Top of the Pops, 5th February 2026

For the second week in a row the top 40 offers very few climbers, so several of the guests are probably quite surprised to have been invited. We've got a couple of the big hits from last year (or before?) from Ravyn Lenae and Chappell Roan, decent entries from M Huncho, Fredo and Fred Again, and a classy debut performance from Ella Langley.

Bucking the trend are two strong new entries from stalwarts the Arctic Monkeys and Harry Styles, the latter straight in at number 1.

Debuts: Ella Langley

Fred Again ft. Young Thug - Scared

In at number 55

Arctic Monkeys - Opening Night

In at number 16

Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas

Up 20 to number 51

Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club

Up 10 to number 48

Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not

Up 1 to number 50

Fredo - Runnin'

In at number 52

M Huncho - Championship

In at number 43

Harry Styles - Aperture

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Miriam Margolyes

Top of the Pops, 3rd November 2022

She's sassy, she's blonde, and she's taken the chart by storm this week - Meghan Trainor rockets all the way to number 28. Taylor Swift also tops the chart and performs two tracks from her new album for us.

Ed Sheeran and the Arctic Monkeys also perform doubles on a packed show, and there's room for new stuff from Dean Lewis and Joel Corry, and reprises from Lizzo and Oliver Tree.

Debuts: None

Meghan Trainor - Made You Look

In at number 28

Arctic Monkeys - Body Paint / I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am

High Climber - Up 38 to number 22 / In at number 23

Joel Corry ft. Tom Grennan - Lionheart (Fearless)

In at number 37

Ed Sheeran - Celestial / Bad Habits

Up 1 to number 21 / Long Runner - Up 4 to number 52 after 66 weeks

Dean Lewis - How Do I Say Goodbye

Up 4 to number 31

Oliver Tree - Miss You

Up 1 to number 8

Lizzo - 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)

Up 1 to number 20

Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero / Lavender Haze

Straight in at number 1 / In at number 2

PRESENTER: Anne-Marie

Top of the Pops, 13th October 2022

Who should have the highest new entry this week but King Ed Sheeran, as unstoppable as ever. KSI and the good old Arctic Monkeys also have new chart hits, DV4D reaches a new peak, and we welcome back Cian Ducrot and friend of the show Anne-Marie. Sam Smith and Kim Petras are still at number one with the scariest, perviest dirge to hit the top since Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

Debuts: DV4D

Arctic Monkeys - Body Paint

In at number 26

Cian Ducrot - All For You

Up 6 to number 23

Ed Sheeran - Celestial

Highest New Entry - In at number 6

KSI - Summer Is Over

In at number 24

DV4D - Romantic Homicide

High Climber - Up 10 to number 31

From The Vault: Coolio ft. LV - Gangsta's Paradise

Back in at number 55

Anne-Marie ft. Aitch - Psycho

Up 1 to number 12

Sam Smith and Kim Petras - Unholy

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: David O'Doherty

Top of the Pops, 15th September 2022

It's a big welcome back for two of Britain's remaining bands, the Arctic Monkeys and the 1975. And a huge turnaround for Tom Odell, who is storming back up the chart after ages on the edges. Other than that it's something of a catch-up week, with repeat appearances for some of the biggest hits of the moment from Luude, Central Cee and Steve Lacy. Eliza Rose proves it wasn't a fluke and makes it two weeks at number 1.

Debuts: None

Arctic Monkeys - There'd Better Be A Mirrorball

Up 12 to number 26

Chris Brown - Under The Influence

Up 7 to number 14

Tom Odell - Another Love

High Climber - Up 36 to number 20

Luude ft. Mattafix - Big City Life

Up 1 to number 9

Steve Lacy - Bad Habit

Up 3 to number 12

Central Cee - Doja

Up 1 to number 11

The 1975 - I'm In Love With You

Highest New Entry - In at number 29

Eliza Rose - BOTA (Baddest Of Them All)

Second week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Richie Neville and Abz Breen

Top of the Pops, 24th May 2018

There's lots of chart movement this week, with the Arctic Monkeys, Years and Years and Rita Ora (plus girlfriends) all landing new tracks in the top 40. Meanwhile Liam Payne's hispanified track and EO's German bring a pan-European flavour, and flying the US flag, everyone's favourite men's rights activist Shawn Mendes shoots to a new peak.

Calvin and Dua are still at number 1. This week they do a version with a lot of violins in it.

Debuts: None.

