Thursday, 28 July 2016

Top of the Pops, 28th July 2016

Despite his extended stay at number 1 Drake hasn't been into the studio for a couple of weeks, but he puts that right tonight, bringing us both his current hits with a guest violinist and harpsichord player to keep things fresh. He matches Wet Wet Wet this week and Whigfield doesn't have a single out so he may equal Mr Adams in seven days' time.

This week's debut is girl band M.O., not to be confused with the bendy Scandi vocalist MØ who was on last week. The other big news is the return of Katy Perry, and the line-up is completed by popular boy band 5SOS, the return of Snakehips, friend of the show Ariana Grande, the continued efforts of Becky Hill, and Shawn Mendes's red pill anthem.

Debuts: M.O.

5 Seconds of Summer - Girls Talk Boys

In at number 28

M.O. - Who Do You Think Of

High Climber - Up 12 to number 35

Snakehips ft. ZAYN - Cruel

In at number 38

MK ft. Becky Hill - Piece Of Me

Up 5 to number 37

Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

Up 4 to number 9

Katy Perry - Rise

Highest New Entry - In at number 25

Ariana Grande - Into You

Up 2 to number 14

Drake - One Dance / Controlla

Fifteenth week at number 1 / Up 1 to number 21

PRESENTER: Dave Benson Phillips

Thursday, 21 July 2016

Top of the Pops, 21st July 2016

Drake is now one week away from drawing level with Wet Wet Wet at number one but he's not here to celebrate. Instead we get one of the livelier stand-in performances as Britain's foremost light entertainer Olly Murs takes the helm for a snappy reimagining.

As well as the Mursinator, Bastille and MØ are returning after some time away, the latter now with her own song after spending most of last year guesting with Major Lazer. Jonas Blue, Kent Jones and promising newcomers Christine and the Queens are also making headway up the chart.

Debuts: MØ (as solo).

Jonas Blue ft. JP Cooper - Perfect Strangers

Up 13 to number 3

Kent Jones - Don't Mind

Up 2 to number 10

Coldplay - Hymn for the Weekend

Up 3 to number 19

Olly Murs - You Don't Know Love

Highest New Entry - In at number 23

Bastille - Good Grief

Up 4 to number 25

MØ - Final Song

High Climber - Up 27 to number 28

Christine and the Queens - Tilted

Up 2 to number 40

Kyla with Olly Murs and MØ - One Dance

Fourteenth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

Thursday, 14 July 2016

Top of the Pops, 14th July 2016

Drake's still at number one, I'm afraid, but once again Top of the Pops finds a way to keep the One Dance performances fresh. This week we have Drizzy's featured performer Wizkid mashing it up with Tinie Tempah, whose Mamacita he also guests on in the chart this week.

Freshness also emanates from MK and Becky Hill, and to a lesser extent Charlie Puth, while tried and trusted tracks from Adele, Major Lazer and friend of the show Ariana Grande join them on the TOTP stage. The latest Chainsmokers track is also doing surprisingly well, isn't it?

Debuts: None.

MK ft. Becky Hill - Piece Of Me

Up 4 to number 39

Chainsmokers ft. Daya - Don't Let Me Down

Up 9 to number 7

Charlie Puth ft. Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Any More

High Climber: Up 12 to number 49

Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own

Up 2 to number 10

Major Lazer ft. Nyla - Light It Up

Up 3 to number 36

Ariana Grande - Into You

Up 8 to number 14

Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

Up 1 to number 5

Wizkid with Tinie Tempah - One Dance / Mamacita

Thirteenth week at number 1 / Up 4 to number 48

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Thursday, 7 July 2016

Top of the Pops, 7th July 2016

Iiiiiit's the Drake show! In his Slim Whitman-pummelling twelfth week at number 1, the man himself returns to duet with Rihanna on their two current hot tracks. And of course he comes on at the end of the show to do One Dance - this time in a raved-up megaversion thanks to a fortuitous encounter with Calvin Harris.

Making more modest strides up the chart are Dua Lipa, Jonas Blue and a couple of debutants in Kent Jones and Christine and the Queens. Shawn Mendes's possibly problematic Treat You Better is also making inroads.

Debuts: JP Cooper, Christine and the Queens, Kent Jones.

