Top of the Pops, 27th March 2025

Some strong new entries this week, from Sleep Token, Jade and most impressively Chappell Roan, jumping straight into her customary number 2 slot. One better than her, though, is Alex Warren, who takes a very impressive start to the year to the next level by attaining his first number 1 hit.

Doechii is also doing very well, but the big showcase artist this week is Playboi Carti. In the wake of his album dropping he brings us two hot tracks, with Skepta guesting.

Debuts: Sleep Token

Jade - FUFN

In at number 25

Sleep Token - Emergence

In at number 17

Chappell Roan - The Giver

Highest New Entry - In at number 2

Doechii - Anxiety

Up 1 to number 3

Drake - Nokia

Up 1 to number 19

From The Vault: Adele - Hometown Glory

Back in at number 31

Playboi Carti ft. Skepta - Evil Jordan / Toxic

In at number 7 / In at number 21

Alex Warren - Ordinary

Up 1 to number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 24th February 2022

Huge congratulation to the Encanto Crew this week as they reach their finest achievement yet: holding steady at the top of the chart in defiance of the, one would have thought, unbeatable Sheeran/Swift team-up. Ed and Taylor are there at number 2, though, and Dove Cameron and Central Cee also have strong chart entries.

We welcome back top drill interpreter Digga D, showing more chart longevity than usual with his latest track, as well as Belters Only and Luude, who both reach new peaks this week. And there's a huge leap by Adele - for Valentine's Day?

Debuts: Dove Cameron

Digga D ft. StillBrickin - Pump 101

Up 2 to number 11

Adele - I Drink Wine

High Climber - Up 52 to number 23

Dove Cameron - Boyfriend

In at number 14

Belters Only ft. Jazzy - Make Me Feel Good

Up 1 to number 7

Central Cee - Khabib

In at number 22

Luude ft. Colin Hay - Down Under

Up 2 to number 10

Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift - The Joker and the Queen

Highest New Entry - In at number 2

Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa and Rhenzy Feliz - We Don't Talk About Bruno

Fourth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

Top of the Pops, 27th January 2022

Shades of the Frozen phenomenon as We Need To Talk About Bruno leaps to the top of the chart (and other songs from Encanto are making headway lower down as well). In other chart news, we welcome debutant Hazey to the top 40. From further up the Mersey, Arrdee returns and brings the original performers of Flowers along for an exclusive performance.

Also welcomed back are Dermot Kennedy, Luude, and perennial hitmaker Ava Max. Fireboy DML performs an acoustic version with no Sheeran this week.

Debuts: Hazey

Tiesto ft. Ava Max - The Motto

Up 6 to number 35

Adele - Oh My God

Up 6 to number 18

Dermot Kennedy - Better Days

Up 2 to number 28

Luude ft. Colin Hay - Down Under

Up 6 to number 19

Hazey - Packs and Potions

Highest New Entry - In at number 26

Fireboy DML - Peru

Up 2 to number 4

Arrdee ft. Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers (Say My Name)

Up 1 to number 11

Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa and Rhenzy Feliz - We Don't Talk About Bruno

Up 2 to number 1

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Top of the Pops, 13th January 2022

As the Christmas faves disappear with a poof, all the big non-Christmas hits of the time stampede back into the top chart places. That means a high-quality TOTP with almost every featured song being in the top ten. The exceptions are a new entry from Luude and a trip down memory lane with Whitney Houston, and the featured hit from Disney's Encanto is also new to the show.

Debuts: Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Luude, Colin Hay

GAYLE - ABCDEFU

Up 12 to number 2

Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa and Rhenzy Feliz - We Don't Talk About Bruno

Up 62 to number 4

Luude ft. Colin Hay - Down Under

Highest New Entry - In at number 32

SwitchOTR ft. A1 and J1 - Coming For You

Up 36 to number 5

Arrdee - Flowers (Say My Name)

Up 27 to number 7

From The Vault: Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Back in at number 73

Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

Up 27 to number 3

Adele - Easy On Me

Up 37 to number 1

PRESENTERS: Arrdee and Aitch

Top of the Pops, 9th December 2021

This is the point where the charts really go Christmas crazy, so well done to GAYLE for almost making the very top with her decidedly un-Christmassy debut single. What a chart story that would have been, but number 2 is still a big deal and very well deserved. Congratulations also to Imagine Dragons and indeed Ed Sheeran for managing small chart climbs against the rising tide of sherry and trifle.

In festive news, we welcome new-for-this-year tracks from George Ezra and Olivia Dean, and invite self-appointed Mr Christmas Michael Buble to delight us with a medley of three of his American-style faves. It's Brenda Lee's turn in the From The Vault slot, and Adele hangs on to the top spot for now at least.

Debuts: Olivia Dean

Imagine Dragons ft JID - Enemy

Up 6 to number 34

GAYLE - ABCDEFU

Up 12 to number 2

Ed Sheeran - Overpass Graffiti

Up 1 to number 9

Olivia Dean - The Christmas Song

In at number 46

George Ezra - Come On Home For Christmas

In at number 36

From The Vault: Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

Up 36 to number 22

Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas / Holly Jolly Christmas / The Christmas Sweater

Up 29 to number 20 / Back in at number 52 / In at number 74

Adele - Easy On Me

Seventh week at number 1

PRESENTER: Brian Harvey in the outfit from the Stay Another Day video

Top of the Pops, 2nd December 2021

The Adele album is out, and she is good enough to give us a bit of the top three tracks from it to close the show this week. Between that and the sudden onset of Christmas music, current chart climbers are few and far between, which gives Lost Frequencies a chance to get on the show after seven weeks in the lower reaches. 

Friend of the show Anne-Marie and Niall Horan have a nice new entry with the Children In Need song, and D-Block Europe hit their highest chart placing to date. Justin Bieber and especially Imagine Dragons are featured for the first time in a while. And we have a very special in-person Mariah Carey performance with a couple of guest stars.

Debuts: JID, James Corden

Lost Frequencies ft Calum Scott - Where Are You Now

Up 11 to number 39

Anne-Marie and Niall Horan - Everywhere

In at number 23

Dermot Kennedy - Better Days

Up 2 to number 21

D-Block Europe ft Central Cee - Overseas

In at number 8

Justin Bieber - Ghost

Up 3 to number 29

Imagine Dragons ft JID - Enemy

Up 26 to number 40

Mariah Carey with James Corden and Paul McCartney - All I Want For Christmas Is You

High Climber - Up 20 to number 24

Adele - Easy On Me / Oh My God / I Drink Wine

Sixth week at number 1 / Highest New Entry - In at number 2 / In at number 4

PRESENTERS: Greg James dressed as Father Christmas and Jordan North and Vick Hope dressed as elves

Top of the Pops, 25th November 2021

A couple of big album releases influence the TOTP lineup this week. There's Silk Sonic, who perform two of their lovely classic RnB jams for us, and there's Taylor Swift's rights reclamation, which gives us our highest new entry. In addition to that there are debuts for Gayle and Acraze, the latest single from friends of the show Little Mix, and another posthumous hit for Juice WRLD (obviously we show the video).

Debuts: Acraze, Cherish, Gayle

Acraze ft Cherish - Do It To It

High Climber - Up 12 to number 24

Taylor Swift - All Too Well

Highest New Entry - In at number 3

Little Mix - No

In at number 35

Gayle - ABCDEFU

In at number 40

SwitchOTR ft A1 and J1 - Coming For You

Up 4 to number 10

Juice WRLD - Already Dead

In at number 25

Silk Sonic - Leave The Door Open / Fly As Me

Back in at number 31 / In at number 49

Adele - Easy On Me / When We Were Young

Fifth week at number 1 / Up 2 to number 71

PRESENTERS: Richie Neville and Abz Breen

Top of the Pops, 18th November 2021

A nice mix of new and returning tracks this week. In the new column are some of the stories of the year: Arrdee, Silk Sonic and Sam Fender, plus Post Malone's first TOTP appearance since he bestrode the world in 2019. Returning are some big names: Coldplay, Dua, Elton John (who fills in for BTS doing the Korean bits on the Coldplay track) and of course everyone's favourite, Adele.

Debuts: None

Elton John and Dua Lipa - Cold Heart

Up 1 to number 4

Arrdee - Flowers (Say My Name)

Highest New Entry - In at number 5

Coldplay ft Elton John - My Universe

Up 1 to number 12

Silk Sonic - Smokin' Out The Window

In at number 28

Post Malone ft The Weeknd - One Right Now

In at number 20

Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

High Climber - Up 21 to number 22

Summer Walker ft SZA - No Love

In at number 24

Adele - Easy On Me

Fourth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

Top of the Pops, 11th November 2021

Adele occupies the castle but Ed Sheeran is still hammering at the gates, this week deploying new single Overpass Graffiti to try to shift her. That's one of a large number of new songs that are featured this week: SwitchOTR is completely new to the show, and we also welcome Drake, Joel Corry and D-Block Europe with their freshest offerings. The most impressive chart leap comes from Neiked and Mae Muller.

Debuts: SwitchOTR, Mae Muller

SwitchOTR ft A1 and J1 - Coming For You

In at number 20

Ed Sheeran - Overpass Graffiti

Highest New Entry - In at number 4

Joel Corry ft Mabel - I Wish

In at number 23

D-Block Europe - No Competition

In at number 18

Neiked ft Mae Muller and Polo G - Better Days

High Climber - Up 19 to number 33

From The Vault: Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters

Back in at number 38

Drake ft Lil Baby - Girls Want Girls

Up 1 to number 17

Adele - Easy On Me

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: Lulu

Top of the Pops, 4th November 2021

Most of the major genres are represented this week: dance from Swedish House Mafia (actually making their TOTP debut as a group) among others, rap from Digga D, RnB from Craig David and MNEK, pop from Mimi Webb, who has two songs climbing the chart. But Adele stays steady at the top of the chart with her good old-fashioned ballad.

Debuts: None

Swedish House Mafia ft The Weeknd - Moth To A Flame

Highest New Entry - In at number 15

Craig David and MNEK - Who You Are

In at number 39

Digga D - Red Light Green Light

In at number 17

Joel Corry ft Charli XCX - Out Out

Up 1 to number 8

Central Cee - Obsessed With You

Up 1 to number 6

Ewan McVicar - Tell Me Something Good

Up 9 to number 21

Mimi Webb - 24/5 / Halfway

Up 8 to number 25 / In at number 54

Adele - Easy On Me

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Top of the Pops, 28th October 2021

What a week for new releases. Not only does Adele glide serenely to number 1, but there's a new Coldplay album as well. They perform two tracks from it, giving friend of the show Selena Gomez her first appearance in 2021. Dermot Kennedy makes an impressive chart leap of his own, standing out amid a sea of big names: Lil Nas X, the Weeknd, Doja Cat, Justin Bieber and indeed Ed Sheeran at a more modest chart position than usual.

Debuts: None

The Weeknd - Take My Breath

Up 2 to number 23

Coldplay ft Selena Gomez - My Universe / Let Somebody Go

High Climber - Up 10 to number 5 / In at number 24

Dermot Kennedy - Better Days

Up 8 to number 16

Lil Nas X - That's What I Want

Up 1 to number 10

Doja Cat - Woman

Up 1 to number 13

Ed Sheeran - Visiting Hours

Up 2 to number 21

Justin Bieber - Stay / Ghost

Up 1 to number 15 / Up 15 to number 47

Adele - Easy On Me

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Dannii Minogue

Top of the Pops, 21st October 2021

Many, many congratulations to Elton John and Dua Lipa for doing what many thought impossible and deposing King Ed Sheeran from number 1 - for the moment at least. Their track has a very old-school feel about it, not only because it's a combination of older songs but because it's climbed to number 1 by building popularity with the general public. Fancy.

Elsewhere we've got a debut from Ewan McVicar and a sort-of debut for Jesy Nelson, plus a double-header from Sam Fender who makes a bit of a chart breakthrough this week. The Willow and Tyler Cole (aka The Anxiety) track is also climbing impressively. And why is Adele back in the chart?

Debuts: Ewan McVicar, Jesy Nelson (as solo)

Ewan McVicar - Tell Me Something Good

Up 8 to number 34

Jesy Nelson ft Nicki Minaj - Boyz

Highest New Entry - In at number 4

Willow and Tyler Cole - Meet Me At Our Spot

Up 5 to number 19

Becky Hill vs Topic - My Heart Goes (La Di Da)

Up 2 to number 13

Shouse - Love Tonight

Up 4 to number 18

From The Vault: Adele - Someone Like You

Back in at number 74

Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under / Spit Of You

Back in at number 26 / In at number 41

Elton John and Dua Lipa - Cold Heart

Up 1 to number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 15th December 2016

The Christmas invasion has set in, so there is hot (or cold) competition for the From The Vault slot this week. Main billing is given to the Pogues but there's also room for clips of Wham!, Shakin' Stevens, Wizzard and others. A secondary effect of all these older songs climbing the chart is that we have to look a little lower down for current acts to invite, meaning that Charli XCX, John Legend and (wow!) Adele return to the show with tracks that have been in the lower part of the chart for a few weeks or longer.

