Ridgeley thanks "everyone who has embraced the song as a little piece of their own merry Christmas." ...

The1984 holiday hit "Last Christmas" from Wham! is shattering new records. The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 ...

Over 40 years after its release, George Michael’s Christmas classic remains arguably the greatest of all time and a holiday ...

Wham!’s classic holiday tune "Last Christmas" has hit #2 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Holiday 100 this week, a ...

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 ...

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,” ...

Michael died unexpectedly at the age of 53 on Christmas Day 2016 Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor in Journalism.

For 20 years or so, predicting what track would close out the seasonal Top of the Pops was a national obsession. There was a ...

George Michael wanted to be remembered as one of pop’s best songwriters, but Wham!'s late singer did not intend “Last Christmas” to be the song most people — for better or for worse — associate him ...

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 ...

The Princess of Wales' carol concert falls on the anniversary of John Lennon's death Janine Henni is a Royals Staff Writer for PEOPLE Digital, covering modern monarchies and the world's most famous ...

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 ...