Wham!’s “Last Christmas” sleigh-rides from No. 18 to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Dec. 14), as the 1984 classic by the British duo of Michael, who died in 2016, and Andrew Ridgeley hits a new ...

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 ...

"Jingle Bells" and Mariah Carey's iconic Christmas staple, "All I Want For Christmas Is You," followed closely behind Nicholas Rice is a Senior News Editor, Weekends for PEOPLE Magazine. He began ...

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 ...

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’ ...

(CBS 11) - The British pop/rock group Wham! has one of the best holiday songs ever: Last Christmas. The man behind the success of this group was George Michael, born Georgios Kriiacos Panayiotou, to a ...

In modern times, Mariah Carey reigns over the holiday season with her festive seasonal juggernaut “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” Her position is well-earned: The song recently reached a staggering ...

Almost 40 years after Wham! released “Last Christmas,” it has finally become the No. 1 song on the United Kingdom‘s Top 40 music list. The classic holiday break-up song was performed by the late ...

The legendary holiday tune "Last Christmas" by George Michael and Wham! clinched the number one spot in the UK in recent years, and Kathy Hill, the female lead in the music video, is still turning ...

One of the only 1980s songs to enter the Christmas canon was Wham!’s “Last Christmas.” A Jonas Brothers song took way too much inspiration from “Last Christmas.” On the other hand, “Last Christmas” is ...