Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas lands first Number One on UK singles chart

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Michael Strahan has made no secret of his adoration for his Good Morning America co-host, Robin Roberts, and on Wednesday he opened up to lavish her with praise over a moment he will never forget. The former NFL star was chatting on Candace Parker's Moments podcast and laid bare many of the struggles and achievements he has navigated in his life. MORE: Michael Strahan reflects on incredible achievements in inspirational postMichael was discussing his unexpected transition from the football field to becoming a TV personality and said Robin had been a godsend from the start. WATCH: Robin Roberts and Michael Strahan are friendship goals Despite being a sporting celebrity, Michael was unbelievably worried about his abilities in a new profession when he began.He explained to Candace: "To be honest with you, I was such a fish out of water that Robin saved me in a lot of ways.MORE: Michael Strahan makes candid comment about career changeREAD: GMA's Robin Roberts convinced she'll 'get in trouble' with partner Amber Laign over new post"I remember being at the Oscars on the red carpet and I was doing Live with Kelly at the time. I had never done an Oscar red carpet.

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A new public park with a ‘performance space’ is set to be built in Bolton town centre.

Pierce Brosnan, 68, was spotted out to dinner in Malibu, California on Wednesday night (Feb. 9). The actor left Lucky’s steakhouse holding hands with his wife Keely Smith, 58, while their son Dylan, 25, and his girlfriend Avery Wheless followed them. Pierce had a giant smile on his face following the double date night. He looked so handsome in a navy button up shirt and gray dress pants.

Cristiano Ronaldo is planning showdown talks with his agent about his Manchester United future.Ronaldo has become disillusioned with life back at Old Trafford and wants to meet Jorge Mendes to discuss what his options will be at the end of the season.It is understood Ronaldo is hoping to have face-to-face talks with Mendes when he returns to Portugal in March for his national team's crunch World Cup qualifier with Turkey.As exclusively revealed last month, Ronaldo is considering his future at United while he waits to discover who the next permanent manager will be. But since then he has suffered a dramatic dip in form after struggling to form a positive relationship with interim boss Ralf Rangnick.

Chris Willman Music WriterPlayboi Carti interrupted Taylor Swift’s run at the top of the album chart as his late December release “Whole Lotta Red” debuted at No. 1 with 94,100 album units.At No.

Jeremy Clarkson has opened up on battling coronavirus over the Christmas period and felt he would die on his own from the disease.The 60 year old revealed that he had contracted the illness and began feeling ill four days before Christmas. Writing in an article for The Times the star explained that he felt poorly so began googling his symptoms and went to get a test which came back positive.

George Michael’s family have expressed delight at the news of Wham! classic “Last Christmas” reaching No 1 in the charts. The 1984 hit, by Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, has topped the UK singles chart for the first time, more than three decades after it was first released.

it finally reached the top of the UK charts yesterday, making it the first number one of 2021. In a statement marking the incredible achievement, the late singer’s family and estate shared how pleased they were to be able to continue making charitable donations off the back of the song.The statement read: ‘The family and Estate of George Michael are overjoyed to learn that on the first day of a brand new year Last Christmas has reached number one in the UK charts for the first time. ‘After such a difficult 2020 for all of us and at the time of year that was so special to George we are so grateful to everyone who made this possible and know how much it would have meant to him. ‘We are also pleased to be able to continue donating George’s

GEORGE Michael scored a first number one in 24 years after Wham's Last Christmas reached the top of the charts. The track, which was released by George and bandmate Andrew Ridgeley 36 years ago, now holds the record for the longest time a single has taken to reach number, replacing Tony Christie’s (Is This The Way To) Amarillo, which took 33 years and 4 months.

direct to your inboxLast Christmas by Wham! has finally topped the UK chart 36 years after it was released.The festive classic is number one on New Year's Day after being streamed 9.2 million times over the past week - knocking the Christmas number one, LadBaby's Don't Stop Me Eating, off the top spot.First released in December 1984, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley's much-loved song about unrequited love was held off the top spot by Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas on which George featured.It has since returned to the top 10 six times, and fans had previously launched a campaign to get it to number one to mark the first anniversary of George's tragic death on Christmas Day 2016.The song reached number seven that year and a year

George Michael has finally scored himself a number one with his band's iconic track Last Christmas landing in the coveted top spot.

Wham's Last Christmas has finally made it to the No1 after 36 years out in the cold.By hitting the top in the first chart of 2021, announced today the song also breaks a new Official Chart record in the process setting a new record for the longest time taken for a single to reach No1 overtaking Tony Christie’s (Is This The Way To) Amarillo, which took 33 years and 4 months to claim the top spot in March 2005).Martin Talbot, chief executive, Official Charts Company said: “This is a fantastic record for Last Christmas."Just a few weeks after Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas is You reached No1 after a 26 year wait, for the Wham! tune to make its own impact after so long really shows how much the British public love their Christmas

Wham’s Last Christmas finally claims Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart 36 years after its release and breaks a new Official Chart record in the process, the Official Charts Company can confirm.

George Michael has secured the first-ever UK number one of 2021 with the iconic Wham! hit Last Christmas.

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Chris Willman Music WriterThe writers of some of the biggest perennial Christmas hits — or their estates, given how far back some of these songs go — are making some decent coin via streaming every year, according to a study released Wednesday that calculated the likely payouts from Spotify this season for the holiday songs that dominate music consumption in December.Although these amounts alone may not support the stars in the styles to which they’ve become accustomed, it’s clear that for some, releasing holiday material can at least set up a nice Christmas bonus each year.According to the UK design firm Nofollowdesigns, Mariah Carey’s dominative “All I Want for Christmas Is You” should have made $946,000 in earnings from Spotify for the

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Jamie Laing has been accused of flouting Tier 4 rules by spending Christmas in the Cotswolds, days after saying he would be stuck in London.The Strictly Come Dancing star previously said he was spending the festive season at his Chelsea home. It came after strict new rules banned those in the capital from travelling after 20 December – five days before Christmas.