When childhood best friends George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley first dipped their toes into the music scene, they didn't have much luck. Even when they formed their famed musical pop duo, Wham!, ...

From teen heartthrob to serious artist defying taboo, George Michael was a man with faith that music had the power to change the world. Blessed with a soaring voice and an instinct for pop melodies, ...

Over his remarkable four-decade career, George Michael sold more than 115 million albums. He first gained fame as a member of Wham! in the early ’80s before embarking on a solo career in 1987 with the ...

“Like, Totally” is going to be tripendicular, for sure. How could it be anything less, with music by WHAM, The B-52s and The Talking Heads? Those are just a few of the groups whose 1980s hits will be ...

Youngstown / Boardman native Robert Bartko performs the music of George Michael and Wham! in the tribute act George Michael Reborn, which comes to the Robins Theatre in Warren on Jan. 20. (Submitted ...

The Grammy-winning funk band first covered the Wham! track for its 2018 holiday album, 'A Sunshine Christmas' Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 ...

Maybe the human brain is wired to think in terms of binaries: male or female, on or off, win or lose. It’s certainly true of big pop duos, where one partner is always seen as more important (Paul ...