Holpuch, Amanda (13 February 2017). " 'I can't mess this up for him': Adele stops George Michael Grammys tribute". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017 . Retrieved 21 April 2019. Pop icon George Michael was a music video master". Mashable. 25 December 2016. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021 . Retrieved 6 July 2021. During early 1987, at the beginning of his solo career, Michael released " I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)", a duet with Aretha Franklin. "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" was a one-off project that helped Michael achieve an ambition by singing with one of his favourite artists. It scored number one on both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100 upon its release. [48] [49] For Michael, it became his third consecutive solo number one in the UK from three releases, after 1984's "Careless Whisper" (though the single was actually from the Wham! album Make It Big) and 1986's " A Different Corner". The single was also the first Michael had recorded as a solo artist which he had not written himself. The co-writer, Simon Climie, was unknown at the time; he later had success as a performer with the band Climie Fisher in 1988. Michael and Aretha Franklin won a Grammy Award in 1988 for Best R&B Performance – Duo or Group with Vocal for the song. [50] George Michael and Michael Caine accused of tax avoidance through Liberty scheme". The Independent. London. 9 July 2014. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014 . Retrieved 11 July 2014.

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An LGBT rights campaigner and HIV/AIDS charity fundraiser, [230] [231] [232] the proceeds from the 1991 single " Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" were divided among 10 different charities for children, AIDS and education. He was also a patron of the Elton John AIDS Foundation. [233] Michael wore a red ribbon at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium in April 1992. [234] [235] He was instrumental in bringing the compilation CD Red Hot + Dance to fruition, contributing three original songs, with the album featuring Seal and Madonna among others. [236] George Michael shelves all 2011 tour dates due to illness". NME. UK. 15 September 2011. Archived from the original on 28 November 2011 . Retrieved 25 November 2011. Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 was released in September 1990. The title is an indication of his desire to be taken more seriously as a songwriter. [69] The album was released in Europe on 3 September 1990, and one week later in the US. It reached No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart [13] and peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard 200. [14] It spent a total of 88 weeks on the UK Albums Chart and was certified four-times Platinum by the BPI. [70] The album produced five UK singles, all of which were released within an eight-month period: " Praying for Time", " Waiting for That Day", " Freedom! '90", " Heal the Pain", and " Cowboys and Angels" (the latter being his only single not to chart in the UK top 40). [13] Michael refused to do any promotion for the album. [68] At the 1991 Brit Awards, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 won the award for Best British Album. [71]Born in East Finchley, Middlesex, Michael formed the pop duo Wham! with Andrew Ridgeley in 1981. Their first two albums, Fantastic (1983) and Make It Big (1984), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. Their hit singles included " Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" and " Last Christmas". Their tour of China in 1985 was the first by a Western popular music act, and generated worldwide media coverage. [11] [12] At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards on 12 February 2017, Adele performed a slow version of " Fastlove" in tribute to Michael. [262] On 22 February, Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin performed " A Different Corner" at the 2017 Brit Awards. [263] In June, Michael's close friend, former Spice Girls member Geri Halliwell, released a charity single, "Angels in Chains", a tribute to him, to raise money for Childline. [264] During November 1994, after a long period of seclusion, Michael appeared at the first MTV Europe Music Awards show, where he gave a performance of a new song, " Jesus to a Child". [90] The song was a melancholy tribute to his lover, Anselmo Feleppa, who had died in March 1993. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 1 and No. 7 on Billboard upon release in 1996. [13] [14] It was Michael's longest UK Top 40 single, at almost seven minutes long. The exact identity of the song's subject—and the nature of Michael's relationship with Feleppa—was shrouded in innuendo and speculation, as Michael had not confirmed he was homosexual and did not do so until 1998. The video for "Jesus to a Child" was a picture of images recalling loss, pain and suffering. Michael consistently dedicated the song to Feleppa before performing it live. [91] Michael's homosexuality became publicly known following his April 1998 arrest for public lewdness. [178] In 2007, Michael said "that hiding his sexuality made him feel 'fraudulent', and his eventual outing, when he was arrested [...] in 1998, was a subconsciously deliberate act." [179] Naughty Boy 'won't rule out' releasing his George Michael collaboration". BBC Newsbeat. 19 January 2017. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017 . Retrieved 28 February 2017.

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Freedom '90" was the second of only two singles from Listen Without Prejudice to be supported by a music video (the other being the Michael-less "Praying for Time"). [73] The song alludes to his struggles with his artistic identity, and prophesied his efforts shortly thereafter to end his recording contract with Sony Music. As if to prove the song's sentiment, Michael refused to appear in the video (directed by David Fincher), and instead recruited supermodels Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Tatjana Patitz, and Cindy Crawford to appear in and lip sync in his stead. [73] It also featured lyrics critical of his sex symbol status. [74] It reached No. 8 success on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, [14] and No. 28 on the UK Singles Chart. [13] " Mother's Pride" gained significant radio play in the US during the first Persian Gulf War during 1991, often with radio stations mixing in callers' tributes to soldiers with the music. [75] I cannot ever thank him enough', says mum whose IVF was paid for by George Michael". ITV. 4 January 2017. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017 . Retrieved 4 January 2017.

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