George Michael (1963–2016) was an English singer, songwriter, and record producer, who was in the pop duo Wham! before starting a career as a solo pop musician. He sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, and had ten albums reach the Billboard 200. During his career as a solo musician, Michael released five studio albums: Faith (1987), Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990), Older (1996), Songs from the Last Century (1999), and Patience (2004). Michael received recognition in the United Kingdom, winning 5 awards from 24 nominations at the BRIT Awards; two of those awards were for "Best British Male" in 1988 and again in 1997. He also found success at the MTV Video Music Awards, receiving 4 awards from 16 nominations, including "Best Direction in a Video" for the song "Father Figure" in 1988. Michael's debut album Faith won multiple awards, including "Favorite Album (Soul/R&B)" from the American Music Awards and "Album of the Year" from the Grammy Awards. Overall, Michael received 56 awards from 173 nominations. On 20 October 2016, it was announced that Michael was nominated for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017. ASCAP Pop Music Awards The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a not-for-profit performance rights organization that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating them accordingly. !Ref. |- | rowspan=3|1986 | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | rowspan=11|Most Performed Songs | | rowspan=3| |- | "Careless Whisper" | |- | "Everything She Wants" | |- | 1987 | "I'm Your Man" | | |- | rowspan=3|1989 | "Faith" | | rowspan=3| |- | "One More Try" | |- | "Father Figure" | |- | rowspan=2|1990 | "Kissing a Fool" | | rowspan=2| |- | "Heaven Help Me" | |- | 1992 | "Praying for Time" | | |- | 1997 | "Jesus to a Child" | | American Music Awards The American Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony created by Dick Clark in 1973. Michael received four awards from seven nominations. |- | rowspan="2" | 1986 || Wham! || Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group Video Artist || |- | "Careless Whisper" || Favorite Pop/Rock Single || |- | 1988 || George Michael || Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist || |- | rowspan="4" | 1989