{"id":120107,"date":"2024-12-13T15:08:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T20:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/12\/13\/whams-last-christmas-returns-to-no-1-on-u-k-singles-chart\/"},"modified":"2024-12-13T15:08:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T20:08:23","slug":"whams-last-christmas-returns-to-no-1-on-u-k-singles-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/12\/13\/whams-last-christmas-returns-to-no-1-on-u-k-singles-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"Wham!\u2019s \u2018Last Christmas\u2019 Returns to No. 1 on U.K. Singles\u00a0Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tThe race is on for the U.K\u2019s Official Christmas No. 1, and with a week to go, Wham!<\/a> is set to be the contender to beat as the duo\u2019s 1984 hit \u201cLast Christmas\u201d has landed at No. 1 on the Official Singles Chart<\/a> on Friday (Dec. 13).\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe duo, made up of Andrew Ridgeley and the late George Michael, are now at No. 1 for an eighth non-consecutive week in just four years; \u201cLast Christmas\u201d first reached the summit of the charts in 2021.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe song also bagged the coveted Christmas No. 1 spot for the first time in 2023, having been beaten to it in 1984 by Band Aid\u2019s \u201cDo They Know It\u2019s Christmas?\u201d LadBaby \u2013 the moniker for YouTube influencer Mark Hoyle \u2013 holds the record for number of Christmas chart-toppers with five different songs hitting No. 1 between 2018 and 2022, beating The Beatles\u2019 previous record of four.<\/p>\n

\n\tWham! saw off a number of other festive classics, and is in pole position ahead of the announcement of Christmas No. 1 in the U.K. on Dec. 20.<\/p>\n

\n\tAmong the other contenders are Mariah Carey\u2019s \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d (No. 3), Brenda Lee\u2019s \u201cRockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree\u201d (No. 5), and Tom Grennan\u2019s new Amazon Music exclusive \u201cIt Can\u2019t Be Christmas\u201d (No. 6).<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking to the <\/em>Bedford Independent<\/em><\/a> earlier this week, Grennan said it felt \u201ccrazy\u201d to be going up against \u201ca band and artist that I\u2019ve always loved and admired.\u201d He added: \u201cI was really conscious of not writing a cheesy Christmas song. It would have been so easy to have done that, but I wanted to put out the best I could possibly do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGracie Abrams sees her five-week reign<\/a> at No. 1 with \u201cThat\u2019s So True\u201d come to an end, placing at No. 2. A further slew of Yuletide-themed tracks make appearances elsewhere in the top 40, including Bobby Helms\u2019 \u201cJingle Bell Rock\u201d (No. 7), Ariana Grande\u2019s \u201cSanta Tell Me\u201d (No. 9) and Laufey\u2019s \u201cChristmas Magic,\u201d (No. 20).<\/p>\n

\n\tBritish vocalist Lola Young breaks into the top 20 for the first time with \u201cMessy\u201d (No. 11) following a rise of 24 places week-on-week. Speaking to Billboard U.K<\/em>. last month<\/a>, the 23-year-old discussed the slow-burn success of the single and why she believes it has connected with fans. \u201cI choose to give realness and truth. I\u2019ve got a bit of a belly out, I f\u2013king swear a bunch and I have fun,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what people are resonating with.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSee the full rundown of the Official Singles Chart here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The race is on for the U.K\u2019s Official Christmas No. 1, and with a week to go, Wham! is set to be the contender to beat as the duo\u2019s 1984 hit \u201cLast Christmas\u201d has landed at No. 1 on the Official Singles Chart on Friday (Dec. 13).\u00a0 Related Lola Young on Collaborating With Tyler, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}