Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1981, two talented 18-year-old friends from England, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, burst onto the music scene with a ...

Ridgeley returned to the Swiss mountains where they filmed the 1984 music video for new documentary 'Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped' Daily Record/Mirrorpix/Getty Stepping back into the world of “Last ...

Andrew Ridgeley is well aware of just how teeny the shorts he and George Michael wore in the 1984 music video for Wham!’s “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go.” “[I’m] not amazed [at how short they were but] ...

George Michael has been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the Most Performed Work category for writing Wham!’s 1984 hit “Last Christmas.” The award, which honors songwriters and screen composers ...

The British duo Wham! became, for many, the soundtrack of the early 1980s with their fun-loving pop hits, a feel-good antidote to a world that, at the time, seemed to be growing darker from the Cold ...

In 1983, George Michael set a goal for himself. He gave himself a songwriting exercise: he’d write a Christmas song. And he wanted a No. 1 hit. “He wanted a definitive Wham! Christmas offering,” ...

Wham!’s festive song Last Christmas never got to number one in the year of its release 1984, but it has scored a historical first, becoming the first track to occupy the festive chart’s top slot for a ...

Whether or not you consider Wham!’s “Last Christmas” a gay song depends on how you see its lyrics and its creator. The 1984 Wham! song “Last Christmas” has become a regular holiday favorite among ...

In March 1986, the British pop duo Wham! announced they were breaking up after a successful five-year run. Before they ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Wham! scored a historic hit when they released “Last Christmas” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael of Wham! performing in 1984 Phil Dent via Getty Images Although few and far between, there are ...

Most music fans wouldn’t confuse Paul McCartney and Wham!. Paul and The Beatles turned down $250 million to reunite in the 1970s; we’re certain Wham! never entertained that kind of payday to get back ...