Top of the Pops, 11th April 2024

Buoyed by the release of her album, Beyonce skips back up to number 1! She's in the studio this week performing the track of the moment once again, alongside her 21st century, non-weakness-admitting version of Jolene, which seems very her.

Also with a second hit is Benson Boone, one of several impressive chart climbs this week that also include the Blessed Madonna, Mark Ambor, Meghan Trainor and even Jungle. Rudimental are back as well, and Natasha Bedingfield pops up again as Unwritten's impressive second life continues.

Debuts: Skepsis, Riko Dan, Mark Ambor, T-Pain

Rudimental vs Skepsis ft. Charlotte Plank and Riko Dan - Green & Gold

Up 1 to number 29

Blessed Madonna ft. Clementine Douglas - Happier

Up 14 to number 26

Mark Ambor - Belong Together

High Climber - Up 32 to number 22

Meghan Trainor ft. T-Pain - Been Like This

Up 10 to number 40

Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten

Up 1 to number 16

Jungle - Back on 74

Up 7 to number 25

Benson Boone - Slow It Down

Up 15 to number 27

Beyonce - Texas Hold'em / Jolene

Up 2 to number 1 / Highest New Entry - In at number 8

PRESENTER: Hannah Waddingham

Top of the Pops, 13th April 2023

In a slightly surprising development, Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding leap up to replace Ed Sheeran at the top after only a week! Elsewhere on the chart a few fallers from near the top mean that some long-running hits get to shuffle up a bit - not least Harry Styles who celebrates a year on the hit parade with a special steel drum-assisted performance.

We're also able to give a first exposure to some hits that have been quietly climbing for a while now, so welcome Tom Grennan, Meghan Trainor, Nathan Dawe and friend of the show Zara Larsson. Mimi Webb also gives us a special extra-dubby version of Red Flags.

Debuts: Bshp

Nathan Dawe and Bru-C ft. Bshp and Issey Cross - Oh Baby

Up 5 to number 36

Zara Larsson - Can't Tame Her

Up 9 to number 27

Tom Grennan - Here

Up 6 to number 37

Pinkpantheress - Boy's A Liar

Up 1 to number 9

Meghan Trainor - Mother

Up 5 to number 22

Mimi Webb - Red Flags

Up 1 to number 12

Harry Styles with the Panic Community Steel Band - As It Was

Long Runner - Up 2 to number 7 after 53 weeks

Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding - Miracle

Up 2 to number 1

PRESENTER: Mr T

Top of the Pops, 12th January 2023

It's the weird post-Christmas chart where all the tinsel gets cleared out and the normal music floods back in to take its place. That means newish material from Central Cee and SZA, older 2022 bangers from Anne-Marie and Venbee and Goddard, and a very old, hoary and well-tested number from Tom Odell.

All the congratulations in the world to RAYE. It's been a long journey but here she is at the top.

Debuts: None

Anne-Marie ft. Aitch - Psycho

Back in at number 11

Venbee and Goddard - Messy In Heaven

Up 62 to number 3

Tom Odell - Another Love

Back in at number 10

Bugzy Malone ft. Teedee - Out Of Nowhere

Up 29 to number 9

Meghan Trainor - Made You Look

Up 61 to number 5

SZA - Kill Bill

Up 28 to number 4

Central Cee - Let Go

Up 25 to number 6

RAYE - Escapism

Up 12 to number 1

PRESENTER: Dannii Minogue

Top of the Pops, 8th December 2022

As Christmas draws nearer, the show starts to split into two halves. In the current music section there's another new song from Stormzy, plus catch-ups with the big hits from Meghan Trainor and Venbee and Goddard. Then in the festive fun part of the show we've got the soidisant Mr Christmas Michael Buble and a fresher offering from friend of the show Lizzo, as well as the old reliable from Wham!

Taylor Swift soars swanlike, unruffled above the fray.

Debuts: None

Joel Corry ft. Tom Grennan - Lionheart (Fearless)

Up 5 to number 22

Stormzy - Firebabe / This Is What I Mean

Up 15 to number 11 / Highest New Entry - In at number 32

Meghan Trainor - Made You Look

Up 1 to number 2

Venbee and Goddard - Messy In Heaven

Up 2 to number 3

From The Vault: Wham! - Last Christmas

Up 14 to number 9

Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas / Holly Jolly Christmas

Up 29 to number 20 / Back in at number 60

Lizzo - Someday At Christmas

In at number 52

Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero

Sixth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

Top of the Pops, 17th November 2022

The highest new entry this week is one of three from the superhero team-up of Drake and 21 Savage. On the UK side we have the high climber from K-Trap, while Mimi Webb and Tom Odell bring ballads new and old, and Selena Gomez drops in for her cameo turn on the Rema track. Taylor Swift makes it three weeks at the top.

Debuts: K-Trap

K-Trap - Warm

High Climber - Up 29 to number 18

Drake and 21 Savage - Rich Flex

Highest New Entry - In at number 3

Mimi Webb - Ghost Of You

Up 1 to number 28

Meghan Trainor - Made You Look

Up 6 to number 8

Tom Odell - Another Love

Up 3 to number 17

From The Vault: Eminem - Mockingbird

Back in at number 48

Rema ft. Selena Gomez - Calm Down

Up 3 to number 16

Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: Caity Baser

Top of the Pops, 3rd November 2022

She's sassy, she's blonde, and she's taken the chart by storm this week - Meghan Trainor rockets all the way to number 28. Taylor Swift also tops the chart and performs two tracks from her new album for us.

Ed Sheeran and the Arctic Monkeys also perform doubles on a packed show, and there's room for new stuff from Dean Lewis and Joel Corry, and reprises from Lizzo and Oliver Tree.

Debuts: None

Meghan Trainor - Made You Look

In at number 28

Arctic Monkeys - Body Paint / I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am

High Climber - Up 38 to number 22 / In at number 23

Joel Corry ft. Tom Grennan - Lionheart (Fearless)

In at number 37

Ed Sheeran - Celestial / Bad Habits

Up 1 to number 21 / Long Runner - Up 4 to number 52 after 66 weeks

Dean Lewis - How Do I Say Goodbye

Up 4 to number 31

Oliver Tree - Miss You

Up 1 to number 8

Lizzo - 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)

Up 1 to number 20

Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero / Lavender Haze

Straight in at number 1 / In at number 2

PRESENTER: Anne-Marie

Top of the Pops, 22nd November 2018

It's a big week for Dave and Fredo: Funky Friday is climbing the top ten again, Fredo has another hit to perform, and Dave fills in for French Montana rapping on the Sigala track.

We also have chartbreakers from Cheryl and Charli XCX, and an exclusive solo performance of Goodbye from Jason Derulo. Ariana Grande holds firm at the top, but we get the video because she can't make it into the studio this week.

Debuts: Troye Sivan

Charli XCX ft. Troye Sivan - 1999

High Climber - Up 24 to number 17

Sigala ft. Ella Eyre, Meghan Trainor and Dave - Just Got Paid

Up 2 to number 11

Freya Ridings - Lost Without You

Up 3 to number 9

Cheryl - Love Made Me Do It

Highest New Entry - In at number 19

Jason Derulo - Goodbye

Up 5 to number 26

Khalid - Better

Up 8 to number 16

Dave ft. Fredo - Funky Friday / BMT

Up 1 to number 5 / In at number 25

Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Dannii Minogue

Top of the Pops, 25th October 2018

Friends of the show Little Mix are back, assisted by Nicki Minaj this time. The multicollaborations seem endless at the moment: here's DJ Snake backing up two fairly big-name vocalists plus debutant Osuna, while even without French Montana the Sigala track is pretty much a party.

Slowing the pace, we have the new one from Jess Glynne and a two-song medley from the movie hit of the autumn A Star Is Born.

Debuts: Ozuna, Kodak Black

Sigala ft. Ella Eyre and Meghan Trainor - Just Got Paid

Up 1 to number 14

Little Mix ft. Nicki Minaj - Woman Like Me

Highest New Entry - In at number 5

Jess Glynne - Thursday

In at number 24

Bad Bunny - MIA

In at number 13

DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B - Taki Taki

High Climber - Up 12 to number 22

Kodak Black - Zeze

In at number 11

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper - Shallow / Always Remember Us This Way

Up 2 to number 4 / Up 8 to number 31

Calvin Harris ft. Sam Smith - Promises

Up 1 to number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

Top of the Pops, 11th October 2018

Some incredible star power on TOTP this week. The highest new entry is from LADY GAGA and her Star Is Born co-star, and we also have top US names Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar and friend of the show Khalid.

After a few weeks climbing, Sigala finally gets high enough to get a TOTP invitation, and he manages to corral all his co-artistes to appear with him. Meanwhile George Ezra's Shotgun somehow floats back into the top ten, so he makes a triumphant appearance and also helps out Calvin Harris by filling in for Sam Smith in a unique performance.

Debuts: Bradley Cooper

Sigala ft. Ella Eyre, Meghan Trainor and French Montana - Just Got Paid

High Climber - Up 16 to number 17

Lil Wayne ft. Kendrick Lamar - Mona Lisa

In at number 21

Dean Lewis - Be Alright

Up 7 to number 11

Khalid - Better

Up 7 to number 24

Dynoro - In My Mind

Up 3 to number 5

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper - Shallow

Highest New Entry - In at number 13

George Ezra - Shotgun

Up 6 to number 10

Calvin Harris ft. George Ezra - Promises

Fifth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Dannii Minogue

Top of the Pops, 5th May 2016

The two big stories of the week are both represented here. We show three of the vids from Beyonce's new 'visual album' (in a very rare break of the no videos rule), and the From The Vault slot is of course filled by a stone cold classic from the already much missed Prince.

