Top of the Pops, 16th August 2018

A strange week. Partly because of a chart attack by Travis Scott (who performs his biggest two tracks tonight) there are very few climbers in the top 40, so we delve down into the lower reaches and dig up some sparklers. These include several tunes that have been patiently awaiting their breakthroughs for a while, from the likes of CamelPhat, Anne-Marie and Steel Banglez.

Drake holds steady at the top, and Juice Wrld continues to mope his way towards the top ten.

Debuts: Hardy Caprio, One Acen

David Guetta ft. Anne-Marie - Don't Leave Me Alone

Up 4 to number 42

Bazzi ft. Camila Cabello - Beautiful

In at number 46

Juice Wrld - Lucid Dreams

Up 1 to number 11

Steel Banglez ft. MO and Yxng Bane - Your Lovin'

Up 5 to number 51

Hardy Caprio ft. One Acen - Best Life

Up 4 to number 37

CamelPhat ft. Au/Ra - Panic Room

Up 1 to number 34

Travis Scott - Sicko Mode / Stargazing

Highest New Entries - In at number 9 / In at number 15

Drake - In My Feelings

Fourth week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Richie Neville and Abz Breen

Top of the Pops, 16th February 2017

Stormzy is the highest new entry this week, so he brings an intense performance to the TOTP stage, in a double-header with previous generation MC Tinie Tempah. There are also new hits from Snakehips and Train, and an unusual brass-led version of Human from Rag 'N' Bone Man.

Ed Sheeran is still at the top (and almost-top) of the chart, and this week he combines both hits into an exclusive medley for us despite their clashing styles.

Debuts: Train

Tinie Tempah ft. Tinashe - Text From Your Ex

Up 10 to number 24

Stormzy - Big For Your Boots

Highest New Entry - In at number 8

Train - Play That Song

High Climber - Up 22 to number 25

Snakehips ft. MØ - Don't Leave

Up 10 to number 29

Rag 'N' Bone Man - Human

Up 2 to number 5

Sage The Gemini - Now And Later

Up 4 to number 17

Dua Lipa - Be The One

Up 1 to number 10

Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You / Castle On The Hill

Fifth weeks at numbers 1 and 2

PRESENTER: Jessie J

Top of the Pops, 18th August 2016

Double Bieber today, as Justin has both the number one single AND the highest new entry (alongside DJ Snake). Not sure if anyone's ever done that before with two different songs. There's double MØ as well as the co-number 1er has her own Final Song climbing the chart.

The rest of this week's line-up is fairly varied, featuring dance from TIEKS, leftfield pop from Christine and the Queens, centrefield pop from Fifth Harmony, and the entire line-up of that song from the Suicide Squad film - incidentally giving the icon Lil Wayne his TOTP debut.

Debuts: Lil Wayne, Logic, Ty Dolla $ign, X Ambassadors, TIEKS, Dan Harkna

DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You

Highest New Entry - In at number 2

Martin Garrix ft. Bebe Rexha - In The Name Of Love

Up 11 to number 41

Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Logic, Ty Dolla $ign, Imagine Dragons and X Ambassadors - Sucker For Pain

High Climber - Up 37 to number 28

Fifth Harmony - All In My Head (Flex)

Up 11 to number 25

Christine and the Queens - Tilted

Up 1 to number 20

TIEKS ft. Dan Harkna - Sunshine

Up 37 to number 31

MØ - Final Song

Up 1 to number 14

Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber and MØ - Cold Water

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: Miquita Oliver

Top of the Pops, 11th August 2016

At the risk of the universe imploding, we have girlband M.O. and rubberised Dane MØ on the same show this week. For safety, we put them at opposite ends of the line-up, so the girls get to open proceedings while their near-namesake takes full vocal duties on Cold Water - we can't expect Bieber to be available every week, can we?

We may not have young Justin but we do have something quite special: the reigning queen of pop Rihanna is here, alongside Calvin Harris, for a three-song superhit medley. There are also a few welcome debuts and fresh material from Twenty One Pilots.

Debuts: Halsey, Anne-Marie, Joel Adams.

M.O. - Who Do You Think Of?

Up 7 to number 18

Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna - This Is What You Came For / Too Good / Needed Me

Up 1 to number 7 / Up 2 to number 8 / Up 3 to number 45

Chainsmokers ft. Halsey - Closer

Highest New Entry - In at number 33

Anne-Marie - Alarm

Up 10 to number 22

Twenty One Pilots - Heathens

High Climber: Up 14 to number 20

Joel Adams - Please Don't Go

Up 3 to number 50

Charlie Puth ft. Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Any More

Up 2 to number 26

Major Lazer ft. MØ - Cold Water

Second week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Abz Breen and Richie Neville

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, 22nd October 2015

How long has it been since Olly Murs featured? Too long. But we waste no time by asking him to open the show this week. Rather more recent TOTPers Pia Mia and the Weeknd are also here, and in fact they team up for another spellbinding one-off interpretation of Do It Again.

The rest is quite eclectic, featuring rock, throwback house, acoustic singerliness, reggae, bhangra and gospel - the last three of those coming in a curveball reworked version of the Major Lazer track.

Debuts: The 1975, Jamie Lawson, Zara Larsson.

Olly Murs - Kiss Me

Highest New Entry - In at number 16

The 1975 - Love Me

In at number 20

Jamie Lawson - Wasn't Expecting That

High Climber - Up 34 to number 6

MNEK and Zara Larsson - Never Forget You

Up 13 to number 19

Major Lazer ft. MO and Bebe Winans - Lean On

Long Runner - Up 1 to number 27 after 33 weeks

The Weeknd - The Hills

Up 18 to number 5

Pia Mia ft. The Weeknd - Do It Again

Up 1 to number 9

Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean

Fifth week at number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 23rd July 2015

Woo, the Little Mix girls are back for real after their surprise cameo last week, splashing down at number 1. The rest is mainly dance of various speeds and moods, with OMI providing a little breathing space. Years and Years drop down the chart with Shine, but climb with two other tracks so are allowed to return with a medley.

