Wham!'s 'Last Christmas' Finally Claims UK's Christmas Number One Spot

The song sets record for longest-ever journey to Christmas Number One, 39 years after its release.

Wham!'s 'Last Christmas' has finally claimed the UK's Christmas Number One spot, 39 years after its initial release.
The song was streamed 13.3 million times over the past week, making it the most-streamed Christmas Number One ever during Christmas week.
Andrew Ridgeley, the surviving member of Wham!, expressed his joy and said that George Michael, who passed away in 2016, had always wanted the song to be a Christmas Number One.
The song is now the UK's third biggest song of all time, with a combined lifetime total of 5.34 million chart units.
The achievement marks the longest-ever journey for a single to make it to first place in time for Christmas Day, according to the Official Charts Company.