   The Best of Wham!: If You Were There was the second UK-released compilation to summarise the...

September 8, 1997 The last single taken from Older – the double-sided You Have Been Loved/The Strangest Thing ’97 –...

May 5, 1997   Star People ’97 – a new version of the Older album track – was released becoming...

May 1, 1997 George Michael’s duet with Toby Bourke was released and peaked at #10 in the UK. Here’s what...

February 24, 1997   Elton John presented to George the BRIT Award for Best British Male at the 1997 ceremony.

January 20, 1997   Older was released as a single. The video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan....

November 14, 1996 George won Best Male at the MTV Europe Music Awards.

October 11, 1996   George performed a stunning concert at Three Mills Studios in East London for MTV Unplugged. It...

August 19, 1996   Spinning The Wheel, the third single taken from Older, was released.  

May 13, 1996   Older, the third solo studio album of George Michael, was released. In the UK, the album...

April 22, 1996   Fastlove, the second single drawn from Older, was released. It became George Michael’s second UK #1...

October 13, 1995   The studio version of Jesus To A Child was released as the first single from George’s...

July 11, 1995   After months of negotiation, Sony lost its battle to hold on to one of its biggest...

November 24, 1994   The first Europe Music Awards took place in Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate. George performed Freedom...

June 21, 1994   The judge ruled in Sony’s favor. Some days after the verdict George, during an interview with...

December 1, 1993   George spent much of his life campaigning for a cure for HIV/AIDS. In December 1993, before...

September 2, 1993   At the MTV Video Music Awards, George Michael won International Viewer’s Choice Award for Killer/Papa Was...

April 19, 1993   Five Live, an EP featuring five tracks including George’s performances at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert...

March 2, 1993 George Michael sang at Rock for the Rainforest, a benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall in New...

October 30, 1992   George – under his real name Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou – filed suit before the Chancery Division...

October 11, 1992 George performed live with other artists at Madison Square Garden for the Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation Benefit.

July 7, 1992     Red Hot + Dance compilation, part of a project aimed to raise money and awareness...

April 20, 1992   George Michael performed three songs – ’39, These Are The Days Of Our Lives (with Lisa...

February 20, 1992   George received the ASCAP Golden Note Award a prize presented to songwriters, composers, and artists who...

November 30, 1991   Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me, a 1974 song by Elton John that George...

October 31, 1991   The Cover to Cover Tour spanned more than 30 shows in 5 countries: United Kingdom, Brazil,...

February 10, 1991   Listen Without Prejudice Vol.1 won the 1991 Brit Award for Best British Album.

January 25, 1991 After opening with two nights at the Genting Arena in Birmingham George flew to Brazil to perform...

January 15, 1991   Cover to Cover – the second solo concert tour by George Michael – started in Birmingham. The tour...

October 30, 1990   Freedom! ’90 was released as the second single from the album in the United States and...

October 15, 1990   Waiting For That Day was released in UK as the second single from Listen Without Prejudice...

September 3, 1990   Listen Without Prejudice Vol.1 – George’s second solo studio album – was released. Produced, arranged and...

August 13, 1990     Praying For Time, the first single from Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1, was released. The...

September 6, 1989   George was presented with the Video Vanguard Award (Career Achievement) at the MTV Video Music Awards.

July 6, 1989   The Faith Tour ended in Barcelona, Spain after 137 shows in 21 different countries.

June 23, 1989   George Michael received the Silver Clef Award for outstanding contributions to UK music.

April 4, 1989   The 34th Ivor Novello Awards were held on 4th April 1989 at the Grosvenor House, London....

February 22, 1989   At the 31st Annual Grammy Awards, George won the prize for the Album of the Year...

January 30, 1989   George  won three awards at the 16th Annual American Music Awards: Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist, Favorite...

November 21, 1988 Kissing A Fool, the sixth and final single from the album Faith, was released.  

July 4, 1988   The fifth single from Faith – Monkey – was released. It became George Michael’s sixth solo...

June 11, 1988   George performed three cover songs at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert: Village Ghetto Land...

