During the five years from 1982 to 1986, the wham band composed of george michael and Andrew Ridgeley has successfully entered the British and American markets. They have 1 national champion album, 2 national champion albums, 3 national champion singles and 5 national champion singles, etc.

Among them, the single "Unintentional Whisper" beat Madonna's "Like a Virgin" and became the best single of billboard 1985. This song has also become a classic representative of love songs in the 1980s, but many people don't know that it was written by George 17 years old. 1In April 1985, Wittmann became the first western pop band to perform in China, and its concert in Beijing caused a great sensation.

1In June, 986, Wittmann held a farewell concert at Wembley Stadium in London, England, and this popular group officially announced its dissolution. 1987- 1989: Faith

George michael released his first single "I know you are waiting for me" after solo flight in 1987 65438+ 10. This single invited Aretha Franklin, an old singer known as the "First Lady of Soul Music", to sing along. Two singers of different ages, different music fields and even different fans cooperate. This combination was unprecedented at that time and a bold attempt. After all, the 1980s was not Aretha Franklin's time. Unexpectedly, after the release of the single, the market response was quite good, and the combination of old and new singers generated new attraction. This single has won the championship in Britain and the United States, and this good result has also helped George's upcoming solo album to boost a lot of momentum.

1On October 30th, george michael released his solo album Faith; (Faith), this album is arranged by George in terms of lyrics, arrangement and production. The style of the album covers jazz, rhythm and blues, rock and other styles, and George also interprets it with more mature vocals according to different styles in the album. record

This album contains 1 1 songs, with 6 singles released. The first single "I want your sex" was blocked by U2' s "I haven't found what I'm looking for" on August 8 1987 on Billboard Hot 100, and won the second place. The album "Faith" of the same name beat Belinda Karel's "Heaven is a Place on Earth" in February 1987 12, and reached the top of Billboard Hot 100, which sold more than 500,000 copies for four weeks and won the second place in the British singles list. The third single "Father's Figure" reached the top of Billboard Hot 100 at the end of February/988, lasting for two weeks. The fourth single, "One More Time", reached the top of Billboard Hot 100 on May 28th, 65438, lasting for three weeks and selling gold records. The fifth monkey climbed to the top of Billboard Hot 100 on August 27th, which lasted for two weeks. The sixth single "Kiss a Fool" ranked fifth on bulletin board hit 100. On bulletin board 1988, George Michael won the best artist of the year, the best album "Faith" and the best single "Faith" of the year. Coupled with the careless whisper 1985, George was single twice at the end of the year in the 1980s. record

1988, george michael released his album.

This album

Although the first single of this album, Pray for Time, won the title of Billboard Hot1001week on 1990 13, another single, Freedom! 90 also won the eighth place, but due to the lack of MV publicity, this album only won the second place in the US billboard album list, and its sales volume was only a quarter of the previous one, only 2 platinum.

With this achievement, Jeangeorges Michael had a serious disagreement with Sony, the record company he belonged to at that time. George thought that the company interfered with his creative freedom, while Sony thought that he had not fulfilled his obligation as a singer, so he simply went to court after the dispute between the two sides was invalid. Because of this lawsuit dispute, george michael was frozen by the record company for six years without showing a movie. 199 1 year, George held a small concert face to face with his fans in London, England. He invited elton john to sing "Don't let the sun set on me" with him. As a result, the recorded version of this single topped the British and American singles charts, which also became an unexpected surprise for fans.

1992, george michael's name appeared on the list again, and his song Too Funky entered Top 10, which was included in Raising Funds for AIDS Prevention and Control; , including the songs he sang at the concert in memory of Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, with Queen and Lisa Stansfield in 199 1 year. Among them, "Lover Singing with the Queen" and "Black Boy/Dad is a Rolling Stone" were nominated for the MTV Music Video Award. All the proceeds from this album were donated to the Phoenix Foundation for AIDS Prevention in Freddie Mercury.

On World AIDS Day 65438+February 0 1 day, George performed in a benefit performance called "Hope Concert", which was broadcast to the whole world through TV, calling on the whole world to pay attention to AIDS prevention and treatment. 1994- 1997: old

1994, at the beginning of the MTV European Music Video Awards Ceremony, george michael opened the whole awards ceremony with a song "Jesus to a child who had just finished singing at that time", which was his first new song listed after a long absence.

1996, george michael and Sony reached a settlement. This lawsuit, which lasted for nearly six years, ended with the help of many powerful people. Steven Allan Spielberg, the great director, is one of the great heroes who helped George reach a settlement with the record company. The condition of reconciliation between the two parties is that Sony is willing to let Jeangeorges Michael go, but in the future, george michael will join a new record company. After the release of the new album, Sony will assemble George's old songs and release the selected album, which can use the songs from George's new album. In addition, George must hand over a brand-new unpublished work to Sony for inclusion in the selected album.

1in may, 1996, george michael finally released his third solo album < Older & gt (enduring), which included 1 1 songs written by George. After six years of diving, george michael's comeback masterpiece received a cold response in the American market. He won the sixth place on the Billboard 200 and sold 65,438+0 platinum sales in the United States, which was significantly lower than George's previous achievements. On the other hand, the performance of this album in Britain is better than that in the United States, and besides the album winning the championship, Jesus to a Child and Fastlove both won the championship. Other singles such as Spinning Wheel, Star Man 97, You Were Loved/Strangest Thing 97 all won the second place, while Old Songs/I Can't Make You Love Me won the third place in the UK singles list.

1998: ladies and ladies; Gentlemen: The essence of George Michael.

1 99865438+February1,George Michael's first album; (Limit 25 new songs+featured), this album still won the championship in Britain, but the United States did not make the list.

20 10 On February 20th, george michael held a Live concert tour of George Michael in Australia, which became George's second concert in Australia after 1988.

Symphonic music

On 20 1 1 may11day, george michael held a symphony concert tour in Europe, which lasted until 20 12 10/7 May.

12, 19 In June, George released the single White Light to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his debut. George attended the closing ceremony of the 20 12 London Olympic Games and sang this song.

On March 6th, 2004, George released his sixth album Symphony. (Symphony New Classic), this album is George's first live album, and it has also become George's seventh Zhang Guanjun album in the UK album charts, but it stops at the 60th on the US Billboard 200.