Thursday 24 June 2021

Top of the Pops, 24th June 2021

There's a lot of chart news this week. Lorde is back, but such is the power of Olivia Rodrigo that New Zealand's pop yoda is actually outdone by Britain's own Rodrigo-alike Mimi Webb. Maneskin continue to defy conventional wisdom about Eurovision winners and rock music in general by now having ANOTHER hit with their version of Beggin'. And with the football starting up, Three Lions is looking in pretty good shape to go higher than its current placing of 22.

Among all that chart bedlam, some credit should go to Masked Wolf and Tom Zanetti, who have both racked up impressive runs in the top 20 and deserve their repeat appearances here.

Debuts: None

Masked Wolf - Astronaut In The Ocean

Up 1 to number 15

Lorde - Solar Power

In at number 17

Mimi Webb - Dumb Love

Highest New Entry - In at number 12

Tom Zanetti - Didn't Know

Up 4 to number 14

Doja Cat - Need To Know

In at number 37

From The Vault: Baddiel and Skinner and the Lightning Seeds - Three Lions

Back in at number 22

Maneskin - I Wanna Be Your Slave / Beggin'

Up 5 to number 7 / In at number 73

Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U

Fourth week at number 1


PRESENTERS: Saoirse Ronan and Olivia Coleman

Thursday 17 June 2021

Top of the Pops, 17th June 2021

There are several new entries this week, including the queen of the 2020s Billie Eilish and a pair of British rappers, Arrdee and Tion Wayne. Man of the moment Tom Grennan is also here alongside Calvin Harris.

Chart continuity comes from friends of the show Little Mix, with an acoustic version of their Galantis-assisted hit, plus the year-plus chart run of Harry Styles, who this week performs the track on bongos and panpipes. Anne-Marie and Niall are also back, and of course Olivia Rodrigo is still making it look easy at the top of the chart.

Debuts: Arrdee

Arrdee - Oliver Twist

Highest New Entry - In at number 7

Billie Eilish - Lost Cause

In at number 14

Anne-Marie and Niall Horan - Our Song

Up 4 to number 22

Calvin Harris ft Tom Grennan - By Your Side

In at number 15

Harry Styles - Watermelon Suger

Long Runner - Up 35 to number 29 after 67 weeks

Tion Wayne - Wow

In at number 21

Little Mix - Heartbreak Anthem

Up 2 to number 6

Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U

Third week at number 1


PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

Thursday 10 June 2021

Top of the pops, 10th June 2021

With an audience back in the TOTP studio, it's fitting that Fred Again and the Blessed Madonna are here to take reflective view of the events of the last year. They're joined by fellow floor fillers Noizu and Boney M.

Our transatlantic megastars this week are The Weeknd, Doja Cat, SZA, and of course Olivia Rodrigo, who reprises Drivers License in a fun medley with her latest number 1. Perhaps most surprisingly, Eurovision winners Maneskin have a second song in the top 40. Bravo!

Debuts: Noizu, Fred Again, the Blessed Madonna

Noizu - Summer 91 (Looking Back)

High Climber - Up 15 to number 29

The Weeknd - Save Your Tears

Up 4 to number 4

Fredo and Central Cee - Meant To Be

Highest New Entry - In at number 17

Majestic vs Boney M - Rasputin

Up 5 to number 11

Maneskin - I Wanna Be Your Slave

In at number 34

Fred Again and the Blessed Madonna - Marea (We've Lost Dancing)

Up 15 to number 36

Doja Cat ft SZA - Kiss Me More

Up 2 to number 3

Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U / Drivers License

Second week at number 1 / Back in at number 6


PRESENTER: James Masterton

Thursday 3 June 2021

Top of the Pops, 3rd June 2021

What will be this year's summer anthem? At the moment it looks likely to be by Olivia Rodrigo, who completely dominates the chart and indeed the show this week with three top ten hits at once. However, there's also a strong rest-of-the-world contingent here: BTS from Korea, Maneskin from Italy and indeed the barely perceptible Galantis on the Little Mix hit.

He've also got repeat showings from Mimi Webb (top ten for the first time) and Polo G, and a big new breaker from friend of the show Anne-Marie and Niall Horan.

Debuts: Dream, Maneskin

Anne-Marie and Niall Horan - Our Song

In at number 22

BTS - Butter

Highest New Entry - In at number 3

Mimi Webb - Good Without

High Climber - Up 14 to number 10

Dream - Mask

In at number 38

Polo G - Rapstar

Up 2 to number 12

Galantis vs Little Mix - Heartbreak Anthem

In at number 9

Maneskin - Zitti e Buoni

In at number 17

Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U / Deja Vu / Traitor

Up 1 to number 1 / Up 7 to number 4 / In at number 7


PRESENTERS: Rio Ferdinand and Ian Wright