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 ...

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 ...

For the first time in years, the Christmas music hierarchy has shifted. According to USA Today, Wham!'s 1984 classic "Last Christmas" has climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, edging out ...

"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 ...

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” ...

NEW YORK, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" has been the soundtrack of the holiday season for nearly 30 years. Why has this song become a rare modern Christmas hit ...

Ah, “Last Christmas”. At this point, the festive favourite by Wham! is more than just a song that gets pulled out the attic with the tinsel every year. Written in George Michael’s childhood bedroom ...

At the height of her career, Mariah Carey took a risk by releasing a holiday song. Given what we know about the singer who has dubbed herself "Queen of Christmas," and the ubiquity of the seasonal hit ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: We wrote this back in 2021, but with Christmas upon us again we felt like it was the perfect time to update it. There's nothing that brings the world together more than sharing opinions ...