George Michael discography

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The following article documents the album, single and multimedia releases by the British recording artist, George Michael. For information on his group recordings, please see Wham!.

Contents

[edit] Albums

[edit] Studio

Album cover Album information
Faith
  • Release Date: October 1987 - (21 million copies sold)
  • Chart peak: #1 (UK), #1 (U.S.) (12 weeks)
  • RIAA Sales certification: Diamond (10x Platinum)[1]
  • BPI Sales certification: 4x Platinum[2]
  • Singles: "I Want Your Sex", "Faith", "Father Figure", "One More Try", "Monkey", "Kissing a Fool"
Listen without Prejudice, Vol. 1
  • Release Date: August 1990 - (8 million copies sold)
  • Chart peak: #1 (UK), #2 (U.S.), #2 (Australia)
  • RIAA Sales certification: 2x Platinum[3]
  • BPI Sales certification: 4x Platinum[4]
  • Singles: "Praying For Time", "Waiting For That Day", "Freedom! '90", "Heal the Pain", "Cowboys and Angels"
Older
  • Release Date: May 14, 1996 - (9 million copies sold)
  • Chart peak: #1 (UK), #1 (Australia), #3 (Germany), #6 (U.S.)
  • RIAA Sales certification: Platinum[5]
  • BPI Sales certification: 6x Platinum[6]
  • IFPI Sales certification: 5x Platinum[7]
  • Singles: "Jesus to a Child", "Fastlove", "Spinning the Wheel", "Older - The E.P.", "Star People '97", "You Have Been Loved", "The Strangest Thing '97"
Songs from the Last Century
  • Release Date: December 1999 - (4 million copies sold)
  • Chart peak: #2 (UK), #4 (Germany), #157 (U.S.)
  • BPI Sales certification: 2x Platinum[8]
Patience
  • Release Date: March 22, 2004 - (3 million copies sold)
  • Chart peak: #1 (UK), #1 (Germany), #2 (Australia), #12 (U.S.)
  • RIAA Sales certification: Gold[9]
  • BPI Sales certification: 2x Platinum[10]
  • IFPI Sales certification: Platinum[11]
  • Singles: "Freeek!", "Shoot the Dog", "Amazing", "Flawless (Go to the City)", "Round Here", "John & Elvis are Dead" (download only)
Upcoming George Michael album
  • Release Date: Late 2007
  • Chart peak: Not released
  • BPI Sales certification: Not released
  • Singles: TBA

[edit] Compilations

Album cover Album information
Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
  • Release Date: December 1, 1998 - (12 million copies sold)
  • Chart peak: #1 (UK), #2 (Australia), #3 (Germany), #24 (U.S.)
  • RIAA Sales certification: 2x Platinum[12]
  • BPI Sales certification: 7x Platinum[13]
  • IFPI Sales certification: 6x Platinum[14]
  • Singles: "Outside", "As"
Twenty Five
  • Release Date: November 11, 2006 - (1.5 million copies sold)
  • Chart peak: #1 (UK), #8 (Poland), #23 (Australia)
  • RIAA Sales certification: Not released
  • BPI Sales certification: Gold (100,502)
  • Singles: "An Easier Affair", "This is Not Real Love"

[edit] Live

Album cover Album information
Five Live

George Michael and Queen, with Lisa Stansfield

  • Release Date: 1993
  • Chart peak: #1 (UK), #8 (Germany), #40 (U.S.)
  • BPI Sales Certification: Gold[15]
  • Singles: "Somebody to Love", "Killer" / "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"

[edit] Singles

[edit] Solo

Year Title UK U.S. Hot 100 U.S. Dance U.S. R&B U.S. AC GER AUS Album
1984 "Careless Whisper" 1 1 1 - 8 1 3 1 Make It Big (Wham!)
1986 "A Different Corner" 1 7 - - 6 7 - The Final (Wham!)
1987 "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (with Aretha Franklin) 1 1 12 - 2 5 1 Aretha (Aretha Franklin)
1987 "I Want Your Sex" 3 2 2 43 - 3 - Faith
1987 "Hard Day" - - 5 21 - - - Faith
1987 "Faith" 2 1 17 - 5 5 1 Faith
1988 "Father Figure" 11 1 13 6 3 18 - Faith
1988 "One More Try" 8 1 - 1 1 22 - Faith
1988 "Monkey" 13 1 1 8 - 24 - Faith
1988 "Kissing a Fool" 18 5 - 33 1 44 - Faith
1990 "Praying for Time" 6 1 - - 4 19 16 Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1
1990 "Waiting for That Day" 23 27 - - 22 - 50 Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1
1990 "Mother's Pride" - 46 - - 41 - - Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1
1990 "Freedom! '90" 28 8 16 - 27 41 18 Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1
1991 "Heal the Pain" 31 - - - - - - Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1
1991 "Cowboys and Angels" 45 - - - - - - Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1
1991 "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" (with Elton John) 1 1 - - 1 4 3 Duets (Elton John)
1992 "Too Funky" 4 10 20 - - 12 3 Red Hot + Dance
1993 "Somebody to Love" (with Queen) 1 30 - - 42 21 19 Five Live EP
1993 "Killer" / "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" - 69 5 88 - - - Five Live EP
1996 "Jesus to a Child" 1 7 - 22 6 12 1 Older
1996 "Fastlove" 1 8 - 44 25 1 Older
1996 "Spinning the Wheel" 2 - 44 - - 67 14 Older
1997 "Older" / "I Can't Make You Love Me" 3 - - - - - - Older
1997 "Star People '97" 2 - 1 - - 64 - Older
1997 "You Have Been Loved" / "The Strangest Thing '97" 2 - - - - - - Older
1998 "Outside" 2 - 3 - - 30 13 Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
1999 "As" (with Mary J. Blige) 4 - - 57 - 38 45 Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
2000 "If I Told You That" (with Whitney Houston) 9 - - - - 58 37 Greatest Hits (Whitney Houston)
2002 "Freeek!" 7 - - - - 7 5 Patience
2002 "Shoot the Dog" 12 - - - - 44 36 Patience
2004 "Amazing" 4 - 1 - - 19 6 Patience
2004 "Flawless (Go to the City)" 8 - 1 - - 54 26 Patience
2004 "Round Here" 32 - - - - - - Patience
2005 "John and Elvis Are Dead" 2 - - - - - - - Patience
2006 "An Easier Affair" 13 - - - - 44 - Twentyfive
2006 "This is Not Real Love" (with Mutya) 15 - - - - - - Twentyfive