Liam Payne and J Balvin - Familiar

Up 5 to number 20

Rita Ora ft. Cardi B, BeBe Rexha and Charli XCX - Girls

In at number 22

Years and Years - If You're Over Me

In at number 38

Arctic Monkeys - Four Out Of Five

Highest New Entry - In at number 18

EO - German

Up 3 to number 15

Shawn Mendes - In My Blood

High Climber - Up 11 to number 10

David Guetta ft. Sia - Flames

Up 2 to number 9

Calvin Harris ft. Dua Lipa - One Kiss

Fifth week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Dappy and Fazer

Top of the Pops, 12th September 2013

A couple of American acts with long-lived hits finally make the trip this week. Elsewhere, Katy Perry delights the crowd with her 'I'm back!' smash hit, and friends of the show the Arctic Monkeys give us both of their current hits stuck together. Nice to see a Mercury nominee (and one near miss) in the week the shortlist is announced.

Drake and Majid Jordan - Hold On, We're Going Home

Up 3 to number 6

London Grammar - Strong

In at number 17

You Me At Six - Lived a Lie

In at number 11

From the Vault: Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

Back in at number 39

Neon Jungle - Trouble

In at number 12

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft Mary Lambert - Same Love

Up 5 to number 20

Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? / Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?

High Climber - Up 12 to number 24 / Up 1 to number 26

Katy Perry - Roar

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

Top of the Pops, 22nd August 2013

After a couple of shuffle-around weeks we have a lot of new entries to show you. With room for an oldie or two as well.

The Wanted - We Own The Night

In at number 10 - The lovely lads are on their second TOTP appearance.

Ray Foxx ft Rachel K Collier - Boom Boom (Heartbeat)

In at number 12 - Not a Vengaboys cover, not a Steps cover, not a Vengaboys/Steps mashup. But a party.

Justin Timberlake - Take Back the Night

Up 3 to number 26 - Heeeeeeere's Justin!

Arctic Monkeys - Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High

In at number 8 - Friends of the show the Arctic Monkeys have a fittingly high chart entry for their new single.

The Vaccines - Melody Calling

In at number 44 - Yup, two acts in a row where it's immediately clear where the music is coming from. Can the Vacs jump into the top 40 next week?

From the Vault: Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles

Back in at number 70 - Amazing what you can dig up in the lower reaches of the chart. Here's a clip of Vanessa Carlton, who spearheaded the much-forgotten American female singer/songwriter wave of the early 2000s.

OneRepublic - Counting Stars

High Climber - Up 13 to number 30 - Look who's back! Not sure how this one goes, but assuming Ryan Tedder wrote it I'm guessing 'Counting Stars' is repeated over and over again.

Ellie Goulding - Burn

Straight in at number 1 - Burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn: yes, it's another Ryan Tedder composition straight in at the top. Ellie is trotting the globe this week so we have to make do with the video, but she promises to come on if she's still at number 1 in seven days' time.

PRESENTER: Duffy

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

Top of the Pops, 27th June 2013

Dizzee Rascal and Robbie Williams - Goin' Crazy

New entry at number 5 - Rowdy, cheeky, loveable, irrepressible. This classic performance is everything you'd expect from a dream TOTP pairing.

Tom Odell - Another Love

Re-entry at number 10 - A small-stage, candlelit, heartfelt performance from Tom. The crowd are on their best behaviour as his dad proudly watches on.

Jason Derülo - The Other Side

Highest New Entry - In at number 2 - This is one of those RnB performances where the singer just dances about saying 'hey' while the song plays in the background. He touches some audience members' hands near the end, which makes them go 'wooooooo'.

London Grammar - Wasting My Young Years

New entry at number 31 - I'm sorry to say I don't know anything about these people. Maybe you don't either. But that will all change after this barnstorming TOTP performance.

Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?

New entry at number 11 - Amps on stage alert.

From the Vault: Evanescence - My Immortal

Re-entry at number 74 - We dig out a tape of Amy and co from 2003, who are back in the lower reaches of the chart thanks to an interpretation by the winner of The Voice.

Bastille - Pompeii

Up 6 to number 24 - Dan Smith brings along an army of people in togas to do the chanting live. Enchanting.

Robin Thicke feat. TI - Blurred Lines

Fourth week at number 1 - A coup: TI is persuaded to make the flight over, so Robin and T give us a Pharrell-less rendition this time round (Skateboard P is off buying socks).

PRESENTER: Steve Jones