Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1981, two talented 18-year-old friends from England, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, burst onto the music scene with a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's the most special (special) season yet on the chart for the festive favorite. By Gary Trust Wham!’s “Last Christmas” is the No. 1 song in the world, snowballing three places to the top of the ...

Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" shows up on the U.K. charts every year, but never this early in November. And Wham!'s 1984 song "Last Christmas" is sitting at No. 37. Allow me to ...

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” ...

Although few and far between, there are certain Christmas songs that we really don’t mind hearing on a loop every Yuletide – and Wham!’s Last Christmas is up there with Mariah Carey’s All I Want For ...