It's hard for others to compete with that one-two punch, but we have a resurgent Meghan Trainor, an ebullient Little Mix, and the effervescent DNCE all trying their hardest. At number one, Drake gives a subdued, almost acapella solo performance of One Dance.

Debuts: Disturbed, Bipolar Sunshine

Little Mix - Hair

Up 12 to number 19

Disturbed - The Sound of Silence

Up 10 to number 34

Beyonce - Hold Up / Formation / Sorry

Highest New Entry - In at number 17 / In at number 31 / In at number 33

Meghan Trainor - NO

Up 1 to number 11

DJ Snake ft. Bipolar Sunshine - Middle

High Climber - Up 15 to number 18

DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

Up 5 to number 4

From The Vault: Prince - When Doves Cry

Back in at number 26

Drake - One Dance

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

Top of the Pops, 21st April 2016

The big chart story this week is Drake's mighty leap to number 1, but unfortunately he is on the other side of the pond so we have to make do with a video montage. Not to worry though: we do have a transatlantic contingent Meghan Trainor and Shawn Mendes, along with hip Brits AlunaGeorge and, once again, the resurgent Craig David. A beaming Kevin Simm makes his debut after winning The Voice.

Debuts: Popcaan, Kevin Simm, Wizkid, Kyla.

AlunaGeorge ft. Popcaan - I'm In Control

Up 3 to number 39

Meghan Trainor - No

Up 12 to number 11

Kevin Simm - All You Good Friends

Highest New Entry - In at number 24

Years & Years ft. Tove Lo - Desire

Up 19 to number 27

Chainsmokers ft. Rozes - Roses

Up 4 to number 22

Blonde ft. Craig David - Nothing Like This

Up 5 to number 15

Shawn Mendes - Stitches

Up 2 to number 16

Drake ft. Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance

Up 20 to number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

Top of the Pops, 7th April 2016

The exclusive collaborations keep coming: this week Craig David adds some smooth vocals to Fifth Harmony's Work From Home, continuing his jaw-dropping resurgence. Snakehips' appearance this week is something special too: a percussion only version of their anthemic track.

We also have re-appearances from longtime absentees Meghan Trainor and the Chainsmokers (of #SELFIE fame). And Mike Posner makes it three weeks ruling all he surveys.

Debuts: Rozes.

Craig David and Big Narstie - When The Bassline Drops

Up 1 to number 34

Fifth Harmony ft Craig David- Work From Home

Up 1 to number 2

Meghan Trainor - No

Up 12 to number 30

Chainsmokers ft. Rozes - Roses

Up 7 to number 26

From The Vault: The Killers - Mr Brightside

Back in at number 53

Alan Walker - Faded

Up 7 to number 11

Snakehips ft. Tinashe and Chance the Rapper - All My Friends

Long Runner - Up 1 to number 23 after 17 weeks

Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: Miquita Oliver

Top of the Pops, 20th August 2015

It's a deep-cut week on TOTP: most featured songs this week come from placings in the 20s and 30s. Not that that's a bad thing - it allows space for medleys from Galantis and friend of the show The Weeknd, as well as the hot newie from Selena Gomez and old reliables from Birdy and James Bay.

That oldest of old reliables Ed Sheeran is also back, with Photograph, and with the dashing Chris Brown unavailable for his Rita Ora feature, who can we call on? Step forward... Ed Sheeran again! Puth and Trainor are sparky and sparkly in the number 1 slot.

Debuts: None.

Selena Gomez - Good For You

High Climber - Up 17 to number 29

Galantis - Runaway (U & I) / Peanut Butter Jelly

Up 1 to number 30 / Up 23 to number 41

James Bay - Let It Go

Up 3 to number 22

Birdy - Wings

Up 1 to number 28

The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face / The Hills

Up 5 to number 3 / Up 4 to number 31

Ed Sheeran - Photograph

Up 1 to number 19

Rita Ora ft. Ed Sheeran - Body On Me

In at number 23

Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor - Marvin Gaye

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTERS: JB Gill and Chloe Gill

Top of the Pops, 21st May 2015

Another week, another exclusive one-off collaboration. This time, Nicki Minaj can't be here to sing (and rap) Hey Mama so David Guetta recruits Ariana Grande for the chorus and Meghan Trainor for the verses. Both singers are in the studio to perform their own hits as well.

Higher up the chart there are big new entries for LunchMoney Lewis and Galantis, and OMI holds his place at the top.

Debuts: LunchMoney Lewis, Galantis, Fetty Wap.

