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Sunday Times bestselling author of #Empireland, #Empireworld & others. New book on George Michael - Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, out now on Picador
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The Soul Singer from North London

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By Sathnam Sanghera 
| AIR MAIL
With songs like “Father Figure” and “Careless Whisper,” George Michael became the first white solo artist to lead the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart—re-drawing the boundaries of the genre forever This year marks the 10th anniversary of George Michael’s death. It’s an excuse to re-evaluate his cultural legacy, which I have done at length in my new book, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud: The Meaning of George Michael.
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Tonight the Music Seems So Loud: The Meaning of George Michael

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By Sathnam Sanghera 
| Library Journal
. Jun. 2026. 352p. ISBN 9798897101177. $29.95. MUSIC COPY ISBN Born Giorgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, George Michael (1968–2016) was a singer-songwriter, record producer, solo artist, and a pop music icon of the ’80s and ’90s. According to Sanghera ( Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe), Michael has never been recognized for his cultural significance to the same extent as John Lennon, David Bowie, and Bob Dylan.
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Tonight the Music Seems So Loud

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By Sathnam Sanghera 
| Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Picador THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER 'This affecting exploration of the troubled genius’s impact is packed with anecdote, sharp analysis and social context' - THE GUARDIAN 'A beautiful, frequently extraordinary book. Part biography, part social commentary and part love letter, it somehow does full justice to the magnificent man it examines' - JAMES O'BRIEN 'Happy Publication Day to this deeply-felt book.
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