GEORGE MICHAEL PLATINUM DISC
This is an original RIAA USA Platinum Certified Sales award for the George Michael single I Want Your Sex.This is awarded for sales of 1,000,000 units in the United States of America. A must for any fan of George Michael
This is an original RIAA USA Platinum Certified Sales award for the George Michael single "I Want Your Sex".This is awarded for sales of 1,000,000 units in the United States of America. The single was released from his debut solo album, "Faith" in mid 1987. It was the first single released from the album. The song was banned by many radio stations in the UK and US, due to its sexually suggestive lyrics.
When it reached the US charts, American Top 40 host Casey Kasem refused to say the song's title, referring to it only as "the new single by George Michael. In the US, the song was also sometimes listed as "I Want Your Sex (from Beverly Hills Cop II)", since the song was featured on the soundtrack of the movie.But despite censorship and radio play problems, "I Want Your Sex" reached No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 3 in the UK.
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Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou was born 25 June 1963 and died 25 December 2016. He was, known professionally as George Michael and was an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham! He was best known for his work in the 1980s and 1990s, including hit singles such as "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" and "Last Christmas", and albums such as Faith (1987) and Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990).
Until his death, he had sold more than 115 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. His breakthrough was through his band Wham! who sold 28 million records between 1982 and 1986.
His debut solo album "Faith" sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.He achieved seven number one singles in the UK and eight number one songs on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, including "Careless Whisper" and "Praying for Time". He ranks among the best-selling British acts of all time, and in 2008, he was ranked 40th on Billboard's list of the Greatest Hot 100 Artists of All Time.
He won various music awards throughout his 30-year career, including three Brit Awards—he won Best British Male twice, four MTV Video Music Awards, six Ivor Novello Awards, three American Music Awards, and two Grammy Awards from eight nominations. In 2004, the Radio Academy named him the most played artist on British radio during the period 1984–2004.