Cassette/LP

Album

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|align="left"|UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

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!align="left"|Chart (1985)
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|align="left"|Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

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|align="left"|Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...

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|align="left"|Australian Kent Music Report

Kent Music Report

The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998...

 Albums Chart
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Singles

• "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", #1 U.S.; #1 UK
• "Careless Whisper", #1 U.S.; #1 UK
• "Everything She Wants", #1 U.S.; #2 UK
• "Freedom", #3 U.S.; #1 UK

Certifications

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|align="left" rowspan="6"|RIAA – USA
|align="left"|Gold
|align="left"|26 December 1984
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|align="left"|Platinum
|align="left"|28 December 1984
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|align="left"|Triple Platinum
|align="left"|8 July 1985
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|align="left"|4× Platinum
|align="left"|23 December 1985
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|align="left"|5× Platinum
|align="left"|22 August 1990
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|align="left"|6× Platinum
|align="left"|7 October 1994
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Personnel

• Lead vocals: George Michael
• Additional vocals: George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley
• Acoustic Guitar: Hugh Burns and Andrew Ridgeley
• Bass Guitar: Deon Estus
  Deon Estus
  Deon Estus is an American bassist and singer, best known as the bass player of Wham! and as George Michael's bassist on all of the latter's subsequent projects.-Biography:...
  
  
• Drums: Trevor Morrell
• Electric Guitar: Hugh Burns and Andrew Ridgeley
• Keyboards: Tommy Eyre
  Tommy Eyre
  Tommy Eyre was a session keyboardist from Sheffield, England, who appeared on records by Joe Cocker, John Martyn, Alex Harvey, Greg Lake, Michael Schenker, Gary Moore, B.B. King, John Mayall, Tracy Chapman and Wham!...
  
  , George Michael and Andy Richards
• Saxophone: David Baptiste and Steve Gregory
  Steve Gregory
  Steve Gregory is an English jazz saxophonist and composer. He plays tenor, alto, soprano and baritone saxophone as well as the flute.Steve Gregory was born in the UK. At St. Paul's School he learned guitar and piano and played clarinet in the school orchestra. He turned down a place at the...
  
  
• Trumpet: Colin Graham and Paul Spong
• Arranger: George Michael
• Assistant Engineer: Paul Gomersall
• Engineer: Chris Porter
• Photography: Tony McGee
• Producer: George Michael