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 ...

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” ...

It's official: Wham!'s "Last Christmas" is the U.K.'s Christmas No. 1 for 2024. It makes for the second consecutive year that the pop duo – made up of Andrew Ridgeley and the late George Michael – ...

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*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 ...

Wham!’s “Last Christmas” dashes four places to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated Dec. 13, as the 1984 classic by the British duo of George Michael, who died in 2016, and Andrew Ridgeley hits a new ...

Andrew Ridgeley believes George Michael would have loved to see the lasting impression "Last Christmas" has left. In a recent interview with Billboard's Pop Shop Podcast, the musician — one half of ...

At this point, George Michael and Wham!’s pop hit “Last Christmas” is as essential to the festive season as tinsel and turkey. Now, 40 years on from the track’s release in December 1984 and it remains ...

George Michael's estate has generated eye-watering revenue since the WHAM! star's death on Christmas Day 2016, raking in ...

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 ...

Whether or not you consider Wham!’s “Last Christmas” a gay song depends on how you see its lyrics and its creator. The 1984 Wham! song “Last Christmas” has become a regular holiday favorite among ...