Thursday 31 March 2016

Top of the Pops, 31st March 2016

The Craig David comeback continues! The slick one has the highest new entry this week, though Sigala's storming of the chart is perhaps more impressive, vaulting from nowhere into the top ten in their fourth week on the countdown.

ZAYN's track floating back up a couple of places allows him to go full ex-boyband member, performing a bizarre version of Pillowtalk backed by a full jazz band and segueing into an almost unrecognisable version of 1D's History. Mike Posner remains high as a kite at number one and friend of the show Zara Larsson is back once again. Oh, and the elusive Sia makes a rare and arty appearance.

Debuts: Imani.

DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

Up 5 to number 21

Blonde ft. Craig David - Nothing Like This

Highest New Entry - In at number 17

Sia - Cheap Thrills

Up 8 to number 8

Tinie Tempah ft. Zara Larsson - Girls Like

Up 1 to number 9

Sigala ft. Imani and DJ Fresh - Say You Do

High Climber - Up 41 to number 5

The 1975 - The Sound

Up 1 to number 27

ZAYN - Pillowtalk / History

Up 2 to number 10 / Up 1 to number 32

Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

Thursday 24 March 2016

Top of the Pops, 24th March 2016

Rapidly cementing friend of the show Zara Larsson opens things up. She could actually have appeared twice this week but instead MNEK gives us a solo, stripped back rendition of their evergreen Never Forget You. We also have exciting statesiders Ariana Grande and Fifth Harmony, as well as persistent Macklemore-alikes Twenty One Pilots. And the unlikeliest number one since, well, the last one arguably.

Debuts: None.

Zara Larsson - Lush Life

Up 1 to number 3

Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman

Highest New Entry - In at number 17

Ellie Goulding - Army

Up 6 to number 24

Fifth Harmony - Work From Home

High Climber - Up 7 to number 4

Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

Up 1 to number 14

MNEK - Never Forget You

Up 4 to number 25

Shawn Mendes - Stitches

Up 4 to number 8

Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza

Up 1 to number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Thursday 17 March 2016

Top of the Pops, 17th March 2016

Massive amounts of dance music this week, from Tiesto and Oliver Heldens, to DNCE, to Major Lazer (although they change things up with an acoustic performance) to show-opener David Guetta. With the ever-reclusive Sia not present, Selena Gomez ably fills in on Bang My Head in a nice TOTP exclusive before treating us to her own track.

Recurring featurees G-Eazy and (of course) Lukas Graham are back, and there's a debut for Alan Walker.

Debuts: DNCE, Alan Walker.

David Guetta ft. Selena Gomez - Bang My Head

Up 3 to number 34

Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself

Up 8 to number 32

DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

High Climber - Up 18 to number 42

G-Eazy ft. Bebe Rexha - Me Myself & I

Up 8 to number 17

Alan Walker - Faded

Up 12 to number 21

Major Lazer ft. Nyla - Light It Up

Up 4 to number 10

Tiesto and Oliver Heldens ft. Natalie La Rose - The Right Song

Up 16 to number 39

Lukas Graham - 7 Years

Fifth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

Thursday 10 March 2016

Top of the Pops, 10th March 2016

Zara Larsson is all over TOTP at the moment: one week after a double-bill performance, she returns to guest on the Tinie Tempah track - and also has the great honour of joining Coldplay for Beyonce's bit on Hymn For The Weekend.

It's not all about her though. Perky young rakes The 1975 are back in, as is a strong American contingent and Zara's fellow Scandinavians Lukas Graham at number one.

Debuts: Riton, Kah-Lo.

Tinie Tempah ft. Zara Larsson - Girls Like

In at number 15

The 1975 - The Sound

High Climber - Up 15 to number 24

Riton ft. Kah-Lo - Rinse & Repeat

Highest New Entry - In at number 13

Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza

Up 8 to number 3

Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

Up 2 to number 17

Fifth Harmony ft. Tinie Tempah - Work From Home

In at number 23

Coldplay ft. Zara Larsson - Hymn For The Weekend

Up 3 to number 7

Lukas Graham - 7 Years

Fourth week at number 1

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Thursday 3 March 2016

Top of the Pops, 3rd March 2016

All very marginal climbers this week, but a nice range of styles and --wait for it-- Rihanna is finally here, complete with Drake, to perform Work in its fifth week on the chart. Justin Bieber adds to the megastar count, and star-in-the-making Zara Larsson brings MNEK along for a double hit of her current tracks.

Debuts: None.

Light It Up - Major Lazer ft. Nyla

Up 1 to number 12

Rihanna ft. Drake - Work

Up 1 to number 2

Years & Years - Eyes Shut

Up 1 to number 30

Jonas Blue ft. Dakota - Fast Car

Up 1 to number 3

Charlie Puth - One Call Away

Up 1 to number 26

Zara Larsson ft. MNEK - Lush Life / Never Forget You

Up 3 to number 6 / Up 1 to number 24

Justin Bieber - Love Yourself

Up 2 to number 5

Lukas Graham - 7 Years

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh