Last Christmas
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"Last Christmas" is a song by British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 pop duo Wham!
WHAM!
Wham! were a short-lived British musical duo formed by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley in the early 1980s. They were briefly known in the United States as Wham! UK due to a naming conflict with an American band....

, released on Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

 in 1984, on a double A-side with "Everything She Wants
Everything She Wants
"Everything She Wants" is a song by British pop duo Wham!, released in 1984 on Epic Records on a double A-side with "Last Christmas". It was written by George Michael, one half of the duo.- History :...

". It was written by George Michael
George Michael
George Michael is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! with his school friend, Andrew Ridgeley...

, one half of the duo. The song has been covered by many artists throughout the years.

Chart performances

Wham! had been a dominant force in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 in 1984 and news that they were planning a Christmas single meant that a battle for the coveted Christmas #1 spot in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 seemed set to be between Wham! and the year's other big act, Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood were a British dance-pop band popular in the mid-1980s. The group was fronted by Holly Johnson , with Paul Rutherford , Peter Gill , Mark O'Toole , and Brian Nash .The group's debut single "Relax" was banned by the BBC in 1984 while at number six in the charts and...

, who had achieved a third #1 in early December with "The Power of Love". However, the Band Aid
Band Aid (band)
Band Aid was a charity supergroup featuring British and Irish musicians and recording artists. It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year. The single...

 project, helmed by Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his...

, produced the #1 single. Wham!'s offering peaked at #2 for much of the period, although George's involvement in Band Aid meant that Wham! still had an input. Wham! subsequently topped the monies raised by Band Aid by donating all of their "Last Christmas/Everything She Wants" royalties to the Ethiopian famine
1984 - 1985 famine in Ethiopia
A widespread famine affected the inhabitants of today's Eritrea and Ethiopia from 1983 to 1985. In northern Ethiopia, famine led to more than 400,000 deaths; over half this mortality can be attributed to human rights abuses that caused the famine to come earlier, strike harder, and extend further...

 appeal.

"Last Christmas" did make #1 in various other countries.

The single sold well over a million copies and became the biggest selling single in UK chart history not to reach #1. A year later, it was re-issued for Christmas again (this time without a billed flip-side) and got to #6. A second re-issue at Christmas 1986 - by which time Wham! had split - stalled outside the top 40.

The song gradually sold in Japan, and finally became the best-selling single that did not reach that country's top-10 chart, selling more than 600,000 copies and peaking on the chart at #12 in 1992.

Since 1997, the song enters the German Singlecharts every year and peaked at #4 in 2007. In the airplay charts the songs enters every year the Top 5.

In 2007, the track re-entered the UK Top 20 and hit the UK iTunes Top 10.

In 2008, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 again, this time at #36 and peaked at #26.

In 2009, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 at number #39.

In 2009, the song re-entered the Spanish Lista de Canciones (Singles Chart) at number #9.

In Germany, the song is the most successful Christmas single of all time with 88 weeks on the German Singles Chart and a peak position of No. 4
In January 2008, the song fell from No. 4 to No. 64 there, making it the biggest fall out of the top ten of the German Singles Chart.

"Can't Smile Without You" settlement

Due to perceived similarities between "Last Christmas" and the song "Can't Smile Without You
Can't Smile Without You
"Can't Smile Without You" is a song written by Christian Arnold, David Martin, and Geoff Morrow, best known in its rendition by Barry Manilow."Can't Smile Without You" was the first single to be released from Manilow's album Even Now in 1977...

" as popularised by Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, and performer, best known for such recordings as "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana ."...

, an out-of-court settlement was reached in which the first year's royalties were donated to the one-year-old "Band Aid" charity.

Music video

The video to "Last Christmas" shows George and partner Andrew Ridgeley
Andrew Ridgeley
Andrew John Ridgeley is an English former pop singer-songwriter, guitarist and environmentalist. Andrew was a member of the 1980s pop music duo Wham!.-Early life:...

 accompanying girlfriends to see friends at an unspecified ski
Ski
A ski is a long, flat device worn on the foot, usually attached through a boot, designed to help the wearer slide smoothly over snow. Originally intended as an aid to travel in snowy regions, they are now mainly used for recreational and sporting purposes...

 resort - although the cable-car that can be seen in two shots is from Saas-Fee
Saas-Fee
Saas-Fee is the main village in the Saastal, or the Saas Valley, and is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland...

, Switzerland. It becomes clear early on that the character of Andrew's girlfriend had previously been in a relationship with George, and that the song is aimed at her. The video also featured the duo's erstwhile backing singers Pepsi and Shirlie and Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet are a British band formed in London in the late 1970s. Initially inspired by, and an integral part of, the New Romantic fashion, their music has featured a mixture of funk, jazz, soul and synthpop. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s, achieving ten Top Ten singles...

 bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...

