The story is known: in 1984 George Michael He was determined to break one record after another, which is why he composed the Christmas theme The last Christmas reach first place in the charts with Andrew Ridgeley in the duo Wham!.
But he didn’t make it: he only reached second position in the English charts. Ironically, The top was occupied by another song featuring the Wham! singer.: solidarity They know it’s Christmasalong with a true pop dream-team of the time: U2, Duran Duran, Sting, Boy George, Bananarama, Phil Collins and others.
Anyway, The last Christmas It sold more than 2 million copies and spent five weeks at No. 2. Later, like a good Christmas hit, it periodically returned to the charts, but never reached the top. Until now.
Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael at the time of Wham!, one of the great pop hits of the early ’80s.The curse was broken last week, recording 13.3 million views in seven days, reaching the top for the first time in the middle of Christmas.
A long wait
Total 39 years have passed since the launch of The last Christmaswith which the song marked a new milestone for the longest journey to Christmas #1, as reported by the Official Charts Company.
Over its lifetime, the pop song has amassed 5.34 million chart units, including 1.93 million sales and nearly 413 million streams.
It is currently the third biggest British song of all time, behind Candle in the Wind 1997 From Elton John AND Do they know it’s Christmas? by Band Aid.
Another oddity is that the stainless shot All I want for Christmas is you by Mariah Carey came in third place this week, behind Sam Ryder You’re Christmas to me.
Fury for Mariah in the United States
Separate chapter for the singer Mariah Carey and its enduring Christmas success in the United States All I want for Christmas is you.
Mariah Carey lives in Times Square on New Year’s Day 2016. Photo: Reuters.Since 1994, every early December the song has slowly positioned itself at the top of the international charts until it almost always reaches the top.
For four consecutive years, All I want for Christmas is you was No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, which measures the most popular songs each week based on airplay, sales and streaming.
On Christmas Eve 2020, for example, the song broke the one-day record on Spotify with more than 17.2 million views.
There are specialists who say that you make money from playing hits could exceed $100 million.
Source: Clarin
