Wham!’s 'Last Christmas' Tops UK Singles Chart for Second Consecutive Christmas

The 1984 holiday classic by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley achieves a historic milestone, securing the Christmas No. 1 spot for the second year in a row.

• Wham!’s 'Last Christmas' has now spent 10 non-consecutive weeks at the top of the UK singles chart since its initial release in 1984.
• The song made history as the first to claim the Christmas No. 1 spot two years in a row, despite originally being denied the title by Band Aid's 'Do They Know It’s Christmas?'.
• George Michael, who passed away on Christmas Day in 2016, was described by Andrew Ridgeley as being 'utterly delighted' by the song's enduring popularity.
• Mariah Carey’s 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' climbed to second place on the singles chart, followed by Tom Grennan’s 'It Can’t Be Christmas' in third.
• In the album charts, Michael Bublé reclaimed the No. 1 spot with his holiday album, while Sabrina Carpenter’s 'Short N’ Sweet' moved to second place.

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