George Michael discography
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| ↙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!.
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[edit] Albums
[edit] Studio
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| 1987 | Faith
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RIAA: Diamond[1] BPI: 4x Platinum[2] ARIA: 5x Platinum[3] IFPI: 2x Platinum[4] |
21 million |
| 1990 | Listen without Prejudice, Vol. 1
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RIAA: 2x platinum[1] BPI: 4x Platinum[2] ARIA: 2x Platinum[3] IFPI: 2x Platinum[4] |
8 million |
| 1996 | Older |
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RIAA: platinum[1] BPI: 6x Platinum[2] ARIA: 5x Platinum[3] IFPI: 5x Platinum[4] |
12 million |
| 1999 | Songs from the Last Century
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RIAA: Not released [1] BPI: 4x Platinum[2] ARIA: Not released [3] IFPI: 2x platinum [4] |
4 million |
| 2004 | Patience
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RIAA: Gold[1] BPI: 3x Platinum[2] ARIA: 2x Platinum[3] IFPI: 4x Platinum[4] |
6 million |
[edit] Compilations
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| 1998 | Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
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RIAA: 2x Platinum[1] BPI: 7x Platinum[2] ARIA: 4x Platinum[3] IFPI: 5x Platinum[4] |
15 million |
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TwentyFive
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RIAA: TBC[1] BPI: 2x Platinum[2] ARIA: Platinum[3] IFPI: 2x Platinum[4] |
2 million |
[edit] Extended plays
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| 1993 | Five Live |
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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 |
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| 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
- 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
- ^ a b c d e f g American sales certificate database. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 23 October 2006
- ^ a b c d e f g BPI. [1]. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 October 2006.
- ^ a b c d e f g ARIA. [2]. ARIA. Retrieved 4 February 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f g h IFPI. [3]. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 October 2006.
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