# 3
Singles Artist of the Year
![January](../graphics/january.gif)
![Culture Club - "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" (Single)](pix/cultureclub_cds01.jpg) Culture Club hit the Top 40 with
"Do You Really Want To
Hurt Me."
from the LP Kissing
To Be Clever
ARC chart run: 37 - 30 - 24 - 18 - 16 - 8 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 6 - 13 - 22 - 23 - 34 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 17
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
Culture Club hit the Top 10 with "Do You Really Want To
Hurt Me."
![April](../graphics/april.gif)
![Culture Club - "Time (Clock Of The Heart)" (Single)](pix/cultureclub_cds02.jpg) Culture Club hit the Top 40 with
"Time (Clock Of The
Heart)."
from the LP Kissing
To Be Clever
ARC chart run: 30 - 20 - 16 - 9 - 9 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 8 - 9 - 17 - 30 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 36
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
![May](../graphics/may.gif)
Culture Club hit the Top 10 with "Time (Clock Of The
Heart)."
![June](../graphics/july.gif)
![Culture Club - "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" (Single)](pix/cultureclub_cds04.jpg) Culture Club hit the Top 40 with
"I'll Tumble 4 Ya."
from the LP Kissing
To Be Clever
ARC chart run: 40 - 33 - 29 - 26 - 20 - 15 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 21 - 31 - 34 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 91
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
![August](../graphics/august.gif)
Culture Club hit the Top 10 with "I'll Tumble 4 Ya."
![October](../graphics/october.gif)
![Culture Club - "Church Of The Poison Mind" (Single)](pix/cultureclub_cds03.jpg) Culture Club hit the Top 40 with
"Church Of The Poison
Mind."
from the LP Colour
By Numbers
ARC chart run: 36 - 24 - 20 - 15 - 11 - 9 - 7 - 5 - 15 - 23 - 28 - 35 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 70
![December](../graphics/december.gif)
Culture Club hit the Top 10 with "Church Of The Poison
Mind."
![Culture Club - "Karma Chameleon" (Single)](pix/cultureclub_cds05.jpg) Culture Club hit the Top 40 with
"Karma Chameleon."
ARC chart run: 32 - 26 - 16 - 11 - 10 - 7 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 8 - 12 - 28 - 39 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 3
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
December 31: Culture Club topped
the Billboard 1983
Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top Pop New
Artist.
December 31: Culture Club had the
Top Single of the Year ("Karma Chameleon").
# 4
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Group/Duo of the Year)
![January](../graphics/january.gif)
Culture Club hit the Top 10 and #1 for 4 weeks with "Karma Chameleon."
![March](../graphics/march.gif)
![Culture Club - "Miss Me Blind" (Single)](pix/cultureclub_cds06.jpg) Culture Club hit the Top 40 and Top 10 with "Miss Me Blind."
from the LP Colour
By Numbers
ARC chart run: 38 - 24 - 17 - 14 - 9 - 6 - 3 - 2 - 4 - 16 - 23 - 35 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 49
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
![May](../graphics/may.gif)
Culture Club hit the Top 40 with
"It's A Miracle."
from the LP Colour
By Numbers
ARC chart run: 30 - 20 - 15 - 12 - 11 - 9 - 13 - 35 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 112
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
![June](../graphics/june.gif)
Culture Club hit the Top 10 with "It's A Miracle."
![October](../graphics/october.gif)
![Culture Club - "The War Song" (Single)](pix/cultureclub_cds08.jpg) Culture Club hit the Top 40 with
"The War Song."
from the LP Waking
Up With The House On Fire
ARC chart run: 29 - 25 - 20 - 16 - 13 - 11 - 26 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 141
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
January 5: Culture Club hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Mistake No. 3."
from the LP Waking
Up With The House On Fire
ARC chart run: 39 - 34 - 30 - 26 - 23 - 36 - off
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
January 28: Culture Club were
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock
Band/Duo/Group Video Artist.
![September](../graphics/september.gif)
The video for "It's A Miracle" was nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Special Effects and Best Art Direction.
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![January](../graphics/january.gif)
Culture Club were nominated for
an American Music
Award for Favorite
Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group Video Artist.
Boy
George: # 80
Singles Artist of the Year
![March](../graphics/march.gif)
![Culture Club - 'Kissing To Be Clever'](pix/cultureclub_lp01.jpg) Boy George hit the Top 40 with
"The Crying Game."
![May](../graphics/may.gif)
Boy George hit the Top 10 with "The Crying Game."
![September](../graphics/september.gif)
Boy George was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film ("The Crying Game").
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![March](../graphics/march.gif)
![Culture Club - Colour By Numbers](pix/cultureclub_lp02.jpg) Boy George was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal
Performance ("The Crying Game").
![January](../graphics/january.gif)
Rock
'N Roll Hall Of Fame's 500
Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll includes
"includes "Time (Clock Of The
Heart)."
![August](../graphics/august.gif)
![Culture Club - VH1 Storytellers Greatest Hits](pix/cultureclub_lp09.jpg) Culture Club temporarily
reunited for a small tour and television
appearances including VH1 Storytellers
which resulted in the release: VH1
Storytellers Greatest Hits.
![December](../graphics/december.gif)
Out magazine
named the top gay newsmakers of the year and
included Boy George.
![Culture Club](pix/cultureclub_01.jpg) Boy George had a close
call in London when a large disco ball fell
and grazed George before a performance. He
went on to perform the show and later said of
the incident: "It would have been both
ironic and glamorous to be finished off by a
4-foot glitter ball... But I have survived
and I'm still here, although my back is
aching like anything. It caught my ear, which
is really sore as well."
![1999](../graphics/1999.gif)
![Culture Club - At Worst... The Best Of Boy George & Culture Club](pix/cultureclub_lp06.jpg) Boy George was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording ("When
Will You Learn").
![March](../graphics/march.gif)
Boy George was nominated for a
Gay/Lesbian American Music Award for Dance
Music Artist of the Year.
![November](../graphics/november.gif)
Rolling Stone
& MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs includes "Do You
Really Want To Hurt Me" at # 73.
![Boy George - Essential Mix](pix/cultureclub_lp09a.jpg) Boy George released Essential
Mix.
![May](../graphics/may.gif)
VH1: 100
Greatest Videos includes:
# 86
- "Do You Really
Want To Hurt Me."
![April](../graphics/april.gif)
Boy George joined the production
of Taboo in London - a play based on
Boy George and with music written by the
singer. The play along with Boy George later
made it to the US with funding by Rosie
O'Donnell.
![January](../graphics/january.gif)
![Culture Club (box set)](pix/cultureclub_lp10.jpg) The box set Culture
Club was released.
![June](../graphics/june.gif)
VH1: 100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "Do You
Really Want To Hurt Me" at # 70.
![2004...](../graphics/2004.gif)
# 91 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
![2005...](../graphics/2005.gif)
![October](../graphics/october.gif)
![Culture Club - Best Of Culture Club](pix/cultureclub_lp07.jpg) Boy George was arrested in New
York on drug charges.
![2006...](../graphics/2006.gif)
![October](../graphics/october.gif)
VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 80's included "Do You
Really Want To Hurt Me" at # 58.
![2008...](../graphics/2008.gif)
![December](../graphics/december.gif)
Boy George was found guilty of
falsely imprisoning a male escort in April of
2008. He spent 4 months in jail in 2009.
![2014...](../graphics/2014.jpg)
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