Thursday, 22 February 2018

Top of the Pops, 22nd February 2018

Grime and film continue to be the twin sounds of 2018: this week it's Kojo Funds representing the former, and Liam and Rita for the latter - though they only get through a verse and a chorus before Rita barges Liam off the stage and launches into a spirited rendition of the far superior Anywhere.

We also have the quietly very successful song from Jax Jones and Ina Wroldsen, the rather blunt new lyric from Anne-Marie, and a whole bunch of people crammed on to the stage with Hailee Steinfeld. Drake looks very cool at number 1 (and number 23 too).

Debuts: Florida Georgia Line, Andrew Watt, Blocboy JB.

Liam Payne and Rita Ora - For You (Fifty Shades Freed) / Anywhere

Up 10 to number 8 / Up 1 to number 31

Hailee Steinfeld vs Alesso ft. Florida Georgia Line and Andrew Watt - Let Me Go

Up 9 to number 30

Anne-Marie - Friends

Highest New Entry - In at number 19

Kojo Funds ft. RAYE - Check

Up 1 to number 32

Dua Lipa - New Rules

Up 2 to number 34

Jax Jones ft. Ina Wroldsen - Breathe

Up 1 to number 10

Blocboy JB ft. Drake - Look Alive

In at number 23

Drake - God's Plan

Fourth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Dannii Minogue

Thursday, 15 February 2018

Top of the Pops, 15th February 2018

The movie theme of the last few weeks continues, as Kendrick Lamar pops in with two friends and two songs from the Black Panther film. Keala Settle is here too, reprising the standout hit from The Greatest Showman.

Reality is represented by another new grimer B Young as well as friends of the show Mabel and Not3s. And there's some old-school toe-tapping from Bruno Mars and Portugal The Man.

Debuts: B Young.

Mabel ft. Not3s - Fine Line

Up 5 to number 17

Kendrick Lamar with SZA and the Weeknd - Pray For Me / All The Stars

Highest New Entry - In at number 15 / Up 9 to number 28

B Young - Jumanji

High Climber - Up 16 to number 27

Portugal The Man - Feel It Still

Up 4 to number 9

Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B - Finesse

Up 2 to number 7

G-Eazy and Halsey - Him & I

Up 3 to number 22

Keala Settle - This Is Me

Up 2 to number 6

Drake - God's Plan

Third week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Abz Breen and Richie Neville

Thursday, 8 February 2018

Top of the Pops, 8th February 2018

Double Drake this week: the great man holds steady at number 1, and also shares the distinction of highest new entry with Migos. There's no Greatest Show tune, sadly, but Hollywood is represented by Liam and Rita's theme from the Fifty Shades film. Sigrid is back, as are Not3s and Mabel, who seem to be on every week just now. The big new track of the moment comes from Rudimental, who show up with all three of their guest vocalists as well as, of course, that guy in the hat.

Debuts: Dan Caplen.

Craig David ft. Bastille - I Know You

Up 5 to number 5

Liam Payne and Rita Ora - For You (Fifty Shades Freed)

Up 6 to number 23

Rudimental ft. Jess Glynne, Dan Caplen and Macklemore - These Days

High Climber - Up 22 to number 11

Not3s ft. Mabel - My Lover

Up 1 to number 16

Sigrid - Strangers

Up 4 to number 10

Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same

Up 1 to number 14

Migos ft. Drake - Walk It Talk It

Highest New Entry - In at number 30

Drake - God's Plan

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

Thursday, 1 February 2018

Top of the Pops, 1st February 2018

SMASH! King Ed Sheeran's run at number 1 is over, and who else should do the deed but our other leading chart wizard, Drake? He comes straight in at the top.

There is grime all over the rest of the show, with Steel Banglez, Yungen, Mostack, Not3s, Mabel and J Hus representing the best of British youth. Some contrast is provided by Portugal The Man's peppy number, and the US is represented by G-Eazy, Halsey and a French Montana double hit.

Debuts: Portugal The Man, Steel Banglez.

