Most music fans wouldn’t confuse Paul McCartney and Wham!. Paul and The Beatles turned down $250 million to reunite in the 1970s; we’re certain Wham! never entertained that kind of payday to get back ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ridgeley thanks "everyone who has embraced the song as a little piece of their own merry Christmas." By Gary Trust Wham!’s “Last Christmas” dashes four places to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated ...

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 ...

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 ...

It turns out the Christmas chart is a real thing in the United Kingdom – not something made up for the classic film “Love Actually” – and a certain beloved band has topped it this year with one of ...

More than four decades after it first climbed the charts, the 1984 dance-pop song “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” is still decidedly one of music’s feel-good anthems. The uplifting earworm by the ...

The festive classic fought off competition for the top spot from Mariah Carey and Tom Grennan. By Sophie Williams The race is on for the U.K’s Official Christmas No. 1, and with a week to go, Wham! is ...