George Michael discography
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{{See also|Wham! discography}}
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{{Infobox artist discography
| Artist = George Michael
| Image = George Michael.jpeg
| Caption = Michael onstage during the Faith Tour in 1988
| Alt = Michael dressed in a black leather suit, standing on a stage, holding out a microphone to the audience
| Studio = 5
| Compilation = 2
| Live = 1
| EP = 1
| Singles = 44
| Promotional = 8
| Music videos = 36
| Video = 5
}}
English singer-songwriter George Michael's releases consist of five studio albums, two compilation albums, one extended play, 44 singles, eight promotional singles, 36 music videos, and five video albums. In his career, Michael sold an estimated 100 million to 125 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time.{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/troubled-personal-life-of-star-george-michael-10707623|title=Troubled personal life of pop superstar George Michael|work=Sky News|date=December 27, 2016|access-date=December 27, 2016|archive-date=26 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226222242/http://news.sky.com/story/troubled-personal-life-of-star-george-michael-10707623|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1447005/George-Michael-is-back-with-Sony-the-slave-master.html|first=Nicole|last=Martin|date=18 November 2003|title=George Michael is back with Sony the 'slave master'|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=6 March 2011|location=London|archive-date=15 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150515023025/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1447005/George-Michael-is-back-with-Sony-the-slave-master.html|url-status=live}}
Michael's debut solo album, Faith, was released by Columbia Records in the United States and sibling label Epic Records in the United Kingdom in November 1987. It included the singles "I Want Your Sex", "Faith" (the Billboard Hot 100 year-end number-one single of 1988 in the United States), "Father Figure", "One More Try", "Monkey" and "Kissing a Fool". The album peaked at number one in the UK Albums Chart, and was certified 4× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It also peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200 and was certified Diamond for sales of over 10 million copies. Also in 1987, Michael collaborated with Aretha Franklin on the UK and US number one single "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)". In September 1990, Michael released his second album, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, which peaked at number one in the UK, number two in the US, and was certified 4× Platinum by the BPI. The album spawned the singles; "Praying for Time", "Waiting for That Day", "Freedom! '90", "Heal the Pain" and "Cowboys and Angels".
In November 1991, Michael released "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", a duet with Elton John; it reached number one in the UK and US. In 1992, Michael recorded "Too Funky", for the charity project Red Hot + Dance; the song reached number four in the UK and number ten in the US. In 1993, Michael released his version of "Somebody to Love", which was performed at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert with Queen. It debuted at number one in the UK and was certified Gold. In early 1996, Michael released "Jesus to a Child", a UK number-one single. The follow-up "Fastlove", also peaked at number one in the UK. Following "Fastlove", the album Older was released, in May 1996. Other singles from the album included "Spinning the Wheel", "Star People '97" and the double A-sides "Older" / "I Can't Make You Love Me" and "You Have Been Loved" / "The Strangest Thing '97". All of these reached the UK top three. Michael released his first greatest hits collection, Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael, in November 1998; it contained the new songs "Outside" and "As", a duet with Mary J. Blige. The album was Michael's most successful in the UK, reaching number one and it was certified 8× Platinum.
Michael's fourth solo album, Songs from the Last Century, was released in December 1999 and included cover versions of popular songs. His next album, Patience, was released in March 2004 and peaked at number one in the UK. Twenty Five, released in 2006, was Michael's second greatest hits album, celebrating the 25th anniversary of his music career. It debuted at number one in the UK. The album contains songs mainly from Michael's solo career and two new songs: "An Easier Affair" and "This Is Not Real Love" (a duet with Mutya Buena, then a member of the Sugababes, and now a member of Mutya Keisha Siobhan). In December 2008, Michael released a new track "December Song (I Dreamed of Christmas)" on his website for free.{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/george-michael/41382|title="December Song" free download via official website|work=NME|access-date=8 September 2009|archive-date=15 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215003529/http://www.nme.com/news/george-michael/41382|url-status=live}} The following year, "December Song (I Dreamed of Christmas)" was officially released as a commercial single. This was followed by "True Faith" (which was a UK top 30 and Irish top 40 hit, and an extensive re-working of the New Order song); and "You and I", another charity single. His next single was "White Light", and it was a commercial success, reaching number 15 on the UK singles chart. The song has also charted in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.
