George Michael :: Charts & Sales History

[innocenteyes]

AUSTRALIA ARIA accreditations for September:

Singles:

Father Figure: Gold (35,000)
Too Funky: Platinum (70,000)
Faith: 2 x Platinum (140,000)

Albums:

Listen Without Prejudice Volume One: 2 x Platinum (140,000)
Twenty Five: 2 x Platinum (140,000)

DVD:

Live In London: 2 x Platinum (30,000)

[thebigham]

George Michael has died at the age of 53!

2016 sucks.

Expect an invasion of his albums on the charts.

[sprock93]

RIP

Bad year!!!

[stollar]

RIP George Michael

[Nippian93]

R.I.P.[*]. Feel free to also post here.

[JBmust]

2016, a year to forget when it comes to music

[Wayne]

The inevitable explosion is starting already, with Careless Whisper shooting to #168 on UK iTunes.

Despite this being an awful occasion, people will be allowed to discuss charts as this is what the forum is for - no vilifying people please for discussing charts as has been the case in the past.

[JBmust]

Global Digital Artist Ranking

#1 (+2) Michael Bublé: 2751 (1059 iTunes/ 1692 streaming)
#21 (+1) Wham!: 921 (291 iTunes/ 630 streaming)
#OUT (?) George Michael: ?

[JBmust]

Last Christmas - Single Version

Spotify:
#1 Denmark (+1)
#1 Sweden (=)
#2 United Kingdom (=)
#2 Finland (+5)
#2 France (+83)
#2 Germany (+1)
#2 Italy (+9)
#2 Netherlands (+4)
#3 Worldwide (+11)
#3 Australia (+32)
#4 Norway (+3)
#18 Canada (+22)
#39 Spain (+20)
#75 United States (+55)
#82 Philippines (+82)

iTunes:
#21 Switzerland (-14)
#29 Italy (-6)
#30 Spain (-13)
#33 Belgium (-14)
#39 Russia (+11)
#50 Norway (-30)
#57 United Kingdom (-30)
#59 Denmark (-31)
#60 Germany (-33)
#64 France (-31)
#73 Netherlands (+30)
#85 Ireland (-49)
#89 New Zealand (-49)
#94 Australia (-33)
#95 Thailand (NE)
#106 Austria (-36)
#120 Japan (-47)
#123 South Africa (-25)
#133 India (+26)
#192 United States (-132)

[Rolling]

Album: Ladies & Gentlemen

iTunes:
#27 Slovenia
#31 Denmark
#45 Lithuania
#46 Hungary
#51 Taiwan
#52 United Kingdom
#82 Poland
#154 Italy
#171 Netherlands
#172 France

[Wayne]

Careless Whisper is #3 UK iTunes, Don't Let The Sun... is at #4, Faith at #14.

[thebigham]

http://www.billboard.com/articles/colum ... ggest-hits

George Michael's Top 20 Biggest Billboard Hits
12/25/2016 by Keith Caulfield

Pop superstar George Michael left an incredible legacy on Billboard’s charts – both as a solo artist and as one-half of the duo Wham! The late singer died at his home over the Christmas holiday period, according to his publicist.

Michael first dented Billboard’s charts in 1983 with Wham!’s “Young Guns (Go For It),” which debuted on the Dance Club Songs chart dated March 19, 1983. That launched a stunning career on Billboard’s lists: Combined, Wham! and Michael earned 21 top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including 10 No. 1s. Among those chart-toppers: “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,” “Careless Whisper,” “Faith,” “Father Figure,” “I Knew You Were Waiting for Me” (with Aretha Franklin) and “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me” (with Elton John).

His biggest hit of all time on the Hot 100 (see list, below) is his 1987 No. 1 smash “Faith.” It spent four weeks atop the list and was one of four No. 1 singles from his solo debut album, Faith. The set ruled the Billboard 200 chart for 12 weeks, is certified at 10 million copies sold in the U.S. according the Recording Industry Association of America (his biggest selling album), and won the 1988 Grammy Award for album of the year.

During his lifetime, Michael charted 10 solo albums on the Billboard 200, with three of them reaching the top 10: Faith, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 and Older. He most recently visited the list in 2014 with the live album Symphonica, featuring orchestral interpretations of his hits. His most recently charting new single was the Symphonica track “Let Her Down Easy,” which reached No. 24 on the April 26, 2014-dated Adult Contemporary airplay chart. (He last hit the Hot 100 in 1996 with the No. 8-peaking “Fastlove.”)

Michael’s No. 2 biggest Hot 100 of all time is “Careless Whisper,” which spent three weeks at No. 1 on the weekly chart, and was Michael’s first chart hit credited to him as an artist – though it was curiously billed as Wham! featuring George Michael.

Among Michael’s top 20 Hot 100 hits are famed tracks like “Freedom,” which reached No. 8 in 1990, and boasted a music video that did not feature Michael. Instead, the clip – directed by David Fincher – starred a bevy of supermodels. Also in the top 20: his racy single “I Want Your Sex” single, which peaked at No. 2 on the weekly Hot 100.

