Some of my biggest hit singles as a solo artist include the single 'Faith', (taken from his debut album Faith that not only became No.1 on both sides of the Atlantic but also resulted in stunning 6 No.1 singles in America) and many more. 'Careless Whisper' (written when I was 17) became one of the most played songs of the decade and voted Londoner's Favourite record of all time in January 1995 in a competition run jointly by the capital's leading evening newspaper and radio station. I was then also voted Best Male Singer by the same radio station and by the readers of a national newspaper. Some of my other hits include 'Father Figure', 'One More Try', 'Freedom 90', 'Fastlove', 'Jesus To A Child', 'Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me' (a duet with Elton John), 2002's 'Freeek!' and 'Shoot The Dog'. I work covers a variety of pop styles, from ballads to funky dance tracks. In a career spanning more than 20 years, I have been responsible for more than 75 million album sales. Having decided to release my new material through a number of labels on a single-by-single basisI found a home at Sony for my new, highly anticipated album Patience. It was released in March 2004 after two unstellar singles came out on Polydor and it debuted at number one on the UK album charts and number 2 in Australia.I was involved in a court case concerning my record contract after my record company CBS was taken over by Sony. Amongst my complaints was that Sony had not fully supported the release of my second solo album resulting in its poor performance in the US compared to 'Faith'. Sony responded that Michael had refused to appear in promotional videos and it was this that had caused the poor response to the album. The case was heard in London and was found against me. As a consequence I declared I would not release any new material until I had completed the minimum of my contractual obligations to Sony. I am also well known for my 1998 arrest for 'engaging in a lewd act' in a public restroom in a Beverly Hills city park. I was arrested by an undercover Beverly Hills police officer named Marcelo Rodriguez. George Michael: 'Well, I was followed into the restroom, and then, this cop - well, I didn't know he was a cop at the time obviously – he started playing this game. I think it's called ‘I'll show you mine, you show me yours, and then when you show me yours, I'm gonna nick you!'' 1 After pleading 'no contest' to the charge, I was fined $810 and sentenced to 80 hours of community service. After that incident, I became open about my homosexuality. Soon afterwards, I made a video for my single 'Outside' which was clearly based on the public restroom incident and which featured men dressed up as policemen kissing. Rodriguez, the police officer, claimed that this video 'mocked' him, and also that I had slandered him in interviews, and in 1999 filed a ten million dollar lawsuit in California against the me. The court dismissed the case on the grounds related to the officer's status as a kind of public official, but an appeals court reinstated the case on December 3, 2002. I have often taken a public political stance. I sang as part of Band Aid on the charity song 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' for famine relief in Ethiopia and Wham! played at Live Aid in 1985. In the 1980s, I was very critical of Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government and its cruise missile alliance with the United States I said that I felt bad, since through my taxes I was paying for these weapons, yet was obliged to never dodge my tax obligations to my home country. In December 2004 Elton John stated in an interview that he believed I should 'get out more'. As both John and I were openly gay and had performed together on several occasions many were surprised at the public spat. In an open letter response I claimed I and Elton were not good friends and that John had little knowledge of my personal life other than what he might glean from gossip.I announced that Patience will be the last record on sale to the public. I told BBC Radio 1 on March 10, 2004 that future music that I put out will be available for download with fans encouraged to make a donation to charity. I said I had been very well remunerated for my talents over the years so I really didn’t need the public's money. I'd like to have something on the Internet which was a charitable download site where anyone could download my music for free. I'd have my favourite charities up there and people would hopefully donate to that. I state that the decision will put less pressure to produce a new album every so often and allow him to have more of a private life.GEORGE
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