Wham!’s Final Christmas is the Christmas No.1 2024, making it the one track in UK historical past to attain such a feat for 2 consecutive years.
Around the globe, Final Christmas continues to resonate with folks everywhere in the world, peaking at its highest ever place in its Billboard historical past at No.2 in Canada the place it went Diamond this week, and No.3 within the US. Throughout Europe, the track has reached No.1 within the Netherlands for the primary time ever, has been No.1 in Sweden for 4 consecutive weeks, and presently sits on the prime of the charts in Austria, Germany and Poland.
Wham!: Final Christmas Unwrapped, a model new Christmas particular that tells the story of how George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s Wham! turned one track right into a seasonal phenomenon, debuted on BBC 2 within the UK this month, and is now obtainable to look at on demand through BBC iPlayer.
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It’s Whamageddon!
Initially, launched by Wham! again in December 1984, the seven-time multi-platinum basic peaked at No.1 in 16 international locations upon its launch and is formally the fourth highest-selling single of all time within the UK. The track has now claimed the No.1 spot 9 occasions and has amassed an unbelievable 5 billion mixed streams. Now, 40 years on, the track has woven itself into the very material of Christmas.
The track’s lasting impression continues with breathtaking reimagined covers from at this time’s superstars, most notably Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan who duet with the enduring track on Carpenter’s A Nonsense Christmas on Netflix.
Wham!, George Michael Leisure and Sony Music just lately commemorated 40 years of Final Christmas, by releasing a really particular Final Christmas fortieth Anniversary EP, obtainable in restricted version vinyl, CD and digital.
The Final Christmas 40th Anniversary EP is out there now and options all the unique 7″ and 12″ variations plus George Michael’s 2006 beforehand unreleased efficiency of Final Christmas at London’s Wembley Enviornment. The EP is out there on restricted version 12″ Snowflake white vinyl, 12″ image disc, 12″ zoetrope image disc, plus CD and digital.
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