Top of the Pops, 8th May 2025

There's quite an exciting crop of new entries this week, spearheaded by the returning Lorde but also featuring Sleep Token and hoary belter Benson Boone.

There are new chart peaks for WizTheMC and debutante Skye Newman, and a surprising appearance for four-year-old Charli XCX song that has just caught fire online. Jack Black is also back, with an even more ostentatious and earth-shaking performance than last time.

Debuts: Skye Newman

Benson Boone - Mystical Magical

In at number 17

WizTheMC and Bees & Honey - Show Me Love

Up 1 to number 3

Lorde - What Was That

Highest New Entry - In at number 11

Sleep Token - Damocles

In at number 25

Skye Newman - Hairdresser

Up 13 to number 38

Charli XCX - Party 4 U

High Climber - Up 35 to number 34

Jack Black - Steve's Lava Chicken

Up 2 to number 9

Alex Warren - Ordinary

Seventh week at number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 4th July 2024

The Glastonbury effect is alive and well for Coldplay, who bound onto the show with their first appearance since 2022. Charli XCX might be another beneficiary, and she brings Lorde along with her for a rare TOTP appearance.

Elsewhere there are a couple of impressive chart charges by Jordan Adetunji and Tommy Richman. Sabrina Carpenter makes it two weeks at numbers 1 and 2.

Debuts: Jordan Adetunji

David Guetta ft. OneRepublic - I Don't Wanna Wait

Up 1 to number 22

Charli XCX ft. Lorde - Girl So Confusing

In at number 28

Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us

Up 7 to number 14

Jordan Adetunji - Kehlani

Up 26 to number 29

Tommy Richman - Devil Is A Lie

High Climber - Up 27 to number 21

Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)

Up 2 to number 3

Coldplay - Feelslikeimfallinginlove

Highest New Entry - In at number 25

Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

Top of the Pops, 24th June 2021

There's a lot of chart news this week. Lorde is back, but such is the power of Olivia Rodrigo that New Zealand's pop yoda is actually outdone by Britain's own Rodrigo-alike Mimi Webb. Maneskin continue to defy conventional wisdom about Eurovision winners and rock music in general by now having ANOTHER hit with their version of Beggin'. And with the football starting up, Three Lions is looking in pretty good shape to go higher than its current placing of 22.

Among all that chart bedlam, some credit should go to Masked Wolf and Tom Zanetti, who have both racked up impressive runs in the top 20 and deserve their repeat appearances here.

Debuts: None

Masked Wolf - Astronaut In The Ocean

Up 1 to number 15

Lorde - Solar Power

In at number 17

Mimi Webb - Dumb Love

Highest New Entry - In at number 12

Tom Zanetti - Didn't Know

Up 4 to number 14

Doja Cat - Need To Know

In at number 37

From The Vault: Baddiel and Skinner and the Lightning Seeds - Three Lions

Back in at number 22

Maneskin - I Wanna Be Your Slave / Beggin'

Up 5 to number 7 / In at number 73

Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U

Fourth week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Saoirse Ronan and Olivia Coleman

Top of the Pops, 20th April 2017

BOOM! Harry Styles crashes in at the top. Of course from here there's only "one direction" he can go, but it may be a few weeks before he gets shifted. The other big newies are the infectious On My Mind from Disciples and Jason Derulo's star-studded rudey collaboration, and those are backed up by a phunky phalanx of British and overseas hits. New Zealand, Scandinavia (sorry don't know which country), the good old US and the imaginary hoary city of Soulsville are all represented.

Debuts: Harry Styles (as solo).

Disciples - On My Mind

Highest New Entry - In at number 34

Anne-Marie - Ciao Adios

Up 1 to number 12

Lorde - Green Light

Up 7 to number 20

Rag 'n' Bone Man - Skin

Up 5 to number 18

Jason Derulo ft. Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign - Swalla

High Climber - Up 10 to number 24

Martin Jensen ft. Anne-Marie - Solo Dance

Up 1 to number 7

Little Mix - No More Sad Songs

Up 1 to number 16

Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTERS: Abz Breen and Richie Neville

Top of the Pops, 6th April 2017

Captain Ed Sheeran is still number 1. Frustrated at not being allowed to play Galway Girl, he brings us a bodhran-and-fiddle version of Shape Of You instead, and we have to be grateful.

