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” ...

Stepping back into the world of “Last Christmas” has been a bittersweet experience for Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley. "We had a wonderful time and recreating those scenes felt like yesterday," Ridgeley told ...

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 ...

For the first time in years, Mariah Carey has been unseated. With just seven days left until Christmas, Wham!’s melancholy pop classic “Last Christmas” has knocked Carey’s ironclad holiday anthem “All ...

“Last Christmas” by Wham! is so simple that George Michael wrote and played it himself while learning to play keyboards. But the song is more unusual than it seems. "The verses have an improvised ...

WHAM! released “Last Christmas” 40 years ago. The classic holiday song has become standard listening during the joyful season, but the meaning behind it is anything but happy. What is ‘Last Christmas’ ...

Do you think Spotify releases Wrapped for listeners in early December so that Christmas music doesn't inadvertently make its way into your annual roundup? At this point, Christmas tunes are in full ...

For the first time in years, the Christmas music hierarchy has shifted. According to USA Today, Wham!’s 1984 classic “Last Christmas” has climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, edging out ...

Kylie Minogue has scored this year's Christmas number one, deposing Wham!'s Last Christmas, which topped the chart in 2023 and 2024. The pop star achieved the feat with her single XMAS, an ...

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 ...

There was a time when people used to celebrate the holidays in chronolocial order. The circuit at the end of each year was Halloween, which lead in to Thanksgiving, which eventually led into the big ...