Top of the Pops, 6th March 2025

Tate McRae's album is out, and after building her following for a while she has a strong chart showing; she performs the biggest hit and the biggest new one. Also new is the Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco track, while Aitch and Bou rave their way into the top 40 for the first time.

Kendrick Lamar holds steady at number 1, just pipping eternal number 2 artiste Chappell Roan, and Lady Gaga keeps her place in the top 5.

Debuts: None

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco ft. Gracie Abrams - Call Me When You Break Up

In at number 28

Lady Gaga - Abracadabra

Up 3 to number 4

Sam Fender - Arm's Length

Up 18 to number 17

Aitch vs Bou - Raving In The Studio

High Climber - Up 21 to number 22

Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club

Up 1 to number 2

From The Vault: Oasis - Whatever

Back in at number 36

Tate McRae - Sports Car / Revolving Door

Up 12 to number 3 / Highest New Entry - In at number 10

Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Dannii Minogue

Top of the Pops, 27th February 2025

Here's one of the more remarkable climbs to number 1: Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us makes it all the way in its 25th week on the chart. Kendrick celebrates with a raucus performance, and also invites SZA for a touching reprise of All The Stars. It's his week, but his buddy Drake is also here with his own new top 20 entry.

Elsewhere there's a fun new duet from AJ Tracey and Jorja Smith, last year's empress Sabrina Carpenter with her newest track plus an oldie, and a rousing show-opener from Sam Fender.

Debuts: None

Sam Fender - People Watching

Up 5 to number 26

Kendrick Lamar ft. SZA - All The Stars

Up 6 to number 5

AJ Tracey ft. Jorja Smith - Crush

In at number 23

Drake - Nokia

In at number 19

Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams

Up 1 to number 14

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile

Up 3 to number 16

Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please / Busy Woman

Back in at number 9 / Highest New Entry - In at number 10

Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us

Up 1 to number 1

PRESENTER: Radzi Chinyanganya

Top of the Pops, 6th February 2025

Wow. After a lot of reprises so far this year, this week's show has almost a full house of new entries! That means British rap from Central Cee and Aitch, US rap from Travis Scott and Sexxy Red, pop from Tate McRae, dance from BL3SS, and even a bit of good old rock from Sam Fender. Nice selection, British public!

The only repeat performer is the still-fresh-feeling Lola Young, who makes it a fortnight at the top.

Debuts: None

Central Cee ft. Dave - CRG

Highest New Entry - In at number 6

Sexyy Red ft. Bruno Mars - Fat Juicy & Wet

In at number 32

BL3SS and CamrinWatsin - Craving 4 U

In at number 72

Aitch - A Guy Called

In at number 25

Travis Scott - 4x4

In at number 23

Tate McRae - Sports Car

In at number 8

Sam Fender - Arm's Length

In at number 14

Lola Young - Messy

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

Top of the Pops, 30th January 2025

Just like that, after a slow start, the 2025 chart picture explodes into colour. There's a richly deserved new number 1 from Lola Young, a big new entry for Central Cee, and exciting chart climbers from Doechii and Sam Barber. Plus a double header from international megastar Bad Bunny.

Sam Fender is also coming back up the chart, though his singles success doesn't yet match the size of his media profile or the live crowds he plays to. There's still a bit of 2024 continuity as well, from two of the artists of last year, Gracie Abrams and Teddy Swims.

Debuts: Sam Barber, Avery Anna, Doechii

Sam Barber ft. Avery Anna - Indigo

Up 6 to number 33

Central Cee ft. 21 Savage - GBP

Highest New Entry - In at number 6

Doechii - Denial Is A River

Up 7 to number 24

Sam Fender - People Watching

Up 1 to number 19

Gracie Abrams - I Love You I'm Sorry

Up 5 to number 38

Teddy Swims - Lose Control

Up 1 to number 27

Bad Bunny - DTMF / Nuevayol

High Climber - Up 19 to number 26 / Up 7 to number 58

Lola Young - Messy

Up 2 to number 1

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Top of the Pops, 28th November 2024

A few Christmas favourites are starting to encroach into the chart, but Top of the Pops is holding its festive horses for now. Instead the show is able to feature a bonanza of new entries, from Jin, Linkin Park, Tate McRae, Sabrina Carpenter and most impressively Sam Fender's triumphant re-emergence at number 4.

Elsewhere there are strong showings for tracks from the recent albums by Tyler the Creator and Linkin Park, an oddball 80s reswizzling by PAWSA, and Gracie Abrams continuing her dream autumn at number 1.

