Wham's “Last Christmas” reaches a new peak on several Billboard charts at once, and that success pushes it back to its all-time high on the Hot 100. Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael of Wham! perform ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. George Michael performs at the MGM Grand arena in Las Vegas, in 2008. Wham!'s 1984 song "Last Christmas" reached No. 2 on ...

*Decades after its release, Wham!’s 1984 holiday classic “Last Christmas” has achieved a new milestone, reaching the number one spot on the Billboard Global 200 for the first time ever. Billboard ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Wham! scored a historic hit when they released “Last Christmas” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wham!’s “Last Christmas” is the No. 1 song in the world, snowballing three places to the top of the Billboard Global 200, as the ...

Another year, another run at No. 1 or Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You." The seasonal staple has topped the Billboard Hot 100 for at least one week around the holidays every year since ...

In 1983, George Michael set a goal for himself. He gave himself a songwriting exercise: he’d write a Christmas song. And he wanted a No. 1 hit. “He wanted a definitive Wham! Christmas offering,” ...

George Michael has been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the Most Performed Work category for writing Wham!’s 1984 hit “Last Christmas.” The award, which honors songwriters and screen composers ...

There was a time when people used to celebrate the holidays in chronolocial order. The circuit at the end of each year was Halloween, which lead in to Thanksgiving, which eventually led into the big ...

Festive classics from Michael Bublé and Wham! have earned 2025's final U.K. No. 1s. The final chart tally, which included sales and streams up to Dec. 26, sees Bublé's Christmas take the No. 1 spot on ...

Today, we are very excited to bring you the premiere of Bad Mary’s video for their cover of Wham!’s “Last Christmas”! The song was originally released in 1984. The video was directed by guitarist ...