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 ...
One of the most popular songs each December is Wham!’s “Last Christmas.” Wham!’s George Michael had complex feelings about the song. Everybody else just seems to like it. George Michael felt Wham!’s ...
Michael died unexpectedly at the age of 53 on Christmas Day 2016 Sean Gallup/Getty It's a bittersweet time of the year as Wham!'s "Last Christmas" reaches the top of the UK charts for the second year ...
Wham!’s festive song Last Christmas never got to number one in the year of its release 1984, but it has scored a historical first, becoming the first track to occupy the festive chart’s top slot for a ...
In 1983, George Michael set a goal for himself. He gave himself a songwriting exercise: he’d write a Christmas song. And he wanted a No. 1 hit. “He wanted a definitive Wham! Christmas offering,” ...
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a little Christmas treat for Wham! fans. The BBC has picked up an hourlong Blink Films and Sony documentary special on the everlasting impact of “Last Christmas” by George Michael ...
Andrew Ridgeley finds “Last Christmas” as inescapable as you do at the holidays. The Wham! star is calling via video from Central London, where “the pedicabs are playing it, so it’s a constant ...
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 ...