 Martin Kemp
Martin Kemp (actor)
Martin John Kemp is an English actor, musician, and occasional television presenter, best known as the bassist in the New Romantic band Spandau Ballet, as well as for his portrayal as Steve Owen from the BBC soap opera EastEnders...

, the boyfriend and future husband
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...

 of Shirlie Holliman.

Original 1984 release

7": Epic / A 4949 (UK)
  1. "Everything She Wants" – 5:07


7": Epic / QA 4949 (UK)
  1. "Everything She Wants (remix)" – 5:31
  2. "Last Christmas" – 4:24


12": Epic / TA 4949 (UK)
  1. "Last Christmas (pudding mix)" – 6:47
  2. "Everything She Wants" – 5:07


12": Epic / QTA 4949 (UK)
  1. "Everything She Wants (remix)" – 6:30
  2. "Last Christmas (pudding mix)" – 6:47

1985 reissue

7": Epic / WHAM 1 (UK)
  1. "Last Christmas" – 4:24
  2. "Blue (Armed With Love) [live in China]" – 5:43


12": Epic / WHAM T1 (UK)
  1. "Last Christmas (pudding mix)" – 6:47
  2. "Blue (Armed With Love) [live in China]" – 5:43
  3. "Everything She Wants (remix)" – 5:31

1986 reissue

7": Epic / 650269 7 (UK)
  1. "Last Christmas" – 4:24
  2. "Where Did Your Heart Go?" – 5:43


12": Epic / 650269 6 (UK)
  1. "Last Christmas (pudding mix)" – 6:47
  2. "Where Did Your Heart Go?" – 5:43

2007 reissue

7", 12", CD: Tent / PD45579
  1. "Last Christmas (remix)" – 5:13
  2. "Everything She Wants (remix)" – 6:01
  3. "Last Christmas (pudding mix)" – 6:47
  4. "Everything She Wants" – 6:29


Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
Germany Gold 1999 250,000
UK Platinum 1985 1,000,000

Charts

Chart (1984–2011) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 3
Austrian Singles Chart 4
Danish Singles Chart 9
Dutch Singles Chart 5
Finnish Singles Chart 3
German Singles Chart 4
Irish Singles Chart 1
Norwegian Singles Chart 2
Swedish Singles Chart 7
Swiss Singles Chart 6
UK Singles Chart 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 22
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 40
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs 67

Whigfield version

In the UK the following single planned after "Close to You
Close to You (Whigfield song)
"Close to You" is a song by Whigfield that was first released on 4 September 1995. A 12" Vinyl release has a track titled "Close To You " however this track appears to be "Think of You."- Track listings :UK: CD-Maxi 1: Systematic...

" was "Big Time
Big Time (Whigfield song)
"Big Time" is a song by Whigfield, and the single was released on July 13, 1995, by X-Energy Records. It peaked at #21 in the UK charts, giving her another big hit in that country.-Releases:*Mexico: CD-Maxi: Musart#Big Time 3:21...

", however, it was suggested that Whigfield
Whigfield
Sannie Charlotte Carlson , best known as Whigfield and also as Naan, is a Danish singer best known for the song "Saturday Night", a hugely popular single during the summer of 1994.-Biography:...

 should record a version of "Last Christmas" to go with the release of "Big Time", as a double A side single. The single was also released as a double A side single in Germany with "Close to You". In other countries "Last Christmas" was released on its own with various remixes. The single reached #21 in the UK, which was Whigfield's final release on Systematic Records. It also features on various Special Edition versions of her debut album Whigfield
Whigfield (album)
Whigfield is the debut studio dance album by Danish artist Whigfield, released in 1995. Many countries received the first album in 1995, while Australia, it was 1997...

and also on Whigfield II
Whigfield II
Whigfield II is the second studio album by Danish artist Whigfield, released in 1997.-Tracklist:#Givin' All My Love 3:34#No Tears To Cry 3:47#Baby Boy 3:39#Tenderly 4:01#What We've Done For Love 3:47#Lover 3:56...

. The EP was released 10 November 1995 in Australia. A UK single was released on 3 December 1995.

Official Versions

  1. "Last Christmas" (Major Version)
  2. "Last Christmas" (Minor Version)
  3. "Last Christmas" (Major Mild EQ Version)
  4. "Last Christmas" (K David Version)
  5. "Last Christmas" (David Version)
  6. "Last Christmas" (MBRG Version)
  7. "Last Christmas" (MBRG Radio Edit)

Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 21

Billie version

Billie
Billie Piper
Billie Paul Piper is an English singer and actress.She began her career in the late 1990s as a pop singer and then switched to acting. She started in acting and dancing and was talent spotted at the Sylvia Young stage school by Smash Hits magazine who wanted a "face" for their magazine...

 originally recorded a cover of the song as a B-Side of her single "She Wants You". It was released as CD Single in limited areas of Europe, and did not chart in any country. The Single was also released as a promotional Vinyl Single in the UK, limited to 500 copies and therefore could not chart there.

