Wham's Last Christmas is in the race to be Christmas No. 1 for a third consecutive year, as the track celebrates its 41st anniversary. The seasonal staple finally took the crown in 2023 after seeing ...

One of the most popular songs each December is Wham!’s “Last Christmas.” Wham!’s George Michael had complex feelings about the song. Everybody else just seems to like it. George Michael felt Wham!’s ...

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 ...

Wham!’s festive song Last Christmas never got to number one in the year of its release 1984, but it has scored a historical first, becoming the first track to occupy the festive chart’s top slot for a ...

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 ...

WHAM! released “Last Christmas” 40 years ago. The classic holiday song has become standard listening during the joyful season, but the meaning behind it is anything but happy. What is ‘Last Christmas’ ...

Ridgeley returned to the Swiss mountains where they filmed the 1984 music video for new documentary 'Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped' Daily Record/Mirrorpix/Getty Stepping back into the world of “Last ...

Longtime Wham! manager Simon Napier-Bell reflected on the legacy of the 1984 Christmas song in an interview with 'The Telegraph' Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty “Last Christmas” remains Wham!’s most ...

They want this to be the last Christmas they hear this song. Tomas Mazetti, 50, and his wife, Hannah, 33, have reportedly raised more than $62,000 to buy the rights to Wham!’s “Last Christmas” — so ...

Last weekend, a DJ caused a stir in Britain after playing the hit Wham! song "Last Christmas" at a soccer game in front of about 60,000 people. A week earlier, another DJ had done the same at a match ...

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” ...

Dec. 10 (UPI) --The1984 holiday hit "Last Christmas" from Wham! is shattering new records. The song, penned by the late George Michael, reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for Dec. 13.