Wham! were a British musical duo formed by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley in the early 1980s.They were briefly known in the United States as Wham! UK due to a naming conflict with an American band.
Wham! sold 25 million certified records worldwide from 1982 to 1986.
Michael and Ridgeley met at Bushey Meads Comprehensive School in Bushey near the suburb of Watford in Hertfordshire, England, UK. At first they performed in a short-lived ska band called The Executive, alongside three of their former school friends David (Austin) Mortimer, Harry Tadayon and Andrew Leaver. When this group split, Michael and Ridgeley eventually formed Wham!, signing with Innervision Records, a contract from which they later sued to be released. Once that situation was resolved, they signed with CBS (Columbia Records in the United States and Canada, and Epic Records for the rest of the world).
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