Chart Week 34 of 2022: 21 August

     Twice a week, Tad's LGBT Music Chart brings you the Top 50 music videos by LGBTQ artists from around the world.     

Chart Week #34 of 2022: Week of 21st August

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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk5_VWB63trFCsfkmRbftqTyx83Qmvpsi

Chart notes:

   American rock band Panic! At The Disco (from Las Vegas, Nevada) reaches the #1 spot on the LGBT chart this weekend with "Middle Of a Breakup", moving up one more place from the midweek's #2 position. In the lyrics, lead singer Brendon Urie is trying (and failing) to end a tumultuous relationship. The one thing that keeps bringing the couple back together is the "makeup sex" after their quarrels, and he describes his partner as his "favorite drug". The clip includes some theatrical vamping inspired by the musicals Grease and Kinky Boots, along with some cheeky metaphors for sex such as a rocket ship blasting off into space and a train entering a tunnel. Over the past four days, the video for "Middle Of a Breakup" has gained an additional 127,115 views on YouTube (which is a huge increase of 7.22% since the midweek's chart!).

   Three videos move up into the Top 10 this weekend, two of which happen to be from American acts: Mamalarky (originally from Austin, Texas & now residing in Atlanta, Georgia) at #6 with "Mythical Bonds", and Demi Lovato (from Dallas, Texas) at #10 with "Substance". They're joined in the Top 10 by Swedish singer/songwriter Tove Lo, who's leaping ahead 10 notches to #8 with "2 Die 4".

   Eleven songs fall off the chart to make way for eleven new songs. The highest debut this weekend was "Transfert Trottinette" by French drag performer Bilal Hassani, entering the chart at #34. Born in Paris to Moroccan parents, Bilal started singing at the age of five and appeared as a contestant on the French edition of The Voice Kids. In 2019, he was chosen to represent France at The Eurovision Song Contest. The lyrics of his latest track are a message aimed at preventing the spread of HIV and AIDS through the use of PREP medications. Over the past half-week, the video for "Transfert Trottinette" has gained an additional 4,755 YouTube views (which is a huge increase of 6.59% over the previous chart period!).

   Further down the chart, we have 10 more debuts by LGBTQ artists from Scotland, the U.S.A., England, Chile, Spain, and Italy:

• Joesef (from Scotland, UK)
• Drebae (from California, USA)
• The 1975 (from England, UK)
• Myylo (from Tennessee, USA)
• Kevin Vásquez (from Chile)
• Emeli Sandé (from Scotland, UK)
• Big Dipper (from Illinois, USA) and TT The Artist (originally from Florida & now living in Maryland, USA)
• Danny (from Spain)
• Renée Muzquiz (from Oregon, USA)
• Nieri (from Italy)

 

   Chart positions are based on points assigned from a combination of YouTube views and votes. If you'd like to vote for your favorite videos, please feel free to leave a comment on this blog (anonymous comments are permitted) or send me a private message (see the contact info below). Suggestions for new videos are also welcomed, but they must be from an LGBTQ artist and they must be available on YouTube.

 

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This weekend's Top 50 LGBT chart:

