Top of the Pops, 30th April 2026

Sam Fender and Olivia Dean's reign at number 1 comes to a pretty abrupt end as the other Olivia, Olivia Rodrigo, smashes in at the top of the chart. However the other Olivia, Olivia Dean, is still featured thanks to the continued popularity of her solo hit So Easy.

In non-Olivia news, for some reason Sean Kingston is back in the chart! That makes two Caribbean Seans, since Sean Paul and Keyshia Cole are here reprising their duet too. There are also chart surges for Malcolm Todd and friend of the show Sombr, and Queen Taylor Swift reminds us who she is thanks to a big climb for Elizabeth Taylor.

Debuts: Malcolm Todd, Prospa, Cloonee

Malcolm Todd - Earrings

Up 8 to number 29

Taylor Swift - Elizabeth Taylor

High Climber - Up 59 to number 14

Prospa ft. Cloonee - Free Your Mind

Up 9 to number 30

Sean Kingston - Eenie Meenie

Back in at number 32

Sean Paul ft. Keyshia Cole - (When You Gonna) Give It Up To Me

Up 2 to number 25

Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love)

Up 2 to number 22

Sombr - Potential

In at number 31

Olivia Rodrigo - Drop Dead

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 9th April 2026

Sam Fender and Olivia Dean make it six weeks at the top: that's a sturdy number 1 now. Olivia also guests this week with Milky on a jazzy exclusive version of Just The Way You Are.

In non-Dean news, friend of the show RAYE has the highest new entry, Central Cee drops in for the first time this year, and a couple of big names are back to reprise hits from last year: the K-Pop Demon Hunters and none other than Taylor Swift.

Debuts: None

K-Pop Demon Hunters - Golden

Up 4 to number 23

RAYE - Where Is My Husband / I Know You're Hurting

Up 9 to number 15 / Highest New Entry - In at number 22

Dominic Fike - White Keys

Up 5 to number 12

Bella Kay - Iloveitiloveitiloveit

Up 1 to number 2

Taylor Swift - The Fate Of Ophelia

Up 5 to number 25

Central Cee - Wagwan

In at number 31

Milky ft. Olivia Dean - Just The Way You Are

Up 3 to number 13

Sam Fender and Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

Sixth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Dannii Minogue

Top of the Pops, 19th February 2026

Some glittering stars this week: not only does Taylor Swift leap up to number 1, but friend of the show Zara Larsson is back, guesting with Pinkpantheress on Stateside, who returns the favour with an exclusive version of Lush Life. And Justin Bieber!

Superbowl mania is also in the air as Bad Bunny brings us a double-header, and there are strong new entries from Mr Newcomer 2025 Sombr and lovely lads Myles Smith and Niall Horan.

Debuts: None

Sombr - Homewrecker

Highest New Entry - In at number 14

Bad Bunny - DTMF / Nuevayol

High Climber - Up 39 to number 4 / In at number 15

Sienna Spiro - Die On This Hill

Up 1 to number 12

Myles Smith and Niall Horan - Drive Safe

In at number 27

Justin Bieber - Yukon

Back in at number 29

Pinkpantheress ft. Zara Larsson - Stateside

Up 3 to number 10

Zara Larsson ft. Pinkpantheress - Lush Life

Up 2 to number 7

Taylor Swift - Opalite

Up 14 to number 1

PRESENTER: Marie Le Conte

Top of the Pops, 8th January 2026

We're back after the Christmas break and it's the usual fairly silly post-Christmas chart, where anything with sleigh bells on it plummets downwards or disappears and everything else zooms back up. 

Generally this means a TOTP that acts as a round-up of the biggest hits from the end of the previous year - and we do have Olivia Dean, Dave, Sam Fender, Taylor Swift and our new number 1 hit from friend of the show RAYE. But there are some surprises as well - a resurgence for a Djo song from a couple of years ago, a top 30 re-entry for Tiffany, and a brand new track from good old Sabrina Carpenter.

Debuts: None

Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love)

Back in at number 4

Djo - End Of Beginning

Up 49 to number 7

Sabrina Carpenter - Such A Funny Way

Highest New Entry - In at number 37

Dave ft. Tems - Raindance

Up 24 to number 3

Taylor Swift - The Fate Of Ophelia

Up 38 to number 2

From The Vault: Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now

Back in at number 29

Sam Fender ft. Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

Up 29 to number 5

RAYE - Where Is My Husband?

Up 47 to number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

Top of the Pops, 11th December 2025

Reindeer-type music continues to charge up the chart, so there's another From The Vault round-up of oldies - but also new or at least vaguely contemporary Christmas faves from Kylie Minogue, Laufey, friend of the show Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter - not a bad line-up.

Many congratulations also to Haven, Djo and indeed Taylor Swift for doing well with non-Christmas music. Can Taylor cling on until the big day?

Debuts: Haven, Kaitlin Aragon

Haven ft. Kaitlin Aragon - I Run

Up 16 to number 21

Djo - End Of Beginning

Back in at number 34

Kylie Minogue - XMAS

Up 40 to number 24

Laufey - Winter Wonderland

Back in at number 18

From The Vault Round-Up: Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You / Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree / Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone / Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

Up 9 to number 4 / Up 15 to number 9 / Up 24 to number 16 / Up 30 to number 23

Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

Up 18 to number 10

Sabrina Carpenter - A Nonsense Christmas

Up 15 to number 42

Taylor Swift - The Fate Of Ophelia

Seventh week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Mollie King dressed as Father Christmas and Matt Edmondson dressed as an elf

Top of the Pops, 4th December 2025

The rising Christmas tide can be ignored no longer, so this week's show features a round-up or montage of popular Christmas oldies, evergreen as a Norwegian pine. That's not the only chart story of the week, though: the latest Wicked film brings friend of the show Ariana Grande and her BFF Cynthia Erivo, and there are exciting entries for Tate McRae and Stray Kids.

EsDeeKid continues his breakout year, and RAYE almost climbs to the top, but not quite - Taylor holds firm with her Shakespearean musings.

Debuts: None

EsDeeKid - 4 Raws

Up 8 to number 27

Tate McRae - Nobody's Girl

In at number 16

RAYE - Where Is My Husband?

Up 1 to number 2

Stray Kids - Do It

In at number 35

Olivia Dean - Let Alone The One You Love

In at number 21

From The Vault Round-Up: Wham! - Last Christmas / Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree / Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock / Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas

Up 10 to number 9 / Up 15 to number 23 / Up 23 to number 34 / Up 29 to number 45

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo - For Good

Highest New Entry - In at number 14

Taylor Swift - The Fate Of Ophelia

Sixth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Radzi Chinyanganya

Top of the Pops, 27th November 2025

The K-Pop Demon Hunters take a week off this week, but the animated fun rolls on as the cast of Hazbin Hotel make their debut on the show. They aren't the highest new entry though - that honour goes to wuthering expert Charli XCX, with Lewis Capaldi not far behind.

Friends of the show Tate McRae and Sonny Fodera are also in attendance, as are man of the year contender Sombr and undisputed woman of the year Olivia Dean. There's a faint sound of jingling bells in the chart this week, but we'll save all that until December.

Debuts: Poppy Baskcomb, Hazbin Hotel

Sonny Fodera and D.O.D. ft. Poppy Baskcomb

Think About Us

Hazbin Hotel - Love In A Bottle

In at number 29

Lewis Capaldi - The Day That I Die

In at number 27

Tate McRae - Tit For Tat

Up 2 to number 17

Sam Fender ft. Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

Up 1 to number 7

Sombr - 12 To 12

Up 5 to number 21

Charli XCX - Chains Of Love

Highest New Entry - In at number 26

Taylor Swift - The Fate Of Ophelia

Fifth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Dannii Minogue

Top of the Pops, 20th November 2025

Taylor Swift hops back up to number 1, allowing her to bring us a combined performance of The Fate Of Ophelia and secondary hit Elizabeth Taylor. The displaced act, K-Pop Demon Hunters, are on the show as well with their own secondary hit How It's Done.

New stuff comes from Fred Again and Digga, and there are new chart peaks for Kehlani's ballad and EsDeeKid's northwestern grime. Woman of the year Olivia Dean and the new most-likely-to Skye Newman recur as well.

Debuts: Reggie, Digga

Fred Again ft. Sammy Virji and Reggie - Talk Of The Town

Highest New Entry - In at number 22

Kehlani - Folded

Up 6 to number 20

EsDeeKid ft. Rico Ace - Phantom / Century

High Climbers - Up 11 to number 17 / Up 19 to number 21

Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love)

Up 1 to number 5

Digga - DPMO

In at number 32

Skye Newman - FU & UF

Up 2 to number 16

K-Pop Demon Hunters - How It's Done

Up 1 to number 10

Taylor Swift - The Fate Of Ophelia / Elizabeth Taylor

Up 1 to number 1 / Up 1 to number 9

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Top of the Pops, 6th November 2025

Lots of new entries on the show this week, from Dave, chart behemoth Lewis Capaldi, hot young thing Skye Newman and perhaps most seismically Lily Allen, who performs a two-track sampler from her media-ensorcelling new album.

The K-Pop Demon Hunters manage an impressive little leap up to number 1, displacing Taylor Swift who nevertheless appears with a secondary overlapping hit. And from way down the chart, Le Sserafim take advantage of a lack of other chartbreakers to snatch their debut on the show.

Debuts: Le Sserafim

Lewis Capaldi - Almost

In at number 44

Taylor Swift - Opalite

Up 1 to number 4

Le Sserafim and J-Hope - Spaghetti

In at number 46

Skye Newman - FU & UF

In at number 18

Dave ft. Tems - Raindance

Highest New Entry - In at number 5

From The Vault: Michael Jackson - Thriller

Back in at number 33

Lily Allen - Pussy Palace / West End Girl

In at number 12 / In at number 17

K-Pop Demon Hunters - Golden

Up 2 to number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 30th October 2025

Sam Fender ups the ante this week, being joined not only by the breakout chart star of the year (non-K-pop category) Olivia Dean, but also by Sir Elton John! TOTP magic right there.

Viewers are also delighted to receive a double performance from Tame Impala, the returns of Esdeekid and Kehlani, and the first appearance of Joji for three years. And there's yet another K-Pop Demon Hunters song.

Debuts: None

Esdeekid ft. Rico Ace - Phantom

Up 4 to number 25

Joji - Pixelated Kisses

In at number 37

Kehlani - Folded

Up 2 to number 23

Tame Impala - Dracula / My Old Ways

High Climber - Up 18 to number 21 / In at number 39

K-Pop Demon Hunters - What It Sounds Like

Highest New Entry - In at number 13

Sabrina Carpenter - When Did You Get Hot?

Up 1 to number 15

Sam Fender,  Olivia Dean and Elton John - Rein Me In / Talk To You

Up 3 to number 10 / In at number 20

Taylor Swift - The Fate Of Ophelia

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: Lauren Layfield

Top of the Pops, 23rd October 2025

It's fair to say that the charts are female-dominated at the moment, but it's rare for every song on Top of the Pops to be female-led. It's no bad thing, though - especially this week when there are exciting new hits for Jisoo and especially Sienna Spiro, plus returning heavyweights RAYE and Sabrina Carpenter.

Tinashe finally appears with an exclusive solo version of No Broke Boys, and there's an equally special double showing from Olivia Dean, who has three songs in the top ten just now. But they're not as high up as the three songs of Taylor Swift - the week belongs to her once again.

Debuts: Jisoo, Sienna Spiro

Jisoo ft. ZAYN - Eyes Closed

In at number 37

Tinashe - No Broke Boys

Up 2 to number 18

Sienna Spiro - Die On This Hill

Highest New Entry - In at number 26

RAYE - Where Is My Husband?

Up 1 to number 5

K-Pop Demon Hunters - How It's Done

Back in at number 12

Sabrina Carpenter - Tears

Up 2 to number 11

Olivia Dean - Nice To Each Other / So Easy (To Fall In Love)

Up 1 to number 7 / Up 4 to number 8

Taylor Swift - The Fate Of Ophelia

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Adrian Chiles

Top of the Pops, 16th October 2025

This week belongs, of course, to Taylor Swift, who performs the new songs that have taken their place in the top 3 chart positions. Slightly more low-key congratulations to Oskar Med K, who has the next highest-placed chart climber down at number 29.

So we've got an eclectic assortment from the lower chart reaches, including a Wuthering Heights-powered Charli XCX, perennial bubbler-under Tame Impala, friends of the show D-Block Europe, and a bizarre collaboration between Fred Again and Amyl and the Sniffers.

