Top of the Pops, 30th May 2024

It's a Billie Eilish week this week. Although she doesn't quite do enough to knock Sabrina Carpenter off the top (yet), she dominates the top ten with three hits from her new album, two of which are performed on the show. Also doubling up is Natasha Bedingfield, both of whose resurrected bangers are climing the chart this week.

There are also new tracks from Gunna and Tems, and reprises from NewEra and Hozier, plus a tribute to Amy Winehouse to fit in with the new film about her.

Debuts: None

Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten / These Words

Up 3 to number 26 / Up 1 to number 27

Gunna - One Of Wun

High Climber - Up 23 to number 32

Tems - Love Me Jeje

Up 9 to number 36

Hozier - Too Sweet

Up 1 to number 4

NewEra - Birds In The Sky

Up 1 to number 25

From The Vault: Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse - Valerie

Up 1 to number 38

Billie Eilish - Lunch / Chihiro

Highest New Entry - In at number 2 / In at number 7

Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso

Fourth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Radzi Chinyanganya

Top of the Pops, 11th July 2019

There's a lot of polite shuffling about in the chart this week, which gives us the opportunity to showcase a few hits that have been bubbling under for a while: Dominic Fike, Camila Cabello and Martin Garrix are the beneficiaries.

The Glastonbury effect has been pretty muted this year but the Killers are back in the chart. The summer of britrap continues with an entry from Young T and Bugsey, plus last week's debutant Aitch making it two weeks on TOTP in a row, and the biggest chart movement comes from King Ed Sheeran, whose Beautiful People (aided by friend of the show Khalid) joins I Don't Care (this week co-performed by Lewis Capaldi) in the top five.

Debuts: Dominic Fike, Patrick Stump (without Fall Out Boy)

Dominic Fike - 3 Nights

Up 6 to number 20

Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid - Beautiful People

Highest New Entry - In at number 3

Mark Ronson ft. Camila Cabello - Find U Again

Up 6 to number 31

Martin Garrix ft. Macklemore and Patrick Stump - Summer Days

Up 7 to number 26

Young T and Bugsey ft. Aitch - Strike A Pose

Up 5 to number 22

From The Vault: The Killers - Mr Brightside

Back in at number 54

Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait

Up 1 to number 5

Ed Sheeran ft. Lewis Capaldi - I Don't Care

Eighth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

Top of the Pops, 6th June 2019

Not content with a third week at number 1, King Ed Sheeran also has the highest new entry, so he brings along Chance The Rapper and PnB Rock, the other rapper, to perform it. Meanwhile Mark Ronson and Lykke Li finally break into the top 30 and 5 Seconds Of Summer crash the party once more.

Meduza and Kygo (with Rita Ora of course) are becoming regulars here, so they both give us slightly different exclusive versions of their evergreen hits.

Debuts: Lykke Li, PnB Rock

Meduza ft. Goodboys - Piece Of Your Heart

Up 1 to number 6

Mark Ronson ft. Lykke Li - Late Night Feelings

Up 3 to number 30

Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You

Up 3 to number 10

NSG - OT Bop

In at number 17

5 Seconds Of Summer - Easier

In at number 29

Kygo ft. Rita Ora - Carry On

Up 2 to number 26

Young Thug and J Cole - The London

In at number 18

Ed Sheeran ft. Chance The Rapper and PnB Rock - I Don't Care / Cross Me

Third week at number 1 / Highest New Entry - In at number 9

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

Top of the Pops, 10th January 2019

We're over a week into January but the chart is still in retrospective mode, a clearout of Christmas hits making way for some of 2018's biggest tracks to climb back up the chart. There is some fresh material, though: Ariana Grande and Post Malone both have lower-charting companions to their bigger hits, and Jax Jones and kiddie deities Pinkfong both take slow-burning hits to new chart peaks.

The biggest story, though, is Ava Max, who capped off a long chart climb with a jump to number 1 just after Christmas and isn't ready to give up the top spot just yet.

