George Michael

Singer, song writer and pop star Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, popularly known as George Michael was born on 25th June 1963 in East Finchley, North London. George attended the Kingsbury High School in London. He started his music career when he formed a short lived band ’The Executive’ along with his best friends Paul Ridgeley, Andrew Ridgeley, David Mortimer and Andrew Leaver. In 1981, George and his friend Andrew formed a band called ’Wham!’ the debut album of ’Wham!’ brought the band as well as George Michael instant fame and popularity.

Wham’s first album was "Fantastic!" which had the hit singles like "Young Guns (Go For It)" and "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)". The second album by Wham! was, "Make it Big" which included hit singles like "Careless Whisper", "Freedom" "Last Christmas/Everything She Wants" and "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", among others sold 6 million copies in the U.S.

George Michael has had a successful solo career as well. His hit album called "Faith" was number one on both sides of the Atlantic and had four number one singles in the United States. His other hit singles include "Fastlove", "Jesus to a Child", "Father Figure", "Kissing a Fool" and "Freedom 90", among others. George Michael is ranked as Britain’s 10th richest musician. Tickets of George Michael concerts and stage shows are available online.