Kyriacos Panayiotou

Wham backing singers Pepsi and Shirlie have said reaching Number Two in The UK album chart was " absolutely joyous".

The pair likened The reaction to The Singles Compilation: Echoes from The Edge of Heaven to " lovely warm hugs".

It is sixth Top 10 album for Wham, which provided a breakthrough for schoolfriends George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley in The 1980s.

A documentary on The history of The pop act was released on Netflix last month.

, The pair recalled their memories of Wham.

Shirlie Kemp, who met Michael at Bushey Meads School, in Bushey, Hertfordshire, recalled The Time The Singer spoke to her about Coming Out in Ibiza.

She explained that at The Time she " wasn't shocked" adding: " I'd never had a relationship with a boy where I was so comfortable and So Close . "

" What was so sad About That moment is he told me before he told Andrew [Ridgeley], " She Said .

" I know there's so many Young Men that go through this. "

The Netflix documentary covers The Time when The Band took part in a historic tour Across China in 1985.

The 10-day visit made them The First western pop group to visit and perform in The country.

Helen " Pepsi" DeMacque described it as " an experience".

" We had a joke or two, we got through The Tour but we made history, " She Said .

" It was strange and unusual at The same time. "

Michael - whose real name was Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou - in 2016.

Last month, Ridgeley spoke of his, rather than a single final gig at Wembley.

Shirlie and Pepsi, who released music of their own in The late 1980s, said they supported The idea of of a virtual Wham show, similar to

Describing The concept as " amazing" Shirlie added: " How crazy would that be if we went to The gig and we're standing there [watching ourselves]? "

But they insisted there were not Wham-related plans in The pipeline.

Pepsi added: " Let's just see what happens. "

Source of news: bbc.com