Top of the Pops, 31st October 2024

Liam Payne has bee the only news in the music world this week, and Top of the Pops pays its own tribute with a One Direction From The Vault slot. Aside from that, Gigi Perez rises to number 2, beating all but Sabrina Carpenter, while Rosé has a strong showing alongside guest Bruno Mars. One of the men of the year so far Teddy Swims is also back with another hit, and Casso and friends return to the top 40 after a while away.

Debuts: Rosé (as solo)

Morgan Wallen - Love Somebody

In at number 40

Rosé ft. Bruno Mars - APT

Highest New Entry - In at number 4

Casso ft. RAYE and D-Block Europe - Prada

Up 4 to number 31

Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams

Up 8 to number 25

Gracie Abrams - That's So True

In at number 19

From The Vault: One Direction - Night Changes

Back in at number 6

Gigi Perez - Sailor Song

Up 1 to number 2

Sabrina Carpenter - Taste

Ninth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Hugh Grant

Top of the Pops, 9th June 2016

She might have missed out on the number 1 (and indeed the top 8) at Christmas, but Louisa Johnson has the highest new entry this week alongside friends of the show Clean Bandit. She also has the honour of filling in the Beyonce bit in a memorable performance of Coldplay's Hymn For The Weekend. Gnash and Cheat Codes continue to make inroads into the chart, and there's a nice bit of History as we recognise One Direction's continuing chart presence months after their split. Gone but not forgotten.

Drake has now been at number 1 for two months but we just get a (specially prepared) lyric video this week. Not even one dance.

Debuts: Louisa Johnson, Daya.

Clean Bandit ft. Louisa Johnson - Tears

Highest New Entry: In at number 6

Pink - Just Like Fire

Up 14 to number 22

Chainsmokers ft. Daya - Don't Let Me Down

Up 11 to number 33

Cheat Codes ft. Kris Kross - Sex

Up 6 to number 14

Coldplay ft. Louisa Johnson - Hymn For The Weekend

Up 8 to number 32

From The Vault: One Direction - History

Up 7 to number 66

Gnash ft. Olivia O'Brien - I Hate U I Love U

Up 4 to number 8

Drake ft. Wizkid and Kyla - One Dance

Eighth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

Top of the Pops, 7th January 2016

It's a high-powered Top Of The Pops this week, as post-Christmas spending patterns lead to a chart where almost every song is going up and therefore a TOTP where every artist is in or near the top 10.

Opening up are friends of the show One Direction, who make what may be their last performance a memorable one with a three-song medley. Justin Bieber isn't here so we make do with the song's rather unusual video, but there are plenty of stars past, present and future including Coldplay, Little Mix, Fleur East and Grace.

Debuts: None.

One Direction - History / Perfect / Drag Me Down

Up 1 to number 7 / Up 3 to number 19 / Up 17 to number 31

Coldplay - Adventure Of A Lifetime

Up 2 to number 8

Shawn Mendes - Stitches

High Climber - Up 13 to number 12

Little Mix - Love Me Like You

Up 9 to number 11

MNEK and Zara Larsson - Never Forget You

Up 6 to number 10

Grace - You Don't Own Me

Up 1 to number 5

Fleur East - Sax

Up 8 to number 6

Justin Bieber - Love Yourself

Back up 1 to number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

Top of the Pops, 26th November 2015

This week, more than ever before, is Bieber Week. In an unprecedented chart full house, young Justin has the number one single, the highest new entry and the high climber - and they're all different songs. Fortunately he agrees to grace us with his presence, performing quite a chunk of his newly released album.

Other than that there's a strong X Factor connection: One Direction and Olly Murs are former contestants, Jess Glynne has recently performed on the results show and even Ariana Grande benefits from One Last Time being chosen, during Movie Week for some reason.

Debuts: Format B.

One Direction - Perfect / Drag Me Down

Up 6 to number 10 / Up 15 to number 37

Jess Glynne - Don't Be So Hard On Yourself

Up 1 to number 30

Format B - Chunky

In at number 29

Years & Years - Eyes Shut

Up 8 to number 40

Ariana Grande - Focus / One Last Time

Up 3 to number 21 / Back in at number 49

KSI ft. JME - Keep Up

In at number 45

Olly Murs - Kiss Me

Up 5 to number 22

Justin Bieber - Sorry / Love Yourself / I'll Show You

Up 1 to number 1 / Highest New Entry - In at number 3 / High Climber - Up 17 to number 15

PRESENTER: Justin Bieber

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, 29th October 2015

We have a new number 1 from the debuting KDA, alongside Katy B and Tinie Tempah. Fellow producers Diplo, Kygo and Rudimental are also in the house, skulking behind their decks of course, while Ella Henderson takes over the vocals on Firestone, combining it with her own Kygo feature Here For You.

