‘Last Christmas’ by Wham! marks major milestone this holiday season

Wham!’s Last Christmas just marked a bittersweet year.

As 2024 comes to a wrap, the special holiday anthem reached the top of the UK charts for the second year in a row.

Official Charts announced on December 20, that the 1984 track, that was released by the iconic duo comprised of Andrew Ridgeley and the late George Michael, has become the first song in the chart’s history to bag the top spot for Christmas Number 1 consecutively.

The track, written and produced by Michael, also became the week’s most streamed as well as physically purchased song.

Speaking of the achievement, Ridgeley told the outlet, “37 years to get to Number 1, 39 years to Christmas Number 1, and then like London buses they all come along at once!”

“His fabulous Christmas composition has become such a classic, almost as much a part of Christmas as mince pies, turkey and pigs in blankets,” he said, adding, “It’s testament to a really wonderful Christmas song that in a lot of people’s minds evokes and represents Christmas as we would all wish it to be.”

“I’d like to thank everyone who has listened to, downloaded, bought, streamed Last Christmas and been a part of history,” Ridgeley concluded.