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Wham! and Michael Buble top final UK music charts of 2025

Chris Rea’s Driving Home For Christmas re-entered the top 10 this week.

Evening Standard

Mariah Carey loses Christmas crown a week before the big day

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The Independent UK

Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You dethroned on the charts by this ‘80s classic

Carey’s unimpeachable record has dropped off the No.1 position and been beaten by British pop duo’s 1984 hit

The Independent UK

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How much money do stars make from Christmas songs in 2025? From Mariah Carey to Wham!

For some artists the festive season is incredibly lucrative as Christmas songs fill the airwaves

Evening Standard

Indignant Elton John responds to fans who claimed to spot issue with his kitchen

Singer-songwriter had earlier posted a TikTok from his kitchen, in which he was jokingly haunted by his festive hit ‘Step Into Christmas’

The Independent UK

Tired of the same old Christmas songs? So were these countercultural carolers

With Mariah Carey and Wham! saturating airwaves with their holiday tunes, it’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas.

The Conversation

Readers reply: Which old Christmas traditions should be revived?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

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“I liked Bad Company and Free. Those bands, like David Bowie and Roxy Music, were all pop. But their albums had deeper cuts. That’s what I hoped we could pull off”: Billy Duffy on the making of The Cult’s 1985 breakout album – and why Rain made him sweat

Led by the stunning She Sells Sanctuary, Love was the sound of a band experimenting at scale, finding the great enabler in producer Steve Brown, and it just so happens to be Duffy's favorite

Guitar World

George Michael’s Careless Whisper voted nation’s favourite for seventh year

The track was voted top of Smooth Radio’s All Time Top 500, an annual list of the UK’s best-loved songs, for the seventh year in a row.

Evening Standard

Lola Young leads Ivor Novello nominations

Lola Young has been nominated for three Ivor Novello Awards.

BANG Premier

‘The police were scared there would be riots’: When Wham! took Western pop to China

IN FOCUS : The CIA wanted them to spy as well as perform. The Communist Party insisted that fans were not to dance to them or learn their ways. Forty years ago, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley were the first Western band to tour China – Mark Beaumont revisits an…

The Independent UK

“I could write songs as bad as Wham’s if I really felt the urge to, but what’s the point?”: Dreams, red wine and the desire to explode - Robert Smith’s songwriting approach in his own words

The Cure’s godfather of goth remains one of music’s key figureheads, yet his attitude to songwriting is anything but orthodox

MusicRadar

Wham! star Pepsi details her 'traumatic' miscarriages and reveals 'difficult' decision she made with husband

The singer, 66, opened up on the ‘shame’ she felt because of her fertility battle

Evening Standard

Wham!’s Last Christmas remains top of UK singles chart for another week

Duo’s festive record made history when it became Christmas No 1 two years in a row

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Sigala loves Last Christmas

Sigala has named Wham! 1984 classic ‘Last Christmas’ as his top festive “banger”.

Evening Standard

Graphic designer creates George Michael 'tribute with twist' using 12,000 screws

The tribute took roughly 90 hours to make

The Independent UK

Graphic designer creates George Michael ‘tribute with twist’ using 12,000 screws

The tribute took roughly 90 hours to make.

BANG Premier

Andrew Ridgeley wants to 'elevate' Wham!'s legacy

Andrew Ridgeley doesn't like fame but thinks it would be "irresponsible" not to act as a "representative" for Wham! in the wake of George Michael's death.

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Evening Standard

Wham! make chart history as Last Christmas takes second festive number one crown

The Christmas classic first secured the coveted title last year after it was originally released in December 1984.

Evening Standard

Mariah Carey, Tom Grennan and Wham! in bid for Christmas number one

Sales and streams from the last week are to be counted and announced on BBC Radio 1’s The Official Chart show on Friday.

WhatToWatch

I went behind the scenes of Wham!'s Last Christmas and here's what I found

I've been on location in the Swiss resort where Wham! filmed their Last Christmas video as we celebrate 40 years of the beloved song.

The Guardian - UK

Amazon push may help Tom Grennan beat Wham! to UK Christmas No 1

Grennan’s It Can’t Be Christmas is one of many Amazon-exclusive singles in recent festive chart races

Evening Standard

Last Christmas by Wham! tops vote for song to mark start of festive season

The hit, which took 39 years to become a Christmas number one, topped the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s poll.

The Guardian - UK

Wham! Last Christmas Unwrapped review – special TV to give your heart to

This winter warmer is so much more than just a deep dive into one of the greatest festive tunes – it’s an astonishing tribute to the genius of George Michael

The Guardian - UK

Wham! return to No 1 ahead of Christmas chart battle next week

Last Christmas replaces Gracie Abrams’ That’s So True in the top spot as festive classic celebrates its 40th anniversary

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