Debuts: Amyl and the Sniffers

D-Block Europe ft. Lil TJay - Wrongs

In at number 51

Tame Impala - Dracula

Up 2 to number 40

Charli XCX - Everything Is Romantic

Back in at number 54

Fred Again ft. Amyl and the Sniffers - You're A Star

In at number 47

Esdeekid ft. Rico Ace

Up 9 to number 36

From The Vault: The Kooks - Naive

Back in at number 72

Oskar Med K - Make Me Feel

Up 4 to number 29

Taylor Swift - The Fate Of Ophelia / Opalite / Elizabeth Taylor

Straight in at number 1 / In at number 2 / In at number 3

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

Top of the Pops, 24th April 2025

Alex Warren is still fairly uncontested at the top, but there's a notable chart achievement from Sombr, whose multiple tracks on the chart permit a fourth consecutive showing from the new artiste.

Aside from that we have a couple of climbers, a debut and a big re-entry, and a real curiosity in the shape of Jack Black's very short song from the Minecraft film: he makes the most of his screen time with an outlandish costume and a confetti cannon.

Debuts: Ely Oaks

Tate McRae - Sports Car

 

Up 1 to number 5

 

Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone - Fornight

 

Back in at number 29

 

Lana Del Rey - Henry Come On

 

In at number 30

 

Ely Oaks - Running Around

 

Up 4 to number 28

 

Leon Thomas - Mutt

 

Up 2 to number 17

Sombr - Back To Friends

 

Up 2 to number 23

 

Jack Black - Steve's Lava Chicken

 

Highest New Entry - In at number 21

 

Alex Warren - Ordinary

 

Fifth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Radzi Chinyanganya

Top of the Pops, 29th August 2024

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars are the biggest news this week, dropping in seemingly out of nowhere with a top ten smash. Post Malone's album is out as well, so he performs a triple bill sampler of its three rootin' tootin' hits.

Elsewhere there are new chart peaks for Sonny Fodera and Hanumakind, a flying visit from Taylor Swift, and a rousing debut from Gigi Perez. Chase and Status are still cracking heads at the top.

Debuts: Gigi Perez

Hanumakind ft. Kalmi - Big Dawgs

Up 6 to number 15

Gigi Perez - Sailor Song

Up 8 to number 35

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile

Highest New Entry - In at number 7

Sonny Fodera ft. Jazzy and D.O.D - Somedays

Up 3 to number 16

Gracie Abrams - I Love You I'm Sorry

Up 1 to number 37

Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart

Up 4 to number 21

Post Malone - Guy For That / I Had Some Help / Pour Me A Drink

High Climber - Up 12 to number 25 / Up 4 to number 29

Chase and Status ft. Stormzy - Backbone

Second week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Charli XCX and AG Cook

Top of the Pops, 25th July 2024

England's continued football success propels Baddiel, Skinner and Broudie into the top ten once again. That isn't the oldest hit featured this week, though, as Bruce Springsteen's 80s obelisk Dancing In The Dark makes the From The Vault slot.

At the opposite end of the recency spectrum there are high entries from Eminem, Ice Spice and Central Cee. Dasha and Taylor Swift drop in once again, and Sabrina Carpenter is still giving us that her espresso at number 1.

Debuts: White Gold

Central Cee and Ice Spice - Did It First

In at number 15

Baddiel and Skinner and the Lightning Seeds - Three Lions

Up 12 to number 8

Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart

Up 1 to number 26

BL3SS and CamrinWatsin ft. bbyclose - Kisses

Up 2 to number 24

Dasha - Austin

Up 1 to number 9

From The Vault: Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark

Back in at number 36

Eminem ft. White Gold - Habits

Highest New Entry - In at number 11

Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso

Sixth week at number 1

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Top of the Pops, 20th June 2024

Sabrina Carpenter is still kept off the top by Eminem, but she does have the highest new entry this week, giving her two songs in the top 3. Speaking of follow-ups, RAYE is back with the sequel or coda to last year's all-conquering album. There are also debuts for Flex (UK) and Gracie Abrams.

Queen Taylor Swift drops in as well for a double header, although it's interesting that  the track from ages ago is actually higher in the chart than the one from her latest album.

