![]() Let's be clear, this is a Hall of FAME and, for better or for worse, few were more famous than this man or achieved greater success at the peak of their career than he. If they are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as Wham!/George Michael, only one other person will have George Michael's name on his trophy, and that would be Andrew Ridgeley. This isn't like Rufus with Chaka Khan because there were only two people in WHAM!. A joint induction as Wham!/George Michael is the right thing to do.įantastic * Make It Big * Music From The Edge Of Heaven * Faith * Listen Without Prejudice * Older * Songs From The Last Century * Patienceīad Boys * Young Guns (Go For It) * Wham Rap * Freedom * Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go * Everything She Wants * Careless Whisper * Last Christmas * The Edge Of Heaven * A Different Corner * I'm Your Man * I Knew You Were Waiting For Me * Faith * Father Figure * I Want Your Sex * Monkey * One More Try * Kissing A Fool * Praying For Time * Freedom * Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me * Too Funky * Fastlove * Jesus To A Child It will happen! WHAM! produced 3 studio albums with original material, while George Michael produced 4 studio albums with original material. I can see the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominating and inducting him under Wham!/George Michael for his entire body of work. Wham! had 1984's Make It Big, and George Michael had 1987's Faith. George Michael's solo career was equally successful to his career with Wham! Wham! and George Michael each had a classic number one album. The right thing to do would be to nominate and induct him for his entire career as Wham!/George Michael, not so much for Andrew Ridgeley's sake, but for George Michael's sake. If the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts George Michael solo, they are leaving out all that great material he produced with Wham!, which is where his career started. Songs like Bad Boys, Young Guns (Go For It), Wham Rap, I'm Your Man, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Careless Whispers, Everything She Wants, Freedom, Last Christmas. The songs he wrote as a member of Wham! are classics. ![]() That's how Joel Whitburn has him listed in the Billboard books. This article originally appeared on Joy Division/New Order, The Small Faces/Faces, The (Young) Rascals, Parliament-Funkadelic, he should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame just once for his entire career as Wham!/George Michael. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, certain eras are weighted to account for different chart turnover rates over various periods. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. George Michael’s top 20 Billboard Hot 100 hits chart is based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100, through the Dec. “Heaven Help Me,” Deon Estus with George Michael, No. “A Different Corner,” George Michael, No. ![]() “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me,” George Michael/Elton John, No. “I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me),” Aretha Franklin and George Michael, No. “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,” Wham!, No. “Careless Whisper,” Wham! featuring George Michael, No. 1 on the weekly chart, and was Michael’s first chart hit credited to him as an artist - though it was curiously billed as Wham! featuring George Michael.Ģ. ![]() 2 biggest Hot 100 of all time is “Careless Whisper,” which spent three weeks at No. (He last hit the Hot 100 in 1996 with the No. 24 on the April 26, 2014-dated Adult Contemporary airplay chart. His most recently charting new single was the Symphonica track “Let Her Down Easy,” which reached No. He most recently visited the list in 2014 with the live album Symphonica, featuring orchestral interpretations of his hits. according to the Recording Industry Association of America (his biggest- selling album) and won the 1988 Grammy Award for album of the year.ĭuring his lifetime, Michael charted 10 solo albums on the Billboard 200, with three of them reaching the top 10: Faith, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. The set ruled the Billboard 200 chart for 12 weeks, is certified at 10 million copies sold in the U.S. 1 singles from his solo debut album, Faith. 1 smash “Faith.” It spent four weeks atop the list and was one of four No. His biggest hit of all time on the Hot 100 (see list, below) is his 1987 No. Singer-Songwriter George Michael Dies at 53
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