Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou was born June 25th, 1963 and is better known by his stage name George Michael. He is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. His music style is dance-pop and he rose to fame just after the disco era in the 1980’s.
Here are some random facts about George Michael:
- “I Want Your Sex” was the first single from his debut solo album Faith released in 1987. It topped the charts in Ireland and the Netherlands.
- He was the third performer on the 1984 Band Aid single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
- He was seriously considered as a replacement for Queen front man Freddie Mercury.
- During his career, he has won 21 music awards from a grand total of 49 nominations.
- He has been in seven car crashes and is currently banned from driving.
- His birth name in Greek is ‘Γεώργιος Κυριάκος Παναγιώτου’.
- None of the singles released from Faith (1987) topped the UK singles chart.
- His first and only appearance on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine was in January 1988.
- He has reportedly admitted that he called Justin Timberlake and invited him to recreate the Madonna/Britney Spears kiss. Timberlake hasn’t called back.
Listen to George Michael – Faith | Full Album below with hits like Faith, Father Figure, I Want Your Sex and One More Try. Growing up in the 80’s listening to this music brings back so many memories and my man crush for George Michael. This album has sold over 20 million copies worldwide.
His new album is titled SYMPHONICA was released on March 17tth, 2014 and is available on iTunes or at www.georgemichael.com/symphonica
Over his 30 year career he has won several awards and is one of the world’s best-selling music artists with seven number one singles in the UK and eight number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. Back in 2008 Michael was ranked the 40th most successful artist on the Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists list by Billboard Magazine.
(Above) George Michael of Wham performing at Live Aid.
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George Michael performs Father Figure live at Earl’s Court in London in 2008.