LunchMoney Lewis - Bills

Highest New Entry - Straight in at number 2

Meghan Trainor - Dear Future Husband

Up 1 to number 20

Ariana Grande - One Last Time

Up 3 to number 33

Hozier - Someone New

Up 3 to number 24

Galantis - Runaway (U & I)

In at number 4

Fetty Wap - Trap Queen

Up 9 to number 29

David Guetta ft. Meghan Trainor and Ariana Grande - Hey Mama

High Climber - Up 30 to number 47

OMI - Cheerleader

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Top of the Pops, 7th May 2015

Multi-week chart climber OMI has now reached the top, so he is welcomed into the studio once again for a valedictory performance. There are also two debuts from artists who would have been heavily featured if TOTP had been on during the wilderness years: Justin Bieber and the ever ebullient Carly Rae Jepsen; it's a pretty ebullient week, in fact, with Meghan Trainor also featured. And praise the lord, Hozier has a new song out.

Debuts: Carly Rae Jepsen, Justin Bieber, Aronchupa, Roy English.

Carly Rae Jepsen - I Really Like You

Highest New Entry - In at number 3

Skrillex & Diplo ft. Justin Bieber - Where Are You Now

Up 14 to number 18

Hozier - Someone New

High Climber - Up 27 to number 36

Meghan Trainor - Dear Future Husband

Up 5 to number 20

Aronchupa - I'm An Albatroz

In at number 25

Alesso ft. Roy English - Cool

In at number 10

Skepta - Shutdown

In at number 39

OMI - Cheerleader

Up 1 to number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

Top of the Pops, 23rd April 2015

Somewhat unusually, there are only two top ten hits on the show this week, from Dr Kucho and new number 1 artiste Wiz Khalifa (only the video for him as he's out of the country). Never fear, though, as the lower reaches of the chart bring us a Mumfords medley, an exclusive, never-to-be-repeated Skrillex/Lethal Bizzle collaboration, the delightful Meghan Trainor, and Kodaline.

Why have the Killers re-entered the top 75? Dunno, but it's nice to watch a clip of them in their prime nonetheless.

Debuts: Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth, Dr Kucho, Gregor Salto, Diztortion, Skrillex.

Mumford and Sons - Believe / The Wolf

Up 9 to number 42 / In at number 56

Dr Kucho & Gregor Salto - Can't Stop Playing (Makes Me High)

Highest New Entry - In at number 4

Kodaline - The One

High Climber - Up 17 to number 27

Meghan Trainor - Dear Future Husband

Up 11 to number 29

From The Vault: The Killers - Mr Brightside

Back in at number 69   

Lethal Bizzle ft. Diztortion - Fester Skank

In at number 11

Skrillex ft. Lethal Bizzle - Where Are U Now

Up 13 to number 45

Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth - See You Again

Up 21 to number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

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, 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, 23rd October 2014

With some spritzes of dance and whatever Ed Sheeran is, pop rules this week. The show is opened by a boyband sandwich with Ella Henderson as the tasty filling, and closed with a duo of personality-rich female pop delights (though Meghan Trainor is not in the studio so we make do with her vid).

Also, Talay Riley achieves a coveted second consecutive week on TOTP by featuring on another track, and friend of the show Paloma Faith and Sigma slow down Changes for an impassioned one-off performance that puts Jay James from the X Factor thoroughly to shame.

One Direction - Steal My Girl

Highest New Entry - In at number 3

Ella Henderson - Ghost

Long Runner - Up 6 to number 16 after 19 weeks

The Vamps - Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)

High Climber - Up 35 to number 9

Wilkinson ft. Talay Riley - Dirty Love

In at number 20

Sigma ft. Paloma Faith - Changes

Up 1 to number 7

Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

Up 6 to number 4

Taylor Swift - Shake It Off

Up 2 to number 2

Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 16th October 2014

Not so much studio time as usual this week. The Goo Goo Dolls (aka The Iris Singers) get a From the Vault slot, the BBC's new multi-artist VT gets an airing and Meghan Trainor is away trotting the globe, so her second week at number 1 is celebrated by playing the video.

Not to worry, though. Here in person we have a Nicki Minaj double-header (with a rare appearance from Usher), fellow RnB guy Jeremih and young guns Ella and LuvBug keeping the British end up as well.

Debuts: LuvBug, Talay Riley, Jeremih, YG.

LuvBug ft. Talay Riley - Resonance

In at number 13

Ella Henderson - Glow

In at number 7

Brian Wilson & Various Artists - God Only Knows

In at number 20

Jeremih ft. YG - Don't Tell 'Em

In at number 5

From the Vault: The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

Back in at number 66

Nicki Minaj - Anaconda

Highest New Entry - In at number 3

Usher ft. Nicki Minaj - She Came To Give It To You

In at number 16

Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy