“Last Christmas” clocked up 13.3 million plays throughout the seven-days chart cycle– making it the most-streamed Christmas No. 1.
George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley of Wham!, at the best of the movie ‘Dune’ in London, England in 1984.
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The Whamageddon didn’t take place in the U.K., as “Last Christmas” (Epic) lastly declares the desired Christmas No. 1 area.
Wham’s vacation classic from 1984 holds at No. 1 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, released Dec. 22for its very first Christmas-time stint at the top.
According to the Official Charts Company, “Last Christmas” clocked up 13.3 million plays throughout the seven-day chart cycle– making it the most-streamed Christmas No. 1.
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It’s not the very first time “Last Christmas” has actually ruled over the nationwide tally; it initially did so at the start of 2021, breaking a 36-year hoodoo, and went back to the leading later in 2022
Following its preliminary release, “Last Christmas” was notoriously beaten to the Christmas No. 1 by Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” on which Wham’s co-founders George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley contributed.
With its newest task, a complete 39 years in the making, “Last Christmas” sets a brand-new mark for the longest journey to the U.K. Christmas No. 1, the Official Charts Company reports.
Throughout its life time, the pop number has raked-in 5.34 million chart systems, consisting of 1.93 million sales and almost 413 million streams, the OCC reports. It’s now the U.K.’s 3rd greatest tune of perpetuity, behind Elton John’s “Something About the Way You Look Tonight”/ “Candle in the Wind 1997” and “Do They Know It’s Christmas?,” respectively.
With Wham taking the magnificence, Britain’s Eurovision 2022 entrant Sam Ryder loses out, as his Amazon Music Original “You’re Christmas To Me” (EastWest/Rhino) raises 10-2, while Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” (Columbia) finishes the podium.
Naturally, Christmas tunes control the current study. Ed Sheeran and Elton John’s previous leader “Merry Christmas” (Atlantic/EMI) enhances 6-5; The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York” (Rhino) including the late Kirsty MacColl dips 5-6; while vacation favorites from Brenda Lee, Michael Buble, Shakin’ Stevens, Andy Williams, Kelly Clarkson, Dean Martin, Chris Rea and more effect the leading 40.
Cher fractures the leading 20– and fractures a brand-new record– with “DJ Play A Christmas Song” (Warner Records). The famous performer’s Xmas effort raises 41-20, for her 34th U.K. leading 40 single. At 77 year and 7 months, Cher is the earliest solo female entertainer to snag a leading 40 U.K. single, the OCC reports.