Kylie Minogue has scored this year's Christmas number one, deposing Wham!'s Last Christmas, which topped the chart in 2023 ...

Whether or not you consider Wham!'s "Last Christmas" a gay song depends on how you see its lyrics and its creator.

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...

Sometimes the catchiest song titles come from the most unexpected places, like a 1984 New Wave classic born from a simple mistake. Michael was just 19 and Ridgeley was 20 when they first got a taste ...

Mr. English is the author of, among other books, “The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature.” I traced a copy of George Orwell’s “1984” to the library of the ...

Bruce Springsteen revealed he was not fully happy with his blockbuster 1984 album Born in the U.S.A., claiming it wasn't the record he'd planned on making. The Boss reflected on the 30-million-selling ...

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 ...

Lil Baby is set to embark on the highly anticipated WHAM World Tour in 2025, bringing his latest album, WHAM, to fans worldwide. Produced by Live Nation, the tour kicks off June 3 in Houston, TX, and ...

Lil Baby dismissed Kai Cenat’s reaction to his album WHAM, claiming young people like the streamer “know nothing about music.” While it debuted at No. 1 on Billboard 200, the album received mixed ...

Some of the most important decisions in life come down to taking a leap of faith. At least, that’s what I’m telling myself as I jump onto the back of a jetski to meet Lil Baby. “This is super illegal, ...