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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WHAM! released “Last Christmas” 40 years ago. The classic holiday song has become standard listening during the joyful season, but the meaning behind it is anything but happy. What is ‘Last Christmas’ ...

Stepping back into the world of “Last Christmas” has been a bittersweet experience for Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley. "We had a wonderful time and recreating those scenes felt like yesterday," Ridgeley told ...

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” ...

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 ...

Wham! was a duo, but Michael had taken control. He’d taken on the music business and survived a legal dispute with his former record label en route to Wham!’s greatest commercial success. Meanwhile, ...

At this point, George Michael and Wham!’s pop hit “Last Christmas” is as essential to the festive season as tinsel and turkey. Now, 40 years on from the track’s release in December 1984 and it remains ...

Ridgeley returned to the Swiss mountains where they filmed the 1984 music video for new documentary 'Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped' Daily Record/Mirrorpix/Getty Stepping back into the world of “Last ...