Sean Paul is back with a rare lead artist credit, bringing Brits Critics' Choice nominee and burgeoning friend of the show Dua Lipa along with him. And then - why not? - the two of them stay on for another exclusive interpretation of Clean Bandit's now five-week number 1.

Debuts: Lil Yachty, Starley.

Zara Larsson - I Would Like

Up 33 to number 21

Charli XCX ft. Lil Yachty - After The Afterparty

Up 7 to number 34

John Legend - Love Me Now

Up 3 to number 30

Starley - Call On Me

Up 13 to number 45

Adele - Water Under The Bridge

Up 12 to number 49

From The Vault: Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl - Fairy Tale Of New York plus Xmas faves from Wham!, Shakin' Stevens, Wizzard, Band Aid and Chris Rea

High Climber - Up 50 to number 16 / Back in at numbers 19, 28, 37, 41 and 46

Sean Paul and Dua Lipa - No Lie / Blow Your Mind

Up 4 to number 48 / Up 5 to number 67

Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul and Dua Lipa - Rockabye

Fifth week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Olly Murs dressed as Father Christmas and Nick Grimshaw dressed as an elf

Top of the Pops, 14th July 2016

Drake's still at number one, I'm afraid, but once again Top of the Pops finds a way to keep the One Dance performances fresh. This week we have Drizzy's featured performer Wizkid mashing it up with Tinie Tempah, whose Mamacita he also guests on in the chart this week.

Freshness also emanates from MK and Becky Hill, and to a lesser extent Charlie Puth, while tried and trusted tracks from Adele, Major Lazer and friend of the show Ariana Grande join them on the TOTP stage. The latest Chainsmokers track is also doing surprisingly well, isn't it?

Debuts: None.

MK ft. Becky Hill - Piece Of Me

Up 4 to number 39

Chainsmokers ft. Daya - Don't Let Me Down

Up 9 to number 7

Charlie Puth ft. Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Any More

High Climber: Up 12 to number 49

Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own

Up 2 to number 10

Major Lazer ft. Nyla - Light It Up

Up 3 to number 36

Ariana Grande - Into You

Up 8 to number 14

Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

Up 1 to number 5

Wizkid with Tinie Tempah - One Dance / Mamacita

Thirteenth week at number 1 / Up 4 to number 48

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Top of the Pops, 30th June 2016

Two Glastonbury headliners are climbing the chart this week, so both Adele and Coldplay wash the mud off and come down the the studio to ride their momentum. Bastille and Sigala are both back, the latter bringing along the legendary Nile Rogers as well as our old friend of the show John Newman.

At the top of the charts, One Dance is getting into silly territory with its eleventh week at number 1. Once again Drake isn't around, so the lovely Little Mix are here to perform the song instead. They get Nile Rodgers to back them up since he's here, and Jade has a tambourine.

Debuts: Nile Rodgers (as featured artist).

Bastille - Good Grief

In at number 25

Ariana Grande - Into You

Up 8 to number 26

Sigala ft. John Newman and Nile Rodgers - Give Me Your Love

Highest New Entry - In at number 9

Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own

Up 12 to number 16

Chainsmokers ft. Daya - Don't Let Me Down

Up 6 to number 24

Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

Up 10 to number 15

Coldplay - Hymn For The Weekend / Adventure Of A Lifetime

Up 3 to number 30 / Up 8 to number 54

Little Mix with Nile Rodgers - One Dance

Eleventh week at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

Top of the Pops, 16th June 2016

First let's address the elephant in the room: Justin Timberlake has the second biggest song of the summer so far but he's only been on the show once. This is because he's been stuck at number 2 behind One Dance, and if you don't climb the chart, you don't get on the show. He needs to either overhaul Drake or start yo-yoing a bit if he wants to be featured.

So who do we have? After six agonising weeks away, friend of the show Zara Larsson is back and she is all over this edition. We open the show with a medley of Lush Life and her new David Guetta track This One's For You, before she joins Tinie Tempah on their long runner Girls Like. Then she's back near the end to fill in Drake's vocals on a unique but strangely lovely version of the new DJ Khaled hit For Free.

Drake manages a double absence, since he's once again not here to perform One Dance either - instead featured vocalist Kyla teams up with Tinie Tempah for a unique and exclusive British take. The line-up is rounded out with chart movers from Kungs, OneRepublic and Calum Scott, and a show-stopper from the universally loved Adele.

Debuts: DJ Khaled.