Debuts: Sam Feldt, Kimberly Anne.

Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MO - Lean On

Up 2 to number 11

Sam Feldt ft. Kimberly Anne - Show Me Love

In at number 4

Avicii - Waiting For Love / The Nights

Back in at number 6 / Up 13 to number 45

Lost Frequencies - Are You With Me

Up 1 to number 3

Years & Years - King / Desire

Up 6 to number 26 / Back in at number 67

Maroon 5 - Sugar

Long Runner - Up 1 to number 32 after 26 weeks

OMI - Cheerleader

Up 3 to number 9

Little Mix - Black Magic

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

Top of the Pops, 25th June 2015

Celebrating his fourth week at number 1, Jason Derulo also becomes the latest vocalist to put his spin on Uptown Funk as it climbs the chart yet again. And speaking of exclusive performances, David Guetta also invites Little Mix to take the Minaj role on Hey Mama, and they don't do a bad job. Major Lazer and Fetty Wap are back, and hello, friend of the show Ed Sheeran is bobbing up the chart once again.

Debuts: Foy Vance.

Major Lazer ft. MO - Lean On

Up 1 to number 2

Fetty Wap - Trap Queen

Up 4 to number 8

Jessie J - Flashlight

Up 1 to number 15

Ed Sheeran - Photograph

High Climber - Up 12 to number 22

Rudimental ft. Foy Vance - Never Let You Go

Up 1 to number 29

David Guetta ft. Little Mix - Hey Mama

Up 1 to number 9

Mark Ronson ft. Jason Derulo - Uptown Funk

Up 1 to number 18

Jason Derulo - Want To Want Me

Fourth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Marvin Humes

Top of the Pops, 11th June 2015

It's an unusually high-flying week this week: every single act on the show is in the top 20. That includes new incomers from boy band Lawson and sing-and-rap act Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih, and longer runners from Fetty Wap, Major Lazer and Kygo. Jason Derulo holds firm at the top, one-week chart toppers being the exception so far this year.

Debuts: Natalie La Rose.

Lawson - Roads

Highest New Entry - In at number 11

Jessie J - Flashlight

Up 1 to number 13

Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih - Somebody

High Climber - Up 61 to number 2

Fetty Wap - Trap Queen

Up 5 to number 15

Galantis - Runaway (U&I)

Up 1 to number 7

Major Lazer ft. MO - Lean On

Up 3 to number 4

Kygo ft. Conrad - Firestone

Up 1 to number 17

Jason Derulo - Want To Want Me

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Top of the Pops, 30th April 2015

Lots of activity in the chart this week. There are returns for the slowly climbing Major Lazer and Kygo, who also drops in a newer hit from lower down the chart. Nick Jonas is back, Conor Maynard flies the British flag and we even have an Oscar winner in Jennifer Hudson. Wiz Khalifa celebrates his second week at number one, and this time we're pleased to welcome him and Charlie Puth to the UK for a studio performance.

Debuts: Jennifer Hudson, Parson James, Michael Calfan.

Iggy Azalea ft. Jennifer Hudson - Trouble

Up 8 to number 13

Kygo ft. Conrad and Parson James - Firestone / Stole The Show

Up 2 to number 8 / Up 20 to number 53

Michael Calfan - Treasured Soul

In at number 17

Major Lazer ft. MO - Lean On

Up 7 to number 6

Conor Maynard - Talking About

In at number 44

Nick Jonas - Jealous

Up 1 to number 5

Clean Bandit - Stronger

Highest New Entry: In at number 4

Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth - See You Again

Second week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Abs Breen and Richie Neville

Top of the Pops, 16th April 2015

We have a week of climbers, mostly. Major Lazer and OMI were both on the show two weeks ago; they have been climbing since then so we now welcome them back, along with fellow near-constant risers Kygo and Conrad. Years and Years have also bobbed back up, though none bob so high as Jess Glynne.

In the new entry department we welcome a revitalised Nick Jonas and Voice winner Stevie McRorie, as well as Dutch deep housers Pep & Rash. Welcome all.

Debuts: Nick Jonas, Stevie McRorie, Pep & Rash.

Major Lazer ft. MO - Lean On

High Climber - Up 14 to number 24

Nick Jonas - Jealous

Highest New Entry - In at number 2

Stevie McRorie - Lost Stars

In at number 6

OMI - Cheerleader

Up 10 to number 27

Pep & Rash - Rumors

In at number 17

Kygo ft. Conrad - Firestone

Up 4 to number 11

Years and Years - King

Up 1 to number 3

Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 2nd April 2015

Top of the Pops is even more varied than usual this week. We've got house, grime, reggae, Major Lazer's reggae-bhangra thing, and drum and bass. We also bring you slowies from Olly Murs and friend of the show Ed Sheeran, who performs next to a camp fire, encircled by a swaying audience. Lovely.

Debuts: Major Lazer, MO, KSI, P Money, OMI.

Kygo ft. Conrad - Firestone

High Climber - Up 15 to number 22

Major Lazer ft. MO - Lean On

In at number 48

KSI ft. P Money - Lamborghini

In at number 30

Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

Up 1 to number 19

OMI - Cheerleader

Up 14 to number 47

Sigma ft. Labrinth - Higher

In at number 12

Olly Murs - Seasons

In at number 41

Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: JB Gill