Wham remain top of UK charts with Last Christmas

Wham! have marked a 10th non-consecutive week at the top of the UK singles chart with Last Christmas.

Pop duo George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s festive favourite made chart history this year when Last Christmas became the first song to be crowned Christmas number one two years in a row.

It had a 39-year wait to secure the coveted title last year after it was first released in December 1984.

It first topped the singles chart on January 1 2021, more than five years on from Michael’s death on Christmas Day in 2016 at the age of 53.

Ridgeley told the Official Charts last week that Michael would be “utterly delighted” the song had become a festive classic.

As Last Christmas continues at number one, Mariah Carey has moved up to second place with All I Want For Christmas Is You.

Carey reached the top of the charts with the song in 2020, but was beaten to the summit by East 17’s Stay Another Day upon its release in 1994.

This week, Little Bit Of Love singer Tom Grennan’s new track It Can’t Be Christmas, a collaboration with Amazon Music Original, has gone from fourth place to third place.

The rest of the list saw festive favourites Brenda Lee’s 1958 hit Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree at number four, and 1957 song Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms at number five.

During the Christmas week, all the top 10 spots featured festive favourites including The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl’s Fairytale Of New York (six), Kelly Clarkson’s Underneath The Tree (seven), Ariana Grande’s Santa Tell Me (eight), Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? (nine) and Sir Elton John’s Step Into Christmas (10).

Over in the album charts, Canadian singer Michael Buble returned to number one after missing out on the top spot last week, when US pop star Sabrina Carpenter secured the Christmas number one album title with Short N’ Sweet.

This week, Carpenter’s record has moved to number two, as fellow pop stars also dominate the top five in the album charts before New Year’s Eve is celebrated next week.

SZA returns at number three with her album SOS, while fellow US star Chappell Roan, who had a breakout year, falls to fourth place with her debut The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess.

British singer Charli XCX claims fifth place this week with her culture-shaping album Brat, which inspired the “Brat Summer” trend.

Published: 27/12/2024 by Radio NewsHub