Zara Larsson vs David Guetta - Lush Life / This One's For You

Up 1 to number 17 / Up 16 to number 46

Tinie Tempah ft. Zara Larsson - Girls Like

Up 2 to number 15

Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

Up 8 to number 26

OneRepublic - Wherever I Go

Up 6 to number 30

Kungs vs Cookin' on 3 Burners - This Girl

Up 6 to number 4

Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own

Up 15 to number 27

DJ Khaled ft. Zara Larsson - For Free

Highest New Entry - In at number 25

Kyla and Tinie Tempah - One Dance

Ninth week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Dappy and Fazer

Top of the Pops, 25th February 2016

This week's Top of the Pops is distinguished by a couple of big moments: first an appearance by multi-Brit winner and artist of the decade Adele, and second, regrettably, a tribute montage for the late Viola Beach.

Friend of the show The Weeknd is back after a quiet couple of months, with his most hip-swivelling performance of Can't Feel My Face to date. And did you know Mike Posner has a song out?

Debuts: Mike Posner, Viola Beach.

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

Up 5 to number 35

Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza

Up 27 to number 42

Adele - When We Were Young

Up 10 to number 23

Coldplay - Hymn For The Weekend

Up 6 to number 17

Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out

High Climber - Up 13 to number 21

Viola Beach - Swings & Waterslides

Highest New Entry - In at number 11

The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face

Long Runner - Up 3 to number 36 after 37 weeks

Lukas Graham - 7 Years

Second week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Richie Neville and Abz Breen

Top of the Pops, 28th January 2016

There's a certain deja vu about this week's Top of the Pops, as several chart climbers from two weeks ago have continued to rise and thereby bagged themselves another appearance. However there's plenty new as well, including a ferocious performance from Stormzy and a pair of exclusive medleys from Britain's two leading female (or any gender really) singers of the moment, Adele and Jess Glynne.

Shawn Mendes finally rises to number 1, knocking Bieber off the top at least for the moment, and the highest new entry comes from those likely lads the 1975.

Debuts: None.

Adele - Hello / All I Ask

Up 1 to number 7 / In at number 41

The 1975 - The Sound

Highest New Entry - In at number 15

Major Lazer ft. Nyla - Light It Up

Up 3 to number 10

Stormzy - Shut Up

Up 3 to number 19

Snakehips ft. Tinashe and Chance The Rapper - All My Friends

Up 3 to number 8

99 Souls - Girl Is Mine

Up 4 to number 5

Jess Glynne - Take Me Home / Don't Be So Hard On Yourself

Up 4 to number 24 / Up 4 to number 33

Shawn Mendes - Stitches

Up 1 to number 1

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Top of the Pops, 19th November 2015

It's a high-flying week this week as all our TOTP performances come from the top 20. That means a debuting Fleur East, it means chart queen Jess Glynne, it means MNEK and Zara, and it means the song from the John Lewis ad (by Aurora). None other than Coldplay and Adele are here in person too, and friends of the show Little Mix warm our wintry hearts with the reggae version of Love Me Like You.

Debuts: Fleur East, WSTRN, Aurora.

Fleur East - Sax

Highest New Entry - In at number 3

WSTRN - In2

High Climber - Up 56 to number 4

Aurora - Half The World Away

In at number 11

Coldplay - Adventure Of A Lifetime

In at number 14

MNEK and Zara Larsson - Never Forget You

Up 2 to number 5

Jess Glynne - Take Me Home

Up 26 to number 20

Little Mix - Love Me Like You

Up 6 to number 13

Adele - Hello

Third week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Dappy and Fazer

Top of the Pops, 12th November 2015

Halloween Week (or its aftermath) means the annual From The Vault showing of the re-charting Thriller. Michael Jackson soundalike and friend of the show The Weeknd is also back once again, as is the always delightful Ellie Goulding.

Newer sounds come from Ariana Grande, Lost Frequencies and Fetty Wap, while the lovely Little Mix give us a nice sampler of their just-released album. Adele remains at number 1, but we see the video this week as she doesn't want to take any risks with those vocal cords.

Debuts: Janieck Devy, Monty.

Ariana Grande - Focus

Highest New Entry - In at number 10

Little Mix - Black Magic / Grown

Up 3 to number 34 / In at number 72

Lost Frequencies and Janieck Devy - Reality

In at number 29

Fetty Wap ft. Monty - 679

Up 1 to number 21

Ellie Goulding - On My Mind

Up 2 to number 14

From The Vault: Michael Jackson - Thriller

In at number 61

The Weeknd - The Hills

Up 1 to number 4

Adele - Hello

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range