Top of the Pops, 18th December 2025

We've found three non-Christmas hits to open the show with this week: Zara Larsson is randomly back in the chart, Olivia Dean cannot be defeated even by Santa, and Sonny Fodera is doing remarkably well, though still barged out of the top 50.

After that it's wall-to-wall tinsel, with a new one from Gwen Stefani, another four-oldie round-up, a modern classic from Leona Lewis and even an appearance from King Ed Sheeran. Wham! process imperiously to the top spot, as is their right.

Debuts: None

Zara Larsson - Lush Life

Up 10 to number 49

Sonny Fodera and D.O.D. ft. Poppy Baskcomb - Think About Us

Up 3 to number 51

Olivia Dean - Man I Need

Up 1 to number 7

Gwen Stefani - Shake The Snow Globe

Up 12 to number 40

Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

Up 14 to number 44

From The Vault Round-Up: The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York / Elton John - Step Into Christmas / Dean Martin - Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow / Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime

Up 4 to number 8 / Up 2 to number 18 / Up 25 to number 19 / Up 4 to number 21

Ed Sheeran - Merry Christmas

Up 6 to number 41

Wham! - Last Christmas

Up 2 to number 1

PRESENTERS: Mariah Carey and Noddy Holder

Top of the Pops, 11th December 2025

Reindeer-type music continues to charge up the chart, so there's another From The Vault round-up of oldies - but also new or at least vaguely contemporary Christmas faves from Kylie Minogue, Laufey, friend of the show Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter - not a bad line-up.

Many congratulations also to Haven, Djo and indeed Taylor Swift for doing well with non-Christmas music. Can Taylor cling on until the big day?

Debuts: Haven, Kaitlin Aragon

Haven ft. Kaitlin Aragon - I Run

Up 16 to number 21

Djo - End Of Beginning

Back in at number 34

Kylie Minogue - XMAS

Up 40 to number 24

Laufey - Winter Wonderland

Back in at number 18

From The Vault Round-Up: Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You / Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree / Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone / Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

Up 9 to number 4 / Up 15 to number 9 / Up 24 to number 16 / Up 30 to number 23

Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

Up 18 to number 10

Sabrina Carpenter - A Nonsense Christmas

Up 15 to number 42

Taylor Swift - The Fate Of Ophelia

Seventh week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Mollie King dressed as Father Christmas and Matt Edmondson dressed as an elf

Top of the Pops, 4th December 2025

The rising Christmas tide can be ignored no longer, so this week's show features a round-up or montage of popular Christmas oldies, evergreen as a Norwegian pine. That's not the only chart story of the week, though: the latest Wicked film brings friend of the show Ariana Grande and her BFF Cynthia Erivo, and there are exciting entries for Tate McRae and Stray Kids.

EsDeeKid continues his breakout year, and RAYE almost climbs to the top, but not quite - Taylor holds firm with her Shakespearean musings.

Debuts: None

EsDeeKid - 4 Raws

Up 8 to number 27

Tate McRae - Nobody's Girl

In at number 16

RAYE - Where Is My Husband?

Up 1 to number 2

Stray Kids - Do It

In at number 35

Olivia Dean - Let Alone The One You Love

In at number 21

From The Vault Round-Up: Wham! - Last Christmas / Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree / Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock / Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas

Up 10 to number 9 / Up 15 to number 23 / Up 23 to number 34 / Up 29 to number 45

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo - For Good

Highest New Entry - In at number 14

Taylor Swift - The Fate Of Ophelia

Sixth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Radzi Chinyanganya

Top of the Pops, 27th November 2025

The K-Pop Demon Hunters take a week off this week, but the animated fun rolls on as the cast of Hazbin Hotel make their debut on the show. They aren't the highest new entry though - that honour goes to wuthering expert Charli XCX, with Lewis Capaldi not far behind.

Friends of the show Tate McRae and Sonny Fodera are also in attendance, as are man of the year contender Sombr and undisputed woman of the year Olivia Dean. There's a faint sound of jingling bells in the chart this week, but we'll save all that until December.

Debuts: Poppy Baskcomb, Hazbin Hotel

Sonny Fodera and D.O.D. ft. Poppy Baskcomb

Think About Us

Hazbin Hotel - Love In A Bottle

In at number 29

Lewis Capaldi - The Day That I Die

In at number 27

Tate McRae - Tit For Tat

Up 2 to number 17

Sam Fender ft. Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

Up 1 to number 7

Sombr - 12 To 12

Up 5 to number 21

Charli XCX - Chains Of Love

Highest New Entry - In at number 26

Taylor Swift - The Fate Of Ophelia

Fifth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Dannii Minogue

Top of the Pops, 20th November 2025

Taylor Swift hops back up to number 1, allowing her to bring us a combined performance of The Fate Of Ophelia and secondary hit Elizabeth Taylor. The displaced act, K-Pop Demon Hunters, are on the show as well with their own secondary hit How It's Done.

New stuff comes from Fred Again and Digga, and there are new chart peaks for Kehlani's ballad and EsDeeKid's northwestern grime. Woman of the year Olivia Dean and the new most-likely-to Skye Newman recur as well.

Debuts: Reggie, Digga

Fred Again ft. Sammy Virji and Reggie - Talk Of The Town

Highest New Entry - In at number 22

Kehlani - Folded

Up 6 to number 20

EsDeeKid ft. Rico Ace - Phantom / Century

High Climbers - Up 11 to number 17 / Up 19 to number 21

Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love)

Up 1 to number 5

Digga - DPMO

In at number 32

Skye Newman - FU & UF

Up 2 to number 16

K-Pop Demon Hunters - How It's Done

Up 1 to number 10

Taylor Swift - The Fate Of Ophelia / Elizabeth Taylor

Up 1 to number 1 / Up 1 to number 9

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Top of the Pops, 13th November 2025

We're a bit after Halloween now but because of the way the chart weeks work, this week is the peak of pumpkinmania - so we have Rockwell in the From The Vault slot and also Andrew Gold with his spooky skeletons. Perhaps scarier than that, though, is the righteous fury of Lily Allen whose ex-drubbings continue to climb.

There's a new entry for EsDeeKid and yet another decent sized hit from this year's breakout Olivia Dean - she performs in a fun spooky costume, as do the K-Pop Demon Hunters who now hit double digit weeks at the top.

Debuts: Andrew Gold

Lily Allen - Madeline

Up 3 to number 16

EsDeeKid - Century

In at number 40

Sienna Spiro - Die On This Hill

Up 3 to number 24

Alex Warren - Ordinary

Up 2 to number 14

From The Vault: Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

Back in at number 19

Andrew Gold - Spooky Scary Skeletons

Back in at number 30

Olivia Dean - Man I Need / A Couple Minutes

Up 1 to number 5 / Highest New Entry - In at number 22

K-Pop Demon Hunters - Golden

Tenth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Scarlett Johansson

Top of the Pops, 6th November 2025

Lots of new entries on the show this week, from Dave, chart behemoth Lewis Capaldi, hot young thing Skye Newman and perhaps most seismically Lily Allen, who performs a two-track sampler from her media-ensorcelling new album.

The K-Pop Demon Hunters manage an impressive little leap up to number 1, displacing Taylor Swift who nevertheless appears with a secondary overlapping hit. And from way down the chart, Le Sserafim take advantage of a lack of other chartbreakers to snatch their debut on the show.

Debuts: Le Sserafim

Lewis Capaldi - Almost

In at number 44

Taylor Swift - Opalite

Up 1 to number 4

Le Sserafim and J-Hope - Spaghetti

In at number 46

Skye Newman - FU & UF

In at number 18

Dave ft. Tems - Raindance

Highest New Entry - In at number 5

From The Vault: Michael Jackson - Thriller

Back in at number 33

Lily Allen - Pussy Palace / West End Girl

In at number 12 / In at number 17

K-Pop Demon Hunters - Golden

Up 2 to number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton