George Michael was an English singer-songwriter who was considered one of the most important cultural icons of the MTV generation. Worldwide, he was the best-selling musician of all time, with over 120 million records sold.
Born in East Finchley, Middlesex, George Michael was part of the musical duo Wham! After that, he started his solo activities. When he formed the band Wham! in 1981, with Andrew Ridgely, the band’s first two albums, Fantastic (1983) and Make It Big (1984), reached number one on the UK album charts and the US Billboard 200.
George Michael was found dead at his home in north-west London on Christmas Day 2016 at the age of 53. The cause was heart disease (dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis) and fatty liver. Kenny Goss was Michael’s partner for 13 years. They weren’t married when the singer died in 2016, but he always claimed that Michael supported him financially.
Who Is George Michael
George Michael born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou on 25 June 1963, was an English singer-songwriter. He is considered one of the most important cultural icons of the MTV generation and worldwide he is the best-selling musician of all time with over 120 million records sold.
George Michael was known as a major creative force in music production, songwriting, vocals for his performances, and for his visual presentations. He has seven number-one hits on the UK Singles Chart and eight on the US Billboard Hot 100.
George Michael has won numerous music awards, including 2 Grammy Awards, 3 Brit Awards, 3 American Music Awards, and 12 Billboard Music Awards, and has four MTV Video Music Awards. In 2015, he was ranked 45th on Billboard’s list of ‘Greatest Hot 100 Artists of All Time’. The Radio Academy named him British radio’s most-played artist between 1984 and 2004.
George Michael and his band Wham! made history by becoming the first international act to tour China in 1985 after establishing themselves as a global act. Michael’s debut solo single, ‘Careless Whisper’, reached number one in over 20 countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States.
Before commencing work on his first solo album, George Michael also released two number-one singles “A Different Corner” and Aretha Franklin’s duet “I Knew You We Waiting (For Me)”. His debut solo album Faith was released in 1987 and topped the UK Albums Chart and remained at number one on the Billboard 200 for 12 weeks. It sold 25 million copies worldwide and four singles from the album: Faith, Father Figure, “One More Try” and “Monkey” hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
George Michael became the best-selling music artist of 1988 and Faith won Album of the Year at the 1989 Grammy Awards. Outside of music, Michael is an active LGBT right activist and fundraiser for HIV/AIDS charities. His personal life, drug use, and legal troubles continued throughout the late 1990s and into the 2000s when he was arrested for public indecency charges in 1998 and later for multiple drug offenses. He came out as gay in 1998.
The 2005 documentary A Different Story covered his career and personal life. His 25th live tour spanned three tours from 2006 to 2008. George Michael fell into a coma in 2011 with pneumonia but recovered. He gave his last concert at the court at Earl’s in London in 2012 and died of heart disease at his home in Goring, Oxfordshire on Christmas Day 2016 in the Thames.
George Michael Age
George Michael was 53 years when he died in 2016 and would have been 59 years in 2022 if he was still alive as he was born in the year 1863.
Where Does George Michael Hail From
George Michael was born in East Finchley an area in North London, immediately north of Hampstead Heath and it has the greenest high road in London. His father, Kyriacos “Jack” Panayiotou, was a Greek-Cypriot restaurateur who immigrated to England from Patriki, Cyprus in the 1950s.
George Michael Nationality
Born in East Finchley, London, United Kingdom, George Michael was a British national who made himself, his family, and his country proud through his kinds of music.
George Michael Ethnicity
George Michael was of mixed race and even though he was white, he was a descendant of Greek and British ancestry. His father was a Greek-Cypriot restaurateur who emigrated from Patriki, Cyprus to England in the 1950s. His mother, Lesley Angold was British.
Was George Michael Married?
George Michael was not married at the time of his death but had a relationship with some famous people like Anselmo Feleppa (1991–1993), Kenny Goss (1996–2009), and Fadi Fawaz (2012–2016)
Anselmo Feleppa was a Brazilian Stylist who was once the love of George Michael’s life. The two began their romance after meeting in 1991 at a rock concert but the Brazilian dress designer discovered he was HIV positive just six months after starting the relationship. He died in 1993 leaving George Michael heartbroken.
Kenny Goss and George Michael met in a Los Angeles restaurant and started a relationship in 1996, three years after the death of Anselmo Feleppa, and were a couple for 13 years. He was hailed as the “lover of his life.” He also started a charity with the late singer (Goss Michael Foundation), which now makes him a shareholder in the former WHAM! member’s fortune of £97 million. They got separated because of drug abuse and alcoholism.
Australian-born 47-year-old Fadi Fawaz is a former celebrity hairstylist who previously worked as a photographer. George Michael and Fadi Fawaz first met in 2009. Shortly after George broke up with longtime partner Kenny Goss, whom George dated for 13 years, he began a relationship with Fawaz and was first seen in public in 2012.
At the time of his death, George Michael was dating hairstylist Fadi Fawaz and he was the one who found the singer dead in his home and also the one who learned Michael died of natural causes in 2016.
George Michael Songs
George Michael is known for songs such as Something to Save (1990), My Mother Had a Brother (2004), Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” (1984), “Careless Whisper” (1984), “Everything She Wants” (1984), A Different Corner (1986), Amazing (2004), Cowboys And Angels (1991), December Song (2009), Faith (1987), Fantasy (1990), One More Try (1987), Father Figure (1987), Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me (1993), Jesus to a Child (1997), Fastlove (1996) among other songs.
Careless Whisper was the song that made people stand up and take notice of George Michael as a credible artist outside the pop fun of Wham! Released when he was still in the boyband with Andrew Ridgeley, the song topped the charts around the world.
George Michael Awards
George Michael has won numerous music awards in his 30-year career, including 3 Brit Awards (2 for Best British Male Artist), 4 MTV Video Music Awards, 6 Ivor Novello Awards, 3 Two American Music Awards (Traditional Black Soul/R&B category), and two Grammy Awards out of eight nominations.
In 2015, he was named one of Billboard’s “Greatest Hot 100 Artists of All” and was ranked 45th on the list of “Time”. The Radio Academy said Michael was the most-played artist on British radio between 1984 and 2004. In 2019, Smooth Radio named Michael the greatest artist of all time.
George Michael Net Worth
The net worth of George Michael at the time of his death was $200 Million, he got such wealth from his career as a singer, songwriter, producer, concert performer, and actor.
Records show that the bulk of the pop legend’s $200 million fortune was left to his elder sister Yioda, 63, and his father. His estate now is worth £8.3m and makes £11k a day four years after his death
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