April 11, 1988   One More Try, Faith‘s fourth single, was released. The song hit number one on both the...

February 19, 1988 The Faith Tour began in Tokyo, Japan at the Budokan arena.  

February 8, 1988   George wins Best British Male at the BRIT Awards.

December 28, 1987 Father Figure was released as the third single from Faith‘s album. The video for the song, directed...

October 30, 1987   Just a few weeks after George’s first solo album – entirely written and produced by himself...

October 12, 1987   Faith was released as a single before George’s debut solo album of the same name. It...

June 1, 1987   Released as a single in June 1987, I Want Your Sex was the third hit from...

April 1, 1987   George performed at the Stand By Me AIDS Day Benefit Concert at the Wembley Arena in...

January 23, 1987     George’s duet with Aretha Franklin, I Knew You Were Waiting For Me, was released in...

July 1, 1986     Music from the Edge of Heaven was the third and final studio album from Wham!...

June 28, 1986   Anticipated by two warm-up shows on the 23rd and 24 June at the Brixton Academy in...

June 18, 1986 Wham!’s final UK single, The Edge Of Heaven, was released.

May 31, 1986   Wham!’s last album The Final was released.        

March 24, 1986   A Different Corner – the first single credited solely to George Michael worldwide – was released.

February 21, 1986   The split of Wham! was officially announced. It was – in George’s words – the “most...

February 10, 1986   Wham! won the BRIT Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.    

January 27, 1986   Wham! won the award for Favorite Pop/Rock Video Group at the 1986 American Music Awards.

April 7, 1985 I’m Your Man – written and produced by George Michael – was released.  

August 23, 1985   The Whamamerica! tour began in late August 1985. It travelled around the United States, opening at...

July 13, 1985 Wham! joined Elton John to perform Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me at Live Aid...

May 4, 1985   George was invited to perform at the grand reopening and 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo...

April 7, 1985 Wham! went on a 10-day visit to China, the first by a Western pop group. The trip...

March 14, 1985 George won his first two Ivor Novello Awards for Songwriter of the Year and Most Performed Work...

February 11, 1985 Wham! won the prize for Best British Group at the annual ceremony of BRIT Awards.

December 10, 1984   Last Christmas was released on a double A-side with Everything She Wants. It was written and...

December 4, 1984   Wham! started the first leg of The Big Tour in support of their multi-platinum second studio...

November 25, 1984 George went to SARM Studios in London for the recording of Do They Know It’s Christmas? Written...

May 14, 1984   Wham!’s second album was released. Make It Big was another huge success, hitting number one in...

July 24, 1984 George’s first solo single – Careless Whisper – was released. The song, written by George Michael and...

May 14, 1984 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go – written and produced by George – was released as a...

April 1984   The dispute never went to trial. In the end Wham!’s contract was nullified as part of a...

December 1983 By the end of 1983 Wham! was rivaling Duran Duran and Culture Club as Britain’s biggest pop act....

October 4, 1983 Club Fantastic Tour (also advertised as Club Fantastic ‘83 Tour) the debut concert tour by Wham! started....

July 23, 1983 Club Tropicana was released as a single. A video directed by Duncan Gibbins was made at Pikes...

July 9, 1983   Wham!’s debut album – Fantastic – was released. It peaked at #1 on the UK albums’...

May 2, 1983 Bad Boys – Wham!’s third single – was released.

November 4, 1982   Wham! appeared on Top of The Pops for the first time. The impact of Wham! on...

October 4, 1982   Young Guns (Go For It) – Wham!’s second single –  was released.    

June 16, 1982   Wham!’s first single Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do) was released.

March 24, 1982   Wham! signed recording contract with Innervision.      

1981   George and Andrew formed Wham!

November 5, 1979 The Executive is formed, consisting of George, Andrew Ridgeley, Andrew’s brother Paul, David Austin and Andrew Leaver....

1976 While he was in his early teens, the family moved to Radlett. George attended Bushey Meads School, a secondary...

June 25, 1963 Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou was born in East Finchley, London to a Greek Cypriot father (Kyriacos Panayiotou) and...