Twice a week, Tad's LGBT Music Chart brings you the Top 50 music videos by LGBTQ artists from around the world.
Midweek chart for 19th February 2025
Click the link below (in green) for the latest playlist on YouTube:
Chart notes:
American rapper/singer/actress Doechii (from Tampa, Florida) has earned her first #1 on Tad's LGBT Music Chart at midweek with "Denial is a River", moving up 2 more places from the weekend's #3 position. Doechii self-funded her debut EP Oh the Places You'll Go in 2020, which received critical acclaim and got the attention of major labels when its songs went viral on TikTok. She was signed to Capitol Records in 2022, and later that year she revealed that she is bisexual. Doechii discussed her bisexuality in an interview with GQ and stated that she had always known she is queer. In 2024 she told Gay Times that she is currently in a relationship with a woman. Over the past half-week, the video for "Denial is a River" has gained an additional 1,634,276 views on YouTube (which is an increase of 2.92% since the weekend's chart).
Four videos move up into the Top Ten at midweek, including a return from a former #1 hit: American musician Billie Eilish (from Los Angeles, California) rebounds back up 7 positions to #6 with "Birds of a Feather". British musician Henry Moodie (from West Surrey, England) climbs 7 spots to #7 with "The Old Me". Brazilian singer Fiakra rises 9 notches to #9 with "Laroyê". They're joined in the Top Ten by British singer/songwriter Tom Aspaul (from West Midlands, England), who's leaping ahead 11 places to #10 with "Sauna / Cabin Fever".
Twelve songs fall off the chart to make way for twelve new songs. The midweek chart features 12 debuts by LGBTQ artists from Spain, England, the U.S.A., Iceland, Thailand, the Netherlands, Australia, Switzerland, and Taiwan:
- Mad Tsai (from California, USA)
- Hatari (from Iceland)
- Vienna Vienna (from California, USA)
- Jasmine.4.t (from England, U.K.)
- Julien Baker (from Tennessee, USA) & Torres (from Georgia, USA)
- Micah McLaurin (from South Carolina, USA)
- PP Krit (from Thailand)
- Álvaro Mayo (from Spain)
- Douwe Bob (from the Netherlands)
- Pet Shop Boys (from England, U.K.)
- Tin (from Australia)
- Laskaar (from Switzerland & Spain) & Putochinomaricón (from Taiwan & Spain)
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. Exceptions will be permitted for straight artists who include gay content in their lyrics and/or video, and for straight artists who are widely perceived as a gay icon.
- 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
The midweek Top 50 LGBT chart:
| This week | Last week | Artist & title | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart |
| 1 | 3 | Doechii – “Denial is a River” | US | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | Semler – “Little Light” | BE/US | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 4 | Jaloo – “Ocitocina” | BR | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | Becky Hill & MK – “Swim” | GB/US | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 7 | Jordan Suaste – “Heaven” | US | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 13 | Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather” | US | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | 14 | Henry Moodie – “The Old Me” | GB | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | Marcin Maciejczak – “Ostatnia Piosenka O Tobie” | PL | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 18 | Fiakra & Psiu – “Laroyê” | BR | 9 | 4 |
| 10 | 21 | Tom Aspaul – “Sauna / Cabin Fever” | GB | 10 | 3 |
| 11 | 16 | Ethan – “Cancel Everything” | NZ/AU | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | James Charles – “Used to Love Me” | US | 9 | 6 |
| 13 | 8 | NSB – “Stardom” | US/TH/ PH | 8 | 6 |
| 14 | 10 | Ocean Kelly – “Down the Cunty Road” | US | 10 | 5 |
| 15 | 25 | The Aces – “Jealous” | US | 15 | 3 |
| 16 | 11 | Shinjiro Atae – “Kizuketa” | JP | 11 | 6 |
| 17 | 23 | The Scarlet Opera – “Heaven is a Place on Earth” | US | 17 | 3 |
| 18 | 29 | Jão – “Meninos e Meninas F.C.” | BR | 18 | 3 |
| 19 | 22 | Omar Apollo, Trent Reznor, & Atticus Ross – “Te Maldigo” | US/GB | 19 | 4 |
| 20 | 32 | Lambrini Girls – “Cuntology 101” | GB | 20 | 2 |
| 21 | 26 | Joesef – “Cynical” | GB | 21 | 4 |
| 22 | 37 | Smashby – “Love Myself (How I Used to Love You)” | GB | 22 | 2 |
| 23 | 33 | La Cruz & Villano Antillano – “Privado” | VE/ES/ PR | 1 | 11 |
| 24 | 34 | Pvris, Sizzy Rocket, & Uffie – “F.I.L.T.H.” | US/FR | 24 | 3 |
| 25 | 47 | Adrián Bello – “Escondidos” | PE | 25 | 2 |
| 26 | 38 | Flamyngus – “Soulmate” | DE | 26 | 2 |
| 27 | 45 | Kate Pierson – “Higher Place” | US | 27 | 2 |
| 28 | 41 | Maruv – “Ya Sleza” | UK | 28 | 2 |
| 29 | New | Mad Tsai – “Boys Beware” | US | 29 | 1 |
| 30 | New | Hatari – “Breadcrumbs” | IS | 30 | 1 |
| 31 | 44 | Artem Pivovarov & Nazva – “Tok Tok” | UK | 31 | 2 |
| 32 | 6 | Hope D – “Nails” | AU | 6 | 9 |
| 33 | New | Vienna Vienna – “Wonderland” | US | 33 | 1 |
| 34 | New | Jasmine.4.t – “Guy Fawkes Tesco Dissociation” | GB | 34 | 1 |
| 35 | 12 | Kevz – “Lost on You (Spanish Version)” | CL | 12 | 5 |
| 36 | 15 | Olly Alexander – “Cupid’s Bow” | GB | 1 | 11 |
| 37 | New | Julien Baker & Torres – “Sugar in the Tank” | US | 37 | 1 |
| 38 | New | Micah McLaurin – “Baboom” | US | 38 | 1 |
| 39 | 17 | Matt Fishel – “Alternative Anthem” | GB | 17 | 4 |
| 40 | 31 | Tokischa & Nathy Peluso – “De Maravisha” | DO/AR/ ES | 1 | 12 |
| 41 | 19 | Katie Gavin – “Inconsolable” | US | 18 | 5 |
| 42 | 20 | Danny Blu – “Finish Him” | US | 17 | 6 |
| 43 | 24 | Shygirl & Yseult – “F*Me” | GB/FR | 24 | 3 |
| 44 | New | PP Krit – “Oopsy Daisy” | TH | 44 | 1 |
| 45 | 30 | Alexander Stewart – “His Problem Instead” | CA | 3 | 7 |
| 46 | New | Álvaro Mayo – “Se Irán” | ES | 46 | 1 |
| 47 | New | Douwe Bob – “Nights in Tokyo” | NL | 47 | 1 |
| 48 | New | Pet Shop Boys – “All the Young Dudes” | GB | 48 | 1 |
| 49 | New | Tin – “Fuego” | AU | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Laskaar & Putochinomaricón – “No Tengo Bateria” | ES/CH/ TW | 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 | ||
| ** | 27 | Benjamin Elgar – “Better Tho” | FR | 23 | 5 |
| ** | 28 | Halsey – “Hometown” | US | 25 | 5 |
| ** | 35 | Rebecca Black – “Trust!” | US | 7 | 9 |
| ** | 36 | Lauren Sanderson – “How to Say Goodbye” | US | 11 | 7 |
| ** | 39 | Ateez – “Ice on My Teeth” | KR | 1 | 15 |
| ** | 40 | Shirin David & Ski Aggu – “Atzen und Barbies” | DE | 32 | 3 |
| ** | 42 | Omar Rudberg – “Wrong” | VE/SE | 33 | 3 |
| ** | 43 | Luke Black – “Batshit” | RS/GB | 37 | 3 |
| ** | 46 | Billy Raffoul – “Never Be Without Love” | CA | 39 | 3 |
| ** | 48 | Ofelia – “Ch*Jowy Film” | PL | 43 | 2 |
| ** | 49 | Villagers – “A Matter of Taste” | IE | 44 | 2 |
| ** | 50 | The Knocks & Powers – “Stay Gold” | US | 47 | 2 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above | ||
| AR = Argentina | AU = Australia | BE = Belgium |
| BR = Brazil | CA = Canada | CH = Switzerland |
| CL = Chile | DE = Germany | DO = Dominican Republic |
| ES = Spain | FR = France | GB = Great Britain |
| IE = Ireland | IS = Iceland | JP = Japan |
| KR = South Korea | NL = Netherlands | NZ = New Zealand |
| PE = Peru | PH = Philippines | PL = Poland |
| PR = Puerto Rico | RS = Serbia | SE = Sweden |
| TH = Thailand | TW = Taiwan | UK = Ukraine |
| US = United States | VE = Venezuela | |
