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Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ tops UK singles
Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ has topped the UK singles chart thanks to the 11.4 million times the song was streamed ahead of the countdown. Released originally in December 1984, the song peaked back then at No: 2 and was prevented from taking the pole spot as Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ was the dominating song.
‘Last Christmas took 36 years to clinch the pole position of the UK singles chart and that was in December 2020. The classic track has been on the UK top 10 singles chart on nine occasions, twice between 1984 and 1985 and then after 32 years again on the top 10 where it has maintained a consistent presence between 2016 and 2022. Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ was written and produced by the group’s most popular member the late George Michael. The song was released as Double A side track then on vinyl along with ‘Everything She Wants’, which got airplay immediately after Christmas, to give it a longer chart life.
Michael Buble’s ‘It’s A Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas’ has been biggest gainer
Michael Buble’s ‘It’s A Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas’ has been the biggest gainer on the UK’s top 10 singles chart this week. The track advanced from 10 to No: 7 to level off at the point it peaked on two previous occasions in 2019 and 2021. The crooner released the song as a single in 2012, but it did not get much attention until 2019. The song was written in 1951 by Meredith Willson. Many artists such Perry Como and Bing Cosby have released the festive hit as a single, but none have had the success Buble has had. His rendition is taken off his ‘Christmas’ album.
Rap artist Aitch has donates £10,000 to Down Syndrome Association
Rap artist Aitch has donated £10,000 to the Down Syndrome Association in the UK. The Manchester born rapper made the donation with the proceeds of his recent top 10 hit song ‘My G’ which is dedicated to his sister Gracie who was born with the generic disorder.
Lewis Capaldi to embark on tour across UK and Europe
Lewis Capaldi will embark on a tour of 14 countries across the UK and Europe to promote his new album ‘Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent’ next year. The tour will start on 14th January and end on 15th March 2023, covering 33 dates.
While tickets sales have been good, sales for one venue has so far been poor at the Mercedes Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany where Capaldi is to perform on 16th February. For a venue that has a 17,000 capacity, only 1373 tickets have been sold according to reports.
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