Wham! have secured one other primary single for Final Christmas as they returned to the highest of charts for the ultimate week of 2022.
The Official Charts Firm mentioned the hit festive observe, carried out by duo George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, grabbed the highest spot for a second time this yr.
Some 38 years after it was first launched, the observe bought greater than 79,000 models and was the UK’s most-streamed observe of the week, with Andrew taking to Twitter on Friday to say he was ‘delighted’ on the information.
Success story: Wham! have secured one other primary single for Final Christmas as they return to the highest of charts for the ultimate week of 2022
Referencing Wham!’s final non-Christmas primary with The Fringe of Heaven in 1986, Andrew wrote: ‘Crikey, twice in the identical month! You wait 36 years for a primary after which they arrive like buses!
‘I’m delighted WHAM!’s Final Christmas has hit the No 1 spot on the UK @officialcharts for a second time in 2022!
‘Thanks all, what a beautiful method to finish the yr.’
Festive: The hit festive observe, carried out by duo George Michael (proper) and Andrew Ridgeley (left), grabbed the highest spot for a second time this yr, with Andrew saying he was ‘delighted’ (pictured in 1984)
Initially launched in 1984, the observe as soon as held the report for the best-selling single by no means to have hit primary within the UK, being famously saved at quantity two by Band Assist’s Do They Know It is Christmas?
It first reached the highest spot on New 12 months’s Day in 2021, on the time breaking a chart report for the longest time a observe has taken to prime the singles chart, which is now held by Kate Bush’s Working Up That Hill.
Frontman turned solo singer George died on Christmas Day in 2016 on the age of 53
Speaking numbers: Some 38 years after it was first launched, the observe bought greater than 79,000 models and was the UK’s most-streamed observe of the week (George pictured within the Final Christmas video)
Gradual burner: Launched in 1984, the observe held the report for the best-selling single by no means to have hit primary within the UK, saved at quantity two by Band Assist’s Do They Know It is Christmas? (Andrew pictured within the Final Christmas video)
Final week, social media star LadBaby, actual identify Mark Hoyle and his spouse Roxanne – often known as LadBaby Mum, made chart historical past by securing the Christmas primary for a fifth consecutive yr.
They claimed the highest spot with their single Meals Assist, which reworks the Band Assist tune Do They Know It is Christmas? with lyrics in regards to the cost-of-living disaster and vocals from MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis.
This week, US singer Mariah Carey’s All I Need For Christmas Is You climbed again up the charts to quantity two and Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John’s Merry Christmas hit quantity three.
Champs: Final week, social media star LadBaby and spouse LadBaby Mum made chart historical past by securing the Christmas primary for a fifth consecutive yr
Different Christmas hit Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Round The Christmas Tree, reached quantity 4 whereas the highest-charting non-Christmas tune is Stormzy’s Firebabe at quantity 5.
Staying with the festive theme, the album charts sees Canadian singer Michael Buble’s Christmas return to the primary spot this week.
Whereas US singer-songwriter Taylor Swift strikes to quantity two along with her tenth studio album Midnights after returning to the highest of the charts final week with a Christmas primary.
American singer SZA’s second studio album SOS reaches quantity three whereas singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran’s Equals lands at quantity 5.
Famous person Sir Elton John’s biggest hits album Diamonds returns to the highest 5 because it lands at quantity 5 within the charts.
Christmas staple: This week, US singer Mariah Carey’s All I Need For Christmas Is You climbed again up the charts to quantity two
