George Michael (Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou) was born on June 25, 1963, is a two-time Grammy Award winning English singer-songwriter who performs soul influenced pop, and who has enjoyed massive global success since 1982.

He began his career by forming a short-lived ska band called The Executive with his best friends Andrew Ridgeley, Paul Ridgeley, Andrew Leaver and David Mortimer.

The band's first album, Fantastic!, was released going to no.1 in the UK and within a year they had released their classic debut single, "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)".

Their second album Make It Big was their breakthrough, eventually selling 6 million copies in the U.S. alone and made them international superstars.

With the success of his solo releases "Careless Whisper" (1984) and "A Different Corner" (1986) stories of an impending Wham! split intensified, and Wham! separated in the summer of 1986 after a farewell single, "Edge Of Heaven", an album, plus a sell-out concert at Wembley Stadium that included the world premiere of the China film.

His biggest commercial success to date was in 1987 with his debut solo album Faith which has sold to date well over the 20 million mark worldwide.

George Michael is one of the world's most successful male artists, selling over 85 million records globally and encompassing 12 British #1 singles, 9 British #1 albums, 10 US #1 singles and 2 US #1 albums.