The Wham! Guide

Wham! were one of the most successful acts of the 1980's. Members George Michael and Andrew Ridgely scored three #1 singles on the US Hot 100 with the decade's classics Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Careless Whisper and Everything She Wants. Two of those also hit the UK#1 spot, as did Freedom and I'm Your Man.The duo's two UK studio albums Fantastic and Make It Big hit the top spot of the UK Official Albums Chart, whilst the later also hit the United States' Billboard 200 top spot, and went 6xPlatinum there!

Michael and Ridgely were seemingly unstoppable - that is until the pair pulled the plug on the act themselves, bidding farewell with UK#1 The Edge of Heaven and a farewell concert in front of 72,000 fans at London's Wembley Stadium.Moreover, Wham!'s Last Christmas is one of the most successful festive hits of all-time, so it only adds to the heartache for music fans all over the globe that Michael sadly passed away on Christmas Day, 2016.As Ridgely stated, Michael "had a voice that would transport you, he was the finest singer/songwriter of his generation and has left the best of himself for us".