A song not among his top 20 biggest hits (as it never charted on the Hot 100) is the holiday classic "Last Christmas," by Wham! The song is an annual favorite around Christmastime, and has gone as high as No. 5 on the weekly Holiday 100 chart in 2014, and climbed to No. 11 this holiday season on the chart dated Dec. 31. It ranks as the No. 10 all-time Holiday 100 tune.

Here are George Michael’s top 20 biggest Billboard Hot 100 hits:

Rank, Title, Artist, Hot 100 Peak Position, Peak Date

1. “Faith,” George Michael, No. 1 (4 weeks), Dec. 12, 1987
2. “Careless Whisper,” Wham! featuring George Michael, No. 1 (3 weeks), Feb. 16, 1985
3. “One More Try,” George Michael, No. 1 (3 weeks), May 28, 1988
4. “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,” Wham!, No. 1 (3 weeks), Nov. 17, 1984
5. “Everything She Wants,” Wham!, No. 1 (2 weeks), May 25, 1985
6. “Father Figure,” George Michael, No. 1 (2 weeks), Feb. 27, 1988
7. “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me),” Aretha Franklin & George Michael, No. 1 (2 weeks), April 18, 1987
8. “Monkey,” George Michael, No. 1 (2 weeks), Aug. 27, 1988
9. “I Want Your Sex,” George Michael, No. 2, Aug. 8, 1987
10. “Praying For Time,” George Michael, No. 1 (1 week), Oct. 13, 1990

11. “I’m Your Man,” Wham!, No. 3, Feb. 1, 1986
12. “Freedom,” Wham!, No. 3, Sept. 28, 1985
13. “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me,” George Michael/Elton John, No. 1 (1 week), Feb. 1, 1992
14. “A Different Corner,” George Michael, No. 7, June 14, 1986
15. “Kissing a Fool,” George Michael, No. 5, Nov. 26, 1988
16. “Freedom,” George Michael, No. 8, Dec. 22, 1990
17. “Heaven Help Me,” Deon Estus with George Michael, No. 5, April 29, 1989
18. “The Edge of Heaven,” Wham!, No. 10, Aug. 16, 1986
19. “Fastlove,” George Michael, No. 8, June 1, 1996
20. “Too Funky,” George Michael, No. 10, Aug. 8, 1992

George Michael’s top 20 Billboard Hot 100 hits chart is based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100, through the Dec. 31, 2016, ranking. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, certain eras are weighted to account for different chart turnover rates over various periods.

[Yoshie]

Careless Whisper is #3 UK iTunes, Don't Let The Sun... is at #4, Faith at #14.

Where are you seeing this? They're at 90, 135 and 157 on LivePopBars.

Ladies & Gentlemen up to 9 on Albums.

[Rolling]

Album: Ladies & Gentlemen

iTunes:
#5 United Kingdom
#6 Portugal
#11 Brazil
#11 Chile
#12 New Zealand
#15 Netherlands
#15 Norway
#16 Ireland
#19 Sweden
#20 Australia
#27 Slovenia
#28 Belgium
#31 Denmark
#33 Italy
#45 Lithuania
#46 Hungary
#51 France
#51 Taiwan
#70 Austria
#78 Spain
#82 Poland
#94 Russia
#96 Mexico
#142 Switzerland

[88marcus88]

I would love Patience be certified Gold in US, last update it had sold 381k...

[Bojan]

Are you really talking about charts and sales at this moment?

[Smudy20]

The inevitable explosion is starting already, with Careless Whisper shooting to #168 on UK iTunes.

Despite this being an awful occasion, people will be allowed to discuss charts as this is what the forum is for - no vilifying people please for discussing charts as has been the case in the past.

[SmittyRoc70]

My condolences!! (2016 sucks!!)

[Rolling]

United States

iTunes Songs:
112. Careless Whisper
174. Freedom '90

iTunes Albums:
36. Faith
69. Twenty Five
117. Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1
123. Ladies & Gentlemen

[MusicLover88]

The inevitable explosion is starting already, with Careless Whisper shooting to #168 on UK iTunes.

Despite this being an awful occasion, people will be allowed to discuss charts as this is what the forum is for - no vilifying people please for discussing charts as has been the case in the past.

[JBmust]

Global Digital Artist Ranking

#1 (+2) Michael Bublé: 2751 (1059 iTunes/ 1692 streaming)
#21 (+1) Wham!: 921 (291 iTunes/ 630 streaming)
#OUT (?) George Michael: ?

Global Digital Artist Ranking

#1 (=) Michael Bublé: 2734
#19 (+2) Wham!: 1064
#21 (NEW) George Michael: 949

[borderwolf]

[Rolling]

Australia

iTunes Songs:
46. Faith
71. Careless Whisper
78. Freedom '90
99. Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me
105. Father Figure
111. Too Funky
129. Careless Whisper
130. Fastlove, Pt. 1
141. Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me
142. I Knew You Were Waiting
147. I Want Your Sex
167. Somebody To Love
177. Amazing
178. Careless Whisper

iTunes Albums:
4. Twenty Five
7. Ladies & Gentlemen
45. Faith
79. Older
80. Twenty Five
144. Symphonica
172. Patience

[Biebz]

Last Christmas is #1 on UK Spotify with the highest one day streams EVER!

[ChallengeMe]

Heal the pain at 31 in Brazil... Among all his songs that one is unexpected. Why?