However, his and Drake's gluts of hits are slipping a bit so there are many climbers from other artistes. Lorde reaches a new peak with Green Light, while Dua Lipa, Rag 'n' Bone Man and friends of the show Little Mix all have two tunes climbing the chart, making the line-up medley-heavy and none the worse for it. Stormzy, international megastar Selena Gomez, and the new one from ZAYN and his all-caps buddies are also present.

Debuts: None.

Lorde - Green Light

Up 14 to number 26

ZAYN ft. PARTYNEXTDOOR - Still Got Time

Highest New Entry - In at number 24

Dua Lipa - Scared To Be Lonely / Be The One

Up 10 to number 20 / Up 8 to number 36

Stormzy - Big For Your Boots

Up 2 to number 31

Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

Up 12 to number 7

Rag 'n' Bone Man - Human / Skin

Up 4 to number 16 / Up 30 to number 30

Little Mix - Touch / No More Sad Songs

Up 3 to number 38 / Back in at number 51

Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You

Twelfth week at number 1

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Top of the Pops, 16th March 2017

It's the moment we'd all awaited with bated breath: Captain Ed Sheeran releases his album and dominates the top 20, leaving little room for anything else and in particular making it very hard for other songs to climb the chart. But it's certainly historic. We're pretty restrained here on TOTP and stick to just four Ed songs, viz, his still-dominant number 1 and his three highest entries. These form a fun triptych where he meets a girl in the world's most authentic Irish bar, falls head over heels in love, then gets dumped and loveably slags off her new fella.

Aside from that, we've actually managed to cobble together a fairly watchable show. There are biggish new entries from Lorde (hugely anticipated) and Little Mix (friends of the show), plus lower-down climbers from Julia Michaels, J Hus, Bruno Mars and Martin Jensen's unkillable dance track. Fresh, diverse, what more could you ask for?

Debuts: None.

Little Mix - No More Sad Songs

In at number 39

Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl / Perfect / New Man

Highest New Entry - In at number 2 / In at number 4 / In at number 5

Julia Michaels - Issues

Up 10 to number 44

J Hus - Did You See

In at number 63

Martin Jensen - Solo Dance

Up 14 to number 25

Bruno Mars - That's What I Like

Up 5 to number 42

Lorde - Green Light

In at number 28

Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You

Ninth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Ellie Goulding

Top of the Pops, 8th October 2015

The top of the charts this week belongs to Sam Smith and his toe-tappin' Bond song, and the singer of the moment is also happy to help out friend of the show Pia Mia on a unique and bewitching version of her long-running hit Do It Again. Weirdly, though, Smith's vocals on the Disclosure track are sung this week by Lorde, who combines it with her own new brothers feature Magnets.

The tempo is kept ebullient by Walk The Moon and Little Mix, and super-regular TOTP featuree The Weeknd is also back again, along with Ed Sheeran.

Debuts: Shut Up And Dance, Nick Brewer, Bibi Bourelly.

Walk The Moon - Shut Up And Dance

Up 1 to number 12

Disclosure ft. Lorde - Omen / Magnets

Up 1 to number 29 / In at number 71

Nick Brewer ft. Bibi Bourelly - Talk To Me

In at number 19

Rudimental ft. Ed Sheeran

In at number 16

The Weeknd - The Hills

Up 4 to number 25

Little Mix - Love Me Like You

In at number 21

Pia Mia ft. Sam Smith - Do It Again

Up 1 to number 8

Sam Smith - Writing's On The Wall

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

Top of the Pops, 31st October 2013

Two big new entries from ex-X Factor actors give this show a strong pop showing that's offset by dance from Showtek and Ben Pearce (third time on, this time with Halloween-suited dancers). Drake's busy, but Majid Jordan gives a special, spine-tingling solo rendition of their long-running joint hit. And Robin Thicke does a two-song medley before we go from crass to class and welcome Lorde for her first appearance, first single and first number one.

Union J - Beautiful Life

In at number 8

Showtek - Booyah

In at number 5

James Arthur - You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You

In at number 2

Majid Jordan - Hold On, We're Going Home

Up 2 to number 10

Ben Pearce - What I Might Do

Up 4 to number 12

From the Vault: Blackstreet - No Diggity

Back in at number 61

Robin Thicke - Give It 2 U / Blurred Lines

Up 13 to number 15 / Up 7 to number 26

Lorde - Royals

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh