Top of the Pops, 24th November 2022

The show is bristling with exclusives and one-off performances this week. No less names than Stormzy and Taylor Swift (with Lana Del Rey along for the ride) both perform two-track showcases of their recent albums, while Aitch and Anne-Marie stick around after doing their own song to join David Guetta and breathe new life into his Blue reimagining, UK style.

To add to that, there are chartbreakers from Bugzy Malone and Tiesto, and warm welcomes back for the tracks of the moment from Oliver Tree and Dermot Kennedy.

Debuts: Teedee

Stormzy - Hide & Seek / Firebabe

Up 2 to number 8 / In at number 26

Oliver Tree vs Robin Schulz - Miss You

Up 1 to number 3

Bugzy Malone ft. Teedee - Out Of Nowhere

Highest New Entry - In at number 18

Dermot Kennedy - Kiss Me

Up 4 to number 21

Tiesto ft. Tate McRae - 10:35

High Climber - Up 21 to number 39

Anne-Marie ft. Aitch - Psycho

Up 7 to number 14

David Guetta ft. Anne-Marie and Aitch - I'm Good (Blue)

Up 6 to number 13

Taylor Swift with Lana Del Rey - Anti-Hero / Snow On The Beach

Fourth week at number 1 / Up 1 to number 14

PRESENTERS: Richie Neville and Abz Breen

Top of the Pops, 10th November 2022

It's a second week at number one for Taylor Swift, but in terms of star power even she may have to take a back seat to the returning Rihanna. Other fresh tracks come from SZA, Fred Again and D4Vd, and at the other end of the spectrum we have Harry Styles reprising his summer megahit.

Debuts: D4Vd

SZA - Shirt

In at number 17

Fred Again - Delilah (Pull Me Out Of This)

High Climber - Up 36 to number 35

Dermot Kennedy - Kiss Me

Up 6 to number 28

Venbee and Goddard - Messy In Heaven

Up 3 to number 11

Harry Styles - As It Was

Up 2 to number 34

D4Vd - Romantic Homicide

Up 1 to number 31

Rihanna - Lift Me Up

Highest New Entry - In at number 3

Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

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, 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, 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, 7th October 2021

Last week we had La Di Da, this week it's Uh Oh and Ah Ah Ah. Trendspotters are predicting either Mmhmmm or Oi Oi for Christmas number 1 - but only if it's recorded by King Ed Sheeran, who looks all but immovable. Also on the show: a debut performance from Shouse, a superstar team-up from Coldplay and BTS, and second performaces from CKay who is riding high in the top ten, and the slowly climbing Dermot Kennedy.

Debuts: Shouse

Shouse - Love Tonight

High Climber - Up 31 to number 23

Coldplay ft BTS - My Universe

Highest New Entry - In at number 3

Dermot Kennedy - Better Days

Up 4 to number 31

CKay - Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ah)

Up 5 to number 4

David Guetta and Mistajam ft John Newman - If You Really Love Me (How Will I Know)

Up 4 to number 27

Anne-Marie with Little Mix - Kiss My (Uh Oh)

Up 2 to number 16

Clean Bandit and Topic ft Wes Nelson - Drive

Up 1 to number 35

Ed Sheeran - Shivers

Third week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Jessica Ennis-Hill and Victoria Pendleton

Top of the Pops, 16th September 2021

Last week it was Kanye West, this week it's Drake: three songs crash into the top ten. But that's not even the biggest news story of the week, because none other than ABBA have reformed to be welcomed into the TOTP studio.

With all that upheaval, almost no one else is climbing the chart, which means we take a deep dive and unearth some gems from lower down. That means the new solo single from Charli XCX, a debut appearance for Sam Fender, Dermot Kennedy's first showing since January, and the duet between Willow (Smith) and Tyler Cole. Friends of the show Little Mix are here with their nail-biting first single as a trio, and King Ed Sheeran continues working his way up the all-time number 1s list.

Debuts: Sam Fender, Tyler Cole

Charli XCX - Good Ones

In at number 44

ABBA - Don't Shut Me Down

In at number 9

Dermot Kennedy - Better Days

Up 12 to number 41

Willow and Tyler Cole - Meet Me At Our Spot

In at number 52

Little Mix - Love (Sweet Love)

In at number 33

Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

Up 6 to number 54

Drake ft Lil Baby and Travis Scott - Girls Want Girls / Fair Trade / Champagne Poetry

Highest New Entry - In at number 2 / In at number 3 / In at number 5

Ed Sheeran with Charli XCX and Sam Fender - Bad Habits

Eleventh week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Richie Neville and Abz Breen

Top of the Pops, 28th January 2021

Olivia Rodrigo holds on at the top but there is stiff competition from friend of the show Anne-Marie, as well as the indomitable Ariana Grande, who recruits a couple of the other performers this week for an exclusive deluxe version of 34+35.

The most unexpected appearance here might be the Longest Johns, riding a wave of sea shanty fever. But there's also a debut from Nuka alongside Derulo, and a return appearance from Kid Laroi.

Debuts: Nuka, The Longest Johns

The Longest Johns - Wellerman

In at number 37

Anne-Marie and KSI vs Digital Farm Animals - Don't Play

Highest New Entry - In at number 2

Kid Laroi - Without You

Up 1 to number 5

Jason Derulo vs Nuka - Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)

Up 3 to number 26

Meduza ft Dermot Kennedy - Paradise

Up 1 to number 6

Doja Cat - Streets

High Climber - Up 39 to number 20

Ariana Grande with Jason Derulo and Doja Cat - 34+35

Up 8 to number 3

Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Dannii Minogue (from the set of the Harry Potter films)

Top of the Pops, 14th January 2021

All the Christmas songs suddenly disappear into the ether, leaving room for some monster climbs by the rest of them. The resulting line-up is more or less a who's who of anyone who's anyone: Justin Bieber, Dua Lipa, Queen Ariana Grande (performing most of her album), Taylor Swift. They are ably supplemented by some chart favourites from the second half of 2020 in Tate McRae, Meduza and KSI.

Perhaps the most surprising climb of all is the Little Mix song, which leaps the eight places needed to hit the top almost out of nowhere. They give an ebullient performance, and give us a bit of their (so far) more minor hit No Time For Tears as an encore.

Debuts: None.

Dua Lipa - Levitating

Up 63 to number 5

Justin Bieber - Anyone

Highest New Entry - In at number 4

Taylor Swift - Willow

Up 22 to number 12

KSI ft. Craig David and Digital Farm Animals - Really Love

Up 22 to number 14

Meduza ft. Dermot Kennedy - Without You

Up 19 to number 10

Tate McRae - You Broke Me First

High Climber - Up 65 to number 9

Ariana Grande - 34 + 35 / Positions / POV

Up 12 to number 8 / Up 23 to number 22 / Back in at number 52

Little Mix - Sweet Melody / No Time For Tears

Up 8 to number 1 / Up 38 to number 24

PRESENTER: Heidi Range (from an abandoned hairdresser's)

Top of the Pops, 3rd December 2020

It's December and the big guns are coming out. BTS, Mendes and Bieber and Cyrus and Lipa all take their best shots at the chart, although for the moment they are still behind Ariana Grande and also the surprisingly resilient Wes Nelson and Hardy Caprio.

In an effort to avoid too much repetition, we pass over Mariah and a couple of others and dig down to number 33 for a classic Christmas toe-tapper from Shakin' Stevens.

Debuts: None.

Dua Lipa - Levitating

Up 5 to number 5

Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber - Monster

In at number 9

Meduza ft. Dermot Kennedy - Paradise

Up 2 to number 18

BTS - Life Goes On

In at number 10

Wes Nelson and Hardy Caprio - See Nobody

Up 1 to number 4

From The Vault: Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

Back in at number 33

Miley Cyrus with Dua Lipa - Prisoner

Highest New Entry - In at number 8

Ariana Grande - Positions / 34 + 35

Fifth week at number 1 / Up 4 to number 13

PRESENTERS: Hugh Grant and Martine McCutcheon

Top of the Pops, 19th November 2020

It's a loaded show for pop fans this week. Ariana Grande holds on at number one and also has another highest new entry. Shawn Mendes is back with his new single. And there are microclimbs for longer-running hits from Clean Bandit, Joel Corry and the modern day version of Phats and Small, Sigala.

We've also got a couple of exclusives, as Dermot Kennedy invites Meduza to zazz up Giants in a medley with their collaborative hit, and friends of the show Little Mix provide a gorgeous harmonized backing for Justin Bieber as well as performing their own double bill.

Debuts: None.

Shawn Mendes - Wonder

Up 5 to number 20

Little Mix - Sweet Melody / Confetti

Up 9 to number 3 / In at number 23

Dermot Kennedy vs Meduza - Giants / Paradise

Up 3 to number 16 / High Climber - Up 11 to number 24

Clean Bandit ft. Mabel - Tick Tock

Up 1 to number 13

Sigala and James Arthur - Lasting Lover

Up 3 to number 12

Joel Corry ft. MNEK - Head and Heart

Up 3 to number 15

Justin Bieber with Little Mix - Holy

Up 1 to number 9

Ariana Grande - Positions / POV

Third week at number 1 / Highest New Entry - In at number 22

PRESENTER: Graham Norton

Top of the Pops, 29th October 2020

It's all about the Internet Money crew this week, as Gunna and co become one of the more unexpected number 1s of the year in their tenth week on the chart. Wes Nelson and Hardy Caprio seem to be in the middle of a similar climb - will they be next?

We've also got reappearances from Joel Corry and MNEK and Dermot Kennedy, and a new entry from Digga D. International megastars BTS also join a high-quality line-up, and James Arthur mixes in a little bit of his solo hit with the Sigala track.

Debuts: None.

Joel Corry ft. MNEK - Head and Heart

Up 5 to number 11

Dua Lipa - Levitating

Up 9 to number 13

Dermot Kennedy - Giants

Up 5 to number 12

Digga D - Chingy (It's Whatever)

Highest New Entry - In at number 18

BTS - Dynamite

Up 5 to number 15

Wes Nelson and Hardy Caprio - See Nobody

Up 9 to number 6

Sigala ft. James Arthur - Lasting Lover / Train Wreck

Up 3 to number 10 / In at number 69

Gunna ft. Don Tolliver and Nav - Lemonade

Up 2 to number 1

PRESENTERS: Robbie Fowler and Steve MacManaman

Top of the Pops, 8th October 2020

Big breakthrough for Tate McRae this week, as her slow-burning ballad makes the top ten for the first time. Also scaling new peaks are Gunna and the rest of the Internet Money guys, and lower down, Dermot Kennedy. Star power comes from Miley Cyrus, freshness from Da Beatfreakz, and class from friend of the show the Weeknd.

The show is bookended by performances from 24KGoldn, with Clean Bandit to open the show and holding on at number 1 in his own right to close it.

Debuts: None

Clean Bandit ft. Mabel and 24KGoldn - Tick Tock

Up 2 to number 11

Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky

Up 4 to number 7

Tate McRae - You Broke Me First

Up 6 to number 9

Beatfreakz ft. DigDat, Dutchavelli and B Young - 808

Highest New Entry - In at number 20

The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

Long Runner - Up 1 to number 25 after 44 weeks

Dermot Kennedy - Giants

Up 2 to number 16

Gunna ft. Don Tolliver and Nav - Lemonade

Up 3 to number 5

24KGoldn ft. Iann Dior - Mood

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range (from an ice rink)

Top of the Pops, 24th September 2020

She may have had one of the albums of the year, but we haven't seen that much of friend of the show Dua Lipa on TOTP lately. She puts that right this week, sneaking into the line-up as Hallucinate rises to number 31. Also breaking the surface is Dermot Kennedy, while Simba and Gunna make rather flashier inroads.

Paul Woolford and Diplo have quietly floated up into the top ten so they make a third appearance in six weeks, while Cardi B and Megan remain at the top, glee unabated.

Debuts: Don Tolliver, Nav.

Clean Bandit ft. Mabel and 24KGoldn - Tick Tock

Up 2 to number 12

Dua Lipa - Hallucinate

Up 2 to number 31

Dermot Kennedy - Giants

Up 4 to number 18

Simba ft. KSI - Loose

Highest New Entry - In at number 14

Calvin Harris ft. The Weeknd - Over Now

Up 1 to number 34

Gunna ft. Don Tolliver and Nav - Lemonade

High Climber - Up 21 to number 16

Paul Woolford and Diplo ft. Kareen Lomax - Looking For Me

Up 3 to number 5

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion - WAP

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh (in the royal box in an empty theatre)

Top of the Pops, 30th January 2020

We're still ground to a halt near the top of the chart, so most of the interest is lower down, including a couple of rare invitees from outside the top 40. Not that that means a drop in star power: BTS are a pretty big name after all.

The exception is Eminem (with beyond-the-grave support from Juice WRLD) who crashes in at the top spot. Still got it.

Debuts: None

Young T and Bugsey ft Headie One - Don't Rush

Up 1 to number 31

BTS - Black Swan

In at number 46

1975 - Me & You Together Song

In at number 35

Digdat ft Aitch - Ei8ht Mile

In at number 9

Trevor Daniel - Falling

Up 1 to number 24

Jonas Brothers - What A Man Gotta Do

In at number 33

Dermot Kennedy - Power Over Me

Up 7 to number 53

Eminem ft Juice WRLD - Godzilla

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

Top of the Pops, 23rd January 2020

After a couple of eventful weeks the upper reaches of the chart have slowed down a bit, but there's plenty of action outside the top 20. Camila Cabello and Selena Gomez are both charging up, and British urban artists Darkoo and AJ Tracy both make mini-climbs - the latter brings us an exclusive all star remix of his 2019 behemoth.

Nearer the top we've got the high new entry from Future, and a Sheeranless version of Stormzy's number 1 (with a bit of number 21 mixed in).

