A year after releasing his third and final Wham! album, Music from the Edge of Heaven in 1986, George Michael embarked on his solo career. He also had a revamped look — leather jacket, five-o’clock ...

George Michael, 'Faith (Special Edition)' When he wasn't setting his own monkey free, George Michael was singing about it. The single "Monkey" was, and remains, one of the weakest tracks on this ...

As a child, I would attend St. Paul’s Lutheran most Sundays and get lost in fantasies, sometimes in a way that would result in a fear undeserving of redemption when we would kneel in prayer. The sound ...

George Michael‘s solo debut album Faith was the gift that kept on giving when it was released in 1987. Not only did the album produce a spate of hit singles, but also each new hit that arrived from it ...

In a 1985 interview with No. 1 magazine, George confidently claimed he had “no shame at all” in admitting that most of what ...

In 1984, George Michael released a song called “Freedom” with his pop duo Wham! Six years later, he put out one of his own called “Freedom! ’90.” And six years after that? A song called “Free” closed ...