This week	Last week	Artist & title	Orig.	Peak	Weeks on chart
1	2	Panic! At The Disco – “Middle Of a Breakup”	US	1	5
2	3	Pink – “Irrelevant”	US	2	5
3	7	Diplo, TSHA, & Kareen Lomax – “Let You Go”	US/GB	3	4
4	6	Saucy Santana & Latto – “Booty”	US	4	5
5	5	Pale Waves – “Jealousy”	GB	5	7
6	12	Mamalarky – “Mythical Bonds”	US	6	4
7	8	Jamie Hannah – “Tomorrow”	GB	7	4
8	18	Tove Lo – “2 Die 4”	SE	8	3
9	9	Pussy Riot & ILoveMakonnen – “Plastic”	RU/US	9	5
10	11	Demi Lovato – “Substance”	US	10	6
11	16	Kidd Kenn & Erica Banks – “Do Dat At”	US	11	3
12	1	Daya – “Love You When You’re Gone”	US	1	7
13	15	Lily Rose – “In My Drinks”	US	13	6
14	10	Laskaar – “Maricón”	CH/ES	10	7
15	19	Oscar And The Wolf – “Something In the Air”	BE	15	6
16	24	Agoney – “Cachito”	ES	16	3
17	38	Esteman – “Un Día En Paris”	CO	17	2
18	43	Jackson Wang – “Cruel”	HK/CN	18	2
19	44	Raymix – “Nada”	MX	19	2
20	4	Jodie Harsh – “Shock”	GB	2	7
21	46	Måneskin – “If I Can Dream”	IT	21	2
22	26	Ricky Martin – “Ácido Sabor”	PR	5	6
23	22	Tegan And Sara – “Yellow”	CA	22	4
24	14	Maggie Lindemann – “You’re Not Special”	US	3	6
25	40	Jordy – “IDK Sh!t”	US	25	2
26	20	Blas Cantó – “El Bueno Acaba Mal”	ES	1	13
27	34	Luis Gamarra – “De Viaje”	BO	13	7
28	17	Kylie Minogue – “Miss a Thing”	AU	17	4
29	13	YooJung – “Begin”	KR	1	11
30	50	Ateez – “Guerrilla”	KR	30	2
31	41	G Flip – “Waste Of Space”	AU	31	3
32	49	Rina Sawayama – “Catch Me In the Air”	GB	32	2
33	32	Omar Rudberg – “Todo De Ti (All That She Wants)”	SE	14	7
34	New	Bilal Hassani – “Transfert Trottinette”	FR	34	1
35	New	Joesef – “East End Coast”	GB	35	1
36	35	Muna – “What I Want”	US	26	6
37	27	Apolo – “Romeo”	ES	27	3
38	29	KT Tunstall – “I Am the Pilot”	GB	29	3
39	New	Drebae – “Down On Me”	US	39	1
40	30	Angel Olsen – “Through the Fires”	US	30	3
41	New	The 1975 – “Happiness”	GB	41	1
42	39	Mykki Blanco & Kelsey Lu – “French Lessons”	US	39	3
43	42	Ty Herndon & Jamie Floyd – “Lean In”	US	42	3
44	New	Myylo – “Pink Boy Heart”	US	44	1
45	New	Kevin Vásquez – “As It Was (Spanish Version)”	CL	45	1
46	New	Emeli Sandé – “Ready To Love”	GB	46	1
47	New	Big Dipper & TT The Artist – “Ham and Cheese”	US	47	1
48	New	Danny – “Sexo En La Playa”	ES	48	1
49	New	Renée Muzquiz – “Gay Kids”	US	49	1
50	New	Nieri – “Body 2 Body”	IT	50	1

 

Numbers on a gold-colored background indicate a new peak position.

 

Falling off the chart this week:			Orig.	Peak	Weeks on chart
**	21	Calum Scott – “Heaven”	GB	4	7
**	23	Seth Sikes – “Ain’t There Anyone Here For Love?”	US	23	4
**	25	Hayley Kiyoko – “Deep In the Woods”	US	1	8
**	28	Sharon Needles – “Flamin’ Hot”	US	7	7
**	31	Mabel Matiz – “Karakol”	TR	2	9
**	33	Brian Justin Crum – “Other Side”	US	16	6
**	36	Nakhane, Moonchild Sanelly, & Nile Rodgers – “Tell Me Your Politik”	ZA/US	2	6
**	37	Betty Who – “She Can Dance”	AU	31	4
**	45	Domo Wilson – “I Hope He Cheats”	US	36	3
**	47	Chimano – “Beautiful Day”	KE	38	3
**	48	Miss Caffeina & Varry Brava – “Dancetería”	ES	45	3

  

Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above
AU = Australia	BE = Belgium	BO = Bolivia
CA = Canada	CH = Switzerland	CL = Chile
CN = China	CO = Colombia	ES = Spain
FR = France	GB = Great Britain	HK = Hong Kong
IT = Italy	KE = Kenya	KR = South Korea
MX = Mexico	PR = Puerto Rico	RU = Russia
SE = Sweden	TR = Turkey	US = United States
ZA = South Africa