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 ...

Every December, a small group of songs returns to dominate charts, playlists, and pop culture. Their extraordinary sales show how timeless Christmas music truly is. Wham!’s “Last Christmas” has sold ...

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 ...

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! 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, ...

Every December, the same voices return to take over radios, playlists, malls and TikTok. From Mariah Carey’s unstoppable holiday empire to Wham!’s bittersweet nostalgia and Michael Bublé’s modern ...

For the second week in a row, the Top 10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 are packed with holiday perennials ... and Kendrick Lamar. With Christmas songs filling the entire Top 5 — and Mariah Carey ...

It’s that time of year again. Mariah Carey, Burl Ives, and Bing Crosby are in heavy rotation as Christmas music replaces the everyday soundtrack of lives around the world. While people generally only ...

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 ...