Wham! have made chart history, with Last Christmas becoming the first song to be crowned Christmas number one two years in a row. First released in December 1984, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley had to wait 39 years to reach the festive top spot.

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UK Christmas Number 1: Wham! make history as they are crowned 2024’s Christmas Number 1

Wham’s Last Christmas has become the UK’s Christmas number one for a second consecutive year. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s festive classic beat songs by Mariah Carey, Gracie Abrams, Tom Grennan and Ariana Grande to top the chart. Ridgeley said he was “especially pleased” for his late band-mate, who died in 2016 and had always wanted the song to reach number one. “He would have been utterly… Source

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Wham's Last Christmas is the Christmas number one for a second consecutive year

THEY finally landed their Christmas No1 last year – and now WHAM! have done it again. Last Christmas was the most streamed and most physically purchased track of the week and is now the only song in history to have been the festive chart-topper twice in a row. Andrew Ridgeley is celebrating after Wham!’secured their second Christmas number one with Last ChristmasSupplied George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley originally recorded and released the son…

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Michael died unexpectedly at the age of 53 on Christmas Day 2016Sean Gallup/Getty George Michael at the 55th annual Berlinale International Film Festival on February 16, 2005 in Berlin, GermanyIt's a bittersweet time of the year as Wham!'s "Last Christmas" reaches the top of the UK charts for the second year in a row.On Friday, Dec. 20, the Official Charts Company announced that the 1984 track, released by the duo made up of Andrew Ridgeley and …

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