Debuts: Pinkfong

Jax Jones ft. Years and Years - Play

Highest Re-Entry - Back in at number 19

Mark Ronson ft. Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart

Up 11 to number 4

James Arthur and Anne-Marie - Rewrite The Stars

Up 17 to number 8

Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next / Imagine

Up 3 to number 2 / Up 23 to number 20

Post Malone ft. Swae Lee - Sunflower / Wow

Up 16 to number 3 / High Climber - Up 47 to number 5

Pinkfong - Baby Shark

Up 21 to number 6

George Ezra - Shotgun / Hold My Girl / Paradise

Up 26 to number 7 / Up 36 to number 14 / Back in at number 46

Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 13th December 2018

The Christmas factor ramps up here, with bids for Christmas number 1 from Mark Ronson and Dalton Castle and even immovable chart colossus Ariana Grande mixing in a bit of Christmas with her performance.

But amid festive fun from Wham! and James Arthur there's also a surprisingly strong showing from the new Meek Mill album, and Ava Max's surprising rise continues. Plus friends of the show Clean Bandit finally get high enough with the very unseasonal Baby to come and perform it. Would you believe this is Marina and the Diamonds's Top of the Pops debut?

Debuts: Marina and the Diamonds, Dalton Harris, Meek Mill

Mark Ronson ft. Miley Cyrus - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart

In at number 10

Clean Bandit ft. Marina and the Diamonds - Baby

Up 1 to number 25

Dalton Harris ft. James Arthur - The Power Of Love

Highest New Entry - In at number 4

James Arthur and Anne-Marie - Rewrite The Stars

Up 9 to number 8

From The Vault: Wham! - Last Christmas

High Climber - Up 38 to number 14

Meek Mill - Going Bad / What's Free

In at number 17 / In at number 55

Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho

Up 4 to number 2

Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next / Santa Tell Me

Fifth week at number 1 / Back in at number 35

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Top of the Pops, 5th November 2015

Hello! Adele is here. Would you believe it's her TOTP debut?

In fact there's a lot of star power this week. Not only do Justin Bieber and His Illustrious Highness Drake make the trip over once again (probably to try and get a glimpse of the Tottenham Troubadour), they are persuaded to team up for what may be the most awe-inspiring TOTP performance yet of Mark Ronson's Uptown Funk.

Also here are solid gold friends of the show One Direction and Little Mix, as well as a filmic Sam Smith and a passionate MNEK and Larsson.

Debuts: Adele.

Drake - Hotline Bling

Up 1 to number 3

Little Mix - Love Me Like You

Up 4 to number 28

One Direction - Drag Me Down

Up 1 to number 36

Sam Smith - Writing's On The Wall

Up 7 to number 4

MNEK and Zara Larsson - Never Forget You

Up 4 to number 11

Justin Bieber - Sorry

In at number 2

Mark Ronson ft. Justin Bieber and Drake - Uptown Funk

Up 1 to number 48

Adele - Hello

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTERS: Richie Neville and Abz Breen

Top of the Pops, 9th July 2015

Florence + The Machine have been floating around the lower reaches of the chart for a while now, waiting for a week without too many climbers higher up so that they can get on the show. This is that week, so welcome Florence, along with a returning Rita Ora, new guys Krept & Konan, and a triumphant chart-bestraddling performance from Lost Frequencies.

Our exclusive this week is Mark Ronson once again. This time, it's not only Rita Ora but also Ellie Goulding who shake their respective things and invite JB Gill not to believe them.

Debuts: Krept & Konan, Florence + The Machine

Florence + The Machine - Ship To Wreck

Up 4 to number 48

Rita Ora - Poison

Highest New Entry - In at number 3

Birdy - Wings

Back in at number 31

Krept & Konan ft. Jeremih - Freak of the Week

In at number 9

Hozier - Take Me To Church

Long Runner - Up 2 to number 33 after 46 weeks

Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do

Up 1 to number 38

Mark Ronson ft. Rita Ora & Ellie Goulding - Uptown Funk

Up 2 to number 19

Lost Frequencies - Are You With Me

Up 1 to number 1

PRESENTER: JB Gill

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, 14th May 2015

Our exclusive performance this week comes courtesy of livewire popstrel Tove Lo. She's in the studio thanks to her own hit Talking Body, so is the perfect person to fill in for Bruno Mars on a slightly unhinged version of Mark Ronson's Uptown Funk.

There are also returns for friends of the show Ed Sheeran and Hozier, and Mumford and Sons celebrate their number 1 album with a three-track showcase medley.

Debuts: Alex Newell.

Blonde ft. Alex Newell - All Cried Out

Highest New Entry - In at number 4

Mumford & Sons - Believe / The Wolf / Snake Eyes

Up 17 to number 29 / Back in at number 66 / Up 2 to number 68

Hozier - Take Me To Church

Up 1 to number 16

Ed Sheeran - Bloodstream

Up 1 to number 15

From the Vault: Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

Back in at number 69

Tove Lo - Talking Body

In at number 17

Mark Ronson ft. Tove Lo - Uptown Funk

Up 1 to number 11

OMI - Cheerleader

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

Top of the Pops, 9th April 2015

The resurgent TOTP is spoiling its viewers with special exclusive performances. In the absence of Demi, Olly Murs duets with none other than Tove Lo. In the absence of Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson backs up the living legend that is Dappy. In the presence of two top 40 climbers, Sia gives an arty mashup of them both. And friend of the show Ed Sheeran invites remix pals Rudimental to perform Bloodstream with him, so we get that guy in the hat going 'Yeah, yeah' over it.

Jess Glynne is still number 1.

Debuts: None.

Tove Lo - Heroes (We Could Be)

Up 4 to number 39

Olly Murs ft. Tove Lo - Up

Up 3 to number 28

Maroon 5 - Sugar

Up 2 to number 7

Dappy - Beautiful Me

Highest New Entry - In at number 19

Mark Ronson ft. Dappy - Uptown Funk

Up 3 to number 5

Sia - Elastic Heart / Chandelier

Up 13 to number 10 / Up 3 to number 29

Ed Sheeran vs Rudimental - Bloodstream

High Climber - Up 24 to number 2

Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

Top of the Pops, 26th March 2015

A bit of TOTP musical chairs this week produces some special one-offs. Bruno Mars is out of town so Mark Ronson calls on Olly Murs AND Maroon 5's Adam Levine to bring their song and dance man talents to Uptown Funk. Murs in turn recruits Sam Smith for the Lovato role on Up, before returning the favour to do justice to John Legend's lines on still-number-one Lay Me Down.

We also see James Bay scale a new chart peak, and a trio of dance hits rounds out the show.

Debut: Tough Love.

Maroon 5 - Sugar

Up 1 to number 10

Mark Ronson ft. Olly Murs and Adam Levine - Uptown Funk

Up 1 to number 8

James Bay - Hold Back The River

High Climber - Up 6 to number 4

Tough Love - So Freakin' Tight

Highest New Entry - In at number 11

Marlon Roudette - When The Beat Drops Out

Up 2 to number 12

Philip George - Wish You Were Mine

Up 1 to number 25

Olly Murs ft. Sam Smith - Up

Up 1 to number 24

Sam Smith ft. Olly Murs - Lay Me Down

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

Top of the Pops, 5th February 2015

The January slow period is over and we have four new entries in the studio, including TOTP debuts for Karen Harding, Hannah Wants and Chris Lorenzo. Even so, there's still room for Hozier and James Bay, who both reach new chart peaks this week, and a re-showed vintage performance from Jay-Z and Linkin Park.

Ronson and Mars hold fast at number 1. With Ronson free but Mars out of the country, Britain's always-available equivalent Olly Murs ably stands in on vocals and fancy footwork.

Debuts: Karen Harding, Hannah Wants, Chris Lorenzo

Karen Harding - Say Something

In at number 7

Fergie - LA Love (La La)

Highest New Entry - In at number 3

James Bay - Hold Back The River

High Climber - Up 13 to number 16

Selena Gomez - The Heart Wants What It Wants

In at number 30

Hannah Wants & Chris Lorenzo - Rhymes

In at number 13

From The Vault: Jay-Z vs Linkin Park - Numb/Encore

Back in at number 42

Hozier - Take Me To Church

Up 1 to number 2

Mark Ronson feat. Olly Murs - Uptown Funk

Seventh week at number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 29th January 2015

An unusually static chart means that TOTP has space for some long-runners as well as some gems from lower down the countdown than usual. Inevitably this means two corners of the Sheeran/Ezra/Smith triangle - there hasn't been a show without at least one of them since November - but it also means Ariana Grande and the Weeknd, who have been in the lower reaches for a few weeks, plus a couple of minutes of the Weeknd's solo offering - a bonanza of vaguely pervy RnB.

