Top of the Pops, 2nd November 2023

Kenya Grace makes it three weeks at number 1, with the nearest featured competition being Noah Kahan's welcome surprise of a hit, just on the fringe of the top ten. Lower down Bastille are back in the chart for some reason, Olivia Rodrigo resurrects Vampire, and Kid Laroi has the highest new entry. But the most special performance is from Dave and Central Cee, who reprise their summer smash and finally reveal the identities of the nine girls they put in their Sprinter.

Debuts: ABRA

Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire

Up 1 to number 18

Kid Laroi ft. Jung Kook and Central Cee - Too Much

Highest New Entry - In at number 10

Noah Kahan - Stick Season

Up 9 to number 9

Bastille - Pompeii

Up 11 to number 26

Zach Bryan ft. Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything

Up 4 to number 22

Chase and Status and Hedex ft. Arrdee - Liquor & Cigarettes

Up 3 to number 20

Dave and Central Cee ft. Issey Cross, Ella Henderson, Steflon Don, Charli XCX, ABRA, Zara Larsson, Florence Welch, Lisa Maffia and Olivia Rodrigo - Sprinter

Up 1 to number 19

Kenya Grace - Strangers

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: John McEnroe

Top of the Pops, 14th February 2019

Lots of chart movement again here: a first top ten hit for Billie Eilish, and now two impressive climbers for Lewis Capaldi (and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie), plus resurgences for the roughly equally terrible PinkFong and Bastille.

Ariana Grande is at the top and not going anywhere, while Mabel performs a unique version of Don't Call Me Up using antique instruments.

Debuts: A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

Fredo ft. Dave - All I Ever Wanted

In at number 15

Billie Eilish - Bury A Friend

Highest New Entry - In at number 7

Bastille - Happier

High Climber - Up 28 to number 29

Mabel - Don't Call Me Up

Up 2 to number 5

PinkFong - Baby Shark

Up 5 to number 19

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie - Swervin / Look Back At It

Up 4 to number 34 / Up 14 to number 51

Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved / Grace

Up 1 to number 9 / Up 11 to number 40

Ariana Grande - 7 Rings

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: Dannii Minogue

Top of the Pops, 4th October 2018

As we enter Q4 there are new entries from Rita Ora and, randomly, French Montana. Perhaps more impressive though are the continuing long, mazy chart runs from Freya Ridings and Panic At The Disco, both of whom appear on the show once again.

We also welcome back Dua Lipa for a Diploless version of Electricity, and Bastille are here as well for whatever that's worth.

Debuts: None

Rita Ora - Let You Love Me

In at number 14

Panic At The Disco - High Hopes

Up 3 to number 17

French Montana - No Stylist

In at number 21

Jess Glynne - All I Am

Up 2 to number 9

Bastille - Happier

Up 1 to number 4

Dua Lipa - Electricity

Up 3 to number 7

Freya Ridings - Lost Without You

Up 5 to number 20

Sam Smith - Promises

Fourth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Richie Neville and Abz Breen

Top of the Pops, 20th September 2018

It's a high-performing week here on TOTP, with every song featured being taken from the top 15 of the chart. That includes the highest new entry from Kanye West, who deigns to appear with Lil Pump in tow. And longer-running hits from Bastille, Loud Luxury, friend of the show Jess Glynne and the rest.

Another week, another Diplo supergroup. This time it's Silk City who crash the chart thanks mainly to Dua Lipa, although co-producer Mark Ronson isn't actually hereo on the show.

Debuts: Silk City (though it's really just Diplo)

Jess Glynne - All I Am

Up 3 to number 11

Silk City ft. Dua Lipa - Electricity

In at number 15

Bastille - Happier

Up 9 to number 6

Loud Luxury ft. Brando - Body

Up 1 to number 4

Dynoro and Gigi D'Agostino - In My Mind

Up 2 to number 14

Maroon 5 - Girls Like You

Up 3 to number 7

Kanye West ft. Lil Pump - I Love It

Highest New Entry - In at number 3

Sam Smith - Promises

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Idris Elba

Top of the Pops, 6th September 2018

Big news for K-pop fans at BTS make their TOTP debut this week - no doubt the first appearance of many. There's also fresh material from Dynoro and Marshmello, and a double performance from Tyga.

At the top of the chart, it's Benny Blanco's turn to take that final step to the summit. High turnover of number 1s lately.

Debuts: BTS, Dynoro, Gigi D'Agostino

Marshmello ft. Bastille - Happier

Up 15 to number 16

BTS - Idol

Highest New entry - In at number 21

Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B - Girls Like You

Up 2 to number 7

Juice Wrld - Lucid Dreams

Up 1 to number 10

Dennis Lloyd - Nevermind

Up 2 to number 17

Dynoro and Gigi D'Agostino - In My Mind

High Climber - Up 21 to number 15

Tyga - Taste / Swish

Up 1 to number 9 / Up 9 to number 58

Benny Blanco ft. Halsey and Khalid - Eastside

Up 2 to number 1

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Top of the Pops, 8th February 2018

Double Drake this week: the great man holds steady at number 1, and also shares the distinction of highest new entry with Migos. There's no Greatest Show tune, sadly, but Hollywood is represented by Liam and Rita's theme from the Fifty Shades film. Sigrid is back, as are Not3s and Mabel, who seem to be on every week just now. The big new track of the moment comes from Rudimental, who show up with all three of their guest vocalists as well as, of course, that guy in the hat.

Debuts: Dan Caplen.

Craig David ft. Bastille - I Know You

Up 5 to number 5

Liam Payne and Rita Ora - For You (Fifty Shades Freed)

Up 6 to number 23

Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Dan Caplen and Macklemore - These Days

High Climber - Up 22 to number 11

Not3s ft. Mabel - My Lover

Up 1 to number 16

Sigrid - Strangers

Up 4 to number 10

Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same

Up 1 to number 14

Migos ft. Drake - Walk It Talk It

Highest New Entry - In at number 30

Drake - God's Plan

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

Top of the Pops, 18th January 2018

After last week's best-of-2017 feel, this week brings a fair few new hits. Ramz completes a long trek to the top 5, and there are big new entries from Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars, and Liam and Rita from the new 50 Shades soundtrack.

There's also the open-to-question pairing of Craig David and Bastille, and for a bit of variety King Ed gets Andrea Bocelli in to do the faux-classical version of Perfect.

Debuts: Cardi B.

Ramz - Barking

Up 4 to number 4

Justin Timberlake - Filthy

In at number 15

Liam Payne and Rita Ora - For You

In at number 11

Jax Jones ft. Ina Wroldsen - Breathe

High Climber - Up 10 to number 14

Craig David ft. Bastille - I Know You

Up 5 to number 10

Jason Derulo - Tip Toe

Up 7 to number 12

Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B - Finesse

Highest New Entry - In at number 7

Ed Sheeran ft. Andrea Bocelli - Perfect

Sixth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

Top of the Pops, 21st December 2017

You can barely move for Christmas debris in the chart this week. Even what you might call second string Christmas hits like this week's From The Vault spot by Brenda Lee are breaching the top twenty. On top of Miss Lee, we get vaguely contemporary Christmas tunes from Ariana Grande and Leona Lewis, who after a few mulled wines are also persuaded to guest on a charming exclusive version of the Clean Bandit song).

All that December fun still leaves room for a newie from Not3s and the unholy Craig David/Bastille alliance. And we have a surprise on the Ed Sheeran song at number 1. Is it Beyonce? No, even better: friends of the show Little Mix join in for a lovely duet.

(That's it until after New Year now as the real life TOTP takes over. Merry Christmas!)

Debuts:Not3s.

Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

Up 31 to number 29

Craig David ft. Bastille - I Know You

Up 1 to number 25

NF - Let You Down

Up 2 to number 11

Not3s - My Lover

Up 8 to number 40

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

Up 27 to number 15

Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

High Climber - Up 39 to number 36

Clean Bandit ft. Leona Lewis and Ariana Grande - Symphony

Up 22 to number 44

Ed Sheeran ft. Little Mix - Perfect

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 22nd September 2016

The big news this week is the return of Lady Gaga, who turns up in full kit to perform Perfect Illusion. And as if one straddler of the art-pop line wasn't enough, Sia is also here to perform The Greatest with Kendrick Lamar.

The rest of the line-up is pretty fun: friend of the show Tove Lo, party maniacs DNCE and mister funtimes himself, James Arthur. Plus Bastille and newcomer Tory Lanez.

Debuts: Tory Lanez.

Tove Lo - Cool Girl

Up 11 to number 48

DNCE - Toothbrush

Up 2 to number 53

Lady Gaga - Perfect Illusion

Highest New Entry - In at number 12

James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go

In at number 25

Sia ft. Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest

High Climber - Up 44 to number 5

Bastille - Good Grief

Up 7 to number 20

Tory Lanez - Luv

Up 6 to number 50

Chainsmokers ft. Halsey - Closer

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: David Dimbleby

Top of the Pops, 4th August 2016

BIG NEWS this week: Drake is finally knocked off the top spot, all the way down to number five in fact, leaving Bryan Adams's sixteen-week record intact. It's taken three performers to do what no one else could do, and Major Lazer, Justin Bieber and MØ are all in the studio getting their groove on in celebration.

Further freshness comes from a new Fifth Harmony song, as they and Fetty Wap treat us to an exclusive double header that combines the new one with 2016 standout Work From Home. The rest of the show is a grab-bag of the perennially popular tracks of the moment: Calum Scott, DNCE, Christine and the Queens, Kent Jones and the latest drone-along from Bastille.

Debuts: None.

Fifth Harmony ft. Fetty Wap - All In My Head / Work From Home

Up 16 to number 46 / Up 3 to number 24

Christine and the Queens - Tilted

Up 2 to number 27

Bastille - Good Grief

High Climber - Up 9 to number 15

Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own

Up 1 to number 3

DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

Long Runner - Up 4 to number 22 after 23 weeks

Kent Jones - Don't Mind

Up 1 to number 9

MØ - Final Song

Up 2 to number 17

Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber and MØ - Cold Water

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 21st July 2016

Drake is now one week away from drawing level with Wet Wet Wet at number one but he's not here to celebrate. Instead we get one of the livelier stand-in performances as Britain's foremost light entertainer Olly Murs takes the helm for a snappy reimagining.

As well as the Mursinator, Bastille and MØ are returning after some time away, the latter now with her own song after spending most of last year guesting with Major Lazer. Jonas Blue, Kent Jones and promising newcomers Christine and the Queens are also making headway up the chart.

Debuts: MØ (as solo).

Jonas Blue ft. JP Cooper - Perfect Strangers

Up 13 to number 3

Kent Jones - Don't Mind

Up 2 to number 10

Coldplay - Hymn for the Weekend

Up 3 to number 19

Olly Murs - You Don't Know Love

Highest New Entry - In at number 23

Bastille - Good Grief

Up 4 to number 25

MØ - Final Song

High Climber - Up 27 to number 28

Christine and the Queens - Tilted

Up 2 to number 40

Kyla with Olly Murs and MØ - One Dance

Fourteenth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

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, 24th July 2014

At one end of the scale we have new entries from Ella Eyre, Kove, Nicole Scherzinger and our impressive number one from Rixton. At the other, Bastille celebrate well over a year in the chart as Pompeii makes another micro-climb down in the lower reaches.

Friends of the show Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne are also back, no doubt benefiting from the new chart rules on streaming. And it would barely be TOTP these days without an Ed Sheeran appearance - this time it's Thinking Out Loud.

Debuts: Ella Eyre (as solo), Kove, Melissa Steel, Nicole Scherzinger, Rixton

Ella Eyre - If I Go

In at number 16

Kove ft. Melissa Steel - Way We Are

In at number 30

Vance Joy - Riptide

High Climber - Up 24 to number 37

Nicole Scherzinger - Your Love

In at number 6

Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne - Rather Be

Up 1 to number 27

Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

Up 6 to number 23

Bastille - Pompeii

Long Runner - Up 15 to number 44 after 62 weeks

Rixton - Me And My Broken Heart

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTERS: Dappy and Duffy

Top of the Pops, 27th February 2014

It's been a Britsy week. Five of our acts here are Brit Award winners or performers, including Bastille and Rudimental reprising their team-up from the ceremony itself (and even our presenter, Duffy, is a three-time former winner). Katy Perry even brings most of her set from the Brits show along with her. Non-Brit tracks include newies from Tegan and Sara and A Great Big World, plus a long-running mid-hit from Idina Menzel. Critics' Choice Sam Smith actually has four songs in the top 75, but this week is all about Money On My Mind.

Tegan and Sara ft. The Lonely Island - Everything Is Awesome

High Climber - Up 48 to number 17

Ellie Goulding - Goodness Gracious

Up 10 to number 26

A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera - Say Something

In at number 4

Katy Perry - Dark Horse

Up 4 to number 6

Idina Menzel - Let It Go

Up 5 to number 23

Pharrell Williams - Happy

Up 1 to number 2

Bastille & Rudimental - Pompeii / Waiting All Night

In at number 21

Sam Smith - Money On My Mind

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

Top of the Pops, 23rd January 2014

Two performances this week that you won't see anywhere else. Shakira comes without Rihanna but is easily able to swivel hips for two, and Pharrell performs a lovely percussion-only version of Happy for his third week at number 1. Elsewhere we have new TOTP debuts for Elyar Fox, Busta Rhymes and Q-Tip, and a reappearance from friends-of-the-show Bastille performing the evergreen Pompeii.

Elyar Fox - Do It All Over Again

Highest New Entry - In at number 5

Chase & Status ft Jacob Banks - Alive

Up 4 to number 21

Idina Menzel - Let It Go

Up 5 to number 31

Busta Rhymes ft Q-Tip - Thank You

High Climber - Up 24 to number 13

Tinie Tempah - Lover Not A Fighter

Up 15 to number 27

Bastille - Pompeii

Up 2 to number 39

Shakira - Can't Remember To Forget You

In at number 11

Pharrell Williams - Happy

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: Marvin Humes

Top of the Pops, 16th January 2014

A couple of rare treats this week. First Beyonce jets in to bring us (most of) not one but two tracks from her barricade-storming new album. Second, the Gaga/Aguilera diva double both appear to sing the revamped version of Do What U Want which is currently giving the track a second wind. Elsewhere there is a high banger concentration; Pharrell isn't here in person so we enjoy the video for Happy.

Hardwell ft. Matthew Koma - Dare You

Highest New Entry - In at number 18

Beyonce - Drunk in Love / XO

Up 17 to number 10 / In at number 45

Little Mix - Little Me

Up 6 to number 14

Sub Focus - Turn Back Time

High Climber - Up 30 to number 15

Bastille - Of The Night

Up 1 to number 11

Vance Joy - Riptide

In at number 35

Lady Gaga ft. Christina Aguilera - Do What U Want

Up 11 to number 12

Pharrell Williams - Happy

Up 1 to number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

Top of the Pops, 12th December 2013

This week's show is effectively an omnibus of all the current big hits - just as TOTP should be, in fact. The three wildcards are new entry Rebecca Ferguson making her TOTP debut, a vintage Mariah Carey clip as Christmas kicks in, and (a real treat) an exclusive solo retake on Do What U Want from RnB legend R Kelly.

Bastille - Of The Night

Up 2 to number 3

Rebecca Ferguson - I Hope

Highest New Entry - In at number 15

Ellie Goulding - How Long Will I Love You

Up 1 to number 7

Avicii - Hey Brother

Up 6 to number 8

Martin Garrix - Animals

Up 1 to number 9

R Kelly - Do What U Want

Up 1 to number 10

From the Vault: Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

High Climber - Up 33 to number 47

Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know

Back up to number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

Top of the Pops, 28th November 2013

There's something of a Children In Need theme this week: big supporter Barlow is at number 3 with his Mumford-a-thon, while Ylvis and Ellie Goulding also performed on the show (though Goulding sings Burn this week, in a special candlelight mix). Mixmaster Avicii brings us a medley of two hits old and new, while JLS get emotional in what might be their last ever TOTP appearance, throwing their shirts to the fans at the end. But the grand finale is lady-of-the-moment Lily Allen, who has the honour of singing two top ten hits, including the number 1, in seamless combination.

Ylvis - The Fox

Up 8 to number 20

JLS - Billion Lights

In at number 19

Gary Barlow - Let Me Go

In at number 3

Ellie Goulding - Burn

Up 10 to number 17

Bastille - Of The Night

Highest New Entry - In at number 2

Rudimental ft. Emeli Sande - Free

High Climber - Up 13 to number 26

Avicii - Wake Me Up / Hey Brother

Long Runner - Up 15 to number 18 after 19 weeks / Back in at number 27

Lily Allen - Hard Out Here / Somewhere Only We Know

In at number 9 / Up 1 to number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

Top of the Pops, 19th September 2013

A mixture of old and new this week. High climbers OneRepublic make a startling leap after a month on the chart already, and fellow slow-burners Olly Murs and Bastille also come onto the radar. Meanwhile, Coldplay and Example crash back in with brand new hits. Can they climb higher next week? Katy Perry isn't present, but that means we're treated to the Roar video in all its jungle glory.

OneRepublic - Counting Stars

High Climber - Up 11 to number 2

Lethal Bizzle and Ruby Goe - Party Right

In at number 29

Example - All The Wrong Places

In at number 13

Bastille - Things We Lost In The Fire

Up 9 to number 28

Ben Pearce - What I Might Do

In at number 25

Olly Murs - Right Place, Right Time

Up 8 to number 27

Coldplay - Atlas

In at number 12

Katy Perry - Roar

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Dappy

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