This Festive Classic Just Went No. 1 Globally, Dethroning Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ for the First Time

Screenshot from the video: Wham! – Last Christmas (Official Video) – WHAM! Article by Jack Irvin. People – December 16, 2025.

This holiday season, Mariah Carey is sharing the success. On Monday, Dec. 15, Billboard announced “Last Christmas” by Wham! reached the No. 1 slot on the publication’s Global 200, marking the first time another holiday song besides Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has topped the chart since its launch in September 2020. According to Billboard, Carey’s 1994 classic has topped the Global 200 chart for a record total of 19 weeks since December 2020. […]

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Video: Wham! – Last Christmas (Official Video) – WHAM!

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