Ella Mai wants fans to celebrate Valentine’s Day a bit early next year, as the British singer announced that herDo You Still Love Me? album is slated to arrive on Feb. 6.
“DO YOU STILL LOVE ME? FEBRUARY 6TH, 2026. my 3rd studio album,” she wrote to social media on Wednesday (Dec. 3). “Wow. i cannot believe we are here! this is for the lovers, right in time for love day&right on time for scorpio making season.”
Mustard is on board as an executive producer of the project. “Let’s get it,” the super producer wrote in the comments. Coi Leray, Thuy and H.E.R. also showed Ella some love on IG.
The album’s cover art is from the POV of a neighbor peeking through the window’s blinds with Mai gazing back at them while seated in a lounge chair. The singer is seen sporting a suit jacket, tights and heels, as she lounges next to a nightstand and lamp outdoors.
According to Apple Music, Do You Still Love Me? boasts 14 tracks in total, including the previously-released singles “Tell Her and “Little Things,” the latter of which was part of the singer’s 3 EP in 2024.
The Grammy-winning singer’s last album, Heart on My Sleeve, was released in May 2022 and debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200. Mai went on a subsequent headlining trek in 2023.
The 31-year-old will be returning to the road to close out 2026 with a six-show run kicking off in Europe before heading stateside. The Did You Miss Me? anniversary tour will be making global stops in London, the Netherlands, Paris, Atlanta, Los Angeles and New York City.
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Welcome to Billboard Pro’s Trending Up newsletter, where we take a closer look at the songs, artists, curiosities and trends that have caught the music industry’s attention. Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the blink of a TikTok clip.
This week: The biggest synch show of the 2020s is back at full power with a new spate ’70s and ’80s classics to boost, while a dance challenge puts a Louisiana rapper on the national radar and an ’00s alt-folk duo sees a maybe-seasonal revival.
Feeling ‘Stranger’ Every Day: Season 5 of Netflix Smash Nets Huge Gains for Soundtrack Songs
It’s been about as highly anticipated as any season of television this decade, and as of Thanksgiving, it’s officially underway: Stranger Things, the smash Netflix sci-fi series, kicked off its fifth and final season with its first four episodes. And as has always been the case for the ‘80s-set show, music of the time period plays a big part in the action — and fans have updated their playlists and streaming habits accordingly.
Though none of the newly featured songs are off to the blockbuster-type start enjoyed by songs by Kate Bush and Metallica in previous seasons, the first wave of Stranger Things S5 has already resulted in massive gains for nearly every song featured in its first four episodes. The biggest percentage bump is for Diana Ross’ late-disco classic “Upside Down” — played as a coded radio transmission in episode one — which is up 373% to 953,000 official on-demand streams over the first four tracking days of this charting week (Nov. 28-Dec. 1) compared to the same period the week before, according to early data provided by Luminate.
Other songs more than doubling in streams thanks to their Stranger Things usage include ABBA’s ‘70s pop gem “Fernando” (up 206% to 615,000 streams) and Tiffany’s mall-pop staple cover of Tommy James’ “I Think We’re Alone Now” (up 289% to 1.3 million). And it’s not just the period-appropriate soundtrack cuts surging: Michael Jackson’s 1972 version of “Rockin’ Robin,” used as theme music for Maya Hawke’s Robin character’s radio show, is up 218% to 187,000 streams, while The Chordettes’ episode two-ending 1954 pop smash “Mr. Sandman” rises 173% to 564,000 streams.
And of course, the signature Stranger Things synch of them all is back: Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” favorite song of Sadie Sink’s Max character, recurs multiple times in the early parts of Season Five. The song may not yet be on its way to threatening a re-charting akin to the 2022 run that brought it to the Hot 100’s top five for the first time — though it does re-enter Hot Rock & Alternative Songs at No. 15 this week (chart dated Dec. 6) — but fans certainly aren’t sick of it yet, as “Hill” grows 110% to 2.7 million streams over the same period. And with the daily numbers still going up, and the rest of Season Five arriving later this month, who knows? Stranger Things have happened. — ANDREW UNTERBERGER
H3adband’s “Boo” Rides Dance Challenge to Streaming Success
Shortly before Halloween (Oct. 14), Baton Rouge rapper H3adband dropped the aptly titled “Boo,” a catchy new-age Louisiana rap anthem complete with spooky synths. By Oct. 29, a dance trend created by TikTok user @josh.diggss, who’s created several dance challenges over the years, helped the song truly take off on streaming.
User @josh.diggss’ first “Boo” dance clip (with user @zeromeech) garnered over 350,000 likes, and the challenge has since been joined by Savannah James, DaBaby, and Dancing With the Stars pro Valentin Chmerkovskiy. H3adband’s original TikTok sound tied to “Boo” currently plays in over 103,000 posts, while the official “Boo” sound plays in over 2,300 posts. Between the dance trend and listeners noting the similarities between H3adband’s and NBA YoungBoy’s voices, “Boo” has been booming on streaming.
“Boo” has risen 1,882% in official on-demand U.S. streams over the past three weeks, according to Luminate. During the week of Nov. 7-13, “Boo” earned just under 175,000 streams, marking a 260% boost from the 48,000 streams it pulled the week prior (Oct. 31-Nov. 6). By the week of Nov. 14-20, streams for “Boo” rose a further 160%, and the following week (Nov. 21-27), the track logged 960,000 streams, up 111%.
With a dance trend embraced across demographics and a sound that’s in tune with one of the year’s buzziest rappers, the sky’s the limit for H3adband and “Boo.” — KYLE DENIS
She & Him Get In on Sentimental Season With Viral ‘I Thought I Saw Your Face Today’ Revival
She & Him, the alt-folk duo consisting of cross-platform star Zooey Deschanel and acclaimed singer-songwriter M. Ward, never had major chart hits upon their late-’00s breakout, but became a cultural fixture of the time period with their wispy ballads and stripped-down covers of pop classics. And though the pair did release a full-length holiday favorite in 2011’s A Very She & Him Christmas set, it’s a song from one of their strictly secular works that’s finding renewed life as the Yuletide season approaches this year.
“I Thought I Saw Your Face Today,” a piano ballad from 2008 debut set Volume One, has gone viral on TikTok through a series of edits setting the emotional post-breakup lament against famous movie and TV clips, nature montages and even sports highlight montages, with users unable to resist its sentimental undertow. (“Everyb gangster till they listen to sum like this” reads the top comment on the song’s official YouTube page, courtesy of @gav.on.rs.s.)
Consequently, the song is scaling the streaming charts as few non-holiday songs generally do this time of year. It’s up to over 2.5 million weekly official on-demand U.S. streams as of the chart week ending Nov. 27, according to Luminate, and even bounded into the top 100 of Spotify’s Daily Top Songs USA for Monday (Dec. 1). If it keeps rising at this rate — and the actual holiday songs don’t crowd it out too much — She & Him could contend for the first Hot 100 hit of its career, and already has a first-ever career appearance on Hot Rock and Alternative Songs this week (with a No. 20 debut) for its efforts. – AU
Viral Funeral Performances Lift Neace Robinson’s ‘I Wish That Heaven Had a Phone’ Out of Obscurity
Last month (Nov. 2), Louisiana singer-songwriter Neace Robinson posted a passionate rendition of her somber 2018 tribute to the dearly departed, “I Wish That Heaven Had a Phone.” The clip, in which she belts the song at a funeral, quickly went viral on TikTok, earning over 31.5 million views. The accompanying TikTok sound currently boasts over 78,000 posts, while the official “Heaven” sound plays in 700 different posts. As additional videos of performances at different funerals and family gatherings started to make the rounds, TikTok soon realized that Robinson frequently got booked to sing “Heaven” locally.
The song’s melody and unique performance venues were part of the initial attraction, but the “1, 2… 1, 2, 3, release ‘em” ad lib before the chorus emerged as the true meme. Now used in videos joking about “releasing” students on holiday break and “releasing” semester-destroying final grades, “Heaven” is inescapable on TikTok. According to Luminate, “Heaven” earned 18,800 official on-demand U.S. streams during the week of Nov. 14-20, according to Luminate, marking a whopping 874% increase from the 1,900 official streams it earned the week prior (Nov. 7-13). By the week of Nov. 21-27, “Heaven” leapt a further 339% to over 82,500 official streams.
Easily the most-consumed song of her recording career so far, Robinson has stumbled into her first major breakout moment with the R&B and gospel-infused “Heaven.” — KD
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It was a party in the U.S.A. and across the world for Miley Cyrus fans after the news of her engagement to Maxx Morando broke earlier this week — and now, the pop star says she’s ready to soak up every part of this next chapter with her fiancé.
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Miley Cyrus Pens ‘Avatar’ Song Inspired by Devastating House Fire: ‘This Project Holds Profound Meaning’
Speaking to Billboard‘s Tetris Kelly at a recent Avatar: Fire and Ash press junket, Cyrus — who contributed original song “Dream as One” to the movie — gushed about her major life update. “It’s the perfect timing, especially sitting here today speaking about the film’s theme,” she said. “It’s really about love, resilience, building from the ground up.”
“It’s just totally, perfectly aligned and in-sync with my personal life,” Cyrus continued.
As for whether she plans on having a long engagement or is eager to walk down the aisle as soon as possible, the Grammy winner said she hasn’t had much time to decide with all things Avatar going on. “Now with the holidays coming up, I’ll have a little bit more time to think about it,” she shared. “My instinct is always to enjoy every moment for as long as you possibly can.”
“But I’ve never been someone that’s kind of needing the next thing and the next thing,” Cyrus added. “I’ve tried to enjoy.”
The Hannah Montana alum and Morando have been together for four years after first meeting on a blind date in 2021. When she stepped out on the red carpet at the Avatar: Fire and Ash premiere with the Liily guitarist — sporting a new gold band on her left ring finger — Cyrus immediately sparked rumors of an engagement, which she officially confirmed in her chat with Billboard.
“He’s very similar to me,” she told Harper’s Bazaar last year of Morando, who helped out on songs from Cyrus’ Endless Summer Vacation and Something Beautiful albums. “We just don’t take life too seriously.”
Watch Billboard‘s full interview with Cyrus above.
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Louis Carr has been appointed president of BET. Carr succeeds president/CEO Scott Mills, who announced earlier on Wednesday (Dec. 3) that he was exiting the company after 23 years.
According to a press release announcing Carr’s appointment, the newly named president will report to George Cheeks, chair of TV media at Paramount. In his role, Cheeks’ oversight includes CBS, BET, MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.
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“Louis’ leadership has been integral to BET’s success for nearly four decades,” said Cheeks in a statement. “His vision for the future will drive innovation, deepen BET’s cultural impact and position the brand for continued growth.”
Carr’s promotion expands his prior role as president of media sales at BET, where he has worked for 39 years. During his tenure at the cable network, Carr has developed partnerships with a host of major companies, including Procter & Gamble, Walmart, Unilever, McDonald’s, Meta and Toyota.
“BET and its commitment to Black and Brown communities has been my life’s work,” commented Carr. “It’s a privilege to lead the brand to the next level of excellence and impact.”
Carr’s appointment and Mills’ departure follow Paramount Global’s $8 billion merger with Skydance Media in August. BET, which celebrated its 45th anniversary this year, had been up for sale beginning in 2023, with Paramount said to be interested in selling a majority stake. Media stories pegged Tyler Perry, Byron Allen, Sean “Diddy” Combs and Mills as among the bidders before Paramount announced ahead of the merger that BET Media Group was no longer for sale.
Mills last spoke with Billboard in early August, reflecting on the network’s 45-year legacy before moving forward under new ownership. “I would assure everyone who cares about BET that it will continue to be here for our community,” said Mills. “We’re all committed to that.”
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Miley Cyrus sits down to talk about her new song from the upcoming film Avatar: Fire and Ash, and she opens up about her engagement with Maxx Morando, why she prefers more intimate shows when performing, 20 years of Hannah Montana, touring with Beyonce, Britney Spears and more!
Tetris Kelly:Hey, Miley, how’s it going?
Good. Thanks for being here.
Of course, I gotta start by addressing the elephant in the room, okay. I was getting notifications on the way here. Everybody is talking about the ring.
Yeah.
The engagement. So am I saying congratulations?
You are saying congratulations to me.
Yay congratulations! How are you feeling?
You know what? It’s the perfect timing, especially sitting here today, speaking about the films’ theme and Avatar, when it’s really about love, resilience, building from the ground up, and it’s just totally perfectly aligned and in sync with my personal life. And I think that’s when I kind of find what really excites me creatively, is when something that’s affecting me, kind of on that human, more quiet level gets to be infused into something like ‘Avatar.’ I can see like a small piece of myself in something so large scale.
Oh, I love that. That’s beautiful. And I already feel like a little bestie over here and be like, “girl, are we thinking long engagement, big wedding?” Have you even thought any of this stuff yet?
Well, you know, I’ve been kind of in this Avatar world right now, and now, with the holidays coming up, I’ll have a little bit more time to think about it. But, you know, my instinct is always to enjoy every moment for as long as you possibly can. And then when that starts, kind of, you know, you feel that you’ve felt the full excitement of what that can be, then you get to try something else. But I’ve never been someone that’s just needing kind of the next thing, and the next thing, the next thing, I’ve tried to enjoy.
I love that, I’ll try to take some of that advice myself.
Yeah.
And let’s talk about the film. I mean, it’s such an emotional roller coaster of a film, so how was it to create a song that people are kind of like listening to as they’re processing the end of the movie and walking out of the theaters, and they’re hearing your voice?
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On its face, the annual numbers for the concert industry don’t look particularly great as 2025 comes to a close. Ticket sales from the Billboard Boxscore Year-End charts are effectively flat this year, down a fraction of a percent over 2024, with attendance and total show count all stagnant for the year. Live Nation’s share price isn’t faring much better — after years of double-digit growth, the company’s stock is down about three-and-a-half points for the year.
Normally, this stagnation would be concerning for a concert business facing increased expenses due to inflation, rising energy prices and pressure from performing rights organizations to pay more for the compositions performed in their venues. But many in the concert business say the stagnation represents both a positive pause on rapidly rising ticket prices and structural changes that some hope will bring a needed shake-up to the industry.
For the first time in five years, average ticket prices did not increase in 2025, according to the Billboard Boxscore chart. Also, 2025 saw a record-low number of mergers and acquisitions, due in large part to continued pressure from the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission on Live Nation as the former sues the company over a litany of antitrust claims that the concert giant has vowed to fight. Live Nation’s supremacy over the concert industry appears to face its largest challenge to date, and, while many doubt the company will emerge from the legal battle significantly weakened, groups like the National Independent Venue Association are hopeful that regulatory changes both in the U.S. and abroad will create a new framework to make it easier for concert companies of all sizes to compete.
In light of all that, here are the 10 biggest live music stories of 2025.
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Yerai Cortés explains why Disney movies make him cry and why he creates music that feels so cinematic.
Yerai Cortés:Well, for me being the first guitarist nominated in this Latin Grammy category is crazy, because of all the categories that existed when we submitted, this was the only one we expected was a sure “no.” We thought it could be the album or the film video or, the sound, maybe, I don’t know. But we didn’t expect this one. So, still processing this beautiful reception of giving that space and that space to the musician, to the guitarist.
It’s very beautiful that Yerai is a restless musician, a curious musician, with a desire to learn and a desire to experiment from folklore, from flamenco music, from gypsy music, well, to experiment and learn more each day from neighboring music, from the folklore of other lands, from Mexico, from Argentina, from Colombia, from Chile, from Panama. I love the tamboritos from Panama. It seems to me like the only gift that music gives us is being able to share it with other cultures too. And that is a blessing.
I couldn’t tell you exactly why we’ve achieved this reach and given access to so many people who hadn’t heard flamenco before or who had heard flamenco, but not in this way or not in this form. I still feel that I’m a traditional musician and a classical musician in what music is and in what the formula of my music is like. But it’s true that maybe, when it comes to presenting it, one always thinks about the visual, thinks about the sound, about how you want it to be heard, about the structures of the songs.
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Recently, Tencent Music Chart, under Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), partnered with Billboard China to officially unveil the China region results of the 2025 Billboard Global No. 1s, a prestigious annual global honor initiated by Billboard. Following two rounds of fan voting, rising Chinese artist Zi Yu emerged from a field of exceptional musicians to claim the honor as China’s sole representative, earning a place in Billboard‘s global hall of fame with an outstanding performance and overwhelming fan support.
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The Billboard Global No. 1s China Honor Selection featured music by Chinese artists officially released between November 2024 and October 2025. Initial screening was based on annual performance across two authoritative Tencent Music Chart rankings, the TME Uni Chart, which reflects mainstream popularity, and the TME Wave Chart, which showcases professional quality. Final placements were then determined through two rounds of fan voting. Ultimately, Zi Yu’s “Ni Tan,” Shi Ge Qin Tian’s “Jun Zi Liao Ran,” THE 8’s “Cold Love,” Liu Yu’s “Si Jun Zhao Yu Mu” and Deng Jia Xin’s “Cheng De Shang Zhi De” secured the top five positions.
Zi Yu’s winning track “Ni Tan” captures a protagonist’s struggle to rise above adversity through poignant lyrics and a deeply compelling melody. As China’s sole representative for the 2025 Billboard Global No. 1s, Zi Yu joins an elite roster of Billboard artists from the U.K., Japan, South Korea and beyond in this year’s honor class, securing Billboard‘s annual special feature coverage and premium global cross-platform exposure. Additionally, Zi Yu and the track will receive comprehensive promotional support from TME Chart across its full domestic and international network, ensuring worldwide visibility.
In recent years, the partnership between Tencent Music Chart and Billboard has continued to deepen. The successful launch of the Billboard Global No. 1s China Honor Selection is built upon this increasingly robust strategic alliance. In 2023, TME Uni Chart became the sole music chart from mainland China featured on Billboard‘s global website, filling a significant gap in Billboard‘s Chinese music chart coverage. On Nov. 6 of this year, TME Chart announced a strategic partnership with Luminate, the internationally renowned music data provider behind Billboard’s charts, becoming its first in-depth data partner in mainland China. Music consumption data from TME platforms will now be integrated into globally authoritative chart systems including the Billboard Global 200 through the Uni Chart’s professional data system.
By deeply integrating its domestic data infrastructure with international music platforms, TME Chart is steadily building a bridge connecting Chinese music to the global stage, empowering exceptional artists and their works to achieve international reach. Looking ahead, as TME Group continues to strengthen its partnerships with Billboard and other global collaborators, even more Chinese artists will leave their mark on the worldwide music landscape.
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Tyler, the Creator is closing up shop with his le Fleur clothing line with a final collection set to arrive later this week.
Tyler announced that le Fleur will continue to sell fragrances, accessories and be part of specific collaborations, but there won’t be any more clothing collections after season four’s arrival on Saturday (Dec. 6).
The Grammy-winning artist emotionally reflected on the last seven years as he built up the le Fleur brand and leaned further into clothing, his second passion
“Making clothes. my second passion,” he wrote. “I started this back in 2019 as a side project. the goal was to mirror things that matched my personal style. it grew into a very special world of specifc colors, shapes, patterns, etc … this has taken me to places ive dreamed of. louise trotter gave me my first real chance at lacoste. virgil helped shape the blueprint on getting things made. pharrell opened the doors at louis vuitton. im forever grateful for every helping hand that understood the language. i never wanted to be in the lookbooks or campaigns but for this last one it felt right ( i was the fit model afterall)”
Tyler added that he loved working on the clothes for each campaign “so so so so so much,” and said that it “fed his spirit” to have a different creative outlet to explore. “it was a language i wanted to create, but now its time to slow down on communicating,” he explained. “thank you to everyone who supported the idea. customers, set hands, vendors, photographers, models and ESPECIALLY THE TEAM. Darren, Kaiden, Ruby, Panch, Tara, the whole squad! i love yall. its been awesome.”
Pusha T hopped into the comment section, looking to send Tyler some of the collection. “Send me one,” Tyler’s “P.O.V.” collaborator wrote.
The colorful collection is filled with pastels, denim and leopard prints emblazoned on an array of jackets, tops, sweaters, trousers and hats.
Next up for Tyler, the 34-year-old is set to make his feature film debut in A24’s Marty Supreme alongside Timothée Chalamet, which will hit theaters on Christmas Day (Dec. 25).
Find Tyler modeling in the final le Fleur collection look book below.
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The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week, for the upcoming Billboard Hot 100 dated Dec. 13, we look at the chances of Mariah Carey to claim her record-tying 19th week at No. 1 with her holiday perennial.
Mariah Carey, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (Columbia): “Christmas” came early to the Hot 100’s top 10 last month, with Carey’s holiday staple setting a record for its earliest visit in the calendar to the chart dated Nov. 15. In the weeks since, “Christmas” has continued to bound up the Hot 100, and ranks at No. 5 on this week’s chart (dated Dec. 6), the highest of the four holiday titles now ranking in the top 10.
The song will undoubtedly jump on next week’s chart, with Thanksgiving last Thursday (Nov. 27) marking the semi-official start of the holiday season, and the beginning of seasonal playlist ubiquity on streaming and radio. Carey’s “Christmas” has dutifully ascended to the No. 1 position on the Apple Music real-time chart and the runner-up spot on Spotify’s Daily Top Songs USA listing, while also beginning its spread on the airwaves, trending towards the top 25 of next week’s Radio Songs chart after reentering at No. 40 this week.
It all adds up to a convincing case for next week being the week that Carey captures the No. 1 spot for the seventh consecutive holiday season. If it does, it will dethrone Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia,” which has reigned for its first eight weeks on the chart — tying “Anti-Hero” for the longest-leading of Swift’s 13 No. 1s on the Hot 100 — and also technically mark the song’s earliest return to the top spot on the chart dated Dec. 13 (with last year’s return coming a day later in the calendar, on the Dec. 14-dated chart).
“Christmas” will make additional chart history if and when it recaptures pole position. Its next week atop the chart will mark its 19th total, which will tie Lil Nas X’s Billy Ray Cyrus-featuring “Old Town Road” and Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” for the longest-reigning No. 1 in Hot 100 history. And with several chart weeks left before we turn the calendar on “Christmas,” it seems a strong likelihood that this will be the year the song captures week No. 20 atop the chart, giving Carey the gift of sole possession of the longest-running No. 1 in Hot 100 history.
Brenda Lee, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” (Decca/MCA Nashville/UMe): The lone other holiday song to capture the weekly crown since Mariah started her run of dominance, Brenda Lee’s fellow perennial should also be in the mix for No. 1 this holiday season. In fact, it’s ahead of Carey’s classic on Spotify’s Daily Top Songs USA chart, where it’s reigned since Thanksgiving. On the Hot 100, it rises to the top 10 this week for the first time this season, landing at No. 7.
Without a major narrative hook to “Rockin’” this year — especially compared to the chart history Carey is staring down — it might be hard for it to get past “All I Want” on the weekly chart. But “Rockin’” does usually amp up a little closer to the holidays, and it is up 47% in radio reach through the first four days of this tracking week (Nov. 28-Dec. 1), compared to the previous week, according to Luminate.
Wham!, “Last Christmas” (Columbia/Legacy): The George Michael-penned Christmas classic edged out Bobby Helms’ “Jingle Bell Rock” for the bronze medal on last year’s Christmas-week Hot 100, helped by the song’s 40th-anniversary celebration (and vinyl re-release). It should be in contention for the No. 3 spot, its peak to date, again this year — and in fact currently ranks ahead of “Rockin’” on the Hot 100, where it sits at No. 6 as the second-highest-ranking holiday title.
It might be tough for Wham! to get in the mix for the top two once the holidays approach, however, as “Rockin’” has passed on both the Spotify and Apple Music charts (as well as on iTunes), and “Rockin’” is also growing faster on radio (with “Last Christmas” up just 19% in airplay audience so far this tracking week). But in 2026, the song should be the holiday title to watch, as the 10th anniversary of George Michael’s death — which occurred, too fittingly, on Christmas night in 2016 — is commemorated.
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