Michael was inspired by his contemporaries Michael Jackson and Prince: "I absolutely wanted to be in the same stratosphere as, definitely. Following the split, Michael began to work on songs that would eventually make his first solo album, which would be titled Faith. A decision was made that the group would dissolve following the end of a tenure at Wembley Stadium for what was titled The Final. After the success of Make It Big, Michael had grown weary of continuing the group, and expressed to Ridgeley the desire that they should split up. Often ranked as one of the best albums of the 1980s, Faith was ranked number 151 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2020.īy 1986, Michael had spent five years as the lead singer of the popular duo Wham! and had grown tired of accusations that the group, which featured his best friend Andrew Ridgeley, was nothing more than a teenybopper group despite the serious subject matter that was included on albums such as Fantastic and Make It Big. He was also honoured with the MTV Video Vanguard Award. Michael won three awards at the 1989 American Music Awards: Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist, Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Album. The album won several awards, including Album of the Year at the 31st Grammy Awards. įaith is one of the best-selling albums of all time having sold over 20 million copies worldwide and was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1996. Michael embarked on The Faith Tour to promote Faith in February 1988, opening at Tokyo's Budokan arena, before going on to dates in Australia, Europe and North America. Faith spawned four number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100: " Faith", " Father Figure", " One More Try", and " Monkey", making Michael the only British male solo artist to have four number one hits from one album on the Billboard Hot 100. It was also the first album by a white solo artist to hit number one on the Billboard Top Black Albums chart. ![]() It stayed for 51 non-consecutive weeks inside the Billboard 200 top 10, including 12 weeks at number one. įaith peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart and US Billboard 200. ![]() A " black" inspired pop- R&B album, Faith's songs include introspective lyrics, which generated controversies about Michael's personal relationships at that time. ![]() In addition to playing various instruments on the album, Michael wrote and produced every track on the recording except for one, "Look at Your Hands", which he co-wrote with David Austin. Faith is the debut solo studio album by the English singer George Michael, released on 30 October 1987 by Columbia Records and Epic Records.
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