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 1PRESENTER: James Masterton
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 1PRESENTER: Duffy