Debuts: Flex (UK), Gracie Abrams

Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please

Highest New Entry - In at number 3

RAYE - Genesis

In at number 22

Billie Eilish - Birds Of A Feather

Up 1 to number 4

Flex (UK) - 6 In The Morning

Up 10 to number 40

Gracie Abrams - Close To You

In at number 35

Dua Lipa - Illusion

Up 1 to number 32

Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer / I Can Do It With A Broken Heart

Back in at number 17 / Up 1 to number 19

Eminem - Houdini

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Dannii Minogue

Top of the Pops, 13th June 2024

Out of nowhere, Eminem tops the chart! Wow. The show also features new or newish songs from Fred Again and Charli XCX, repeat visits for the enduring hits from Mark Ambor and Blessed Madonna, and a couple of double-headers from Gunna and (in a rather extravagant performance) Chappell Roan. Oh, and Taylor Swift stops by to open the show.

Debuts: Chika

Taylor Swift - Fortnight

Up 2 to number 11

Gunna - One Of Wun / On One Tonight

Up 7 to number 30 / Up 13 to number 57

Fred Again ft. Anderson .Paak and Chika - Places To Be

In at number 35

Blessed Madonna ft. Clementine Douglas - Happier

Up 1 to number 22

Mark Ambor - Belong Together

Up 1 to number 14

Charli XCX - 360

Up 18 to number 41

Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe / Hot To Go

Up 4 to number 16 / In at number 53

Eminem - Houdini

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Sir Ian McKellan

Top of the Pops, 9th May 2024

The tortured poet wave has largely broken, meaning that a lot of songs shuffle up a few places, giving us a nice compendium of the top hits of the moment from Benson Boone, Dasha, Artemas and even Noah Kahan. The most impressive climb, though, has to be Sabrina Carpenter skipping up all the way to her first even number 1 single.

Taylor Swift isn't completely done either, though, and she's here with another track from her super new album. Friend of the show Dua Lipa is here too, and Natasha Bedingfield is back with a second resurrected track, this time Badger-assisted.

Debuts: Badger

Badger vs Natasha Bedingfield - These Words

High Climber - Up 13 to number 22

Benson Boone - Beautiful Things

Up 2 to number 4

Dua Lipa - Illusion

Up 3 to number 16

Noah Kahan - Stick Season

Up 1 to number 14

Dasha - Austin

Up 1 to number 9

Artemas - I Like The Way You Kiss Me

Up 2 to number 5

Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart

Highest New Entry - In at number 8

Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso

Up 4 to number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

Top of the Pops, 2nd May 2024

In a week with such a high profile new release, it was inevitable that the number 1 spot would of course be taken by the world-shaking cultural icon Post Malone - and of course Taylor Swift, on whose song he is kindly invited to guest.

Elsewhere the influx of Swift has pushed most other songs down a few places, so we have to look a fair way down the chart for other climbers. That's good news for Shaboozey and Lay Bankz, and even Pozer down at number 41. Also of note is the new entry from Headie One and Stormzy - with a perhaps surprisingly low-key chart position for such a big-name team-up, but of course they bring the energy to the TOTP studio.

Debuts: Lay Bankz, Shaboozey

Pozer - Malicious Intentions

In at number 41

Drake - Push Ups

In at number 14

Bryson Tiller - Whatever She Wants

Up 2 to number 22

Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)

High Climber - Up 25 to number 16

Lay Bankz - Tell Ur Girlfriend

Up 13 to number 18

From The Vault: Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

Up 8 to number 43

Headie One ft. Stormzy - Cry No More

In at number 33

Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone - Fortnight

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Brian Butterfield

Top of the Pops, 22nd February 2024

US music royalty is here in abundance this week, with Beyonce off the dance bandwagon and on the country bandwagon, Kanye on the show for the first time in a while, and Taylor Swift reprising Cruel Summer in an exclusive mix played on glacial synths and percussion.

There's also a strong debut for Good Neighbours, an oldie from Mason and Princess Superstar, and a double bill from top guy Noah Kahan.

Debuts: Good Neighbours

Kygo ft. Ava Max - Whatever

Up 4 to number 24

Beyonce - Texas Hold'em

Highest New Entry - In at number 9

Good Neighbours - Home

Up 6 to number 34

YG Marley - Praise Jah In The Moonlight

Up 4 to number 5

Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer

Up 3 to number 7

From The Vault: Mason vs Princess Superstar - Perfect (Exceeder)

Up 4 to number 35

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign - Carnival

In at number 12

Noah Kahan - Stick Season / Forever

Seventh week at number 1 / In at number 31

PRESENTER: James Masterton