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George Michael - The Facts

Some fun facts about singing legend George Michael.

  • Michael was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, North London.
  • Before Wham!, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley formed part of a (short-lived) ska band called The Executive.
  • George Michael is left-handed.
  • GM preferred to use supermodels including Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell in his video for single 'Freedom 90'.
  • George Michael has achieved seven number one singles in the UK, and eight number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in America.
  • George Michael has released five studio albums, including first solo album Faith.
  • George's duet with Aretha Franklin - 'I Knew You Were Waiting For Me' - from 1987, features on 'the best duets of all-time' list.
  • George is no stranger to duets, having shared the stage and studio with artists including Paul McCartney, Mary J Bilge and Elton John.
  • In 2003 George paired up with Boyzone singer Ronan Keating on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' and won £32,000 for charity.
  • In March 2011, George announced that he'd turned to social networking site Twitter to give up smoking.

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