Top of the Pops, 14th December 2023

We're almost full Christmas this week, so the last Top of the Pops before Christmas looks more like TOTP2, with archive performances from the likes of Brenda Lee and Bobby Helms making up the bulk of the show. King Ed Sheeran, Queen Mariah Carey and (with a non-festive hit!) Taylor Swift do come into the studio, though - three pretty big names I think you'll agree.

Debuts: None

Ed Sheeran - Merry Christmas

Up 10 to number 7

Taylor Swift - You're Losing Me

Highest New Entry - In at number 20

Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock

Up 11 to number 9

The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York

Up 14 to number 4

Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

Up 8 to number 6

Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

Up 15 to number 10

Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

Up 4 to number 2

Wham! - Last Christmas

Up 4 to number 1

PRESENTERS: Olly Murs dressed as Father Christmas and Greg James dressed as an elf

Top of the Pops, 7th December 2023

Michael Buble isn't wrong - it is indeed beginning to look a lot like Christmas, at least in the singles chart. Only Jack Harlow, at the very top of the tree, valiantly sings about something other than presents, elves, warm feelings, tinsel and such.

Apart from Wham! in the From The Vault slot, Top of the Pops brings you a selection of the more relatively contemporary Christmas hits, including new-for-this-year tracks from Jorja Smith and Sam Ryder alongside modern classics from Kelly Clarkson, Sia and friend of the show Ariana Grande.

Debuts: None

Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

Up 21 to number 16

Sam Ryder - You're Christmas To Me

Up 27 to number 23

Sia - Snowman

Up 27 to number 40

Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree

Up 22 to number 27

Jorja Smith - Stay Another Day

Up 37 to number 38

From The Vault: Wham! - Last Christmas

Up 9 to number 5

Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

Up 16 to number 22

Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: Ed Sheeran in a disguise, pretending it isn't him