George Michael discography
| George Michael discography | |
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| Studio albums | 5 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| Video albums | 5 |
The discography for 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, he sold an estimated 100 million to 125 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
FRA [4] |
GER [5] |
IRE [6] |
NL [7] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [10] | |||
| Faith | 1 | 3 | 3 | 52[A] | 3 | 52[A] | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 |
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1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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| Older |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
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| Songs from the Last Century |
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2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 157 |
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| Patience |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||
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| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
GER [5] |
IRE [6] |
NL [7] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [10] | |||
| Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 24 |
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| Twenty Five |
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1 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
Live albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||||
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| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
FRA [4] |
GER [5] |
IRE [6] |
NL [7] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [10] | ||||||||||
| Five Live (with Queen and Lisa Stansfield)[B] |
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1 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 6 | 46 |
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| Symphonica |
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1 | 11 | 7 | — | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | 6 | 50 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Video albums
| Title | Details | Certifications |
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| Faith |
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| George Michael |
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| Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael |
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| Twenty Five |
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| Live in London |
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Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||||||
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| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
FRA [4] |
GER [5] |
IRE [6] |
NL [7] |
SWE [8] |
SWI [9] |
US [10] | ||||||||||
| "Careless Whisper"[C] | 1984 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Make It Big | ||||||
| "A Different Corner" | 1986 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 7 |
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Music from the Edge of Heaven | ||||||
| "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (with Aretha Franklin) |
1987 | 1 | 1 | 9 | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
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Aretha | ||||||
| "I Want Your Sex" | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
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Faith | |||||||
| "Faith" | 2 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
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| "Hard Day" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Father Figure" | 1988 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 37 | 18 | 2 | 2 | — | 13 | 1 |
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| "One More Try" | 8 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
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| "Monkey" | 13 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 24 | 8 | 7 | — | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
| "Kissing a Fool" | 18 | 55 | — | 45 | 44 | 9 | 13 | — | — | 5 | |||||||||
| "Praying for Time" | 1990 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 |
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Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 | ||||||
| "Waiting for That Day" | 23 | 50 | — | — | — | 11 | 79 | — | — | 27 | |||||||||
| "Freedom! '90" | 28 | 18 | 25 | 23 | 41 | 17 | 15 | 20 | — | 8 |
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| "Heal the Pain" (original version) | 1991 | 31 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 16 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Cowboys and Angels" | 45 | 164 | — | 36 | — | 15 | 15 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Soul Free"[D] | — | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (with Elton John) |
