Twice a week, Tad's LGBT Music Chart brings you the Top 50 music videos by LGBTQ artists from around the world.
Chart week #1 of 2025: Week of 5th January
Click the link below for this week's playlist on YouTube:
Chart notes:
Australian indie-folk singer Hollie Col takes over the #1 spot on Tad's LGBT Music Chart this weekend with "Two Step Plan", moving up one more place from the midweek's #2 position. The song's lyrics tell the tale of two women who are in love with each other, yet it's complicated because one of them is in a relationship with a man. The track appeared on the official radio airplay chart in Australia, but only reached a peak of #100 according to SoundCharts. However the clip has reached a large audience on YouTube, amassing a total of more than 857,000 views since its release. Over the past four days, the video for "Two Step Plan" has gained an additional 62,399 views on YouTube (which is a huge increase of 7.88% since the midweek's chart!).
Only one video moves up into the Top Ten this weekend. South Korean boy-band Ateez climbs 6 notches to #10 with "Ice on My Teeth".
Twelve songs fall off the chart to make way for twelve new songs. The weekend chart features 12 debuts by LGBTQ acts from Sweden, Australia, the U.S.A., Russia, Brazil, England, and Denmark:
- Sergey Lazarev (from Russia)
- Rebecca Black (from California, USA)
- Clairo Cottrill (from Massachusetts, USA)
- Hiran (from Brazil)
- Mad Tsai (from California, USA)
- Dom Dolla (from Australia) & Tove Lo (from Sweden)
- Elton John (from England, UK) & Brandi Carlile (from Washington, USA)
- Omar Rudberg (from Sweden)
- Mø (from Denmark)
- Joy Oladokun (from Arizona, USA)
- Wafia (from Australia)
- Sam Williams (from Tennessee, USA)
Voting:
Chart positions are determined by a system of 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 for the email address). Suggestions for new videos are also welcomed, but they must meet the following criteria:
- Must be from an LGBTQ artist. For a duo/group, at least one member must identify as LGBTQ.
- Video must be available on YouTube.
- Video may not contain more than one minute of audio that is not music (such as dialogue).
- Video must have at least 500 views.
- Video must be longer than 2 minutes, but shorter than 6 minutes.
- Release date of the YouTube video must be within the past four months.
Tad's contact info:
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Email: tadsgaymusicchannel@gmail.com
This weekend's Top 50 LGBT chart:
| This week | Last week | Artist & title | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart |
| 1 | 2 | Hollie Col – “Two Step Plan” | AU | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Barskih – “Ya Vzhe Ne Ty” | UK | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 4 | Jérémy Frerot – “Gamins des Sables” | FR | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 6 | Ethan – “Collide” | NZ/AU | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 8 | Andy C & Becky Hill – “Indestructible” | GB | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | Ruben – “Milk and Honey” | NO | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | 10 | Chris Housman – “Blueneck” | US | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 9 | Nemo – “Eurostar” | CH | 8 | 5 |
| 9 | 7 | Katie Gavin – “Aftertaste” | US | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | 16 | Ateez – “Ice on My Teeth” | KR | 10 | 3 |
| 11 | 15 | Lil Nas X – “Light Again!” | US | 11 | 3 |
| 12 | 12 | Lady Gaga – “Disease” | US | 1 | 7 |
| 13 | 11 | Kany García & Rawayana – “La Culpa” | PR/VE | 11 | 4 |
| 14 | 23 | Henry Moodie – “Good Old Days” | GB | 14 | 3 |
| 15 | 22 | Dressed Like Boys – “Jaouad” | BE | 15 | 3 |
| 16 | 21 | Ben Hazlewood – “Too Loud for Tokyo” | NZ/AU | 16 | 3 |
| 17 | 5 | Dua Lipa & Pierre De Maere – “These Walls” | GB/BE | 1 | 6 |
| 18 | 26 | PP Krit – “Friend to Friend” | TH | 18 | 3 |
| 19 | 14 | Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – “Guess” | GB/US | 1 | 11 |
| 20 | 27 | Keiynan Lonsdale – “Crash” | AU | 20 | 3 |
| 21 | 25 | Hurray For The Riff Raff – “Buffalo” | US | 21 | 3 |
| 22 | 32 | Lola Indigo & Paolo Londra – “Perreito Pa Llorar” | ES/AR | 22 | 3 |
| 23 | 17 | Shirin David & Sampagne – “It Girl” | DE | 17 | 4 |
| 24 | 28 | Alok & Anitta – “Looking for Love” | BR | 24 | 3 |
| 25 | 19 | Semler – “Jesus from Texas” | BE/US | 1 | 10 |
| 26 | 13 | RealXman – “Cistem Addict” | US | 11 | 6 |
| 27 | 30 | Katy Perry & Doechii – “I’m His, He’s Mine” | US | 10 | 6 |
| 28 | 43 | XG – “Howling” | JP/KR | 28 | 2 |
| 29 | 18 | Francisco Victoria & Malena Zavala – “La Necesidad” | CL/GB | 3 | 7 |
| 30 | New | Sergey Lazarev – “Tsveta Odnogo” | RU | 30 | 1 |
| 31 | 20 | Neon Trees – “Paper Cuts” | US | 20 | 4 |
| 32 | 50 | Álvaro Mayo – “Club Lights” | ES | 32 | 2 |
| 33 | 48 | Raissa & Rahim Redcar – “No Genius” | GB/FR | 33 | 3 |
| 34 | 46 | Kylie Minogue – “Lights Camera Action” | AU | 34 | 2 |
| 35 | 40 | Lauren Sanderson – “Allison” | US | 30 | 4 |
| 36 | 49 | Bebe Rexha – “I’m the Drama” | US | 36 | 2 |
| 37 | New | Rebecca Black – “Sugar Water Cyanide” | US | 37 | 1 |
| 38 | New | Clairo Cottrill – “Sexy to Someone” | US | 38 | 1 |
| 39 | 44 | Jordy – “Breakup Sex” | US | 39 | 3 |
| 40 | 45 | Cody Belew – “Love Song to the South” | US | 40 | 3 |
| 41 | 36 | Gregory Dillon – “Burning Kisses” | US | 36 | 3 |
| 42 | New | Hiran, Gabi Lins, & Salamanka – “Miudinho” | BR | 42 | 1 |
| 43 | New | Mad Tsai – “Teenage Nightmare” | US | 43 | 1 |
| 44 | New | Dom Dolla & Tove Lo – “Cave” | AU/SE | 44 | 1 |
| 45 | New | Elton John & Brandi Carlile – “Never Too Late” | GB/US | 45 | 1 |
| 46 | New | Omar Rudberg – “Girlfriend” | SE | 46 | 1 |
| 47 | New | Mø – “Who Said?” | DK | 47 | 1 |
| 48 | New | Joy Oladokun – “Am I?” | US | 48 | 1 |
| 49 | New | Wafia – “Distant” | AU | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Sam Williams – “Scarlet Lonesome” | US | 50 | 1 |
Numbers on a gold-colored background indicate a new peak position.
Red text indicates a new entry.
Purple text indicates an item that is no longer on the Top 50.
| Falling off the chart this week: | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart | ||
| ** | 24 | Vienna Vienna – “Vienna (Everything’s Fine)” | US | 2 | 7 |
| ** | 29 | Sofi Tukker & Kah-Lo – “Woof” | US/NG | 4 | 7 |
| ** | 31 | Safe Mind – “6 Foot Pole” | US | 7 | 6 |
| ** | 33 | La Cruz – “Fancy” | VE/ES | 2 | 9 |
| ** | 34 | Girli – “Two Year Itch” | GB | 23 | 4 |
| ** | 35 | Serpentwithfeet & Orion Sun – “Ellipsis” | US | 9 | 8 |
| ** | 37 | Jamie-Lee Sexton – “Goodbye and Goodluck” | ZA | 21 | 3 |
| ** | 38 | Grupo Firme & Hernán Sepulveda – “Qué Fuimos” | MX | 22 | 3 |
| ** | 39 | Emily Burns – “Are You Waiting?” | GB | 27 | 4 |
| ** | 41 | Angel Vivaldi & Steve Morse – “New Country” | US | 29 | 4 |
| ** | 42 | Noah Finnce & The TISM – “Pet” | GB/AU | 33 | 3 |
| ** | 47 | Cavetown & Frankie Cosmos – “Magic 8 Ball” | GB/US | 45 | 2 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above | ||
| AR = Argentina | AU = Australia | BE = Belgium |
| BR = Brazil | CH = Switzerland | CL = Chile |
| DE = Germany | DK = Denmark | ES = Spain |
| FR = France | GB = Great Britain | JP = Japan |
| KR = South Korea | MX = Mexico | NG = Nigeria |
| NO = Norway | NZ = New Zealand | PR = Puerto Rico |
| RU = Russia | SE = Sweden | TH = Thailand |
| UK = Ukraine | US = United States | VE = Venezuela |
| ZA = South Africa | ||