Track listings

European CD Single
  1. "Last Christmas"
  2. "She Wants You" (Album Version)
  3. "She Wants You" (Sharp Ballrom Remix)


UK Promo Vinyl
  1. "Last Christmas" (Edit)
  2. She Wants You" (Radio Edit)

Ashley Tisdale

"Last Christmas" was recorded in 2006 for Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

 by Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Michelle Tisdale is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence portraying the candy-counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick in Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the female antagonist Sharpay Evans in the High School Musical film series...

. The song was released to US radios on 11 November 2006 and as a digital download on 21 November 2006. This song was the first single released by Ashley Tisdale in her deal with Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

 and became her official first holiday single. Tisdale performed the single in 2007 on Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, often shortened to Macy's Day Parade, is an annual parade presented by Macy's. The tradition started in 1924, tying it for the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States along with America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit, and four years younger than...

and the Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering between 48th and 51st streets in New York City, United States. Built by the Rockefeller family, it is located in the center of Midtown Manhattan, spanning the area between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. It was declared a National...

, and in 2009 in the Citadel Outlets of Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

. The song was one of the B-Sides
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...

 in the European CD singles of Tisdale's first single "Be Good to Me
Be Good to Me
"Be Good to Me" is a song recorded by American recording artist Ashley Tisdale from her debut album, Headstrong. The song was released as the album's lead single in the United States on December 26, 2006 and in South America in January 2007...

" and Tisdale's second single "He Said She Said
He Said She Said (song)
"He Said She Said" is a song recorded by American recording artist Ashley Tisdale. The song was written by Johnathan "J. R." Rotem, Evan "Kidd" Bogart, and Ryan Tedder, and produced by Rotem for Tisdale's debut studio album Headstrong....

", from the album Headstrong
Headstrong (Ashley Tisdale album)
"Don't Touch " is a cover song, performed originally performed by Tata Young. Tisdale collaborated with Rotem, Ryan Tedder, and Evan "Kidd" Bogart on "He Said She Said." Tisdale also worked heavily with production teams The Matrix and Twin...

. The song has been included on several compilation albums, including A Very Special Christmas Vol.7
A Very Special Christmas Vol.7
A Very Special Christmas 7 is a collection of Christmas songs covered by current artists. The compilation album is the 7th in the series of albums. Vol. 7 was released on November 24, 2009 and proceeds from sales will benefit the Special Olympics.Vol...

and A Disney Channel Holiday.

Track listings

Digital tracklisting
  1. "Last Christmas" (single version) - 3:55

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Holiday/Seasonal Digital Songs 19
Chart (2011) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Holiday/Seasonal Songs 47

Crazy Frog

"Last Christmas" was covered in 2006 by Crazy Frog
Crazy Frog
Crazy Frog, originally known as Adam King, is a computer-animated character created in 2003 by Erik Wernquist. Marketed by the ringtone provider Jamba!, the animation was originally created to accompany a sound effect produced by Daniel Malmedahl in 1997 while attempting to imitate the sound of a...

 and released as a Christmas single. In Belgium, the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and France, "Last Christmas" was released 12 months before in other countries.

Track listings

CD single
  1. "Last Christmas" (radio edit)
  2. "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
  3. "Last Christmas" (club mix)
  4. "Nellie the Elephant"
  5. "Last Christmas" (video)

Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 30
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart 19
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart 6
Dutch Singles Chart 48
French Singles Chart 19
Irish Singles Chart 16
New Zealand Singles Chart 19
UK Singles Chart 16

Cascada version

"Last Christmas" was recorded in 2007 by Cascada
Cascada
Cascada is a German Eurodance act most famous for their hit singles "Everytime We Touch", "What Hurts the Most", and "Evacuate the Dancefloor"...

. It was released on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

 in November 2007. The single had only a Digital release but 6 days later it was released on the single/EP "What Hurts the Most
What Hurts the Most
"What Hurts the Most" is the title of a song written by American songwriter Jeffrey Steele and English songwriter Steve Robson. Initially recorded by country music artist Mark Wills in 2003 on his album And the Crowd Goes Wild, it was covered by Bellefire a year later...

" which was the first single from their second album.

In the UK, despite it being a B-side track, the song is regularly played throughout music channels during the festive season.

iTunes Download
  • "Last Christmas" - 3:52

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 99
German Singles Chart 83
Austria Singles Chart 63
UK Singles Chart 111
UK Dance Chart 22


* Based on downloads alone, but did chart at #10, as it was the B-side to "What Hurts The Most"

Alcazar version

The song was covered by Alcazar
Alcazar (band)
Alcazar is a Swedish eurodance group which has established themselves as one of Sweden's most successful music groups with a string of hits since their debut single in 1999. Worldwide, Alcazar sold over 12 million records between 2001 and 2004...

 as sixth single to be released from their third studio album "Disco Defenders
Disco Defenders
-Special Edition:This version is a re-release published the 18th November 2009 and includes two new tracks, One Two Three Four and Last Christmas instead of Jump Straight into the Fire and Put the Top Down...

". Thus far, this single has only seen a digital release in Germany. It's to be included as a bonus track on the Swedish Special Edition version of Disco Defenders
Disco Defenders
-Special Edition:This version is a re-release published the 18th November 2009 and includes two new tracks, One Two Three Four and Last Christmas instead of Jump Straight into the Fire and Put the Top Down...

released on 18 November 2009.

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
German Singles Charts TBD

Joe McElderry version

British solo singer Joe McElderry
Joe McElderry
Joseph "Joe" McElderry is an English singer and model. He won the sixth series of the ITV show The X Factor in 2009. His first single "The Climb" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Charts. He was also crowned the winner of the second series of Popstar to Operastar, two...

 covered the song in 2011. This version will be released as a single on 19 December 2011, an EP was also released digitally in Ireland on 4 November 2011, and in the UK on 7 November 2011. Joe McElderry's version is taken from his third studio album, "Classic Christmas
Classic Christmas (Joe McElderry album)
Prior the release of the album, Entertainment Focus praised the album, calling it "another winning release from Joe McElderry", giving the album 4/5 stars.-Tracklist:The tracklist was confirmed on the official newsletter.-Release history:...

", released 28 November 2011. 7th Heaven Remix & Production
7th Heaven Remix & Production
7th Heaven [members: Jon Dixon & Andy Wetson] is a British remix and music production team founded in 2008, releasing their first single in the same year...

 have done a remix for the song.

Track listings

Digital Download
  1. "Last Christmas" - 4:18
  2. "Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)" - 3:07
  3. "Silent Night
    Silent Night
    "Silent Night" is a popular Christmas carol. The original lyrics of the song "Stille Nacht" were written in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, by the priest Father Joseph Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber...

    " - 3:28

Other cover versions

  • AXS
    Access (group)
    Access is a Japanese pop group. Its members are Daisuke Asakura and Hiroyuki Takami; it is a part of Sony Music Japan....

  • All About Eve
    All About Eve (band)
    All About Eve were a British rock/pop band. The creative core consisted of the Coventry born Julianne Regan , and the Huddersfield born Andy Cousin , with other members changing over the years...

  • Arctic Monkeys
    Arctic Monkeys
    Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band. Formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, the band currently consists of Alex Turner , Jamie Cook , Nick O'Malley and Matt Helders...

  • As One
    As One
    As One is a Korean pop duo consisting of Korean Americans Min Young Lee and Crystal Chae. Their first hit was the song "너만은 모르길," released in 1999 on Rock Records Between their fourth and fifth albums, their contract with Rock Records expired and they signed with EMI Korea; a label which also...

  • Atomic Kitten
    Atomic Kitten
    Atomic Kitten were an English girl group from Liverpool, first established in 1997. Created by Andy McCluskey, the final line-up, and most commercially successful, consisted of Natasha Hamilton, Liz McClarnon, and Jenny Frost...

  • Birgit Õigemeel
    Birgit Õigemeel
    Birgit Õigemeel is an Estonian singer. In 2007 she also played the role of Sylvia in the stage play "Two Gentlemen of Verona" at the Estonian theatre Theatrum.Birgit is also the first winner of Estonian Idol Eesti otsib superstaari.In 2007, at...

  • BoA
    BoA
    Boa Kwon , commonly stylized and known by her stage name BoA, which is a backronym for Beat of Angel, is a Korean singer, active in South Korea, Japan, and the United States and sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Korean Pop Music"....

  • The BossHoss
    The BossHoss
    BossHoss is a band from Berlin which started in 2004 with Country & Western style cover versions of famous pop, rock and hip hop songs, for example "Hot in Herre" by Nelly, "Toxic" by Britney Spears and "Hey Ya!" by Outkast. They incorporate stereotypical American cowboy behavior into their act...

  • Britt Nicole
    Britt Nicole
    Brittany Nicole Waddell is a Christian music artist who performs under the name Britt Nicole. She is signed to EMI CMG/Sparrow.-Childhood:Britt Nicole was born on August 2nd 1985....

  • Busted
  • Carrie Underwood
    Carrie Underwood
    Carrie Marie Underwood is an American country singer-songwriter and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005...

     Live at the White House for Christmas in Washington
    Christmas in Washington
    Christmas in Washington is an annual Christmas television special that currently airs on the U.S. TNT network.-Background:One of two annual holiday specials produced by George Stevens, Jr. , the variety show first aired in 1981 on NBC before moving to its current home on TNT in 1998. Recorded in...

  • Celtic Thunder
    Celtic Thunder
    Celtic Thunder is a singing group composed of male soloists who perform both solo and ensemble numbers. Celtic Thunder debuted in August 2007 at The Helix in Dublin, Ireland...

    's Keith Harkin (2010)
  • The Cheetah Girls
  • Christian Bautista
    Christian Bautista
    Christian Joseph Morata Bautista , more popularly known by his screen name Christian Bautista, is a Filipino singer, actor, host, and model. He was a finalist of Star In A Million, a Philippine reality show aired on ABS-CBN channel, winning the 4th place in the competition in 2003...

  • Coldplay
    Coldplay
    Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...

  • Corey Grandy (Peaked at #1 on U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 2010)
  • In 1984, Dalida
    Dalida
    Dalida , born with Italian name of Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was a world-famous singer and actress born in Egypt with Italian origins but naturalised French with the name Yolanda Gigliotti. She spent her early years in Egypt amongst the Italian Egyptian community, but she lived most of her adult...

     performed "Last Christmas" in French language as "Reviens-Moi" (Dali (album)
    Dali (album)
    Dali is a French-language album released in 1984 by French singer Dalida.-Track listing:#Pour te dire je t'aime#Là où je t'aime#Une vie d'homme#Toutes ces heures loin de toi#Kalimba de luna#La Pensione Bianca#C'était mon ami#Pour en arriver là...

    ).
  • Darren Hayes
    Darren Hayes
    Darren Stanley Hayes is a UK-based Australian singer-songwriter. Hayes was the front man and singer of the pop duo Savage Garden, whose 1997 album Savage Garden peaked at No. 1 in Australia, No. 2 in United Kingdom and No. 3 in United States...

  • Dexter Freebish
    Dexter Freebish
    Dexter Freebish is a band based in Austin, Texas, consisting of lead singer Kyle, guitars of Scott Romig, bass and vocals of Chris Lowe, and the drums of Rob Schilz...

  • The Dutch group Djumbo
    Djumbo
    Djumbo is a pop group based in the Netherlands.Lindsy is described as a helpful little girl, sometimes timid, one of her favourite activities is chatting on the phone. Lotte is said to be open-minded and honest, and she loves animals...

     sang "Last Christmas" at "Het Grote Kerstfeest" in 2008
  • Erlend Øye
    Erlend Øye
    Erlend Øye is a Norwegian musician from Bergen, best known for being part of the indie folk duo Kings of Convenience together with Eirik Glambek Bøe. He has released one solo album, Unrest, in 2003 and a mix-CD in the DJ-Kicks series in 2004....

  • Exile
  • The Finals - A Santa Cause 2: It's A Punk Rock Christmas Compilation (Immortal Records
    Immortal Records
    Immortal Records is an independent record label out of Los Angeles, California. Founded by Happy Walters in 1994, the label had helped launched the careers of such influential acts as Korn, 30 Seconds to Mars, and Incubus over the years. The label had also released soundtracks, including Judgment...

    )
  • Fonda
    Fonda (band)
    -History:The band formed in 1994 when singer/keyboardist Emily Cook and guitarist David Klotz met while both working for the same film production company...

  • Florence and the Machine
    Florence and the Machine
    Florence and the Machine is the recording name of English musician Florence Welch and a collaboration of other artists who provide music for her voice. Florence and the Machine's sound has been described as a combination of various genres, including rock and soul...

     (on Radio 1)
  • Glee Cast
    Glee (TV series)
    Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...

     (peaked at #63 on the Billboard Hot 100
    Billboard Hot 100
    The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

    , the first time a cover version of the song appeared on the chart, and at #27 on the Adult Contemporary chart.)
  • Gregory Douglass
    Gregory Douglass
    Gregory Douglass is an American singer-songwriter. Douglass plays lead guitar and piano.-Background:Douglass was born and raised in rural Vermont, winning local talent shows in his early teens. He taught himself to play the piano and guitar, and began writing his own songs during junior high...

     in 2009 on the Merry
    Merry (Gregory Douglass album)
    The Merry EP was announced in the Fall of 2009 via fan newsletter, and the readers were asked to submit ideas for songs to be recorded. The official tracklist was released in October when it was available for pre-order. Of the EP, Gregory said:-Tracklist:...

    EP.
  • Hawk Nelson
    Hawk Nelson
    Hawk Nelson is a Christian rock band from Peterborough, Ontario. The band has become very popular in the Christian music scene and was voted "Favorite New Artist" by CCM Magazine in their February 2006 Reader's Choice Awards. In 2006 Hawk Nelson won a No...

  • Hilary Duff
    Hilary Duff
    Hilary Erhard Duff is an American actress, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, and author. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in her childhood, she achieved fame playing the title role in the Disney Channel television series Lizzie McGuire. She also reprised her role in...

