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Born as Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou on June 25 1963, this English singer, songwriter, record producer and philanthropist rose to fame as part of the duo Wham!. Later on, Micheal focused on pursuing a solo career, breaking several records with his music. The song texts and compositions of chords George Michael devised made him one of the best-selling music artists worldwide, with over 80 million records sold. In his time he reached number one of the UK single charts seven times and on top landed eight number one songs on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Wham!

Together with Andrew Ridgeley Michael first formed the duo Wham! In 1981. Their most played chords must be those of their track “Last Christmas” — a song that still echoes over Christmas markets each year and that is a staple for about every radio channel during the festive season. “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”, “Careless Whisper” and “Faith” are some of their other best-known tracks that brought the duo spectacular success.

Crowd pleaser

In early 1987, Micheal focused on a solo career. His catchy chords, which brought him international success, cover the spectrum of pop, post-disco, R&B, dance-pop and blue-eyed soul. For example, the track “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)”, he performed together with Aretha Franklin, one of his favorite artists, reached number one on both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100. Over the course of his career, the artist won a number of awards including two Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, three American Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, and six Ivor Novello Awards.

Michael’s personal life

In 1998, after having been in several relationships with women, Micheal came out as gay. He was an active LGBT rights campaigner and participated in many HIV/AIDS charity fundraisers. In his professional career, Micheal was shining ever so brightly, however, he was struggling in his private life. He was arrested for drug-related offenses in 2006, 2008 and 2010 and admitted on a radio show that he was struggling with substance abuse, which included cannabis and sleeping pills. In 2011 he got hospitalized after complaining about chest pain and as a result of a viral infection, his tours got cancelled. He got diagnosed with pneumonia and after his condition worsened severely, he was in an intensive care unit, being in a comatose state. Yet, as he got nursed back to health, he eventually got released from the hospital. In December 2016, at the age of 53, Micheal passed away, as a result of heart and liver disease.

The musician and icon lives on through his art. You can find all George Micheal chords below.