Nineties Danish singer Whigfield, of “Saturday Night” fame, was the first singer to create a cover of “Last Christmas” and ...

Wham! ’s “Last Christmas” is the No. 1 song in the world, snowballing three places to the top of the Billboard Global 200, as ...

Wham! 's "Last Christmas" dashes four places to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated Dec. 13, as the 1984 classic by the ...

This week's Five Burning Questions looks at the week in Hot 100 holiday music, including the historically re-crowned Queen of Christmas, and a longtime challenger hitting a new peak.

Wham! has made Official Charts history by landing the Christmas No. 1 spot twice in a row. "Last Christmas" was blocked from the top of the charts by Band Aid's "Do They Know It’s Christmas?" when it ...

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," a holiday song by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley of WHAM! turned 40 in December 2024. The global hit is also the subject of a new Netflix documentary (Photo by Pete ...

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 ...

Released on December 3, 1984, Wham!’s “Last Christmas” has been an enduring holiday classic for nearly 40 years. George Michael wrote the song in his childhood bedroom in 1983 and recorded, produced ...

Every holiday season, the same soundtrack can be heard throughout the land. “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree,” “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Last Christmas” are on a ...