Wham!’s Final Christmas is the Christmas No.1 2024, making it the one music in UK historical past to realize such a feat for 2 consecutive years.
World wide, Final Christmas continues to resonate with individuals all around 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 music has reached No.1 within the Netherlands for the primary time ever, has been No.1 in Sweden for 4 consecutive weeks, and at present 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 music right into a seasonal phenomenon, debuted on BBC 2 within the UK this month, and is now accessible to observe on demand through BBC iPlayer.
Watch the trailer the beneath:
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 music has now claimed the No.1 spot 9 occasions and has amassed an unimaginable 5 billion mixed streams. Now, 40 years on, the music has woven itself into the very material of Christmas.
The music’s lasting affect continues with breathtaking reimagined covers from as we speak’s superstars, most notably Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan who duet with the long-lasting music 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, accessible in restricted version vinyl, CD and digital.
The Final Christmas 40th Anniversary EP is on the market 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 on the market on restricted version 12″ Snowflake white vinyl, 12″ image disc, 12″ zoetrope image disc, plus CD and digital.
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