Wham!’s Final Christmas is the Christmas No.1 2024, making it the one tune 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 tune has reached No.1 within the Netherlands for the primary time ever, has been No.1 in Sweden for 4 consecutive weeks, and at the moment sits on the high 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 tune right into a seasonal phenomenon, debuted on BBC 2 within the UK this month, and is now out there to look at on demand by way of 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 nations upon its launch and is formally the fourth highest-selling single of all time within the UK. The tune has now claimed the No.1 spot 9 occasions and has amassed an unimaginable 5 billion mixed streams. Now, 40 years on, the tune has woven itself into the very material of Christmas.
The tune’s lasting affect continues with breathtaking reimagined covers from right this moment’s superstars, most notably Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan who duet with the long-lasting tune 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, out there 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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