Hits List*: George Michael

Titles and numbers don't do him justice; to fully appreciate George Michael, one must listen to the songs below as well as many of the great album tracks he did.  But it should still be easy to tell from the hits below how incredible his career was.  This list does not include Michael's career with Wham!.  And even though "Careless Whisper" essentially was Michael's first solo song, it was promoted as being from Wham! and thus, it's success relied on the track record of that group.

1986:  "A Different Corner", (#7, #1 in U.K., #2 in Ireland and Netherlands, #4 in Australia)
1987:  "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" with Aretha Franklin (#1, U.K., Australia, Ireland and Netherlands)
            "I Want Your Sex" (#2, #1 in Ireland, #1  Netherlands, #2 in Australia, #3 in U.K.)
            "Faith" (#1, #2 U.K., #1 Australia and Netherlands, #2 Ireland)

1988:   "Father Figure" (#1, ##11 U.K., #5 Australia, #2 in Ireland, #2 Netherlands)
            "One More Try" (#1, #8 U.K., #34 Australia, #1 Ireland #4 Netherlands,)
            "Monkey" (#1, #13 U.K., #12 Australia, #8 Ireland, #7 Netherlands)
            "Kissing A Fool" (#5, #18 U.K., #55 Australia, #9 Ireland, #13 Netherlands)
1990:   "Freedom!  90" (#8, #28 U.K., #18 Australia, #17 Ireland, #15 Netherlands)
            "Waiting For That Day" (#27, #23 U.K., #50 Australia, #11 Ireland, #79 Netherlands)
1991:   "Heal The Pain" (#31 U.K., #16 Ireland, #25 Netherlands)
            "Mother's Pride" (#46)
            "Cowboys And Angels" (#45 U.K., #15 Ireland, #20 Netherlands)
            "Soul Free" (#95 Australia"
            "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" with Elton John (#1, #1 U.K., #3 Australia, #2 Ireland, #1 Netherlands)

1992:   "Too Funky" (#10, #4 U.K., #3 Australia, #3 Netherlands)
1993:   "Somebody To Love" with Queen (#30, #1 U.K., #19 Australia, #1 Ireland, #6 Netherlands)
            "Killer" (#69)
1996:   "Jesus To A Child" (#7, #1 U.K., #1 Australia, #1 Ireland, #2 Netherlands)
            "Fastlove" (#8, #1 U.K., #1 Australia, #5 Ireland, #12 Netherlands)
            "Spinning The Wheel" (#2 U.K., #14 Australia, #14 Ireland, #24 Netherlands)
1997:   "Older" (#3 U.K., #61 Australia, #6 Ireland, #46 Netherlands"
            "Star People 97" (#2 U.K., #51 Australia, #7 Ireland, #40 Netherlands)
            "Waltz Award Dreaming" with Toby Bourke (#10 U.K.)
            "You Have Been Loved" (#2 U.K., #75 Australia, #11 Ireland, #44 Netherlands)
1998:   "Outside" (#2 U.K., #13 Australia, #7 Ireland, #14 Netherlands)
1999:   "As" with Mary J. Blige (#4 U.K., #45 Australia, #12 Ireland, #9 Netherlands)
2000:   "If I Told You That" with Whitney Houston (#9 U.K., #37 Australia, #25 Ireland, #31 Netherlands)
2002:   "Freeek!" (#7 U.K., #5 Australia, #14 Ireland, #12 Netherlands)
            "Shoot The Dog" (#12 U.K., #36 Australia, #23 Ireland, #26 Netherlands)
2004:   "Amazing" (#4 U.K., #6 Australia, #4 Ireland, #9 Netherlands)
            "Flawless (Go To The City)" (#8 U.K., #26 Australia, #23 Ireland, #30 Netherlands)
            "Round Here" (#32 U.K.)
2006:   "An Easier Affair" (#13 U.K., #36 Australia, #20 Ireland, #37 Netherlands)
            "This Is Not Real Love" with Mutya Buena (#15 U.K., #27 Ireland, #32 Netherlands)
2009:   "December Song (I Dreamed Of Christmas)" (#14 U.K., #40 Ireland, #18 Netherlands)
2011:   "True Faith" (#27 U.K., #38 Netherlands)
2012:   "White Light" (#15 U.K., #88 Australia, #32 Ireland, #6 Netherlands)
2014:   "Let Her Down Easy" (#55 U.K.)


That's 18 career hits in the U.S. with 12 of those going Top 10 and six reaching #1.