Wham! break new record as they beat Tom Grennan and Mariah Carey to Christmas No1
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THEY finally landed their Christmas No1 last year – and now WHAM! have done it again. Last Christmas was the most streamed and most physically purchased track of the week and is now the only song in history to have been the festive chart-topper twice in a row.
![[Andrew Ridgeley is celebrating after Wham!'secured their second Christmas number one with Last Christmas]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/NINTCHDBPICT000958782015.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
And it is perfect timing, as the song is celebrating its 40th birthday. They ended up 10,000 sales ahead of Gracie Abrams’ That’s So True, which is at No2, and saw off competition from Mariah Carey and Tom Grennan who also put in valiant seasonal efforts to score the prestigious Yuletide top spot.
![[George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley originally recorded and released the song in 1984]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ffa9c8dc-b80e-4f13-915a-b6de33ad49c1.jpg?strip=all&w=638)
Last Christmas first got to No1 the week after Christmas in 2021. Andrew Ridgeley, who was one half of the legendary pop duo with George Michael, told Official Charts: “Thirty-seven years to get to No 1, 39 years to Christmas No1, and then like London buses they all come along at once!.
![[Tom Grennan came up short in his bid to win Christmas No1 - and held out hope to the end]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/NINTCHDBPICT000955459708_59d4db.jpg?strip=all&w=663)
"I’m especially pleased for George, he would have been utterly delighted, his fabulous Christmas composition has become such a classic, almost as much a part of Christmas as mince pies, turkey and pigs in blankets. "It’s testament to a really wonderful Christmas song that, in a lot of people’s minds, evokes and represents Christmas as we would all wish it to be.”.
![[Zoe Ball was tearful as she recorded her final Radio 2 breakfast show]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/use-21-days-issue-use-958760231.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
However, there isn’t such a cause for celebration when it comes to the albums chart. It used to be a time of eye-watering sales figures as people rushed out to get the latest releases on CD as presents for their loved ones. But this week has seen the lowest album sales ever for the week leading up to Christmas.
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