Overview
George Michael
Known For
Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
The story of how George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley's Wham!...
The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas?
Forty years on from the release of the hit single...
George Michael at the BBC
George Michael was one of Britain’s best-loved and most acclaimed...
Fame Kills: George Michael
In the early hours of Christmas morning, 2016, George Michael...
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
Freedom Uncut chronicles the tumultuous — yet creatively fruitful —...
George Michael: Portrait of an Artist
This is by far the most definitive feature documentary of...
Freddie Mercury: The Final Act
The story of the extraordinary final chapter of Freddie Mercury’s...
Biography
George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the most significant cultural icons of the MTV generation and is one of the best-selling musicians of all time, with sales of over 120 million records worldwide. Michael was known as a leading creative force in music production, songwriting, vocal performance, and visual presentation. He achieved seven number-one songs on the UK Singles Chart and eight number-one songs on the US Billboard Hot 100. Michael won numerous music awards, including two Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, three American Music Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards, and four MTV Video Music Awards. In 2015, he was ranked 45th in Billboard's list of the "Greatest Hot 100 Artists of All Time". The Radio Academy named him the most played artist on British radio during the period 1984–2004. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Michael, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.