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, 9th September 2021

Momentarily taking some of the spotlight from King Ed Sheeran, none other than Kanye West blusters into town, riding a wave of three big instahits from his latest album. But even their star power might not quite match up to the combined wattage of Elton John and Dua Lipa. Or from a global perspective, BTS.

In addition, there's let another new track from hit machine Doja Cat, a David Guetta song that's been bubbling under for the last six weeks, and a very impressive chart climb by Glass Animals. And dancefloor royalty Becky Hill raises the tempo as always.

Debuts: Mistajam

Glass Animals - Heat Waves

High Climber - Up 42 to number 18

Elton John and Dua Lipa - Cold Heart

Up 12 to number 23

Doja Cat - Get Into It (Yuh)

In at number 42

David Guetta and Mistajam ft John Newman - If You Really Love Me

Up 3 to number 40

BTS - Butter

Back in at number 32

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

In at number 36

Kanye West - Hurricane / Jail / Off The Grid

Highest New Entry - In at number 7 / In at number 11 / In at number 15

Ed Sheeran with BTS - Bad Habits

Tenth 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, 30th July 2015

Little Mix hang on at the top, returning more vivacious than ever, and there is plenty of interest further down the chart as well, with Nick Jonas, The Score and even the Chemical Brothers treating us to a range of styles. Friends of the show John Newman and Ed Sheeran also return after comparatively long spells away.

Debuts: The Score, the Chemical Brothers (?).

John Newman - Come And Get It

Highest New Entry - In at number 5

Nick Jonas - Jealous

Long Runner - Up 4 to number 42 after 16 weeks

Ed Sheeran - Photograph

Up 2 to number 17

Chemical Brothers - Go

Up 5 to number 48

The Score - Oh My Love

Up 4 to number 43

Calvin Harris ft. Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love

In at number 7

5 Seconds Of Summer - She's Kinda Hot

In at number 18

Little Mix - Black Magic

Second week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Abz Breen and Richie Neville

Top of the Pops, 8th January 2015

We're back after the (genuinely made and broadcast) Christmas TOTP and with the chart in its annual gift-voucher period, several of the year's biggest hits are climbing once again. Hence medleys from year-defining acts George Ezra (celebrating the number 1 album) and Bandit/Glynne, as well as the quietly popular Guetta/Martin combo, alongside more current hits from Philip George and Blonde.

John Newman pops in without Calvin Harris for a solo rendition of Blame, accompanied by six people dressed exactly like him doing the same irresistible dance moves. And the number one is Mark Ronson, but sadly we can only show the video. Our producers are working frantically to get him in the studio should he hold on at the top next week.

Debuts: Philip George.

Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - Real Love / Rather Be

Up 2 to number 14 / Up 22 to number 28

Hozier - Take Me To Church

Up 13 to number 10

John Newman - Blame

Up 3 to number 29

David Guetta feat. Sam Martin - Dangerous / Lovers On The Sun

Up 4 to number 22 / Back in at number 70

Blonde feat. Melissa Steel - I Loved You

Up 4 to number 31

Philip George - Wish You Were Mine

Highest New Entry - Straight in at number 2

George Ezra - Budapest / Blame It On Me

Up 4 to number 17 / Up 4 to number 20

Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Top of the Pops, 30th October 2014

A week of consolidation in the chart sees several songs make micro-climbs, allowing them to come back for a second (or in some cases umpteenth) week. There's an electrifying new entry from Fuse ODG and we dig Tracy Chapman out of the vault, but once again the week is all about that Meghan Trainor (on video though, not in the studio).

Fuse ODG ft. Angel - TINA

In at number 9

The Script - Superheroes

Up 2 to number 19

George Ezra - Blame It On Me / Budapest

Up 1 to number 12 / Up 1 to number 17

Calvin Harris ft. John Newman - Blame

Up 1 to number 8

Sam Smith - I'm Not The Only One

Up 2 to number 10

From the Vault: Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

Back in at number 48

Jessie J - Bang Bang

Up 1 to number 4

Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass

Fourth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Abs from Five

Top of the Pops, 18th September 2014

Blame, blame, blame. George Ezra and friend of the show John Newman are both discussing it this week - Newman in a solo performance because Calvin Harris is off DJing somewhere. We also enjoy an energising turn from Fall Out Boy, and a treat from Christina Aguilera: she is in the building for her feature on the Great Big World song, so who better to take the mic with Clean Bandit for a very special performance of Rather Be. Morose-voiced overgrown choirboy Sam Smith also pops in for the fourth week in a row, by virtue of having multiple tracks climbing the list lately.

Debuts: Fall Out Boy, Ten Walls.

John Legend - All Of Me

Long Runner - Up 1 to number 23 after 32 weeks

Fall Out Boy - Centuries

In at number 22

Sam Smith - Stay With Me / Money On My Mind

Up 1 to number 15 / Up 2 to number 55

Ten Walls - Walking With Elephants

In at number 6

George Ezra - Blame It On Me

Up 7 to number 20

A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera - Say Something

High Climber - Up 15 to number 26

Clean Bandit ft. Christina Aguilera - Rather Be

Up 2 to number 29

John Newman - Blame

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 24th October 2013

This is OneRepublic's week once again, as they celebrate their bounce back to the top with streamers and confetti. Katy Perry also flies the US flag, but a few other high-up Americans are absent this week, allowing Passenger and TOTP stalwarts John Newman and Ellie Goulding to return with quirky twists on their evergreen hits. Newman also celebrates the number one album this week.

Katy Perry - Roar

Up 1 to number 6

Wilkinson - Afterglow

In at number 8

Passenger - Let Her Go

Up 1 to number 24

Iggy Azalea - Change Your Life

In at number 10

Lawson - Juliet

Highest New Entry - In at number 3

John Newman - Love Me Again

Up 4 to number 26

Ellie Goulding - Burn

Up 1 to number 17

OneRepublic - Counting Stars

Up 2 to number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 17th October 2013

A huge number of high new entries this week gives an eclectic show full of fresh material. Eminem and lady-of-the-moment Miley Cyrus both make the transatlantic trip to bump up the star power, while Lucy Spraggan and John Newman each return with a second TOTP performance in two weeks.

John Newman - Cheating

In at number 9

Conor Maynard - R U Crazy

In at number 4

Lucy Spraggan - Tea And Toast

In at number 50

James Blunt - Bonfire Heart

In at number 6

Ylvis - The Fox

High Climber - Up 22 to number 24

Eminem - Berzerk

In at number 2

The Saturdays - Disco Love

In at number 5

Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

Top of the Pops, 10th October 2013

One of the more surprising leaps to number 1 of recent years brings a celebratory performance from a grinning OneRepublic. Elsewhere, we have a good mix of borderline novelty rap, dance and singy-guitary things, plus a rescreening of an Oasis behemoth from back in the day (resurrected by some X Factor audition, I'd bet).

Chase & Status ft Moko - Count On Me

In at number 5

Vamps - Can We Dance

Highest New Entry - In at number 2

John Newman - Love Me Again

Up 2 to number 25

Nelly ft Pharrell Williams - Get Like Me

In at number 19

Lucy Spraggan - Last Night

In at number 18

From the Vault: Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out

Back in at number 71

Dizzee Rascal ft Will.I.Am - Something Really Bad

In at number 10

OneRepublic - Counting Stars

Up 2 to number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

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

Top of the Pops, 11th July 2013

Ke$ha and Will.I.Am - Crazy Kids

High Climber - Up 8 to number 27 - It's been in the chart for a couple of weeks, but only just started making waves. Will and Ke$ha both make the trip to kick off the show with an energetic, hip-swivelling performance.

The Saturdays - Gentleman

In at number 14 - First appearance on the new TOTP for the Saturdays. The girls have a lot of fun with five sharp-suited male dancers.

Gabz - Lighters (The One)

In at number 6 - The former Britain's Got Talent contestant marks her arrival as a proper chart star with an impressive top ten entry.

Mumford and Sons - I Will Wait

Re-entry at number 31 - This week's biggest Glastonbury sales boost is enough to put the nation's favourite scruffcore roustabouts back in the top 40. A TOTP appearance makes a fun counterpart to their main-stage heroics last weekend.

Russ Chimes - Turn Me Out

In at number 40 - The second new face of the week is Russ Chimes, looking for a boost to send him further up the top 40 next week. Lots of dancers and lights here.

From the Vault: Robin S - Show Me Love

Re-entry at number 49 - It's actually the Steve Angello version that's re-entered the lower reaches of the chart, but that's still a great reason to show this fine original performance from way back in 1993.

Coldplay - Viva la Vida

Re-entry at number 45 - This can't be a From the Vault slot because Viva la Vida came too late to be on the original TOTP, but the band come on the show now to put that right. Quite a moment; Chris Martin looks thrilled to be here.

John Newman - Love Me Again

Straight in at number 1 - He was on last week with Rudimental, and here is the man of the moment again with a number 1 smash in his own right.


PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

Top of the Pops, 4th July 2013

Chase and Status ft Louis M^ttrs - Lost & Not Found

In at number 15 - An intense performance from the returning duo (plus friend) to open the show.

The Wanted - Walks Like Rihanna

In at number 4 - First appearance on the new TOTP for the Wanted. They love every minute of it, soaking up the fans' adoration in front of a big screen that shows their amusing video.

Andrea Begley - My Immortal

In at number 30 - Already showing more confidence and signs of true star quality, the Voice winner gives us a stately, dry-ice-infused performance of this evergreen tune. We had the original last week, here's the update.

Leeroy and Nagla - Can't Get Enough

In at number 37 - These two up-and-coming urban artistes show the prime-time audience what they're all about.

The Lumineers - Ho Hey

Up 1 to number 27 - This has been around the top 40 for weeks, so it's great that it's made it onto TOTP. A rousing rendition.

Will.I.Am - Bang Bang

High Climber - Up 39 to number 3 - Will does his robo-thing.

Rudimental and John Newman - Feel the Love

Up 1 to number 38 - Another hit that's been bubbling for a long time makes its way onto the show. John Newman in particular seems like a star in the making...

Icona Pop - I Love It

In at number 1 - A triumphant, effervescent performance from the Swedish newcomers. No Charli XCX although she is sometimes credited on the single - she will bide her time until she has a hit in her own right, which surely cannot be far away.

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh