25 June: George Michael turns 51

Born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in London in 1963, George Michael has become one of the best-selling artists in music, with global record sales of well over 100 million.

Michael started his musical career as a DJ, before starting his first band, a short-lived ska group called The Executive,in cahoots with Paul Ridgely.

In 1981 he formed Wham! with