Debuts: PAWSA, Jin

Sam Fender - People Watching

Highest New Entry - In at number 4

Sabrina Carpenter - Juno

In at number 24

Linkin Park - Two Faced

In at number 22

PAWSA vs The Adventures of Stevie V - Dirty Cash (Money Talks)

In at number 44

Tate McRae - 2 Hands

In at number 8

Jin - Running Wild

In at number 25

Tyler the Creator - Like Him

Up 6 to number 39

Gracie Abrams - That's So True

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: Radzi Chinyanganya

Top of the Pops, 1st February 2024

Immovable at the top just now, Noah Kahan also has this week's highest new entry, so Sam Fender joins him in a double bill to close the show. Just before that Sophie Ellis-Bextor celebrates her continued resurgence with a special contemporary update of Murder On The Dancefloor.

There's also a debut for Songer, a return for friend of the show Becky Hill, and a slightly rum collaboration from The Weeknd. And were it not for Bextor, Natasha Bedingfield would be attracting quite a lot of attention for her own triumphant comeback - can she breach the top ten?

Debuts: Songer, Lily-Rose Depp, Jennie Kim

Becky Hill vs Sonny Fodera - Never Be Alone

In at number 34

Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten

Up 5 to number 13

Benson Boone - Beautiful Things

In at number 18

Songer - Toxic

Up 7 to number 32

Kygo ft. Ava Max - Whatever

In at number 39

The Weeknd, Jennie Kim and Lily-Rose Depp - One Of The Girls

Up 1 to number 27

Sophie Ellis-Bextor ft. Charli XCX, Aitch and Nile Rodgers - Murder On The Dancefloor

Up 1 to number 2

Noah Kahan with Sam Fender - Homesick / Stick Season

Highest New Entry - In at number 5 / Fourth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Lauren Layfield

Top of the Pops, 22nd June 2023

It's Dave and Central Cee's week again: Sprinter stays at the top and their two other collabs both reach new peaks just a little lower down. Not even a strong showing from J Hus and global superstar Drake can spoil their party.

Party vibes are also brought by the Jonas Brothers, Rudimental, and in unbelievably basic form, Nathan Dawe and Joel Corry. There's a rousing return for Sam Fender and a pretty surprising instance of Shania Twain as well.

Debuts: Byron Messia

Anne-Marie ft. Shania Twain - Unhealthy

Up 12 to number 36

J Hus ft. Drake - Who Told You

Highest New Entry - In at number 2

Jonas Brothers - Waffle House

Up 8 to number 22

Nathan Dawe and Joel Corry ft. Ella Henderson - 0800 Heaven

In at number 23

Byron Messia - Talibans

Up 3 to number 34

Rudimental ft. Charlotte Plank and Vibe Chemistry - Dancing Is Healing

Up 2 to number 6

Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

Back in at number 29

Dave and Central Cee - Sprinter / Trojan Horse / UK Rap

Second week at number 1 / Up 2 to number 12 / Up 3 to number 14

PRESENTER: Lauren Layfield

Top of the Pops, 7th July 2022

Kate Bush is still at the top of the hill, though she's yet to be tempted into the studio: we have to make do with the video once again. There are a few long-running hits going back up the chart, from Sam Fender, Ed Sheeran and Becky Hill and Ella Henderson, while the ballad from Joji and the most recent offering from Future both get featured for a second time. Drake has the highest new entry.

Debuts: None

Becky Hill and Ella Henderson - Crazy What Love Can Do

Up 2 to number 11

Drake - Sticky

Highest New Entry - In at number 30

Joji - Glimpse Of Us

Up 2 to number 13

Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

High Climber - Up 40 to number 20

Tion Wayne ft. La Roux - IFTK

Up 3 to number 9

Ed Sheeran - 2Step

Up 3 to number 16

Future ft. Tems - Wait For U

Up 2 to number 18

Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

Third week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Richard and Mat Osman

Top of the Pops, 17th February 2022

The show couldn't be much more varied this week: we've got dance-pop, pop-pop, US rap, UK rap, US rock, UK rock, and a show tune to cap it all off. Even Liam Gallagher pops up for the first time in a year or so.

Debuts: None

Arrdee and Aitch - War

Highest New Entry - In at number 6

Imagine Dragons ft. JID - Enemy

Up 1 to number 17

Tate McRae - She's All I Wanna Be

In at number 24

Tiesto ft. Ava Max - The Motto

Up 4 to number 22

Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

Up 1 to number 7

Nicki Minaj ft. Lil Baby - Do We Have A Problem

In at number 31

Liam Gallagher - Everything's Electric

In at number 18

Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa and Rhenzy Feliz - We Don't Talk About Bruno

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: Lorraine Kelly

Top of the Pops, 13th January 2022

As the Christmas faves disappear with a poof, all the big non-Christmas hits of the time stampede back into the top chart places. That means a high-quality TOTP with almost every featured song being in the top ten. The exceptions are a new entry from Luude and a trip down memory lane with Whitney Houston, and the featured hit from Disney's Encanto is also new to the show.

Debuts: Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Luude, Colin Hay

GAYLE - ABCDEFU

Up 12 to number 2

Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa and Rhenzy Feliz - We Don't Talk About Bruno

Up 62 to number 4

Luude ft. Colin Hay - Down Under

Highest New Entry - In at number 32

SwitchOTR ft. A1 and J1 - Coming For You

Up 36 to number 5

Arrdee - Flowers (Say My Name)

Up 27 to number 7

From The Vault: Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Back in at number 73

Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

Up 27 to number 3

Adele - Easy On Me

Up 37 to number 1

PRESENTERS: Arrdee and Aitch

Top of the Pops, 18th November 2021

A nice mix of new and returning tracks this week. In the new column are some of the stories of the year: Arrdee, Silk Sonic and Sam Fender, plus Post Malone's first TOTP appearance since he bestrode the world in 2019. Returning are some big names: Coldplay, Dua, Elton John (who fills in for BTS doing the Korean bits on the Coldplay track) and of course everyone's favourite, Adele.

Debuts: None

Elton John and Dua Lipa - Cold Heart

Up 1 to number 4

Arrdee - Flowers (Say My Name)

Highest New Entry - In at number 5

Coldplay ft Elton John - My Universe

Up 1 to number 12

Silk Sonic - Smokin' Out The Window

In at number 28

Post Malone ft The Weeknd - One Right Now

In at number 20

Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

High Climber - Up 21 to number 22

Summer Walker ft SZA - No Love

In at number 24

Adele - Easy On Me

Fourth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

Top of the Pops, 21st October 2021

Many, many congratulations to Elton John and Dua Lipa for doing what many thought impossible and deposing King Ed Sheeran from number 1 - for the moment at least. Their track has a very old-school feel about it, not only because it's a combination of older songs but because it's climbed to number 1 by building popularity with the general public. Fancy.

Elsewhere we've got a debut from Ewan McVicar and a sort-of debut for Jesy Nelson, plus a double-header from Sam Fender who makes a bit of a chart breakthrough this week. The Willow and Tyler Cole (aka The Anxiety) track is also climbing impressively. And why is Adele back in the chart?

Debuts: Ewan McVicar, Jesy Nelson (as solo)

Ewan McVicar - Tell Me Something Good

Up 8 to number 34

Jesy Nelson ft Nicki Minaj - Boyz

Highest New Entry - In at number 4

Willow and Tyler Cole - Meet Me At Our Spot

Up 5 to number 19

Becky Hill vs Topic - My Heart Goes (La Di Da)

Up 2 to number 13

Shouse - Love Tonight

Up 4 to number 18

From The Vault: Adele - Someone Like You

Back in at number 74

Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under / Spit Of You

Back in at number 26 / In at number 41

Elton John and Dua Lipa - Cold Heart

Up 1 to number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 16th September 2021

Last week it was Kanye West, this week it's Drake: three songs crash into the top ten. But that's not even the biggest news story of the week, because none other than ABBA have reformed to be welcomed into the TOTP studio.

With all that upheaval, almost no one else is climbing the chart, which means we take a deep dive and unearth some gems from lower down. That means the new solo single from Charli XCX, a debut appearance for Sam Fender, Dermot Kennedy's first showing since January, and the duet between Willow (Smith) and Tyler Cole. Friends of the show Little Mix are here with their nail-biting first single as a trio, and King Ed Sheeran continues working his way up the all-time number 1s list.

Debuts: Sam Fender, Tyler Cole

Charli XCX - Good Ones

In at number 44

ABBA - Don't Shut Me Down

In at number 9

Dermot Kennedy - Better Days

Up 12 to number 41

Willow and Tyler Cole - Meet Me At Our Spot

In at number 52

Little Mix - Love (Sweet Love)

In at number 33

Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

Up 6 to number 54

Drake ft Lil Baby and Travis Scott - Girls Want Girls / Fair Trade / Champagne Poetry

Highest New Entry - In at number 2 / In at number 3 / In at number 5

Ed Sheeran with Charli XCX and Sam Fender - Bad Habits

Eleventh week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Richie Neville and Abz Breen