A week of consolidation in the chart sees several songs make micro-climbs, allowing them to come back for a second (or in some cases umpteenth) week. There's an electrifying new entry from Fuse ODG and we dig Tracy Chapman out of the vault, but once again the week is all about that Meghan Trainor (on video though, not in the studio).
Fuse ODG ft. Angel - TINA
In at number 9
The Script - Superheroes
Up 2 to number 19
George Ezra - Blame It On Me / Budapest
Up 1 to number 12 / Up 1 to number 17
Calvin Harris ft. John Newman - Blame
Up 1 to number 8
Sam Smith - I'm Not The Only One
Up 2 to number 10
From the Vault: Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Back in at number 48
Jessie J - Bang Bang
Up 1 to number 4
Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
Fourth week at number 1
PRESENTER: Abs from Five
With some spritzes of dance and whatever Ed Sheeran is, pop rules this week. The show is opened by a boyband sandwich with Ella Henderson as the tasty filling, and closed with a duo of personality-rich female pop delights (though Meghan Trainor is not in the studio so we make do with her vid).
Also, Talay Riley achieves a coveted second consecutive week on TOTP by featuring on another track, and friend of the show Paloma Faith and Sigma slow down Changes for an impassioned one-off performance that puts Jay James from the X Factor thoroughly to shame.
One Direction - Steal My Girl
Highest New Entry - In at number 3
Ella Henderson - Ghost
Long Runner - Up 6 to number 16 after 19 weeks
The Vamps - Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)
High Climber - Up 35 to number 9
Wilkinson ft. Talay Riley - Dirty Love
In at number 20
Sigma ft. Paloma Faith - Changes
Up 1 to number 7
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
Up 6 to number 4
Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
Up 2 to number 2
Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
Third week at number 1PRESENTER: James Masterton
Not so much studio time as usual this week. The Goo Goo Dolls (aka The Iris Singers) get a From the Vault slot, the BBC's new multi-artist VT gets an airing and Meghan Trainor is away trotting the globe, so her second week at number 1 is celebrated by playing the video.
Not to worry, though. Here in person we have a Nicki Minaj double-header (with a rare appearance from Usher), fellow RnB guy Jeremih and young guns Ella and LuvBug keeping the British end up as well.
Debuts: LuvBug, Talay Riley, Jeremih, YG.
LuvBug ft. Talay Riley - Resonance
In at number 13
Ella Henderson - Glow
In at number 7
Brian Wilson & Various Artists - God Only Knows
In at number 20
Jeremih ft. YG - Don't Tell 'Em
In at number 5
From the Vault: The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Back in at number 66
Nicki Minaj - Anaconda
Highest New Entry - In at number 3
Usher ft. Nicki Minaj - She Came To Give It To You
In at number 16
Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
Second week at number 1PRESENTER: Duffy
George Ezra aside, there is a whole lotta exciting new music on the show this week. Labrinth, Magician, Ella Eyre and Gorgon City all crash into the chart, but none with as big a splash as Meghan Trainor. Busy as she is, Meghan makes the trip to perform for the TOTP crowd.
Debuts: Magician,
Years and Years, Zak Abel, Meghan Trainor.
Magician ft. Years and Years - Sunlight
Highest New Entry - In at number 7
Ella Eyre - Comeback
In at number 12
Jessie Ware - Say You Love Me
In at number 22
Gorgon City ft. Zak Abel - Unmissable
In at number 19
Hozier - Take Me To Church
Up 2 to number 26
George Ezra - Budapest
Up 2 to number 10
Labrinth - Let It Be
In at number 11
Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
Up 32 to number 1
PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh
Even into October, the Summer of Heartfeltness continues: we have a second consecutive week without Sam Smith (?!) but his absence is more than made up for by further helpings of George Ezra and friend of the show Ed Sheeran. There's some good old-fashioned pop-dance as well, mind - a trio of pop queens sit at number 1, and Ariana Grande also gets the most out of her plan ticket and performs her own hit Break Free as well. Next week's likely number 1 is not here yet, but Power Music Workout represent the song with their cheeky ripoff, a troupe of hired dancers playing it for laughs.
Not sure why Cilla Black is lurking in the chart's lower reaches, but From the Vault digs her out so that we can speculate.
Debuts: Power Music Workout.
Ariana Grande - Break Free
Up 4 to number 24
George Ezra - Blame It On Me
Up 3 to number 7
Shift K3Y - I Know
In at number 25
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
Up 1 to number 18
Wankelmut & Emma Louise - My Head Is A Jungle
Up 5 to number 20
From the Vault: Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart
Back in at number 47
Power Music Workout - All About That Bass
High Climber - Up 39 to number 13
Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang
Straight in at number 1PRESENTER: JB Gill
