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Wham!’s Last Christmas finally reaches top of the singles chart By PA News  |  Contribute to support quality local journalism Pop duo Wham! – Andrew Ridgeley (left) and George Michael – on stage at Wembley Stadium in 1986 (PA) Wham! song Last Christmas has shot to the top of the singles chart, 36 years after its release. The ballad sets a new record for the time taken for a single to reach the top spot, the Official Charts Company said. It has notched up 9.2 million streams ...

Last Christmas racked up 9.2 million streams over the past week 1 January 2021 • 6:00pm Released in 1984, Last Christmas spent five weeks at Number 2 that year, pipped to the Official Christmas Number 1 post by Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas?   Credit:  Michael Putland/Getty Images Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ has finally reached Number 1 on the official charts a record 36 years after it was released. The festive favourite has climbed from third to first in the chart after ra...

Official Chart Record Breaker! Last Christmas sets record for longest time to reach the top OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE Official Charts Company Wham’s Last Christmas finally claims Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart 36 years after its release and breaks a new Official Chart record in the process, the Official Charts Company can confirm. The festive favourite climbs from 3 to 1 after racking up 9.2 million streams over the past week, reaching the summit on the fourth anniversary of Geor...

01 January 2021 Share with: Wham’s Last Christmas finally claims Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart 36 years after its release and breaks a new Official Chart record in the process, the Official Charts Company can confirm. The festive favourite climbs from 3 to 1 after racking up 9.2 million streams over the past week, reaching the summit on the fourth anniversary of George Michael’s death. Last Christmas sets a new record for the longest time taken to for a single to reach Number 1, at...

news Last Christmas hits number one for first time © Sony Music The song was written while George Michael (right) watched a football match Wham!s Last Christmas has topped the UK singles chart for the first time, 36 years after it was first released. The festive classic was streamed 9.2 million times over the last week, knocking LadBabys Dont Stop Me Eating off the top spot. First released in December 1984, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeleys song was famously held off the top spot by Band A...

Official Charts in UK unveil their New Year’s Honors List for chart achievements in 2020 An extraordinary year of record breakers sees Captain Tom Moore rubbing shoulders with Kylie, The Rolling Stones, Billie Eilish, Pop Smoke, AC/DC & more OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE Official Charts Company It’s been a year like no other for everybody, on every level, and 2020 has marked a truly extraordinary year of record breakers and milestones in the UK’s Official Char...

23 December 2020 Share with: With just 48 hours of the chart week left in the race to the 2020 Official Christmas Number 1, social media star LadBaby retains a strong lead ahead of Mariah Carey, while a protest song about Boris Johnson has climbed into the Top 10 since the weekend. According to the latest Official Charts Company data (Dec 23), reigning champs and midweek leaders LadBaby (who claimed Christmas Number 1 in 2018 and 2019) are still out in front in the biggest chart race of the yea...

Punk band The Kunts could be ready to spring a surprise in the battle for this years Christmas No. 1. Many onlookers assumed that With Mariah Carey and Ed Sheeran also pushing their way into the upper echelons, an outsider has joined their ranks. Boris Johnson Is A F*cking C**t is battling its way into the charts, with The Kunts sweary punk anthem crushing all before it. Reaching No. 2 on the iTunes chart, the latest information from the Official Chart Company suggests that the band are now i...

UK Charts: Paul McCartney Tracking for First No 1 Album in 30 Years Sir Paul McCartney is on course for his first UK Number 1 album as a soloist in over three decades with McCartney III. The Beatles legend’s 18th solo studio album is the third and final chapter in a trilogy of albums including his debut album McCartney from 1970 and McCartney II which followed ten years later in 1980; the former reached Number 2 on the Official Albums Chart, with the latter charting at Number 1. See where all...

Rihanna aiming to take her music "to a different level" in 2021 Rihanna has big plans for her career in 2021. Facebook It seems Rihanna has grand (and exciting) career ambitions for 2021. Speaking to Closer Magazine, the singer, fashion designer and makeup mogul said she was excited about the year ahead, offering up a strong hint that she will release new music. Asked about her plans for 2021, Rihanna said she wants "to take my music and my brands to a di...