performing in Germany in 2006

performing in Germany in 2006

George Michael comments

Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, Γεώργιος Κυριάκος Παναγιώτου
Born:
(now 48 years old)

In a nutshell [edit]

George Michael is a British singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the 1980s as a member of pop duo Wham! with Andrew Ridgeley, and then went on to sell over 100 million records as a solo artist.

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  • 1981
    formed the duo Wham! with Andrew Ridgeley
    3 !
  • 1984
    hit #1 on the charts in the US with Wham!'s album Make It Big
    7 !
  • 1985
    April 1: toured China with Wham!, the first visits to China by a Western pop music act
    2 !
  • 1987
    kicked off his solo career with a duet with Aretha Franklin, which hit #1 in the UK and on the Billboard Hot 100
    5 !
  • 1987
    October 1: released his first solo album, Faith
    6 !
  • 1988
    won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance – Duo or Group
    5 !
  • 1990
    album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 reached #2 in the Billboard 200 list, being blocked from the top spot by MC Hammer's Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em
    2 !
  • 1991
    embarked on the "Cover to Cover Tour" in Japan, England, the US, and Brazil
    2 !
  • 1992
    album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 2, was scrapped for reasons unknown, although possibly due to Michael's frustration with Sony
    -2 !
  • 1992
    April 20: performed at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert on 20 April 1992 at London's Wembley Stadium
    1 !
  • 1994
    November 1: appeared after a long seclusion at the first edition of the MTV Europe Music Awards
    1 !
  • 1998
    released the collection Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
    1 !
  • 1998
    April 7: was arrested for "engaging in a lewd act" in a public toilet in a park in Beverly Hills, California
    -5 !
  • 2003
    album Faith was ranked number 480 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
    3 !
  • 2006
    released compilation Twenty Five, his second greatest successes album, which debuted at #1 in the UK
    2 !
  • 2006
    February 26: was arrested for possession of Class C drugs, an incident that he described as "my own stupid fault, as usual."
    -3 !
  • 2006
    July 23: was again accused of engaging in anonymous public sex, this time at London's West Hampstead Heath Park
    -4 !
  • 2007
    May 8: pleaded guilty to driving while unfit through drugs
    -4 !
  • 2007
    September 1: said that his cannabis use was a problem — he wished he could smoke less of it and was constantly trying to do so
    -3 !
  • 2008
    May 21: appeared on the 2008 finale show of American Idol
    1 !
  • 2008
    September 19: was arrested in a public toilet in the Hampstead Heath area of London for possession of Class A and C drugs
    -4 !
  • 2009
    December 5: stated he had cut back on cannabis and now smokes only 'seven or eight' spliffs per day instead of the 25 he used to smoke
    -1 !
  • 2010
    July 4: was spotted on CCTV driving into the front of a Snappy Snaps store in Hampstead, North London and was arrested on suspicion of being unfit to drive
    -5 !
  • 2010
    September 15: jailed for driving while on drugs on July 4th 2010
    -10 !

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