  • Hitomi Shimatani
    Hitomi Shimatani
    , is a female pop singer signed to the Avex Trax label.Shimatani started her career as an Enka singer with the release of her debut single in 1999, but later decided to get into the dance/pop style for her music. Shimatani's music has also appeared in video games and also anime series.- Early life...

  • Human Nature
    Human Nature (band)
    Human Nature are an Australian pop vocal group. The group was originally formed as a doo-wop band in 1989 while the current members were at school together in Sydney. So far, the band has had 17 Top 40 hits and five Top 10 hits in Australia since 1996 when their first album Telling Everybody was...

  • I Like Trains
  • J
    J (singer)
    Chung Jae-Young , better known by her stage name J, is a Korean R&B/Soul artist who is known for her soft unique voice tone. She attended Northern Virginia Community College. She was discovered in a beauty pageant for Koreans in Washington D.C. The contest allowed her to get the attention of a...

  • Jamelia
    Jamelia
    Jamelia Niela Davis , best known mononymously as Jamelia, is an English singer-songwriter, model, entertainer, television presenter and actress. She is most famous for her use of a cappella and prolific work in the R&B genre...

  • Jan Johansen
  • Jimmy Eat World
    Jimmy Eat World
    Jimmy Eat World is an American alternative rock band from Mesa, Arizona, that formed in 1993. The band is composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jim Adkins, guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind....

     on Last Christmas and Christmas
    Christmas (Jimmy Eat World EP)
    Christmas is a two-track EP released by Jimmy Eat World in 2004. It was released exclusively via iTunes.-Track listing:#"If You Were Born Today " #"Last Christmas" -External links:...

  • JLS
    JLS
    - Music :* JLS, an English boyband** JLS , debut album by JLS* JLS a Spanish Rock band based in Zaragoza , Spain formed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic by lead Leo Susana.- Organizations :...

  • John Holt
    John Holt (singer)
    John Holt is a reggae singer and songwriter.-Biography:Holt was born in Kingston in 1947. By the age of 12, he was a regular entrant in talent contests run at Jamaican theatres by Vere Johns...

  • Keshia Chanté
    Keshia Chanté
    Keshia Chanté is a Canadian Juno Award-winning critically acclaimed singer-songwriter, model, and actress...

  • Kimberley Locke
    Kimberley Locke
    Kimberley Dawn Locke is an American singer-songwriter and model. She has recorded in the dance, pop and adult contemporary music genres....

  • Kanute
  • Leigh Nash
  • Little Boots
    Little Boots
    Victoria Christina Hesketh, also known by her stage name/pseudonym Little Boots, is an English electropop singer-songwriter. Her stage name comes from a nickname given to her by a friend, a reference to her unusually small feet...

    , formerly of Dead Disco
    Dead Disco
    Dead Disco were an English electronic/indie pop musical group formed in 2005 by Lucy Catherwood, Marie France and Victoria Hesketh .-Biography:The trio met in August 2005 at the University of Leeds...

  • Madsen
    Madsen (band)
    Madsen is a German rock band that hails from Priesseck, a section of Clenze in the Wendland. Three of the members are brothers with the surname Madsen, hence the band's name....

  • Masterboy
    Masterboy
    Masterboy is a German eurodance group with notable success in Europe, Asia, Oceania and South America in the mid-1990s. They are one of the most representative group for 90's "high energy" eurodance phenomenon, when this genre crossed over from dance clubs to the pop music arena...

  • The Maine (band)
    The Maine (band)
    The Maine is an American rock band from Tempe, Arizona. They were formed in January 21st, 2007, they released EP Stay Up, Get Down in the same year. On December 11 2007, The Maine made their debut with a five song EP called The Way We Talk produced by Matt Grabe...

  • Manic Street Preachers
    Manic Street Preachers
    Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 1986. They are James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards and Sean Moore. The band are part of the Cardiff music scene, and were at their most prominent during the 1990s...

    , a version by James Dean Bradfield
    James Dean Bradfield
    James Dean Bradfield is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers.- Early life :...

     appears on the 2003 compilation Lipstick Traces
  • Seiko Matsuda
    Seiko Matsuda
    is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter. Due to her popularity in the 1980s and her long career, she has been dubbed the "Eternal idol" by the Japanese media.- Biography :...

  • Max Raabe
    Max Raabe
    Max Raabe is a German singer. He is particularly noted as the founder and leader of the Palast Orchester....

