Wham! beat Sam Ryder to top Christmas charts for the first time - BBC News
Last Christmas tops the Christmas charts for the first time – 39 years after it was first released.
Wham's Last Christmas has topped the Christmas chart for the first time since it was first released 39 years ago.

It's not the first time the song has made it to the number one spot - it got there in January 2021, but was held off the top spot in 1984 by Do They Know It's Christmas?

Sam Ryder finished as this year's runner-up, with his song You're Christmas To Me coming in at number two and Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas taking third place.

After Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan died last month, his wife Victoria Mary Clarke said Fairytale of New York "absolutely should" make it to number one this year - but it wasn't to be: it's charted at number six.

After the announcement, Wham! founding member Andrew Ridgeley called Last Christmas finally getting to number one a "fantastic achievement", saying the song distills the spirit of Christmas in audio form.

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