Meghan Trainor's second single is a storming success and the lady herself is in the country to perform it. We welcome back old favourites Sigma/Paloma and Vance Joy, and there's also a welcome suprise visit from Maroon 5. Ronson and Mars remain at the top, and after last week's studio appearance we make do with the video this time.

Debut: The Weeknd

Meghan Trainor - Lips Are Movin'

High Climber - Up 48 to number 2

Maroon 5 - Sugar

Highest New Entry - In at number 55

Sigma feat. Paloma Faith - Changing

Up 1 to number 36

George Ezra - Blame It On Me

Up 1 to number 24

Ed Sheeran - I See Fire

Up 6 to number 54

Ariana Grande feat. The Weeknd - Love Me Harder / Earned It

Up 7 to number 48 / Up 21 to number 41

Vance Joy - Riptide

Up 3 to number 53

Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

Sixth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

Top of the Pops, 22nd January 2015

It's their fifth week at number one and glory be, Mark Ronson and Bruno have made it into the studio, with electrifying results. At the other end of some imaginary scale, friends of the show Sam Smith and George Ezra team up for a joint performance of two of their long-running faves.

Speaking of singer/songwriters, Hozier strides to his highest chart peak yet and newcomer James Bay rides the crest of his Brits wave. And there's even newer new blood from fellow start-of-year accoladees Years and Years and likeable American dark horses Echosmith.

Debut: Echosmith.

Years and Years - Desire

Up 12 to number 46

Echosmith - Cool Kids

High Climber - Up 11 to number 28

James Bay - Hold Back The River

Up 5 to number 31

Hozier - Take Me To Church

Up 2 to number 3

Alesso feat. Tove Lo - Heroes (We Could Be)

Up 2 to number 7

George Ezra vs Sam Smith - Budapest / I'm Not The Only One

Up 1 to number 17 / Up 3 to number 21

Avicii - The Nights

Highest New Entry - In at number 16

Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

Fifth week at number 1

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Top of the Pops, 15th January 2015

Some fun exclusive performances this week. First, with Demi L unavailable, Paloma Faith fills in for her on the duet with Olly Murs. Next, none other than Paul McCartney drops in for a solo version of his Kanye collaboration. And finally, Sam Smith brings a gospel choir for his latest TOTP popup.

Most of the other performances come from the dance world, as a fairly static January chart gives some long-runners a chance to climb back up. One Direction are also back, in a reflective mood, and Mark and Bruno are still at the top - once again we make do with the video, but what a video it is.

Debuts: Tchami, Kaleem Taylor.

Tchami feat. Kaleem Taylor - Promesses

Highest New Entry - In at number 7

Olly Murs & Paloma Faith - Up

Up 2 to number 4

One Direction - Night Changes

Up 5 to number 14

Paul McCartney - Only One

Up 7 to number 28

Blonde feat. Melissa Steel - I Loved You

High Climber - Up 12 to number 19

Sigma feat. Paloma Faith - Changing

Up 1 to number 32

Sam Smith - Like I Can

Up 3 to number 13

Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

Fourth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

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, 18th December 2014

It's the week before Christmas and the race for Christmas number 1 is too close to call. Two of the runners and riders are here in the form of Band Aid and Uptown Funk, although we can only show the video in both cases. It's also Wizzard's turn for a festive vault-dredging.

In non-festive action, metalcore gets a rare bit of TOTP representation in the form of Bring Me The Horizon, one of three new entries from three TOTP first-timers, and there is a barn-storming eighth appearance of the year from friends of the show and alarming chart yo-yos One Direction. Finally, George Ezra debuts single number 3, with a burst of Budapest thrown in as a bonus.

Debuts: KStewart, Fifth Harmony, Bring Me The Horizon, Mark Ronson.

Band Aid 30 - Do They Know Its Christmas?

Up 9 to number 3

George Ezra - Budapest / Listen To The Man

Up 6 to number 23 / Up 5 to number 41

Oliver Heldens ft. KStewart - Last All Night (Koala)

In at number 5

Fifth Harmony - Bo$$

In at number 21

Bring Me The Horizon - Drown

In at number 17

From the Vault: Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day

Up 17 to number 35

One Direction - Night Changes

High Climber - Up 12 to number 7

Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: JB Gill