Hendersony's X Factor colleague Ben Haenow debuts this week too, aided by none other than (former American Idol herself) Kelly Clarkson, and the One Direction boys also fly the Syco flag.

Debuts: Ben Haenow, Sleepy Tom.

One Direction - Perfect

In at number 2

Ben Haenow ft. Kelly Clarkson - Second Hand Heart

In at number 21

Krept & Konan ft. Jeremih - Freak Of The Week

Up 4 to number 53

Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer

Up 2 to number 39

Sleepy Tom and Diplo - Be Right There

In at number 8

Kygo ft. Ella Henderson - Firestone / Here For You

Up 5 to number 31 / Up 13 to number 47

Rudimental ft. Ed Sheeran - Lay It All On Me

Up 2 to number 13

KDA ft. Tinie Tempah and Katy B - Turn The Music Louder (Rumble)

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

Top of the Pops, 1st October 2015

Maximum Bieber fever this week, right here on Top of the Pops, as Skrillex and Diplo appear to back up King Justin on a bangin' Where Are You Now, leading into a triumphant solo turn on What Do You Mean.

Other US acts making the trip are Derulo, Macklemore and His Illustrious Highness Drake, while the UK is represented by friends of the show Goulding and 1D. Naughty Boy is here, and so is Arrow Benjamin, but sadly Beyonce is busy.

Debuts: Arrow Benjamin.

One Direction - Infinity

In at number 36

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - Downtown

Up 6 to number 15

Drake - Hotline Bling

High Climber - Up 19 to number 17

Ellie Goulding - On My Mind

Highest New Entry - In at number 7

Jason Derulo - Want To Want Me

Up 1 to number 31

Naughty Boy ft. Arrow Benjamin - Runnin' (Lose It All)

In at number 11

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

Long Runner - Up 1 to number 32 after 29 weeks

Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Top of the Pops, 3rd September 2015

We've a fair dose of girl power this week, with Rachel Platten smashing in at the top and backup from Ella Eyre and a Chaka Khan anthem in its latest incarnation from Jaehn and Thompson. And best of all, with the dashing Chris Brown unavailable once again, Eyre doubles up to turn Rita Ora's song into a ladies-only par-tay. Selena Gomez's lyric isn't perhaps quite so girl powery, but what can you do, she's still repping the sisters.

Meanwhile, friends of the show One Direction belie their name by bouncing back up the chart, and there are also returns from Galantis and the rapper Silento (who I completely misidentified a few weeks ago, so sorry about that).

Debuts: Rachel Platten, Felix Jaehn, Jasmine Thompson.

Ella Eyre - Good Times

In at number 37

Selena Gomez - Good For You

Up 2 to number 23

Felix Jaehn ft. Jasmine Thompson - Ain't Nobody

Up 52 to number 2

Silento - Watch Me

Up 1 to number 21

Galantis - Peanut Butter Jelly

Up 8 to number 16

Rita Ora ft. Ella Eyre - Body On Me

Up 13 to number 28

One Direction - Drag Me Down

Up 5 to number 11

Rachel Platten - Fight Song

Up 67 to number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 13th August 2015

This week there's one of those supremely awkward appearances by a studio covers group that's somehow ended up in the chart - in this case Silento. To be fair, though, Joe Stone's performance isn't that much better, featuring some awkwardly shuffling backing dancers in the absence of Montell Jordan, whose track it basically is.

Some class is restored, though, by the jet-setting glamour of Calvin Harris, the indefinable charm of Shaggy, and a salute to the late and much-loved Cilla Black in the From The Vault slot.

Debuts: Mohombi, Faydee, Costi, Silento, Joe Weller, Emil, Joe Stone.

Calvin Harris ft. Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love

Up 4 to number 2

Shaggy ft. Mohombi, Faydee and Costi - I Need Your Love

Up 9 to number 36

Silento - Watch Me

High Climber - Up 44 to number 19

Joe Weller ft. Emil - Wanna Do

In at number 28

Joe Stone - The Party (This Is How We Do It)

In at number 17

From The Vault: Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had A Heart

Back in at number 41

Disclosure ft. Sam Smith - Omen

Up 16 to number 13

One Direction - Drag Me Down

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

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, 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

Top of the Pops, 11th December 2014

TOTP is starting to take on a best of 2014 feel. The year's success stories Ed, Ella, Calvin, Ellie and 1D are all here, and two of those combine long-lived hits with newies this week. Also, she's been in the chart for aaaages but now is finally the time for the international artist of the year Taylor Swift to make it into the studio. Welcome, your majesty.

Newer faces come in the form of Blonde ft. Melissa Steel and the highest chart placing yet from Union J. And the Christmas lorry trucks on: this week it's the Pogues.

Debut: Blonde (but not Melissa Steel).

Union J - You Got It All

Highest New Entry - In at number 2

Blonde ft. Melissa Steel - I Loved You

In at number 7

One Direction - Night Changes

Up 2 to number 19

Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding - Outside

Up 1 to number 10

Ella Henderson - Yours / Ghost

Back in at number 16 / Up 6 to number 43

From the Vault: The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York

Up 49 places to number 18

Taylor Swift - Blank Space

Up 4 to number 4

Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud / Make It Rain

Up 3 to number 1 / In at number 38

PRESENTERS: Olly Murs dressed as Father Christmas and Nick Grimshaw dressed as an elf

Top of the Pops, 27th November 2014

No surprise at the top of the charts as Band Aid process to the number 1 slot, pushing a couple of high quality contenders down to 2 and 3. We feature them all (though Band Aid is just the video), along with numerous other new entries. Hair gel fans will be pleased as it's a rare three boyband week, and One Direction's hydra of hits gets them featured for a very noteworthy fourth week in a row.

Debuts: Travie McCoy, Wretch 32.

Olly Murs ft. Travie McCoy - Wrapped Up

In at number 3

5 Seconds of Summer - Good Girls

Back in at number 23

David Guetta ft. Sam Martin - Dangerous

In at number 5

Wretch 32 - 6 Words

In at number 8

Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne - Real Love

In at number 2

Rixton - Wait On Me

In at number 12

One Direction - Night Changes

High Climber - Up 31 to number 23

Band Aid 30 - Do They Know It's Christmas

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

Top of the Pops, 20th November 2014

One Direction's album has hit and there is no stopping them at the moment - they have a ton of singles climbing the chart and they appear for the third week in a row to bring us the highest-selling (and streaming) three of them.

Now in fine Jools Holland style, the other guests. From the American South! OneRepublic. From Australia! The Veronicas. From Ireland! Hozier. From Los Angeles! Kendrick Lamar. From Grimsby! Ella Henderson. From Magic FM! Sam Smith. And at number one it's the Children in Need record.

Debuts: Gareth Malone, Kendrick Lamar, the Veronicas

OneRepublic - I Lived

Up 1 to number 31

The Veronicas - You Ruin Me

In at number 8

Ella Henderson - Yours

In at number 46

Kendrick Lamar - i

In at number 20

Hozier - Take Me To Church

Up 9 to number 25

Sam Smith - Like I Can

In at number 9

One Direction - Steal My Girl / 18 / Where Do Broken Hearts Go?

Up 6 to number 3 / In at number 45 / In at number 47

Gareth Malone's All Star Choir - Wake Me Up

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 13th November 2014

As chance would have it there are very few climbers in the chart this week, and some of the ones there are are by American artists who are unavailable. This gives us the chance to shine the spotlight on some smaller hits - including Joss Stone's song for Poppy Day, a coveted second consecutive TOTP for One Direction, and a special stripped back version of Overdrive from the talented Becky Hill.

Bucking the trend are Cheryl, who vaults all the way to the top, and a strong new entry for Calvin vs Ellie II. There's also room for more modestly placed newies from Tom Odell (welcome back) and the Script (er, hi guys).

Debuts: Joss Stone, Jeff Beck, Henry Krinkle.

Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding - Outside

In at number 6

Joss Stone ft. Jeff Beck - No Man's Land (Green Fields of France)

In at number 49

Tom Odell - Real Love

In at number 21

One Direction - Ready to Run

In at number 44

The Script - No Good In Goodbye

In at number 26

Henry Krinkle - Stay

In at number 41

Becky Hill - Gecko (Overdrive)

Up 6 to number 45

Cheryl - I Don't Care

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Top of the Pops, 6th November 2014

Halloween feels like a while ago but chart-lag plus TOTP-lag means that only now do we bring you spooky season's chief beneficiary in the form of a re-entering Michael Jackson - a clip from the classic video is played.

More currently, America's two leading bouncy pop groups are both in the hizzouse (Maroon 5 bizarrely making their debut), and we are the grateful recipients of a visit from Queen Taylor Swift. One Direction bounce back to fly the UK (and Ireland?) flag(s) along with friend of the show Ed Sheeran, and Europe is also not unrepresented thanks to Parra for Cuva.

Debuts: Maroon 5, Parra for Cuva, Ann Naklab

Taylor Swift - Shake It Off

Up 2 to number 3

OneRepublic - I Lived

In at number 29

Parra for Cuva ft. Ann Naklab - Wicked Games

Highest New Entry - In at number 6

Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne - Rather Be

Long Runner - Up 5 to number 35 after 41 weeks

From the Vault: Michael Jackson - Thriller

Back in at number 57

Maroon 5 - Animals

Up 5 to number 27

One Direction - Steal My Girl

Up 4 to number 7

Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

Up 1 to number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

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, 5th June 2014

Another rush of new entries this week, although they are a nicely varied bunch encompassing dance, rock, and moody American cinerama-pop; Lana Del Rey (for it is she) favours us with two songs from her forthcoming CD. Sam Smith drops down the chart with last week's number 1, but previous hit Money On My Mind is still buoyant so he nets a coveted two TOTPs in a row. Friend of the show and human ray of sunshine Ellie Goulding returns once again, with an all-new song. And summer must be coming, because Kevin Lyttle's ten-year-old reggae smash Turn Me On is climbing the lower reaches once more.

Lana Del Rey - West Coast / Once Upon A Dream

In at number 21 / In at number 60

One Direction - You & I

High Climber - Up 24 to number 22

Sam Smith - Money On My Mind

Up 4 to number 26

Klingande - Jubel

In at number 3

Twin Atlantic - Heart & Soul

In at number 17

From the Vault: Kevin Lyttle - Turn Me On

Up 13 to number 61

Ellie Goulding - Beating Heart

In at number 9

SecondCity - I Wanna Feel

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

Top of the Pops, 20th March 2014

We see big comebacks from three female solo artists this week: Kylie Minogue, Pixie Lott and the singer-songwriter-type Christina Perri. John Legend continues his slow, sentimental chart climb, and there is a bouncing return from One Direction as their AC/DC-style rocker pops back into the top 40. The novelty genre is also strongly represented by the Chainsmokers and Flo Rida, while friend of the show Tinie Tempah (and some trolls hunched over Korgs) crash in at the top.

Kylie Minogue - Into The Blue

In at number 12

One Direction - Midnight Memories

Back in at number 29

John Legend - All Of Me

Up 2 to number 6

The Chainsmokers - #selfie

High Climber - Up 25 to number 17

Pixie Lott - Nasty

In at number 9

Christina Perri - Human

In at number 14

Flo Rida - How I Feel

In at number 8

DVBBS & Borgeous ft. Tinie Tempah - Tsunami

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Marvin Humes

Top of the Pops, 5th December 2013

Boybands old and new this week: McFly open the show, while One Direction treat us to an album sampler made up of the multiple top 40 entries from Midnight Memories this week. Dance also looms large, while Murs and Derulo bring the soul.

McFly - Love Is On The Radio

In at number 6

Afrojack ft. Spree Wilson - The Spark

In at number 17

Olly Murs - Hand On Heart

In at number 25

Jason Derulo - Trumpets

High Climber - Up 23 to number 26

Breach ft. Andreya Triana - Everything You Never Had

In at number 9

Awolnation - Sail

Long Runner - Up 9 to number 22 after 7 weeks

One Direction - Story Of My Life / You & I / Don't Forget Where You Belong

Up 7 to number 3 / In at number 19 / In at number 21

Calvin Harris ft. Alesso and Hurts - Under Control

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Marvin Humes