The Backstreet Boys bring more holiday cheer with the release of the official music video for "Last Christmas" from their new Christmas album 'A Very Backstreet Christmas' (BMG)! The video was ...

One of the most popular songs each December is Wham!’s “Last Christmas.” Wham!’s George Michael had complex feelings about the song. Everybody else just seems to like it. George Michael felt Wham!’s ...

Wham!’s classic holiday tune "Last Christmas" has hit #2 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Holiday 100 this week, a new milestone for the track. The tune has now reached its highest-ever ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Wham! scored a historic hit when they released “Last Christmas” ...

Whether or not you consider Wham!’s “Last Christmas” a gay song depends on how you see its lyrics and its creator. The 1984 Wham! song “Last Christmas” has become a regular holiday favorite among ...

George Michael wrote “Last Christmas” in his childhood bedroom while bandmate Andrew Ridgeley watched television downstairs. Wham! was a duo, but Michael had taken control. He’d taken on the music ...

At this point, George Michael and Wham!’s pop hit “Last Christmas” is as essential to the festive season as tinsel and turkey. Now, 40 years on from the track’s release in December 1984 and it remains ...

Stepping back into the world of “Last Christmas” has been a bittersweet experience for Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley. "We had a wonderful time and recreating those scenes felt like yesterday," Ridgeley told ...

Last weekend, a DJ caused a stir in Britain after playing the hit Wham! song "Last Christmas" at a soccer game in front of about 60,000 people. A week earlier, another DJ had done the same at a match ...

On the first day of Whamageddon, my true love gave to me... Noise-cancelling headphones? A ticket to Antarctica — or some other place with no reception? Something, anyway, to lessen the chances of ...