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Wham! make chart historical past as Final Christmas takes festive primary spot for second time in a row

By Editorial Board Published December 20, 2024 5 Min Read
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Wham! make chart historical past as Final Christmas takes festive primary spot for second time in a row

Wham! have made chart historical past, with Final Christmas turning into the primary tune to be topped Christmas primary two years in a row.

First launched in December 1984, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley needed to wait 39 years to succeed in the festive prime spot.

On the yr of launch, they had been overwhelmed by Band Assist’s charity single Do They Know It is Christmas?, a monitor that is controversially seen itself revamped and again within the charts this yr too.

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George Michael, Bob Geldolf, Bono, Freddie Mercury and Andrew Ridgley on the Stay Assist live performance in 1985. Pic: AP

Now re-released to mark its fortieth anniversary, Final Christmas has change into the most-streamed and bodily bought tune of the week, in accordance with the Official Charts Firm.

Final yr the monitor secured the file for finishing the longest-ever journey to make it to primary in time for Christmas Day.

Ridgeley advised the Official Charts his late bandmate Michael, who died on Christmas Day in 2016 aged 53, can be “utterly delighted” the tune had change into a festive basic.

He stated: “Thirty-seven years to get to primary, 39 years to Christmas primary, after which like London buses all of them come alongside without delay!

“I’m especially pleased for George, he would have been utterly delighted, his fabulous Christmas composition has become such a classic, almost as much a part of Christmas as mince pies, turkey and pigs in blankets.

“It is testomony to a very fantastic Christmas tune that in lots of people’s minds evokes and represents Christmas as we’d all want it to be.”

Official Charts boss Martin Talbot stated Final Christmas was “surely, undeniably, established now as the British nation’s all-time favourite Christmas song”.

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Who else made the Christmas charts?

US pop star Gracie Abrams was second within the Christmas week charts along with her newest hit That is So True.

Mariah Carey marked three many years because the launch of All I Need For Christmas Is You by taking third place.

Tom Grennan landed a private finest, along with his new monitor It Cannot Be Christmas, a collaboration with Amazon Music Authentic, taking the fourth spot.

And Blackpink’s Rose made it into fifth place along with her dance flooring hit Apt in collaboration with US singer Bruno Mars.

In the meantime, within the Official Albums Chart, US pop star Sabrina Carpenter capped off a standout yr by securing the Christmas primary album title with Brief N’ Candy.

She beat Canadian crooner Michael Buble to the highest spot as his festive album Christmas took second place.

US star Chappell Roan, who’s additionally had a breakout yr, secured third place along with her smash hit debut The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess.

International famous person Taylor Swift and indie rockers The Reytons took fourth and fifth place within the album charts respectively.

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