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 ...

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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 ...

Wham's “Last Christmas” reaches a new peak on several Billboard charts at once, and that success pushes it back to its all-time high on the Hot 100. Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael of Wham! perform ...

*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 classic tune “Last Christmas” is the festive No 1 for the second year running. The Eighties pop duo, comprising Andrew Ridgeley and the late George Michael, released the track in 1984 but ...

This holiday season, Mariah Carey is sharing the success. On Monday, Dec. 15, Billboard announced "Last Christmas" by Wham! reached the No. 1 slot on the publication's Global 200, marking the first ...

LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) - Charli XCX's hit album "Brat" and Wham!'s perennial festive hit "Last Christmas" are among the musical works nominated at next month's Ivors, Britain's annual awards ...

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 ...

WHAM! may have killed the Christmas No1 race but they have given us something new...the race to No2! As Last Christmas inevitably hits the top spot yet again ahead of next week’s festive No1, industry ...

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,” ...

Another year, another run at No. 1 or Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You." The seasonal staple has topped the Billboard Hot 100 for at least one week around the holidays every year since ...