    , a German version in a 1920s style.
  • Metro Station
    Metro Station (band)
    Metro Station is an American pop rock band that formed in Los Angeles by Mason Musso and Trace Cyrus. In late 2006, the band signed a recording contract with Columbia/Red Ink. They are best known for their Top 10 Billboard hit single "Shake It" from their self-titled debut album...

     recorded a cover version as included on their double A side single "Kelsey/Last Christmas" in the UK in 2009, accompanied by a video.
  • Moon Hee Jun
    Moon Hee Jun
    Moon Hee-joon is a South Korean pop/rock singer-songwriter, and formerly a notable boyband leader of the group H.O.T. He created PS Entertainment after leaving SM Entertainment. Currently he is under a company called Sidus HQ.- Criticism :...

  • Nell
    Nell (band)
    Nell is a South Korean indie rock band. Formed in 1999, the band consists of Kim Jong-wan on vocals, guitar and keyboard, Lee Jae-kyung on lead guitar, Lee Jung-hoon on bass guitar and Jung Jae-won on drum....

  • Nicole, the Winner of Eurovision Song Contest 1982
    Eurovision Song Contest 1982
    The Eurovision Song Contest 1982 was the 27th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 24 April 1982 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. The presenter was Jan Leeming. The opening of the contest showed a map of Europe, with the translation "Where is Harrogate?" popping up on-screen from...

    , on her Christmas Songs CD (2006)
  • The Ordinary Boys
    The Ordinary Boys
    The Ordinary Boys are an English indie rock band from Worthing, in West Sussex, England. Originally named Next in Line, they were influenced by mod revival and Britpop music, as well as the bands Madness, The Specials, The Kinks and The Smiths...

  • The Parenthetical Girls
    Parenthetical Girls
    Parenthetical Girls is an experimental pop band formed in Everett, Washington, and based currently in Portland, Oregon...

    , formerly The Swastika Girls
  • Polish version with polish lyrics - "Kolęda dwóch serc" performed by Andrzej Piaseczny, Mietek Szcześniak, Kuba Badach & Andrzej Lampert
    Andrzej Lampert
    Andrzej Lampert is a Polish singer.In 1997 Lampert appeared on the popular Polish show Szansa na sukces. A year later he formed the short-lived boy band Boom Box.In 2000 he enrolled at the University of Music in Katowice...

     (from the album "Święta, Święta II")
  • Piccolo Coro dell'Antoniano, as "Questo Natale"
  • The Puppini Sisters
    The Puppini Sisters
    The Puppini Sisters are a vocal trio. Arion Berger described them as part of "Retro's futuristic vanguard" and described their sound as "swing-punk". The group has sought to be associated with a burlesque revival....

  • Q;indivi (on Winter Celebration, credited as "Q;indivi feat. Rin Oikawa")
  • Raunchy
  • Richard Cheese covered this on his Christmas album, Silent Nightclub. The song starts, then he stops it at the beginning due to his distaste for the song.
  • Richard Poon
    Richard Poon
    Richard Poon is a Chinese singer-songwriter and TV personality in the Philippines. He is a former member of U-Turn. He has gone on a successful solo career, and is a well-known jazz singer in the Philippines.-Early life:...

     (from his 2011 Christmas Album, Christmas With Richard Poon)
  • Romina Power
    Romina Power
    Romina Francesca Power is an American-born singer and actress.-Biography:Born in Los Angeles, California, Romina Power is the eldest daughter of American actor Tyrone Power and his second wife, actress Linda Christian....

  • Roses Are Red
    Roses Are Red (band)
    Roses Are Red was an alternative rock band formed in Rochester, New York. The band was signed to Trustkill Records.-Biography:...

     (for the album based on the Taste of Chaos
    Taste of Chaos
    Taste of Chaos is a hardcore tour that was started in the winter of 2005 by Kevin Lyman, the creator of the successful Warped Tour along with friend and business partner, John Reese. The Taste Of Chaos tour caters for fans of the post-hardcore, screamo, and metal genres, while offering the same...

     tour: Taste of Christmas)
  • Rumble Fish
    Rumble Fish (group)
    Rumble Fish is a South Korean rock band. The group disbanded in 2010, but lead vocalist Choi Jin Yi still continued as a solo-artist under the name of Rumble Fish.- Ex-members :* Kim Sung Gun * Kim Ho Il...

  • Hong Kong singer Sammi Cheng
    Sammi Cheng
    Sammi Cheng Sau-Man is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress. Having enjoyed much success in the Hong Kong music industry, Sammi has been known as a diva and has been one of the most successful female singer in Hong Kong since the 1990s. Her albums have sold more than 25 million copies through...

     in her 2009-2010 tour Love Mi, duet with noted composer and producer Hanjin
  • Savage Garden
    Savage Garden
    Savage Garden were an Australian pop rock performance and songwriting duo. Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones formed the group in Brisbane, Queensland in 1994...