Rihanna with Drake - Needed Me / Too Good

Up 4 to number 41 / Up 2 to number 3

Dua Lipa - Hotter Than Hell

Up 2 to number 15

Kent Jones - Don't Mind

High Climber - Up 13 to number 26

Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

Up 9 to number 29

Dizzee Rascal vs Calvin Harris - Hype

Highest New Entry - In at number 34

Jonas Blue ft. JP Cooper - Perfect Strangers

Up 6 to number 38

Christine and the Queens - Tilted

Up 13 to number 40

Drake vs Calvin Harris - One Dance

Twelfth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

Thursday, 30 June 2016

Top of the Pops, 30th June 2016

Two Glastonbury headliners are climbing the chart this week, so both Adele and Coldplay wash the mud off and come down the the studio to ride their momentum. Bastille and Sigala are both back, the latter bringing along the legendary Nile Rogers as well as our old friend of the show John Newman.

At the top of the charts, One Dance is getting into silly territory with its eleventh week at number 1. Once again Drake isn't around, so the lovely Little Mix are here to perform the song instead. They get Nile Rodgers to back them up since he's here, and Jade has a tambourine.

Debuts: Nile Rodgers (as featured artist).

Bastille - Good Grief

In at number 25

Ariana Grande - Into You

Up 8 to number 26

Sigala ft. John Newman and Nile Rodgers - Give Me Your Love

Highest New Entry - In at number 9

Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own

Up 12 to number 16

Chainsmokers ft. Daya - Don't Let Me Down

Up 6 to number 24

Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

Up 10 to number 15

Coldplay - Hymn For The Weekend / Adventure Of A Lifetime

Up 3 to number 30 / Up 8 to number 54

Little Mix with Nile Rodgers - One Dance

Eleventh week at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

Thursday, 23 June 2016

Top of the Pops, 23rd June 2016

Drake makes it ten weeks at number 1, matching Rihanna's 21st century record. To celebrate, we welcome back all the guests who've helped perform the song over the last nine weeks, including Rihanna herself, plus DNCE who couldn't resist joining the party.

Elsewhere Dua Lipa finally gets a breakthrough with Hotter Than Hell, and Gnash and Cheat Codes continue their respective slow rises. There are brand new hits from the Stone Roses and the Neales, and we haven't seen Tom Odell for a while.

Debuts: Dua Lipa, The Neales.

Cheat Codes ft. Kris Kross - Sex

Up 2 to number 9

Dua Lipa - Hotter Than Hell

High Climber - Up 26 to number 18

The Stone Roses - Beautiful Thing

Highest New Entry - In at number 21

The Neales - I'll Be There

In at number 22

Tom Odell - Magnetised

Back in at number 40

DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

Long Runner - Up 1 to number 13 after 17 weeks

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

Up 1 to number 7

Drake ft. Rihanna, Wizkid, Kyla, Tinie Tempah, Craig David and DNCE - Too Good / One Dance

Up 1 to number 5 / Tenth week at number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Thursday, 16 June 2016

Top of the Pops, 16th June 2016

First let's address the elephant in the room: Justin Timberlake has the second biggest song of the summer so far but he's only been on the show once. This is because he's been stuck at number 2 behind One Dance, and if you don't climb the chart, you don't get on the show. He needs to either overhaul Drake or start yo-yoing a bit if he wants to be featured.

So who do we have? After six agonising weeks away, friend of the show Zara Larsson is back and she is all over this edition. We open the show with a medley of Lush Life and her new David Guetta track This One's For You, before she joins Tinie Tempah on their long runner Girls Like. Then she's back near the end to fill in Drake's vocals on a unique but strangely lovely version of the new DJ Khaled hit For Free.

Drake manages a double absence, since he's once again not here to perform One Dance either - instead featured vocalist Kyla teams up with Tinie Tempah for a unique and exclusive British take. The line-up is rounded out with chart movers from Kungs, OneRepublic and Calum Scott, and a show-stopper from the universally loved Adele.

Debuts: DJ Khaled.

Zara Larsson vs David Guetta - Lush Life / This One's For You

Up 1 to number 17 / Up 16 to number 46

Tinie Tempah ft. Zara Larsson - Girls Like

Up 2 to number 15

Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

Up 8 to number 26

OneRepublic - Wherever I Go

Up 6 to number 30

Kungs vs Cookin' on 3 Burners - This Girl

Up 6 to number 4

Calum Scott - Dancing On My Own

Up 15 to number 27

DJ Khaled ft. Zara Larsson - For Free

Highest New Entry - In at number 25

Kyla and Tinie Tempah - One Dance

Ninth week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Dappy and Fazer