Michael Stipe

@Singer-lyricist, Family and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Michael Stipe is an American singer, filmmaker, and lyricist, better known as the frontman of the American rock band R.E.M Georgia Depression Bisexual Gays American University Of Georgia Guitarists Lyricists & Songwriters Singers Rock Singers Capricorn Celebrities Michael Stipe is an American singer, lyricist, and filmmaker, most famous for leading the alternative rock band R.E.M. While pursuing art studies at college, he struck chord with a record store clerk, Peter Buck, and wished to form a band. Just as the two started writing music, they were joined by Mike Mills and Bill Berry, to create an influential American rock band R.E.M. After two single releases, the band recorded their first album ‘Murmur’ which instantly connected with music lovers and was very well-received. Eventually, the band compiled a number of successful albums, before they got their first commercial breakthrough through the single ‘The One I Love’ from ‘Document’. Their two albums ‘Out of Time’ and ‘Automatic for the People’ are considered to be the band’s most successful and best albums. Some other best-seller albums from the group include ‘Green’, ‘Monster’, ‘Up’, ‘Around the Sun’, Accelerate’, and ‘Collapse into Now’. In addition to his music career, he tried his hand at acting and filmmaking as well. He launched his own production house, Single Cell, under which he produced two blockbuster films, including an Oscar-nominated flick.

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Birthday: January 4, 1960 Nationality: American Famous: Singer-lyricist, Bisexual, Gays, University Of Georgia, Guitarists, Lyricists & Songwriters, Singers, Rock Singers City/State: Georgia Siblings: Lynda Stipe Known as: John Michael Stipe, J.M. Stipe, Stipe, Michael Universities: University Of Georgia 1978 - Collinsville High School University of Georgia Information Detail Birthday January 4, 1960 Nationality American Famous Singer-lyricist, Bisexual, Gays, University Of Georgia, Guitarists, Lyricists & Songwriters, Singers, Rock Singers City/State Georgia Siblings Lynda Stipe Known as John Michael Stipe, J.M. Stipe, Stipe, Michael Universities University Of Georgia 1978 - Collinsville High School University of Georgia Notable Alumnis University Of Georgia Birth Place Decatur Religion Buddhism Height 175cm Gender Male Net Worth $75 Million as of January 5,2017 Sun Sign Capricorn Born in Decatur Famous as Singer-lyricist

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Around 1992, there were rumors that he had contracted AIDS but Stipe said that he did not start the rumor and he did not know who did. Unsplash Personal Life

By the year 1994, there were questions swirling about his sexuality and he said that he was attracted to, and had relationships with, both men and women. Unsplash Personal Life

In 2001, he revealed that he had been in a relationship with "an amazing man" for three years. Unsplash Personal Life

John Michael Stipe was born on January 4, 1960, in Decatur, Georgia, into a family of a US army serviceman. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Due to his father’s nature of job, he spent his childhood at different places, including Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, and Texas. He once resided in Germany as well. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1978, he finished high school from Collinsville, Illinois, and entered the University of Georgia, in Athens, Georgia, to study photography and painting. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Attracted by punk music, he often visited the Wuxtry record shop, where he soon befriended the store clerk and aspiring guitarist, Peter Buck, in 1980. The two decided to start a band and started writing music. Unsplash Career

Joined by bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry, the four formed an alternative rock band, R.E.M., in 1980. Unsplash Career

Eventually, all the band members quit school to concentrate on the band in 1980. The same year, the band performed its first concert in Athens, Georgia, which got them much recognition. Unsplash Career

In 1981, the band released its first single ‘Radio Free Europe’ under Hib-Tone. The song garnered enough attention for the band to sign a deal with I.R.S. Records, which released its second single ‘Chronic Town EP’ in 1982. Unsplash Career

The band’s first full-length album ‘Murmur’ was out in 1983, which got positive reviews from the critics. This was followed by their second album ‘Reckoning’ in 1984. Unsplash Career

The band got their first top hit with ‘The One I Love’ from their fifth album ‘Document’, which released in 1987. While the single topped the charts in the US, the UK, and Canada, the album was the band’s first to sell one million copies. Unsplash Major Works

The band got its first most successful album with ‘Out of Time’ (1991), which topped the US and the UK charts, selling 12 million copies worldwide, while its single ‘Losing My Religion’ became one of the most popular videos on MTV. Unsplash Major Works

The album ‘Automatic for the People’, recorded in 1992, was regarded as the band’s best album, reaching number one and two on the UK and the US charts, respectively. Unsplash Major Works

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Birthday	January 4, 1960
Nationality	American
Famous	Singer-lyricist, Bisexual, Gays, University Of Georgia, Guitarists, Lyricists & Songwriters, Singers, Rock Singers
City/State	Georgia
Siblings	Lynda Stipe
Known as	John Michael Stipe, J.M. Stipe, Stipe, Michael
Universities	University Of Georgia 1978 - Collinsville High School University of Georgia
Notable Alumnis	University Of Georgia
Birth Place	Decatur
Religion	Buddhism
Height	175cm
Gender	Male
Net Worth	$75 Million as of January 5,2017
Sun Sign	Capricorn
Born in	Decatur
Famous as	Singer-lyricist

Michael Stipe

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Jan 4, 1960

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