1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Duets | |||||||
| "Too Funky" | 1992 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
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Red Hot + Dance | ||||||
| "Somebody to Love" (with Queen) |
1993 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 6 | — | — | 30 |
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Five Live EP | ||||||
| "Killer / Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" | — | — | — | 197 | — | — | — | — | 69 | ||||||||||
| "Jesus to a Child" | 1996 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
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Older | ||||||
| "Fastlove" | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 8 |
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| "Spinning the Wheel" | 2 | 14 | 29 | — | 67 | 14 | 24 | 18 | 24 | — |
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| "Older" / "I Can't Make You Love Me" | 1997 | 3 | 61 | — | — | — | 6 | 46 | 60 | — | — |
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| "Star People '97" | 2 | 51 | 37 | — | 64 | 7 | 40 | 37 | 28 | —[E] |
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| "Waltz Away Dreaming" (with Toby Bourke) |
10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Room 21 | ||||||||
| "You Have Been Loved" | 2 | 75 | — | — | — | 11 | 44 | 53 | — | — |
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Older | |||||||
| "Outside" | 1998 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 26 | 30 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 19 | — |
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Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael | ||||||
| "As" (featuring Mary J. Blige) |
1999 | 4 | 45 | — | 27 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 27 | 22 | — |
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| "If I Told You That" (with Whitney Houston) |
2000 | 9 | 37 | — | — | 58 | 25 | 31 | 44 | 33 | — | Whitney: The Greatest Hits | |||||||
| "Freeek!" | 2002 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 2 | — |
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Patience | ||||||
| "Shoot the Dog" | 12 | 36 | 41 | 59 | 44 | 23 | 26 | 39 | 14 | — | |||||||||
| "Amazing" | 2004 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 37 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 10 | —[F] |
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| "Flawless (Go to the City)" | 8 | 26 | 72 | — | 54 | 23 | 30 | — | 36 | —[G] | |||||||||
| "Round Here" | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55 | — | |||||||||
| "John and Elvis Are Dead"[H] | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "An Easier Affair" | 2006 | 13 | 36 | 58 | 87 | 44 | 20 | 37 | 23 | 28 | — | Twenty Five | |||||||
| "This Is Not Real Love" (featuring Mutya Buena) |
15 | — | 62 | — | — | 27 | 32 | — | 36 | — | |||||||||
| "December Song (I Dreamed of Christmas)"[I] | 2008 | 14 | — | 63 | — | 37 | 40 | 18 | 43 | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||||
| "True Faith" | 2011 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "White Light" | 2012 | 15 | 88 | 53 | 73 | 21 | 32 | 6 | — | 34 | — | ||||||||
| "Let Her Down Easy" | 2014 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Symphonica | |||||||
| "Fantasy" (featuring Nile Rodgers) |
2017 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Listen Without Prejudice / MTV Unplugged | |||||||
| "This Is How (We Want You to Get High)" | 2019 | —[J] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Last Christmas | |||||||
| "Always" (with Waze & Odyssey, Mary J. Blige and Tommy Theo) |
2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)"[K] | 1991 | Non-album single |
| "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (with Queen and Lisa Stansfield) |
1993 | Five Live |
| "You Know That I Want To" / "Safe" | 1996 | Non-album single |
| "Roxanne" | 1999 | Songs from the Last Century |
| "Miss Sarajevo" | ||
| "Heal the Pain" (featuring Paul McCartney)[L] |
2008 | Twenty Five |
| "You and I" | 2011 | Non-album single |
| "Going to a Town" | 2014 | Symphonica |
| "Feeling Good" |
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| US [10] | |||
| "Mother's Pride" | 1990 | 46 | Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 |
Other appearances
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Turn to Gold" | 1984 | Turn to Gold |
| "The Last Kiss" | 1985 | Romance |
| "Nikita" | Ice on Fire | |
| "Wrap Her Up" | ||
| "Learn to Say No" (with Jody Watley) |
1987 | Jody Watley |
| "Jive Talkin'" | Outrageous | |
| "Heaven Help Me" | 1989 | Spell |
| "Red Dress" | 1990 | Son of Albert |
| "Someday" | 1991 | Change |
| "Tonight" | Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin | |
| "I'm Your Man" | 1995 | I've Gotta Have It All |
| "You Spin Me Round" | Non-album single | |
| "Chameleon (Shed Your Skin)" | 1997 | Smoke + Mirrors |
| "The Grave" | 2003 | Hope (War Child) |
| "Blame It on the Sun" (with Ray Charles) |
2005 | Genius & Friends |
| "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" (with Tony Bennett) |
2006 | Duets: An American Classic |
| "We Are Cinderella" | 2021 | This Time Tomorrow |
Remix and production credits
| Title | Year | Artist | Album |
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| "Me or the Rumours" (The George Michael mix) |
1989 | Deon Estus | Spell |
| "Only You" (Laker Boy mix) |
1991 | Praise | Praise |
| "Someday" | Pepsi & Shirlie | Change | |
| "One Nation Under a Groove"[M] | Jay Henry | Non-album single | |
| "Tripping on Your Love" (George Michael Metropolis mix) |
Bananarama | Pop Life | |
| "Brother Louie"[N] | 1993 | Louie Louie | Let's Get Started |
| "We Are Cinderella" | 2021 | Sleeper | This Time Tomorrow |
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
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| "Careless Whisper" | 1984 | Duncan Gibbins |
| "A Different Corner" | 1986 | Luc Roeg |
| "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (with Aretha Franklin) |
1987 | Brian Grant |
| "I Want Your Sex" | Andy Morahan | |
| "Faith" | ||
| "Father Figure" | ||
| "One More Try" | 1988 | Tony Scott |
| "Monkey" | Andy Morahan | |
| "Kissing a Fool" | ||
| "Praying for Time" | 1990 | Michael Borofsky |
| "Freedom! '90" | David Fincher | |
| "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (with Elton John) |
1991 | Andy Morahan |
| "Too Funky" | 1992 | George Michael and Thierry Mugler |
| "Killer / Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" | 1993 | Marcus Nispel |
| "Jesus to a Child" | 1996 | Howard Greenhalgh |
| "Fastlove" | Vaughan Arnell and Anthea Benton | |
| "Spinning the Wheel" | ||
| "Star People '97" | 1997 | Milton Lage |
| "Older" | Andy Morahan | |
| "Waltz Away Dreaming" (with Toby Bourke) |
The New Renaissance | |
| "Outside" | 1998 | Vaughan Arnell |
| "As" (featuring Mary J. Blige) |
1999 | Big TV! |
| "Roxanne" | Joanna Bailey | |
| "If I Told You That" (with Whitney Houston) |
2000 | Kevin Bray |
| "Freeek!" | 2002 | Joseph Kahn |
| "Shoot the Dog" | 2DTV | |
| "Amazing" | 2004 | Matthew Rolston |
| "Flawless (Go to the City)" | Jake Scott | |
| "Round Here" | Andy Morahan | |
| "John and Elvis Are Dead" | 2005 | Anthea Benton |
| "An Easier Affair" | 2006 | Jake Nava |
| "December Song (I Dreamed of Christmas)" | 2009 | M.I.E. |
| "True Faith" | 2011 | |
| "White Light" | 2012 | Ryan Hope |
| "Let Her Down Easy" | 2014 | Vaughan Arnell |
| "Fantasy" (featuring Nile Rodgers) |
2017 | |
| "This Is How (We Want You to Get High)" | 2019 |
Notes
- 1 2 Chart position of 2011 re-master
- ↑ In some markets (such as the United Kingdom), Five Live charted as a single, not an EP.
- ↑ "Careless Whisper" is sometimes credited to "Wham!", or "Wham! feat. George Michael".
- ↑ "Soul Free" was released commercially in Australia and Japan only.
- ↑ "Star People '97" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
- ↑ "Amazing" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number eight on the Hot Singles Sales chart.
- ↑ "Flawless (Go to the City)" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 22 on the Hot Singles Sales chart.
- ↑ "John and Elvis Are Dead" was not eligible to chart due to UK chart rules at that time.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "This Is How (We Want You To Get High" did not enter the UK Singles Top 100 Chart, but peaked at number 10 on both the UK Singles Downloads and Singles Sales charts.
- ↑ Promoted to urban radio in February 1992.
- ↑ Paul McCartney is often uncredited on "Heal the Pain".
- ↑ Produced under the alias "Laker Boy".
- ↑ Produced under the alias "James Kennedy", the name of Michael's close friend Andros Georgiou's firstborn son.
References
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- 1 2 3 4 Peak positions in Australia:
- Singles and albums peaks to 26 June 1988: Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. 1993. p. 199. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- Singles and albums peaks from 26 June 1988: "Discography George Michael". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien.
- Singles and albums peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- For "Kissing a Fool": "25 Years Ago This Week: January 15, 1989". chartbeat.blogspot.com.au. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014.
- For "Cowboys and Angels": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 29 May 2015". imgur.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015.
- For "White Light": "The ARIA Report Issue #1174 > Week Commencing ~ 27 August 2012" (PDF). Australian Web Archive (original document published by ARIA). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
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