Mabel ft. Not3s - Fine Line

In at number 32

Portugal The Man - Feel It Still

Up 5 to number 20

G-Eazy and Halsey - Him & I

Up 5 to number 27

French Montana and Stefflon Don - Tip Toe / Hurtin' Me

Up 3 to number 5 / Up 1 to number 49

Steel Banglez, Yungen and Mostack - Bad

Up 3 to number 30

Jax Jones ft. Ina Wroldsen - Breathe

Up 3 to number 9

J Hus - Bouff Daddy

Up 1 to number 26

Drake - God's Plan

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Stephen Mulhern

Thursday, 25 January 2018

Top of the Pops, 25th January 2018

Perfect drops from the top but Ed Sheeran remains unbowed: he is now there with his good buddy Eminem and their hit River (we just show the video). Fresher blood comes from Sigrid and several cast members from The Greatest Show, whose soundtrack is proving a runaway hit.

Dua Lipa and Camila Cabello both have breakthrough weeks with follow-ups to the defining hits of the last quarter, and we remember Dolores O'Riordan in the From The Vault slot.

Debuts: Sigrid, Zac Efron, Zendaya.

Sigrid - Strangers

Highest New Entry - In at number 26

RAYE ft. Mr Eazi - Decline

Up 7 to number 15

Keala Settle / Zac Efron / Zendaya - This Is Me / Rewrite The Stars

Up 3 to number 13 / Up 5 to number 19

Dua Lipa - IDGAF

High Climber - Up 24 to number 14

Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same

Up 22 to number 7

From The Vault: The Cranberries - Zombie

Back in at number 45

Clean Bandit ft. Zac Efron - I Miss You

Up 1 to number 4

Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran - River

Up 1 to number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

Thursday, 18 January 2018

Top of the Pops, 18th January 2018

After last week's best-of-2017 feel, this week brings a fair few new hits. Ramz completes a long trek to the top 5, and there are big new entries from Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars, and Liam and Rita from the new 50 Shades soundtrack.

There's also the open-to-question pairing of Craig David and Bastille, and for a bit of variety King Ed gets Andrea Bocelli in to do the faux-classical version of Perfect.

Debuts: Cardi B.

Ramz - Barking

Up 4 to number 4

Justin Timberlake - Filthy

In at number 15

Liam Payne and Rita Ora - For You

In at number 11

Jax Jones ft. Ina Wroldsen - Breathe

High Climber - Up 10 to number 14

Craig David ft. Bastille - I Know You

Up 5 to number 10

Jason Derulo - Tip Toe

Up 7 to number 12

Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B - Finesse

Highest New Entry - In at number 7

Ed Sheeran ft. Andrea Bocelli - Perfect

Sixth week at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

Thursday, 11 January 2018

Top of the Pops, 11th January 2018

Happy New Year! It's the crazy post-Christmas chart where literally every single song is a climber, which combined with the lack of a regular show last week means that the entire top 7 is eligible to be featured. How many of them could you guess? You'd probably get Ed Sheeran, Eminem and Rita Ora, but MK and Big Shaq provide a couple of curveballs.

Lots of climbers also means lots of acts with multiple hits, so Clean Bandit give us an all star best of 2017 medley, and Camila Cabello drops a bit of her new single in alongside the evergreen Havana. The one new hit comes from Keala Settle, with her show-stopper from the film The Greatest Showman.

Debuts: Keala Settle.

MK - 17

Up 16 to number 7

Rita Ora - Anywhere

Up 4 to number 4

Keala Settle - This Is Me

Highest New Entry - In at number 28

Clean Bandit ft. Julia Michaels and Zara Larsson - I Miss You / Symphony

Up 12 to number 6 / High Climber - Up 34 to number 18

Big Shaq - Man's Not Hot

Up 3 to number 3

Camila Cabello - Havana / Never Be The Same

Up 7 to number 5 / Up 34 to number 37

Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran - River

Up 1 to number 2

Ed Sheeran - Perfect

Fifth week at number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton