Twice a week, Tad's LGBT Music Chart brings you the Top 50 music videos by LGBTQ artists from around the world.
Chart week #18 of 2025: Week of 4th May
Click the link below (in green) for this week's playlist on YouTube:
Chart notes:
Australian singer/songwriter Sia (along with French DJ/producer David Guetta) has reached the #1 spot on Tad's LGBT Music Chart this weekend with "Beautiful People", moving up one more place from the midweek's #2 position. The track is the ninth collaboration between the two artists. According to the song's Wikipedia page, it has reached #1 on the official charts of nine different countries. Over the past four days, the video for "Beautiful People" has gained an additional 4,386,718 views on YouTube (which is a massive increase of 11.47% since the midweek's chart!).
Three videos move up into the Top Ten this weekend. American singer/actor Grant Knoche (originally from Dallas, Texas) rises 5 spots to #6 with "Talk". American singer/actress Miley Cyrus (originally from Thompson's Station, Tennessee) climbs 6 notches to #8 with "End of the World". They're joined in the Top Ten by Belgian singer/songwriter Dressed Like Boys, who's moving up 7 places to #10 with "Lies".
Nine songs fall off the chart to make way for nine new songs. The weekend chart features 9 debuts by LGBTQ artists from the U.S.A., Spain, Canada, Bolivia, Germany, the Dominican Republic, South Korea, and Mexico:
- Pablo Alborán (from Spain)
- Kimmortal (from British Columbia, Canada)
- Luis Gamarra (from Bolivia)
- Flamyngus (from Germany)
- Dreamer Isioma (from Illinois, USA)
- Ariel Kelly (from the Dominican Republic)
- Mel 4Ever (originally from Alabama & now residing in New York, USA)
- Xikers (from South Korea)
- Danni Moreno (from Mexico)
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 must not contain more than one minute of audio that is not music (such as dialogue).
- Video must have at least 500 views on YouTube.
- 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:
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVVh9vJDq2wFpilfcTIQCjA
Email: tadsgaymusicchannel@gmail.com
This weekend's Top 50 LGBT chart:
| This week | Last week | Artist & title | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart |
| 1 | 2 | David Guetta & Sia – “Beautiful People” | FR/AU | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 5 | TheArti$t – “Ghost” | US | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 | Chris Housman – “The Dog” | US | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | XG – “Is This Love?” | JP/KR | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 6 | Lambrini Girls – “No Homo” | GB | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | 11 | Grant Knoche – “Talk” | US | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 8 | Jake Wesley Rogers – “Hot Gospel” | US | 7 | 5 |
| 8 | 14 | Miley Cyrus – “End of the World” | US | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 9 | Guitarricadelafuente – “Full Time Papi” | ES | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | 17 | Dressed Like Boys – “Lies” | BE | 10 | 3 |
| 11 | 12 | Bbno$ – “Antidepressants” | CA | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | 10 | Lizzo – “Still Bad” | US | 10 | 5 |
| 13 | 22 | Lil Nas X – “Hotbox” | US | 13 | 2 |
| 14 | 23 | Jérémy Frérot – “Avec ou Sans” | FR | 10 | 6 |
| 15 | 21 | Chocolate Remix – “Abanico y Antifaz” | AR | 15 | 3 |
| 16 | 18 | Jrbubblegum, Bizcuitbeer, & Gunner – “Jeaw” | TH | 16 | 3 |
| 17 | 19 | Ria Mae – “Her Magic” | CA | 1 | 9 |
| 18 | 29 | Tokio Hotel – “Hands Up” | DE | 18 | 2 |
| 19 | 31 | David Archuleta – “Crème Brulée” | US | 19 | 2 |
| 20 | 15 | Frankie Grande – “Rhythm of Love” | US | 15 | 4 |
| 21 | 16 | Tom Aspaul – “Drama” | GB | 16 | 4 |
| 22 | 32 | Kevz – “Fix You (Spanish Version)” | CL | 22 | 2 |
| 23 | 28 | Maddie Zahm – “Heaven” | US | 1 | 8 |
| 24 | 13 | Elton John & Brandi Carlile – “Swing for the Fences” | GB/US | 13 | 5 |
| 25 | 33 | Chloe Moriondo – “Abyss” | US | 25 | 2 |
| 26 | 7 | Max Barskih – “Stomach Butterflies” | UA | 1 | 7 |
| 27 | 1 | Tyler Rayn – “Just Go” | US | 1 | 9 |
| 28 | 20 | Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston – “It’s Not Right But It’s Okay” | DE/US | 6 | 6 |
| 29 | 24 | Majelen – “Stuck with You” | AU | 24 | 4 |
| 30 | 25 | Lola Indigo – “Sin Autotune” | ES | 14 | 5 |
| 31 | 46 | Silvy – “Comfort” | TH | 31 | 2 |
| 32 | 47 | Tail – “Itsu Made Mo” | JP | 32 | 2 |
| 33 | 45 | Baby Alpaca – “Win” | US | 33 | 2 |
| 34 | 40 | Louis Torre – “Lost the Plot” | US | 34 | 3 |
| 35 | 26 | Liniker – “Febre” | BR | 26 | 2 |
| 36 | New | Pablo Alborán – “Clickbait” | ES | 36 | 1 |
| 37 | 27 | Royal And The Serpent – “Death Do Us Part” | US | 27 | 3 |
| 38 | 50 | Shawnee Kish – “What Do You Want from Me?” | CA | 38 | 2 |
| 39 | New | Kimmortal, Shad, & Frankie – “Sunniest of Days” | CA | 39 | 1 |
| 40 | New | Luis Gamarra – “Hey! ¿Estás Ahí? (Vamos Bolivia)” | BO | 40 | 1 |
| 41 | 48 | Chumina Power – “Escorpión” | ES | 41 | 2 |
| 42 | New | Flamyngus – “Polaroids” | DE | 42 | 1 |
| 43 | New | Dreamer Isioma – “Find Some Space” | US | 43 | 1 |
| 44 | 34 | Vesta Lugg – “Bienvenida” | CL | 34 | 3 |
| 45 | 38 | Bunny White – “Wasted Years” | US | 30 | 4 |
| 46 | New | Ariel Kelly – “Su Sangre” | DO | 46 | 1 |
| 47 | 44 | Aminé – “Familiar” | US | 44 | 2 |
| 48 | New | Mel 4Ever – “Brand New” | US | 48 | 1 |
| 49 | New | Xikers – “Breathe” | KR | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Danni Moreno – “Pecar” | MX | 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 | ||
| ** | 30 | JJ – “Wasted Love” | AT | 2 | 7 |
| ** | 35 | Shygirl, Jorja Smith, & SadBoi – “Wifey Riddim” | GB/CA | 13 | 4 |
| ** | 36 | Netta – “Detonate” | IL | 15 | 4 |
| ** | 37 | Milli – “One Punch” | TH | 12 | 5 |
| ** | 39 | Lil Peep – “Just in Case” | US | 17 | 4 |
| ** | 41 | LA Laura Paris – “Underground Girl” | FR/US | 7 | 6 |
| ** | 42 | Anitta – “Larissa” | BR | 24 | 3 |
| ** | 43 | Saucy Santana – “Bounce” | US | 29 | 3 |
| ** | 49 | Jackson Wang – “GBAD” | HK/CN | 44 | 3 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origins’ columns from the tables above | ||
| AR = Argentina | AT = Austria | AU = Australia |
| BE = Belgium | BO = Bolivia | BR = Brazil |
| CA = Canada | CL = Chile | CN = China |
| DE = Germany | DO = Dominican Republic | ES = Spain |
| FR = France | GB = Great Britain | HK = Hong Kong |
| IL = Israel | JP = Japan | KR = South Korea |
| MX = Mexico | TH = Thailand | UA = Ukraine |
| US = United States | ||