Albums
= Studio albums =
= Compilation and live albums =
= Video albums =
Extended plays
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| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Details ! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:13em;"| Sales ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:13em;"| Certifications |
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| scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| UK ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| AUS ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| AUT ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| FRA ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| GER ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| IRE ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| NLD ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| SWE ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| SWI ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| US |
| scope="row"| Five Live {{small|(with Queen and Lisa Stansfield)}}{{efn|group=upper-alpha|In some markets (such as the United Kingdom), Five Live charted as a single, not an EP.}} |
| 1 || 17 || 2 || 12 || 8 || 1 || 2 || 45 || 6 || 46 | | |
Singles
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| UK ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| AUS ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| AUT ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| FRA ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| GER ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| IRE ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| NLD ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| SWE ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| SWI ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| US |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Careless Whisper"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Careless Whisper" is sometimes credited to "Wham!", or "Wham! feat. George Michael".}}
| 1984 | 1 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 |
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| scope="row"| "A Different Corner"
| 1986 | 1 || 4 || 6 || 16 || 7 || 2 || 2 || 18 || 3 || 7 | |
| scope="row"| "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" {{small|(with Aretha Franklin)}} | rowspan="4"| 1987 | 1 || 1 || 9 || — || 5 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 1 |
| Aretha |
| scope="row"| "I Want Your Sex"
| 3 || 2 || 2 || 11 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 8 || 4 || 2 | | rowspan="7"| Faith |
| scope="row"| "Faith"
| 2 || 1 || 4 || 22 || 5 || 2 || 1 || 9 || 4 || 1 | |
| scope="row"| "Hard Day"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Father Figure"
| rowspan="4"| 1988 | 11 || 5 || 17 || 37 || 18 || 2 || 2 || — || 13 || 1 | |
| scope="row"| "One More Try"
| 8 || 34 || 19 || 5 || 22 || 1 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 1 |
|
| scope="row"| "Monkey"
| 13 || 12 || 22 || 34 || 24 || 8 || 7 || — || 5 || 1 | |
| scope="row"| "Kissing a Fool"
| 18 || 55 || — || 45 || 44 || 9 || 13 || — || — || 5 | |
| scope="row"| "Praying for Time"
| rowspan="3"| 1990 | 6 || 16 || 20 || 19 || 19 || 3 || 11 || 9 || 6 || 1 | | rowspan="6"| Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 |
| scope="row"| "Waiting for That Day"
| 23 || 50 || — || — || — || 11 || 79 || — || — || 27 | |
| scope="row"| "Freedom! '90"
| 28 || 18 || 25 || 23 || 41 || 17 || 15 || 20 || — || 8 |
|
| scope="row"| "Heal the Pain" (original version)
| rowspan="4"| 1991 | 31 || — || — || — || — || 16 || 16 || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Cowboys and Angels"
| 45 || 164 || — || 36 || — || 15 || 15 || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Soul Free"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Soul Free" was released commercially in Australia and Japan only.}}
| — || 95 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" {{small|(with Elton John)}} | 1 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 |
| Duets |
| scope="row"| "Too Funky"
| 1992 | 4 || 3 || 9 || 5 || 12 || 5 || 3 || 7 || 6 || 10 | |
| scope="row"| "Somebody to Love" {{small|(with Queen)}} | rowspan="2"| 1993 | 1 || 19 || 15 || 16 || 21 ||rowspan="2"| 1 || 6 || — || — || 30 | | rowspan="2"| Five Live EP |
| scope="row"| "Killer / Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
| — || — || — || 197 || — || — || — || — || 69 | |
| scope="row"| "Jesus to a Child"
| rowspan="3"| 1996 | 1 || 1 || 11 || 7 || 12 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 7 |
| rowspan="5"| Older |
| scope="row"| "Fastlove"
| 1 || 1 || 13 || 10 || 25 || 5 || 12 || 7 || 13 || 8 |
|
| scope="row"| "Spinning the Wheel"
| 2 || 14 || 29 || — || 67 || 14 || 24 || 18 || 24 || — | |
| scope="row"| "Older" / "I Can't Make You Love Me"
| rowspan="4"| 1997 | 3 || 61 || — || — || — || 6 || 46 || 60 || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Star People '97"
| 2 || 51 || 37 || — || 64 || 7 || 40 || 37 || 28 || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Star People '97" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/1997-04-19/bubbling-under-hot-100-singles |title=Bubbling Under Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |date=19 April 1997 |access-date=27 December 2016 |archive-date=27 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227161036/http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/1997-04-19/bubbling-under-hot-100-singles |url-status=live }}}} | |
| scope="row"| "Waltz Away Dreaming" {{small|(with Toby Bourke)}} | 10 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | Room 21 |
| scope="row"| "You Have Been Loved"
| 2 || 75 || — || — || — || 11 || 44 || 53 || — || — | | Older |
| scope="row"| "Outside"
| 1998 | 2 || 13 || 17 || 26 || 30 || 7 || 14 || 15 || 19 || — |
| rowspan="2"| Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael |
| scope="row"| "As" {{small|(featuring Mary J. Blige)}} | 1999 | 4 || 45 || — || 27 || 38 || 12 || 9 || 27 || 22 || — | |
| scope="row"| "If I Told You That" {{small|(with Whitney Houston)}} | 2000 | 9 || 37 || — || — || 58 || 25 || 31 || 44 || 33 || — | |
| scope="row"| "Freeek!"
| rowspan="2"| 2002 | 7 || 5 || 7 || 7 || 7 || 14 || 12 || 26 || 2 || — | | rowspan="6"| Patience |
| scope="row"| "Shoot the Dog"
| 12 || 36 || 41 || 59 || 44 || 23 || 26 || 39 || 14 || — | |
| scope="row"| "Amazing"
| rowspan="3"| 2004 | 4 || 6 || 23 || 37 || 19 || 4 || 9 || 16 || 10 || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Amazing" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number eight on the Hot Singles Sales chart.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3AGeorge%20Michael&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A353&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=George%20Michael |title=Search results: Hot Singles Sales |magazine=Billboard |access-date=27 December 2016}}}} | |
| scope="row"| "Flawless (Go to the City)"
| 8 || 26 || 72 || — || 54 || 23 || 30 || — || 36 || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Flawless (Go to the City)" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 22 on the Hot Singles Sales chart.}} | |
| scope="row"| "Round Here"
| 32 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 55 || — | |
| scope="row"| "John and Elvis Are Dead"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"John and Elvis Are Dead" was not eligible to chart due to UK chart rules at that time.}}
|2005 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "An Easier Affair"
| rowspan="2"| 2006 | 13 || 36 || 58 || 87 || 44 || 20 || 37 || 23 || 28 || — | | rowspan="2"| Twenty Five |
| scope="row"| "This Is Not Real Love" {{small|(featuring Mutya Buena)}} | 15 || — || 62 || — || — || 27 || 32 || — || 36 || — | |
| scope="row"| "December Song (I Dreamed of Christmas)"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"December Song (I Dreamed of Christmas)" was originally released as a free download in December 2008 and was not eligible to chart, but was re-released as a paid download in December 2009, and therefore became eligible.}}
| 2008 | 14 || — || 63 || — || 37 || 40 || 18 || 43 || — || — | | rowspan="3" {{Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row"| "True Faith"
| 2011 | 27 || — || — || — || — || — || 38 || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "White Light"
| 2012 | 15 || 88 || 53 || 73 || 21 || 32 || 6 || — || 34 || — | |
| scope="row"| "Let Her Down Easy"
| 2014 | 53 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | Symphonica |
| scope="row"| "Fantasy" {{small|(featuring Nile Rodgers)}} | 2017 | 85 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "This Is How (We Want You to Get High)"{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/george-michaels-first-posthumous-single-will-be-released-tomorrow-2564544|title=George Michael's first posthumous single will be released tomorrow|work=NME|last=Reilly|first=Nick|date=5 November 2019|access-date=6 November 2019|archive-date=6 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106034607/https://www.nme.com/news/music/george-michaels-first-posthumous-single-will-be-released-tomorrow-2564544|url-status=live}}
| 2019 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"| "Always" {{small|(with Waze & Odyssey, Mary J. Blige and Tommy Theo)}} | 2020 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | | {{Non-album single}} |
| colspan="16" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
= Promotional or limited release =
Other charted songs
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| scope="row"| "Mother's Pride"
| 1990 | 46{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Peak position as of March 1991}} | Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 |
Other appearances
Remix and production credits
Music videos
Notes
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References
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External links
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