Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. George Michael performs at the MGM Grand arena in Las Vegas, in 2008. Wham!'s 1984 song "Last Christmas" reached No. 2 on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wham!’s “Last Christmas” is the No. 1 song in the world, snowballing three places to the top of the Billboard Global 200, as the ...

*Decades after its release, Wham!’s 1984 holiday classic “Last Christmas” has achieved a new milestone, reaching the number one spot on the Billboard Global 200 for the first time ever. Billboard ...

Another year, another run at No. 1 or Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You." The seasonal staple has topped the Billboard Hot 100 for at least one week around the holidays every year since ...

On the first day of Whamageddon, my true love gave to me... Noise-cancelling headphones? A ticket to Antarctica — or some other place with no reception? Something, anyway, to lessen the chances of ...

As December arrives, so does an annual takeover of playlists worldwide. The sleigh bells start ringing, the charts rewind, and a familiar set of voices reclaim their seasonal throne. Christmas music ...

Whether or not you consider Wham!’s “Last Christmas” a gay song depends on how you see its lyrics and its creator. The 1984 Wham! song “Last Christmas” has become a regular holiday favorite among ...

At the height of her career, Mariah Carey took a risk by releasing a holiday song. Given what we know about the singer who has dubbed herself "Queen of Christmas," and the ubiquity of the seasonal hit ...

Like fruitcake and tangled lights, holiday songs show up every year, some nice, some naughty. For the past five decades, several Christmas songs have risen above the tinsel and snow to become true ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: We wrote this back in 2021, but with Christmas upon us again we felt like it was the perfect time to update it. There's nothing that brings the world together more than sharing opinions ...