Footnotes:

  • 1 Although a solo recording, "Careless Whisper" was released in the U.S. as "Wham! featuring George Michael".
  • 2 "John and Elvis Are Dead" was a digital only release, and thus was not eligible to be included in the British singles chart.

[edit] Single appearances/collaborations

  • 1985 "Turn to Gold" (David Austin) (written/produced/backing vocals by George Michael)
  • 1985 "Nikita" and "Wrap Her Up" (Elton John) (From John's Ice on Fire album, backing vocals by George Michael)
  • 1985 "The Last Kiss" (David Cassidy) (featuring George Michael backing vocals)
  • 1985 "Learn to Say No" (Jody Watley) (duet with George Michael)
  • 1987 "Jive Talkin'" (Boogie Box High featuring George Michael)
  • 1989 "Heaven Help Me" (Deon Estus (featuring George Michael)
  • 1997 "Waltz Away Dreaming" (Toby Bourke featuring George Michael)
  • 1997 "Chameleon (Shed Your Skin)" (Trigger) (featuring George Michael backing vocals)

[edit] Multimedia

[edit] Video

Video cover Video information
Faith
  • Release Date: 1988
  • RIAA Sales Certification: 1.5xPlatinum (for shipments of 150,000)[16]
  • Content: Promotion videos for "Faith", "I Want Your Sex" (Uncensored version), "Father Figure", "One More Try", "Monkey" and "Kissing A Fool". Also and exclusive interview footage.
George Michael
  • Release Date: November 5, 1991
  • RIAA Sales Certification: Platinum (for shipments of 100,000)[17]
  • Content: A 'South Bank Show' recording from September, 1990. The programme documents Michael's career up to that point, from the Wham! era to the release of his second solo studio album, Listen without Prejudice, Vol. 1. It also includes TV commercial for the album, which was co-directed and choreographed by Michael.

[edit] DVD

DVD cover DVD information
Ladies & Gentleman: The Best Of George Michael
  • Release Date: December 13, 1999
  • Content: Promotion videos for "Outside", "Fastlove", "Spinning The Wheel", "Freedom 90", "Killer" / "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone", "Too Funky", "Faith", "I Want Your Sex", "Jesus To A Child", "Waltz Away Dreaming" (with Toby Bourke), "Father Figure", "Older", "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" (with Elton John), "Kissing A Fool", "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (with Aretha Franklin), "Somebody To Love" (with Queen), "Monkey", "One More Try", "Star People 97", "I Can't Make You Love Me", "A Different Corner", "You Have Been Loved", "Careless Whisper. Also includes interview with Michael and discography.
Twenty Five
  • Release Date: 13 November 2006
  • Content: Promotion videos
  • DVD 1: "Club Tropicana" (WHAM!), "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" (WHAM!), "Freedom" (WHAM!), "Last Christmas" (WHAM!), "Everything She Wants" (WHAM!), "I'm Your Man" (WHAM!), "The Edge of Heaven" (WHAM!), "Careless Whisper", "A Different Corner", "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (with Aretha Franklin), "I Want Your Sex", "Faith", "Father Figure", "One More Try", "Monkey", "Kissing a Fool", "Freedom '90", "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (live with Sir Elton John), "Too Funky".
  • DVD 2: "Fastlove", "Jesus to a Child", "Spin the Wheel", "Older", "Outside", "As" (with Mary J. Blidge), "Freeek!", "Amazing", "John and Elvis are Dead", "Flawless (Go to the City)", "Shoot the Dog", "Roxanne", "An Easier Affair", "If I Told You That" (with Whitney Houston), "Waltz Away Dreaming" (with Toby Bourke), "Somebody to Love" (live with Queen), "I Can't Make You Love Me" (live MTV Unplugged), "Star People" (live MTV Unplugged), "You Have Been Loved" (live MTV Unplugged), "Killer/Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", "Round Here".

[edit] Notable achievements

Global:

  • Solo record sales of 85million albums and singles.[18]

United Kingdom:

  • Six solo #1 albums: Faith, Listen Without Prejudice, Vol 1, Older, Ladies and Gentlemen: The Best Of George Michael, Patience and TwentyFive.
  • Six multi-platinum solo albums.
  • Certified album sales of 7.2million (24xPlatinum).
  • Seven solo #1 singles: "Careless Whisper", "A Different Corner", "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" with Aretha Franklin, "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" with Elton John, "Five Live (EP)" with Queen and Lisa Stansfield, "Jesus To A Child" and "Fastlove".
  • One platinum single ("Careless Whisper"), three gold singles ("A Different Corner", "Five Live (EP)" and "Fastlove") and six silver singles ("Jesus To A Child", "Spinning The Wheel", "You Have Been Loved", "Outside", "As" and "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me").

United States of America:

[edit] References

[edit] See also

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