Wham!’s “Last Christmas” sleigh-rides from No. 18 to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Dec. 14), as the 1984 classic by the British duo of Michael, who died in 2016, and Andrew Ridgeley hits a new ...

Wham!’s classic holiday tune "Last Christmas" has hit #2 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Holiday 100 this week, a new milestone for the track. The tune has now reached its highest-ever ...

When Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley first heard George Michael give up his heart on “Last Christmas,” he knew the beloved yule tune was something special. The magic moment happened when the holiday spirit ...

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 ...

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” ...

“Last Christmas” by Wham! is so simple that George Michael wrote and played it himself while learning to play keyboards. But the song is more unusual than it seems. "The verses have an improvised ...

Wham!'s "Last Christmas" becomes the second holiday song in the one-year history of the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart to hit No. 1, lifting 7-1 on the Jan. 4, 2025-dated tally. The TikTok Billboard ...

On the first day of Whamageddon, my true love gave to me... Noise-cancelling headphones? A ticket to Antarctica — or some other place with no reception? Something, anyway, to lessen the chances of ...

One of the only 1980s songs to enter the Christmas canon was Wham!’s “Last Christmas.” A Jonas Brothers song took way too much inspiration from “Last Christmas.” On the other hand, “Last Christmas” is ...

It’s a hot topic for Christmas music lovers every year: What’s the most popular Christmas song? It’s an opinion-based question, but if you’re measuring each song based on profitability, there’s a ...

It's Christmas time and there's a genuine reason to feel afraid. For the next few weeks, it'll be impossible to escape Wham and their story of giving people their internal organs; Noddy Holder's ...