George Michael - Faith

With their third and final album Music From the Edge of Heaven, the writing was already on the wall that things with Wham! were changing. Two of the singles from that record were even presented as solo vehicles for George Michael. The band soon broke up, allowing George Michael to work on much more mature songs.

In late 1987 he put out his first solo album Faith, a chart topping and award winning record. It sold over 1 million copies in its debut week on the charts and over 25 million worldwide since. It went to number 1 on the UK and US album charts; it also went to number 1 on the Billboard R&B charts, a first for a Caucasian artist. It spawned six chart topping hit singles, won a Grammy for Album of the Year in 1989, and earned George three American Music Awards that same year. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Faith at number 84 on its 100 Top Albums of the 1980's list and number 480 on its 500 Greatest Albums of All-Time list.