{"id":235130,"date":"2025-12-16T04:29:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T04:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/235130\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T04:29:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T04:29:19","slug":"whams-last-christmas-hits-no-1-on-billboard-global-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/235130\/","title":{"rendered":"Wham!\u2019s \u2018Last Christmas\u2019 Hits No. 1 on Billboard Global 200"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWham!<\/a>\u2019s \u201cLast Christmas\u201d is the No. 1 song in the world, snowballing three places to the top of the Billboard Global 200<\/a>, as the 1984 classic by the British duo of George Michael, who died in 2016, and Andrew Ridgeley, leads the list for the first time.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe song is the second holiday hit to reign since the Global 200 began in September 2020. Mariah Carey\u2019s \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d has ruled for a chart-record 19 weeks since that December.<\/p>\n

\n\tA week earlier, \u201cLast Christmas\u201d reached a new No. 2 high on the U.S.-based Billboard Hot 100<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tRidgeley marveled to Billboard<\/a> at how \u201cLast Christmas\u201d has become \u201cbeloved by all generations,\u201d upon its rise to the Hot 100\u2019s runner-up rank, citing \u201cthe special place the song occupies in so many hearts and one that George Michael would have been immensely proud of. Thank you, everyone who has embraced the song as a little piece of their own merry Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMichael\u2019s estate described \u201cLast Christmas\u201d as \u201ca timeless record that embodies the very sound of Christmas and continues to resonate with audiences, while captivating new listeners around the world.\u00a0Thank you to everyone who keeps this song at the very heart of Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.<\/p>\n

\n\tChart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts\u2019 calculations.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLast Christmas\u201d tops the Global 200 with 95.3 million streams (up 19%) and 5,000 sold (up 26%) worldwide Dec. 5-11.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d holds at No. 2 on the Global 200; HUNTR\/X\u2019s \u201cGolden\u201d falls two spots to No. 3 after 18 weeks at No. 1 beginning in July; Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d slips 3-4 after three weeks at No. 1 starting in October; and Brenda Lee\u2019s No. 2-peaking \u201cRockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree\u201d keeps at No. 5.<\/p>\n

\n\tFour more carols decorate the Global 200\u2019s top 10: Bobby Helms\u2019 \u201cJingle Bell Rock,\u201d which repeats at No. 6; Ariana Grande\u2019s \u201cSanta Tell Me,\u201d steady at No. 7; Kelly Clarkson\u2019s \u201cUnderneath the Tree\u201d (10-8); and Michael Bubl\u00e9\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas\u201d (11-10). (The songs have hit highs of Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 6, respectively.)<\/p>\n

\n\tAlex Warren\u2019s \u201cOrdinary\u201d is the only other non-holiday song in the Global 200\u2019s top 10, down 8-9 after 10 weeks at No. 1 beginning in May.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Dec. 20, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Dec. 16. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard\u2019s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.<\/p>\n

\n\tLuminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.<\/p>\n


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