One of the most anticipated movies in fall 2019 was the rom-com “Last Christmas”, which features the music of George Michael and Wham!, including the holiday classic of the film’s title. Starring Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding, and co-written by Emma Thompson, the movie features 15 songs from George Michael and Wham! including the previously unreleased track “This Is How (We Want You To Get High).” The movie earned more than $111 million worldwide.

The George Michael Collection sells for £11,328,125 — including £9,264,000 in a memorable Evening Auction at Christie’s in London — with proceeds going to extend the singer’s extraordinary philanthropic legacy

In his last ever interview, George Michael gives Kirsty Young a frank first-hand account of the incredible success and devastating loss he’s faced across both his life and career.​

George Michael died on December 25m 2016. He was 53.

George Michael made pop history as the first pop star to perform at the historic Palais Garnier Opera house in Paris. He also used that concert to raise money for AIDS charity Sidaction.

In celebration of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s royal wedding, George released a cover of Stevie Wonder’s “You And I” as a gift for the royal couple. He offered the song as a free download, while urging fans to donate to the royal charities.

George released “December Song (I Dreamed Of Christmas)” as a free download on his official website. It was re-released commercially the following year on 14 December 2009, with physical copies selling out in just one day, following a live performance of the song on the final of the 2009 series of The X Factor UK.

Twenty Five is a greatest hits album by George Michael, celebrating the 25th anniversary of his music career. It was released on 13 November 2006 by Sony BMG.

George Michael sat down with Oprah Winfrey on her show to promote his album Patience. This is a classic interview that perfectly summed up George’s legacy.

George Michael appeared on the show ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” that aired on December 27, 2003. He paired up with Ronan Keating and won £32,000, after having their original £64,000 winnings halved by missing the £125,000 question.

George Michael performed with Ms. Dynamite a reworked version of his hit “Faith” at the Brit Awards to protest about war with Iraq, where both George and Ms. Dynamite altered their own parts of the lyrics.

George Michael performed at the Equality Rocks concert, a benefit concert to raise awareness of prejudice and human rights.  It was held on April 29, 2000, at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington, DC, USA.

On 28 November 1999, Michael performed at the 7th Stonewall Equality Show at the Royal Albert Hall. It was an annual event organized by Stonewall, the largest British charity for lesbian, gay and bisexual equality.

George Michael performed at “The Concert for Linda,” a benefit tribute to Linda McCartney, wife of Paul McCartney. The concert was held before some 5,000 fans at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 10 April 1999, almost a year after Linda died from breast cancer.

The double-disc collection Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best Of George Michael is released — a greatest hits album, containing a compilation of his songs spanning over a decade (1984 to 1998).  It debuts at #1 in the UK.

This is the landmark 1998 interview with CNN’s Jim Moret, where George Michael came out as gay, three days after being arrested for lewd conduct in Los Angeles. In the late 80s and most of the 1990s, George kept his sexuality a secret for many years.

At the 42nd Ivor Novello Awards, George Michael won two awards: Songwriter of the Year; and Most Performed Work for his song ‘Fastlove’

Older, George’s first album in nearly six years, was released on Virgin/DreamWorks. It debuted at #1 in the UK and was the source of six top ten singles.

“Fastlove”, the second single drawn from Older, was released.

The album Red, Hot + Dance is a charity fundraising to raise funds for AIDS research and awareness. George Michael donated three songs to the album, namely Too Funky, Happy and Do You Really Want to Know.  Other contributors to the album include Madonna, Seal and PM Dawn.

George Michael announced he would donate part of the proceeds from his upcoming duet with Elton John “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down” to charity.

Release of “Praying For Time”, the lead single from Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1. It tops the charts in the US and hits #6 in the UK.

George’s debut solo album ‘Faith‘ won the Album of the Year at the 31st Grammy Awards.  He beat out Sting, Steve Winwood, Bobby McFerrin, and ‘Tracy Chapman. He was also nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for “Father Figure”

George Michael performed in the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert on 11 June 1988 at the Wembley Stadium in London, along with 82 other artists.

George Michael won the British Male Solo Artist Award at the 1988 Brit Awards held at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

George Michael releases his first solo album, Faith. Packed with hits (“I Want Your Sex,” “Father Figure,” the title track), it goes to #1 in both the UK and US, and wins the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1989.

George Michael’s duet with Aretha Franklin ‘I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)’ became the #1 single in the UK charts. It held the top spot for two weeks. The song was Franklin’s first and only UK number-one hit.

The compilation album ‘The Final’ was released in the UK. It reached #2 on the UK album charts on July 19, 1986. Instead of this album, Wham!’s third and final studio album Music from the Edge of Heaven was released instead in Northern America.

George Michael was a guest on the talk show Aspel & Company and announced that Wham! were to break-up and were to perform one last show.

George Michael performed at Live Aid at Wembley Arena, together with U2, Paul McCartney, Bob Geldof, Queen, among others. During the concert, George joined Elton John to perform ‘Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.”

Wham! became the first Western pop group to perform live in China when they played at the Workers’ Gymnasium in Beijing in front of 15,000 people.

Fantastic, Wham!’s debut album, is released. It hits #1 on the UK albums chart.

Wham! appears on the long-running program Top of The Pops for the first time, performing “Young Guns (Go For It)”.

Wham!’s first single, “Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)” is released. It eventually peaks at #8 on the UK singles chart.

Georgios Kyriakos Panayiotou was born in East Finchley, London. His father was Kyriacos Panayiotou (nicknamed “Jack”), a Greek Cypriot restaurateur who emigrated to England in the 1950s and his mother was Lesley Angold (née Harrison, died 1997)