GEORGE MICHAEL HAD SOLD OVER 120 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE.

GEORGE MICHAEL AS A SOLO ARTIST SOLD MORE THAN 80 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE, MAKING HIM ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING MUSIC ARTISTS.

HE SOLD A FURTHER 30 MILLION RECORDS WITH WHAM.

HIS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM FAITH SOLD MORE THAN 25 MILLION COPIES.

GEORGE MICHAEL ACHIEVED SEVEN NUMBER ONE SINGLES IN THE UK AND EIGHT NUMBER ONE SONGS ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 IN THE US.

HE RANKS AMONG THE BEST-SELLING BRITISH ACTS OF ALL TIME, AND IN 2008, GEORGE MICHAEL WAS RANKED 40TH ON BILLBOARD'S LIST OF THE GREATEST HOT 100 ARTISTS OF ALL TIME. GEORGE MICHAEL 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 GEORGE MICHAEL THE MOST PLAYED ARTIST ON BRITISH RADIO DURING THE PERIOD 1984–2004 CEMENTING HIM AS ONE OF IF NOT THE MOST POPULAR MALE ARTIST THIS COUNTRY HAS PRODUCED