Debuts: DaBaby

Darkoo ft One Acen - Gangsta

Up 7 to number 26

Future - Life Is Good

Highest New Entry - In at number 3

Halsey - You Should Be Sad

In at number 37

Dermot Kennedy - Outnumbered / Power Over Me

Up 2 to number 38 / Back in at number 60

Selena Gomez - Rare / Lose You To Love Me

In at number 28 / Up 2 to number 18

Camila Cabello ft DaBaby - My Oh My

Up 1 to number 20

AJ Tracey ft Jorja Smith, Darkoo, One Acen and Stormzy - Ladbroke Grove

Up 2 to number 34

Stormzy ft Burna Boy - Own It / Still Disappointed

Third week at number 1 / In at number 21

PRESENTERS: Ainslie Harriott and Paul Hollywood

Top of the Pops, 24th October 2019

Three weeks at number 1 now for Tones & I; where did that come from? She performs a candlelight mix this week.

Lower down the chart, we've got a big new entry from Harry Styles and a pretty big chartbreaker from Tiesto and Mabel. Chart colossus Lewis Capaldi is back again, and he also guests on a nice exclusive version of Circles with Post Malone.

Debuts: None

Tiesto ft. Mabel - God Is A Dancer

High Climber - Up 17 to number 15

Harry Styles - Lights Up

Highest New Entry - In at number 3

Regard - Ride It

Up 1 to number 2

Headie One - Both

Up 4 to number 13

Dermot Kennedy - Outnumbered

Up 2 to number 6

Lewis Capaldi - Bruises

Up 7 to number 9

Post Malone with Lewis Capaldi - Circles

Up 1 to number 4

Tones & I - Dance Monkey

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 10th October 2019

There are a lot of familiar faces on the show this week - Sam Smith, chart mastodon Lewis Capaldi, Post Malone, friend of the show Aitch - but one thing we did NOT expect was the number 1. Tones & I leaps like Katarina Johnson-Thompson to take the top spot, so maximum credit to her.

Debuts: None

Post Malone - Circles

Up 3 to number 6

Lewis Capaldi - Bruises

Highest Re-Entry - In at number 11

Lil Tecca - Ransom

Up 1 to number 10

Dermot Kennedy - Outnumbered

Up 3 to number 14

Young T and Bugsey ft. Aitch - Strike A Pose

Up 1 to number 9

Sam Smith - How Do You Sleep

Up 1 to number 12

D-Block Europe ft. Dave - Playing For Keeps / Outside

In at number 21 / In at number 43

Tones & I - Dance Monkey

Up 6 to number 1

PRESENTERS: Zoella and Joe Swash

Top of the Pops, 19th September 2019

What a year it's been for new friend of the show Aitch. He performs two strong new entries this week, as well as returning to guest on the Young T and Bugsey track. The mighty Stormzy also does double duty, bringing us solo sounds as well as reprising his turn on Take Me Back To London, still at the top.

We've also got energetic chart breakthroughs from Tones & I and Regard, another big new entry from Post Malone, and a second appearance for the reflective sounds of Dermot Kennedy.

Debuts: Tones & I, Ziezie, Tyreezy, Regard

Tones & I - Dance Monkey

High Climber - Up 12 to number 19

Aitch ft. Ziezie and Tyreezy - Buss Down / Already

In at number 21 / In at number 43

Dermot Kennedy - Outnumbered

Up 3 to number 23

Stormzy - Sounds Of The Skeng

In at number 20

Regard - Ride It

Up 10 to number 15

Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding

Highest New Entry - In at number 11

Young T and Bugsey ft. Aitch - Strike A Pose

Up 1 to number 9

Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy - Take Me Back To London

Third week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Heidi Range, Jade Ewen and Amelle Berrabah

Top of the Pops, 5th September 2019

It must be Q4: Taylor Swift smashes into the chart with three tracks from her new album, the biggest of which she performs in person. King Ed Sheeran also takes a salmon-like leap up to the top spot.

New faces this week are Sam Feldt (well, newish) and Dermot Kennedy, while Lizzo follows up her debut a fortnight ago by performing two songs this week.

Debuts: Rani, Dermot Kennedy

Sam Feldt ft. Rani - Post Malone

Up 8 to number 26

Taylor Swift - Lover

Up 9 to number 14

Dermot Kennedy - Outnumbered

Up 1 to number 30

Jax Jones ft. Bebe Rexha - Harder

Up 1 to number 24

Headie One - Both

Up 4 to number 18

Joel Corry - Sorry

Up 3 to number 7

Lizzo - Truth Hurts / Good As Hell

Up 6 to number 31 / In at number 63

Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy - Take Me Back To London

Up 10 to number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy