Wham! discography explained

See also: George Michael discography.

Artist:	Wham!
Studio:	3
Compilation:	3
Singles:	14
Music Videos:	12
Video:	4
Option Name:	Remix albums
Option:	2
1Option Name:	Films
1Option:	2

English musical duo Wham! released three studio albums (three in North America and Japan, two in all other territories), four compilation albums, four video albums, 12 music videos, 14 singles, two remix albums and two documentary films.

Albums

Studio albums

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Details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
UK ^[1]	AUS ^[2] ^[3]	GER ^[4]	JPN ^[5]	NL ^[6]	NOR ^[7]	NZ ^[8]	SWE ^[9]	SWI ^[10]	US ^[11]
Fantastic	Released: 1 July 1983 Label: Innervision (#IVL 25328) Formats: LP, CD, cassette	1	6	7	17	8	8	1	15	25	83	BPI: 3× Platinum^[12] ARIA Gold^[13] RIAA: Gold^[14]
Make It Big	Released: 15 October 1984^[15] Label: Columbia (#COL 86311) Formats: LP, CD, cassette	1	1	5	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	BPI: 4× Platinum ARIA: Platinum BVMI: Gold^[16] RIAA: 6× Platinum
Music from the Edge of Heaven	Released: 27 June 1986 (North America and Japan)^[17] Label: Columbia Formats: LP, CD, cassette	—	—	—	9	—	—	—	—	—	10	RIAA: Platinum
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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Details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
UK	AUS	AUT ^[18]	GER	JPN	NL	NZ	SWE	SWI	US
The Final	Released: 7 July 1986^[19] Label: Epic (#EPC 88681) Formats: 2×LP, CD, cassette	2	5	3	2	11	1	1	16	2	—	BPI: Platinum BVMI: Gold
	Released: 24 November 1997 Label: Epic (#4890202) Formats: CD, cassette, MD	4	29	23	40	30	18	29	—	28	—	BPI: 2× Platinum ARIA: Gold^[20]
	Released: 11 November 2020 Label: Sony Music Japan (#) Formats: CD, DVD	—	—	—	—	34	—	—	—	—	—
	Released: 7 July 2023 Label: Sony Music (#) Formats: 2×LP, CD	2	23 ^[21]	35	12	—	10	22	—	17	31
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remix albums

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Details	Peak chart positions
JPN
12" Mixes	Released: 1988 Label: Epic Formats: CD, cassette	72
The Best Remixes	Released: 21 April 1989 (Japan)^[22]	Songs, Reviews, Credits	AllMusic Label: Epic Format: CD	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Video albums

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Details	Certifications
Wham	The Video	Released: 1984 Label: CBS/Fox Video Format: VHS, LaserDisc	RIAA: Gold
Wham	85	Released: 1985 Label: CBS/Fox Video Format: VHS
Wham	The Final	Released: 1986 Label: CBS/Fox Video Format: VHS, Betamax	RIAA: Gold
The Best of Wham!	Released: 1997, 2001 Format: VHS, VCD, DVD

Singles

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Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
UK	AUS	AUT	BEL ^[23]	GER	IRE ^[24]	NL	NOR	SWI	US ^[25]
"Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)"	1982	105^[26]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Fantastic
"Young Guns (Go for It)"		3	4	—	8	20	3	9	10	—	—	BPI: Silver^[27]
"Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)" (reissue)	1983	8	9	—	12	17	13	9	—	—	—
"Bad Boys"		2	9	—	8	12	3	26	8	6	60	BPI: Silver
"Club Tropicana"		4	60	—	23	13	4	14	10	—	—	BPI: Platinum
"Club Fantastic Megamix"		15	—	—	—	56	16	44	—	—	—
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"	1984	1	1	6	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	BPI: 2× Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum^[28] BVMI: Gold MC: Platinum^[29] RIAA: Platinum^[30]	Make It Big
"Careless Whisper"		1	1	2	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	BPI: 2× Platinum^[31] ARIA: 2× Platinum^[32] BVMI: Gold^[33] MC: Platinum RIAA: Platinum
"Freedom"		1	3	23	2	14	1	3	1	5	3	BPI: Gold
"Everything She Wants"		2^[34]	7	5	9	8	21	8	2^[35]	—	1	BPI: Gold MC: Gold RIAA: Gold
"Last Christmas"		1	2	1	2	1	1	2		2	4	BPI: 5× Platinum ARIA: 7× Platinum^[36] BVMI: 3× Platinum RIAA: 2× Platinum	Music from the Edge of Heaven / The Final
"I'm Your Man"	1985	1	3	14	3	7	1	3	4	7	3	BPI: Gold MC: Gold
"The Edge of Heaven"	1986	1	2	11	1	4	1	1	2	4	10	BPI: Silver
"Where Did Your Heart Go?"		—	54	23	—	—		37	—	—	50
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

"Last Christmas" re-issue and re-entry positions

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Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
UK	AUS	AUT	GER	IRE	NL	NOR	SWE	SWI	US
"Last Christmas" (re-entry)	1985	6	—	—	—	—	—	2	7	6	—		Music from the Edge of Heaven / The Final
	1986	45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	2007	14	—	4	4	22	6	8	14	10	—
	2008	26	—	6	16	34	5	6	10	15	—
	2009	34	—	9	14	36	19	10	16	12	—
	2010	57	—	11	23	—	32	—	11	14	—
	2011	26	—	17	25	33	51	10	4	34	—
	2012	34	—	16	26	42	47	16	4	24	—
	2013	36	—	25	30	35	22	10	3	31	—	BPI: Silver
	2014	28	61	19	19	37	17	13	6	12	—	ARIA: Platinum^[37]
	2015	18	—	15	15	18	11	14	8	19	—	BVMI: Platinum^[38]
	2016	7	23	10	7	16	4	10	3	4	41	ARIA: 3× Platinum^[39]
	2017	2	37	5	4	4 ^[40]	88	3 ^[41]	1 ^[42]	6	43
	2018	3	5	3	3	7 ^[43]	4	3 ^[44]	1 ^[45]	3	25	BPI: 2× Platinum
	2019	3	3	2	2	4 ^[46]	2	2	1	3	11	ARIA: 4× Platinum^[47]
	2020	1^[48]	2	2	2	4 ^[49]	2	2	2	3	9	BPI: 3× Platinum
	2021	2	2 ^[50]	1	1	2	2	4	1	2	7	BPI: 4× Platinum
	2022	1	3 ^[51]	1	1	1	2	4	1	2	4	BPI: 5× Platinum
	2023	1	3 ^[52]	1	2	2	2	3	1	2	4	ARIA: 7× Platinum
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

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Year	Director(s)
"Young Guns (Go for It)"	1982	Tim Pope
"Wham Rap		(Enjoy What You Do)"	Chris Gabrin
"Bad Boys"	1983	Mike Brady
"Club Tropicana"		Duncan Gibbins
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"	1984	Andy Morahan
"Everything She Wants"
"Freedom"		Lindsay Anderson, Andy Morahan^[53]
"Careless Whisper"		Duncan Gibbins
"Last Christmas"		Andy Morahan
"I'm Your Man"	1985
"The Edge of Heaven"	1986
"Where Did Your Heart Go?"		Andy Morahan, George Michael

Lyric videos

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Year
"Last Christmas"	2019^[54]
"Club Tropicana"	2023^[55]
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"	2024^[56]

Filmography

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Year	Role	Director	Type	Release details	Certifications	Peak pos.
US ^[57]
	1986	Themselves		Documentary	Label: CBS/Fox Video, Epic Format: VHS, Betamax, LaserDisc	RIAA: Gold	1
Wham!	2023		Chris Smith		Label: Netflix, Altitude Film Distribution Format: Streaming		—

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wham! > Official Chart History. Official Charts Company.
2. Peak positions in Australia:
   • For all except noted: Web site: Discography Wham!. Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
   • For "Last Christmas" 2014 re-entry: Web site: ARIA SINGLES: Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars Top Singles For Third Week. Noise11. Ryan. Gavin. December 27, 2014. December 27, 2014.
3. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W . 1993. 0-646-11917-6. Kent Music Report.
4. Web site: Discographie von Wham!. GfK Entertainment. 27 December 2019.
5. Web site: Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Wham!. Oricon. ja. 2007-12-30. 2012-02-26.
   • Web site: ワム!. Oricon. 19 January 2021.
6. Web site: Discografie Wham!. Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
7. Web site: Discography Wham!. Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
8. Web site: Discography Wham!. New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
9. Web site: Discography Wham!. Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
10. Web site: Discographie Wham!. Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
11. Wham! Chart History > Billboard 200. Billboard. 27 December 2023.
12. United Kingdom. Wham. April 26, 2024.
13. Web site: ARIA Top 20 Vinyl Albums for week of 1 April 2024. ARIA. 1 April 2024. 30 March 2024.
14. Web site: RIAA Certified Awards . . 2017-12-22 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171222202233/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=wham . 2017-12-22 .
15. Web site: RIAA. .
16. Germany. 2009-09-20. Wham!.
17. Web site: RIAA. .
18. Web site: Discographie Wham!. Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
19. Web site: Award. BPI. 7 August 2023.
20. Web site: ARIA certificates Albums 1997. Australian Recording Industry Association. 2009-09-04.
21. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. 1 January 2024. 29 December 2023.
22. https://www.allmusic.com/album/best-remixes-mw0000465718 Best Remixes - Wham!
23. Web site: Discografie Wham!. Belgian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
24. Web site: Discography Wham!. Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
25. Wham! Chart History > Hot 100. Billboard. 31 December 2019.
26. Web site: The 76-100 pos. UK-Charts-Thread. 3 March 2005. UKMIX Forums. 7 August 2023.
27. United Kingdom. Wham. 10 July 2022.
28. Australia. single. 2017. 10 February 2017.
29. Web site: Canada Certifications . Music Canada.
30. Web site: US Certifications . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140818225430/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH . 2014-08-18.
31. Web site: Daft Punk's Get Lucky becomes one of the UK's biggest selling singles of all-time!. Lane. Daniel. 27 June 2013. Official Charts Company. 2014-05-06.
32. Australia. single. 2016. 31 December 2016.
33. Germany. Wham!. 12 January 2023.
34. Web site: Wham! | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company. www.officialcharts.com.
35. Web site: Irish Charts All There is to Know. irishcharts. 23 December 2021. 23 December 2021.
36. Australia. 2023. single. 16 December 2023.
37. Australia. single. 2014. 21 January 2015.
38. Web site: BVMI Datenbank. Bundesverband Musikindustrie. 2016-12-26.
39. Web site: ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles. Australian Recording Industry Association. 9 December 2019. 7 December 2019.
40. Web site: Official Irish Singles Chart – 22 December 2017. Irish Recorded Music Association. Official Charts Company. 23 December 2017.
41. Web site: VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 52, 2017. VG-lista. 30 December 2017.
42. Web site: Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista. Sverigetopplistan. 30 December 2017.
43. Web site: IRMA – Irish Charts. Irish Recorded Music Association. 29 December 2018.
44. Web site: VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 50, 2018. VG-lista. 15 December 2018.
45. Web site: Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista. Sverigetopplistan. 15 December 2018.
46. Web site: Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50. Official Charts Company. 28 December 2019.
47. Web site: ARIA Chart Watch #558. auspOp. 4 January 2020. 4 January 2020.
48. Web site: Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company. www.officialcharts.com.
49. Web site: Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50. Official Charts Company. 26 December 2021.
50. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. 20 December 2021. 17 December 2021.
51. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. 26 December 2022. 23 December 2022.
52. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. 18 December 2023. 16 December 2023.
53. Web site: The Wham! in China documentary George Michael didn't want you to see. Telegraph Media Group Limited. 14 June 2022. 8 October 2022. Hall. James. https://archive.today/20220614210338/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/wham-china-documentary-george-michael-didnt-want-see/. 14 June 2022. live.
54. Web site: Wham! - Last Christmas (Official Lyric Video). 12 December 2019. YouTube. 29 July 2023.
55. Web site: Wham! - Club Tropicana (Official Lyric Video). 22 July 2023. YouTube. 29 July 2023.
56. Web site: Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Official Lyric Video). 29 May 2024. YouTube. 30 May 2024.
57. Top Music Videocassettes. Billboard. 49. 17 May 2023.