He was a member of one of the most successful band of the 80s Wham!, but only lasted 5 years as they split in 1986. Wham! had 11 Top 20 hits, 10 Top 10 hits, including 4 no.1s. He re-establised himself as a solo artists and his first three songs were no.1 hits and four more no.1 in the 90s. His songs between 1984 and 1999 included 18 Top 10 hits, 15 of them were Top 5 and overall 7 no.1s, he only had 7 songs out of Top 10. Between 1982 and 1999, he had 11 no.1s, 28 Top 10 hits as a solo artist and as part of Wham!.


Was arrested in early 1998 at a public restroom in Beverly Hills for commiting a lewd act in front of an undercover police officer. He has since made a music video mocking the whole incident. The arresting police officer has since filed a civil suit againt George for defamation of character. It was dismissed. Has sung duets with Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Toby Bourke, Mary J. Blige and Whitney Houston. Collaborated with Queen and Lisa Stansfield on the British chart-topping "Five Live" (EP) of 1993. His song with Wham!, "Last Christmas", is the best selling British hit never to get to number one, reaching the no. 2 position in December 1984, being re-issued and reaching the no. 6 position the next December and being re-issued again and reaching the no. 45 position in December 1986. It spent a total of 24 weeks on the British chart. He was a big fan of "This Morning" (1988) and, on the final episode of the series, he phoned the presenters, Richard and Judy, to thank them live on air and to wish them the best. His controversial single "Shoot the Dog" (released 2002) had a video that ridiculed Tony Blair, Cherie Blair and George W. Bush. Played a benefit for striking British miners. [September 1984] Is of Greek-Cypriot heritage from his father, a restaurant owner, who emigrated to the U.K. from Cyprus, in the 1950s. Was backing vocals on Andrew Ridgeley's album "Son Of Albert" on tracks "Red Dress" & "Shake". These were the only 2 songs to do well on the charts. Wrote many of his songs while working at a movie theater as a teenager. In the Independent on Sunday 2006 Pink List - a list of the most influential gay men and women - he came no. 25, down from 22. Winner (as part of Wham!) of the British Phonographic Industry Award for British Group in 1985. His album "Listen Without Prejudice Vol.1" won the 1991 Brit Award for British Album. Announced his retirement in February 2004, but began a new European tour in September 2006, his first tour in fifteen years. He was paid £1.7 million to perform for an hour at Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin's New Year's party on 31 December 2006. Sentenced to 100 hours community service for driving while unfit. The singer was arrested on 1 October 2006 after being found slumped at the wheel of his Mercedes in the early hours of the morning. He had an antidepressant in his system, as well as cannabis and 16 micrograms per millilitre of the illegal Class C drug GHB. (9 June 2007). Ranked #73 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists. He wrote, produced and performed the classic song "Last Christmas" when he was just 21 years old. There have been over 395 cover versions of the song by different artists since it was released in 1984.