  • Spagna
    Spagna
    Spagna is an Italian singer and songwriter.-Career:She started her career singing in English and in the early 1980s she provided vocals and wrote songs for an Italo Disco duo project called Fun Fun; as well as writing songs for many other dance music projects until 1986, when she embarked on a solo...

     for her 2010 holiday album Buon Natale
  • Schnuffel
  • Russian pop-group Strelki covered song as "С Новым Годом" ("Merry Christmas") in 1998
  • Taylor Swift
    Taylor Swift
    Taylor Alison Swift is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America...

     (Peaked at #28 on U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs
    Hot Country Songs
    Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

     chart in 2007)
  • Taiwan
    Taiwan
    Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

     band F.I.R for the concert in Hong Kong in 2008
  • The Three Degrees
    The Three Degrees
    The Three Degrees are an American female vocal group. Formed in 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,, the group has always been a trio though there have been a number of personnel changes and a total of fourteen women have represented the group so far. The original members were Fayette Pinkney,...

  • Thirteen Senses
    Thirteen Senses
    Thirteen Senses are a post-britpop band from Penzance, Cornwall. The group released the album The Invitation on 27 September 2004, along with several singles: "Thru the Glass", "Do No Wrong", "Into the Fire" and "The Salt Wound Routine", of which the first three have reached the UK Top 40...

    , recorded for BBC Radio 1
    BBC Radio 1
    BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

     DJ Jo Whiley
    Jo Whiley
    Johanne "Jo" Whiley is a British radio disc jockey and television presenter. She was the host of the long running weekday Jo Whiley Show on Radio 1.-Early life and education:...

     in early December 2004.
  • Michie Tomizawa
    Michie Tomizawa
    is a Japanese voice actress born in Nagano and raised in Takasaki, Gunma. Her real name is .She is most known for the roles of Matsuzaka-Sensei , Linna Yamazaki , Rei Hino/Sailor Mars , Sumire Kanzaki , and Emi Ogasawara .Tomizawa retired from voice acting before getting married in 2002...

     as Sailor Mars (for Sailor Moon
    Sailor Moon
    Sailor Moon, known as , is a media franchise created by manga artist Naoko Takeuchi. Fred Patten credits Takeuchi with popularizing the concept of a team of magical girls, and Paul Gravett credits the series with "revitalizing" the magical-girl genre itself...

     album Sailor Stars Merry Christmas)
  • Travis
    Travis (band)
    Travis are a post-Britpop band from Glasgow, Scotland, comprising Fran Healy , Dougie Payne , Andy Dunlop and Neil Primrose...

     (Live @ Alexandra Palace DVD)
  • 2-4 Family
    2-4 Family
    2-4 Family was a rap/hip hop group, that formed in Germany in the late 1990s. The original line-up consisted of Jo O'Meara, Jay Dogg, Joseph Jazz and Essence Woods.-History:...

     under the moniker, Rap Allstars.
  • 2PM
    2PM
    2PM is a South Korean boy band, originally a seven-member group, but currently consisting of six members due to the sudden contract termination of leader Jaebeom following an Internet controversy in September 2009. They are managed by JYP Entertainment...

  • Vedera
    Vedera
    Vedera is a pop/rock band from Kansas City, Missouri.- History :Kristen May grew up in the Kansas City suburb of Blue Springs, as did the rest of her bandmates. Her entire family was musical; her mother was a singer who loved Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and Jim Croce. “I listened to those artists,...

  • Victoria Asher
    Victoria Asher
    Victoria Jane Asher , is known to Cobra Starship fans as Vicky-T, and can be seen in some of the music videos produced by the band, which she is the keytarist for. She is the daughter of producer/manager/musician Peter Asher of the hit band Peter & Gordon, who were part of the British Invasion...

  • The Ventures
    The Ventures
    The Ventures is an American instrumental rock band formed in 1958 in Tacoma, Washington. Founded by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle, the group in its various incarnations has had an enduring impact on the development of music worldwide. With over 100 million records sold, the group is the best-selling...

  • The Violet Burning
    The Violet Burning
    The Violet Burning is an independent rock and roll band based in Long Beach, USA. The band was formed in 1990 in Orange County, California by Michael J. Pritzl....

  • Yoko Watanabe
    Yoko Watanabe
    was a Japanese operatic soprano who spent much of her career singing the title role of Madame Butterfly all over Europe.She was also known for her large repertoire including such works as Micaela in Carmen, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Marguerite in Faust and Amelia in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra...

  • Yuji Oda
    Yuji Oda
    is a Japanese actor and singer.Yuji Oda was born on 13 December 1967 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He was born to an upper-middle-class family and attended the private academy of Touin Gakuen. Originally he had a promising career in sports, but had to give it up after a knee injury. He...

     (with Butch Walker
    Butch Walker
    Butch Walker is an American recording artist, songwriter, and record producer. He was the lead guitarist for the metal band SouthGang from the late 80s to early 90s as well as the lead vocalist and guitarist for rock band Marvelous 3 from 1997 until 2001.-Career:Walker grew up in Cartersville,...

    )

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