George Michael discography

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George Michael discography
George Michael performing in Madrid, Spain
George Michael performing in Madrid, Spain
Releases
↙Studio albums 5
↙Compilation albums 2
↙Extended plays 1
↙Singles 34
↙Video albums 2
↙Music videos 27
References and footnotes

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

Year Information Chart positions Certification Worldwide Sales
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1987 Faith
1
1
1
-
-
 RIAA: Diamond[1]
BPI: 4x Platinum[2]
ARIA: 5x Platinum[3]
IFPI: 2x Platinum[4]		 21 million
1990 Listen without Prejudice, Vol. 1
1
2
2
7
-
 RIAA: 2x platinum[1]
BPI: 4x Platinum[2]
ARIA: 2x Platinum[3]
IFPI: 2x Platinum[4]		 8 million
1996 Older
1
6
1
3
-
 RIAA: platinum[1]
BPI: 6x Platinum[2]
ARIA: 5x Platinum[3]
IFPI: 5x Platinum[4]		 12 million
1999 Songs from the Last Century
2
157
29
98
-
 RIAA: Not released [1]
BPI: 4x Platinum[2]
ARIA: Not released [3]
IFPI: 2x platinum [4]		 4 million
2004 Patience
1
12
2
1
2
 RIAA: Gold[1]
BPI: 3x Platinum[2]
ARIA: 2x Platinum[3]
IFPI: 4x Platinum[4]		 6 million

[edit] Compilations

Year Information Chart positions Certification Worldwide sales
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1998 Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
1
24
-
2
-
 RIAA: 2x Platinum[1]
BPI: 7x Platinum[2]
ARIA: 4x Platinum[3]
IFPI: 5x Platinum[4]		 15 million
2006
/
2008		 TwentyFive
1
23
23
13
4
 RIAA: TBC[1]
BPI: 2x Platinum[2]
ARIA: Platinum[3]
IFPI: 2x Platinum[4]		 2 million

[edit] Extended plays

Year Information Chart positions Certification Worldwide Sales
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1993 Five Live
1
40
16
8
-
 IFPI: 5x Platinum[4] 5 million

[edit] Singles

[edit] Solo

Year Title UK U.S. U.S. Dance U.S. R&B U.S. AC GER AUS France UWC Album
1984 "Careless Whisper" 1 1 1 - 8 1 1 1 6 - Make It Big
1986 "A Different Corner" 1 7 - - 6 7 - 16 - The Final
1987 "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (with Aretha Franklin) 1 1 12 5 2 5 1 - 1 Aretha
"Jive Talkin'" 7 - - - - - - - - Boogie Box High
"I Want Your Sex (from Beverly Hills Cop II)" 3 2 1 43 - 3 - 11 1 Faith
"Hard Day" - - 5 21 - - - - -
"Faith" 2 1 17 - 5 5 1 28 1
1988 "Father Figure" 11 1 13 6 3 18 - 37 1
"One More Try" 8 1 - 1 1 22 - 5 1
"Monkey" 13 1 1 8 - 24 - 34 -
"Kissing a Fool" 18 5 - 33 1 44 - 45 -
1990 "Praying for Time" 6 1 - - 4 19 16 19 - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
"Waiting for That Day" 23 27 - - 22 - 50 - -
"Mother's Pride" - 46 - - 41 - - - -
"Freedom! '90" 28 8 16 - 27 41 18 23 -
1991 "Heal the Pain" 31 - - - - - - - -
"Cowboys and Angels" 45 - - - - - - 36 -
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (with Elton John) 1 1 1 - 1 4 3 1 - Duets
1992 "Too Funky" 4 10 20 - - 12 3 5 - Red Hot + Dance
1993 "Somebody to Love" (with Queen) 1 30 - - 42 21 19 16 - Five Live
"Killer" / "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" 1 69 5 88 - - - - -
1995 "Jesus to a Child" 1 7 - 22 6 12 1 7 2 Older
1996 "Fastlove" 1 8 - 44 25 1 10 1
"Spinning the Wheel" 2 - 44 - - 67 14 - 7
1997 "Older" / "I Can't Make You Love Me" 3 - - - - - - - -
"Star People '97" 2 - 1 - - 64 - - -
"You Have Been Loved" / "The Strangest Thing '97" 2 - - - - - - - -
1998 "Outside" 2 - 3 - - 30 13 26 - Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
1999 "As" (with Mary J. Blige) 4 - - 57 - 38 45 27 -
2000 "If I Told You That" (with Whitney Houston) 9 - - - - 58 37 - - Greatest Hits
2002 "Freeek!" 7 - - - - 7 5 7 6 Patience
"Shoot the Dog" 12 - - - - 44 36 59 25
2004 "Amazing" 4 - 1 - - 19 6 37 5
"Flawless (Go to the City)" 8 - 1 - - 54 26 - 31
"Round Here" 32 - - - - - - - -
2005 "John and Elvis Are Dead" 2 - - - - - - - - -
2006 "An Easier Affair" 13 N/R - - - 44 36 - 2 Twentyfive
"This is Not Real Love" (with Mutya) 15 - 8 - - - - - - Twentyfive / Real Girl

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.
  • N/R = Not released

[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

  • Faith
    • Release Date: 1988
    • RIAA Sales: 1.5x platinum[4]
    • 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:platinum[5]
    • 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

  • 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: November 13, 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] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g American sales certificate database. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 23 October 2006
  2. ^ a b c d e f g BPI. [1]. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 October 2006.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g ARIA. [2]. ARIA. Retrieved 4 February 2007.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h IFPI. [3]. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 October 2006.
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