Showing posts with label Aloe Blacc. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aloe Blacc. Show all posts

Thursday, 23 May 2019

Top of the Pops, 23rd May 2019

A week of reduced chart activity means that several long-running hits get another crack of the whip. Madison Beer is here without her DJ support to give us a candlelight version of All Day And Night, while Kygo, Jonas Blue and Meduza also represent the EDM contingent.

The big news, though, is the return of King Ed Sheeran. He and Justin Bieber doing impressions of each other are straight in at the top.

Debuts: Nafe Smallz

Skepta and Nafe Smallz - Greaze Mode

In at number 22

Kygo ft. Rita Ora - Carry On

Up 3 to number 27

Madison Beer - All Day And Night

Up 2 to number 11

Ava Max - So Am I

Up 1 to number 18

Jonas Blue ft. Theresa Rex - What I Like About You

Up 3 to number 19

Aloe Blacc - SOS

Up 1 to number 7

Meduza ft. Goodboys - Piece Of Your Heart

Up 1 to number 5

Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber - I Don't Care

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTERS: Zoella and Joe Swash

Thursday, 25 April 2019

Top of the Pops, 25th April 2019

Who would have bet seven weeks ago that the track to depose Lewis Capaldi from number 1 would be performed by Billy Ray Cyrus? But that's what's happened, and the man himself is here alongside Little Nas X.

Elsewhere there's a debut from Alec Benjamin, more K-pop representation from BTS, and Aloe Blacc with a heartfelt tribute to the late Avicii.

Debuts: Alec Benjamin

Meduza ft. Goodboys - Piece Of Your Heart

Up 1 to number 4

BTS ft. Halsey - Boy With Luv

In at number 13

Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly

Up 5 to number 31

Russ and Tion Wayne - Keisha and Becky

High Climber - Up 23 to number 7

Tom Walker - Just You And I

Up 1 to number 5

George Ezra - Pretty Shining People

Up 3 to number 34

Aloe Blacc - SOS

Highest New Entry - In at number 12

Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road

Up 1 to number 1

PRESENTERS: Heather Small and Mike Pickering

Thursday, 10 April 2014

Top of the Pops, 10th April 2014

There's a bit of movie magic this week as five voices from the Frozen soundtrack make the trip to celebrate four songs climbing the charts at once - an almost Glee-level achievement. That's not the only medley either, as French Montana flies in to perform his two hit rap features, throwing in a bit of freestyle and abetted by a body-poppin' Will.I.Am for the latter half.

Elsewhere, John Legend is back and romantic as ever, and we also welcome global Latin superstars Shakira, Enrique Iglesias and Paolo Nutini (though Pitbull is busy being Mister Worldwide somewhere else). Finally at the top of the chart, Avicii's former shadow-dweller Aloe Blacc hits number 1 in his own right.

Enrique Iglesias - I'm A Freak

Up 2 to number 9

Paolo Nutini - Scream (Funk My Life Up)

In at number 12

John Legend - All Of Me

Up 3 to number 2

Shakira - Empire

High Climber - Up 36 to number 25

French Montana with Will.I.Am - Loyal / Feelin' Myself

Up 2 to number 13 / Up 4 to number 24

John Martin - Anywhere For You

In at number 7

Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn, Katie Lopez and Santino Fontana - Let It Go / Do You Want To Build A Snowman? / For The First Time In Forever / Love Is An Open Door

Up 10 to number 17 / Up 19 to number 40 / Back in at number 56 / In at number 64

Aloe Blacc - The Man

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

Thursday, 8 August 2013

Top of the Pops, 8th August 2013

Several enduringly popular tracks are bobbing back up the chart this week, which means that some entries from a couple of months ago deservingly get their time in the spotlight, while other acts return for a reprise with the chance to do something slightly different. And there's an exclusive two-song medley from one returning star.

John Newman - Love Me Again

Up 2 to number 2 - Bounding back up the chart, John Newman returns with a gospel choir to love us again again.

Calvin Harris ft. Ayah Marar - Thinking About You

Up 5 to number 9 - Calvin and Ayah are back to storm the barn for a second time.

Eliza Doolittle - Big When I Was Little/ You And Me

Highest New Entry - In at number 12 / Back in at number 73 - Eliza has two tracks to bring us this week. Most of her slot is devoted to new hit Big When I Was Little, but there's also time for a quick acapella segue into You And Me, which has slipped back into the lower end of the rundown.

Imagine Dragons - It's Time

Up 23 to number 30 - Rock song of the the week from these adequately groomed North Americans.

AlunaGeorge - You Know You Like It

In at number 39 - In the week that their album enters the chart, George and Aluna bring us an icily boisterous performance of this returning older hit.
 

Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness

High Climber - Up 28 to number 4 - Wait, come back! This is the dance remix. Minimal staging, maximal raving.

Jay-Z ft. Justin Timberlake - Holy Grail

Up 6 to number 11 - Jay and JT have been climbing the top 30 for a few weeks, but only now have schedules lined up to permit this appearance. As you'd hope, it's something pretty special, the toe-tapping twosome matching each other line for line and hook for hook.

Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up

Third week at number 1 - Time for something a bit different in week 3: Avicii takes a break and Aloe Blacc ropes in a finger-pickin' friend for a stripped-back bluegrass version.

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

Thursday, 1 August 2013

Top of the Pops, 1st August 2013

Not many new entries this week, which means a lot of climbers and the chance for a few long-lived hits to get their turn on the show. Look out for a surprise duet near the end!

One Direction - Best Song Ever

Highest New Entry - In at number 2 - And what better way to kick off any episode of Top of the Pops than with everybody's favourite five eager beavers, jigging about to the general delight of the studio audience.

Demi Lovato - Heart Attack

Up 3 to number 33 - No, she wasn't on last week, that was Selena Gomez. Another polished performance from another pristine popstrel. And a great light show.

Rudimental ft. Ella Eyre - Waiting All Night

Up 9 to number 25 - Not the first time on for Rudimental but a TOTP debut for the talented Ella Eyre. The singer is front and centre in this performance, clouds of dry ice obscuring the Rude boys as they skulk in the shadows.

Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?

Up 3 to number 18 - This uncharacteristically enduring Arctics hit gets a second airing as it climbs back into the top 20. The boys are happy to come on again, turning up the intensity for the second pound through.

Fuse ODG - Antenna

Up 2 to number 22 - And another returning face to restore the party vibe. With four female dancers wearing antennae this time around.

From the Vault: Toploader - Dancing in the Moonlight

Up 36 to number 27 - A huge leap up the chart for this pukka classic sends our tape delvers deep into the archive to retrieve this footage from the year 2000.

Ed Sheeran with Demi Lovato - Everything Has Changed

Up 1 to number 12 - Taylor is out of the country again, so who better to fill in than the versatile Demi Lovato? She and Ed have great chemistry, making eyes at each other throughout this fun reinterpretation.

Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up

Second week at number 1 - The euroDJ and his soulful pal return for a second performance, and this time Aloe Blacc wears a top hat, an enormous fur coat and white loafers. You've changed, Aloe.

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Thursday, 25 July 2013

Top of the Pops, 25th July 2013

Calvin Harris ft. Ayah Marar - Thinking About You

High Climber - Up 21 to number 28 - Perhaps surprisingly this is the one man hit machine Calvin Harris's first time on the new TOTP. He and fellow debutante Ayah Marar raise the roof as the show kicks off.

Selena Gomez - Come and Get It 

In at number 8 - A polished performance from the popular, picturesque, perfect popstrel.

Lucy Spraggan - Lighthouse

In at number 26 - Just Lucy and her guitar, and her hit song of course. No woolly hat as it's too hot.

Breach - Jack

In at number 9 - Recalling the glory days of 90s dance, Breach lurks behind a bank of keyboards and other equipment of unknown purpose while dancers work the stage in outlandish garb.

Avril Lavigne - Here's To Never Growing Up

In at number 14 - Always happy to be here, Avril gives a spirited rendition of her latest teen anthem. Chad Kroeger guests on maracas.

K Koke ft. Bridget Kelly - My Time

In at number 52 - Another British rap hopeful bubbling under in the lower reaches of the chart. Will TOTP work its magic and catapult him into the top 40 next week?

Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith - La La La

Up 1 to number 6 - Naughty Boy gets his chance at a TOTP slot thanks to a minor float up the top ten. He and Sam Smith make the most of their screen time, Smith's impassioned live vocals turning out to be a highlight of the evening.

Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up 

Straight in at number 1 - The mega-selling Sandé/Nashville/Scooter hybrid closes the show in flamboyant style, fronted by the now-minted Aloe Blacc in irrepressible form.

PRESENTER: Marvin Humes