George Michael

George Michael born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou 25 June 1963 25 December 2016 was an English singer and songwriter He is considered one of the most significant cultural icons of the MTV generation and is one of the bestselling musicians of all time with sales of over 120 million records worldwide Michael was known as a leading creative force in music production songwriting vocal performance and visual presentation He achieved seven numberone songs on the UK Singles Chart and eight numberone songs on the US Billboard Hot 100 Michael won numerous music awards including two Grammy Awards three Brit Awards three American Music Awards twelve Billboard Music Awards and four MTV Video Music Awards In 2015 he was ranked 45th in Billboards list of the Greatest Hot 100 Artists of All Time The Radio Academy named him the most played artist on British radio during the period 19842004 Description above from the Wikipedia article George Michael licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia