- christmas
- United Kingdom
- formed 1981, Bushey
- disbanded 1986
- 1 album
- 10 Dutch Top 40 hits
- 2023
Wham! is a group from the United Kingdom, formed in 1981 in Bushey and disbanded in 1986. Over the years, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley played in the group. The collection holds one album by the group: The Singles: Echoes from the Edge of Heaven, from 2023. On top of that, the group appears on one album by others. Ten records reached the Dutch Top 40, two of them the top spot. The highest was Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go: number 1 in week 29 of 1984.
Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Albums by Wham!
Click the cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.
Sound of Wham!
Wham! sounds brighter than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 116 bpm.
Across 14 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of Wham!
The two members of Wham!, with the years they belonged to the group, including anyone who left for a while and came back. The thin lines are the albums and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. A linked name has its own page.
George Michael
Andrew Ridgeley19851990199520002005201020152020Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Member until the end
Also appears on
Wham! also appears on an album by others: Eighties Collected Vol. 1.
Biggest hits of Wham!
In the Dutch Top 40, Wham! had ten records. Each record shows its peak position, how long it stayed in the chart and the week of that peak. These are the five biggest. The button after the list opens all of them, with the run from week to week.
week 29, 1984101weeks in the chart
with 10 records1982first entry
week 50, 19821998latest entry
week 3, 19988years with an entry
- 1Wake Me Up Before You Go-GoWham!198413 weeks
- 1The Edge of HeavenWham!198613 weeks
- 2Last ChristmasWham!198413 weeks
- 2FreedomWham!198413 weeks
- 4I'm Your ManWham!198511 weeks
All 10 records by Wham! in the Dutch Top 40
Source: top40.nl
Frequently asked questions
How many albums by Wham! are in the collection?
There is one: The Singles: Echoes from the Edge of Heaven, from 2023.
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Wham! have?
Wham! had ten records in the Dutch Top 40, two of them at number 1. The best-charting record is Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, which reached number 1 in week 29 of 1984.
Who played in Wham!?
Over the years that was George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. The timeline shows the years each member belonged to the group; anyone with a page of their own is linked in the side column.
Which albums by other artists feature Wham!?
Wham! appears on one album by others: Eighties Collected Vol. 1.
How do you play the music of Wham!?
Open an album and use the round Spotify button after a track. The Dutch Top 40 entries have the same button. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
Keep exploring
If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.