Chart Week 16: Week of 21st April, 2019

                                                                                                                                           
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Chart notes:
   The video with the most votes this week was "Venus Or Mars" by Daniel Schuhmacher, and those extra points helped to push him up into the #1 spot on the chart. Daniel was the winner of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of American Idol, in 2009. He came out as gay in 2014, in an interview with a German magazine called IN.

   The remainder of the Top Five this week are: Israeli-American singer Kfir (rising 3 spots to #2), the collaboration from Lauv & Troye Sivan (rebounding a notch to #3), Argentinian singer Diego Diaz (slipping 3 spots to #4), and Dutch singer Duncan Laurence (moving up 2 notches to #5).

   As some of you might have noticed in last week's playlist, Irish-American singer Flavia (who rises 9 spots this week to #15) has changed the title of her most recent song. It was formerly known as "I Don't Wanna Be Here" and it's now called "Til I Die". The song and the video are exactly the same as before, and it's only the title that has changed.

   Nine songs fell off the chart this week to make way for nine new songs. The highest debut of the week was "All the Songs" by Will Young, coming in at #29. The English singer-songwriter was the winner of Britain's Pop Idol back in 2002, making him the very first winner of the worldwide Idol franshise.

  Chart positions are based on points assigned from (1) the previous week's position, (2) length of time on the chart, (3) views on YouTube and the percentage of increase in views from one week to the next, (4) my votes, and (5) any votes I've received by Thursday morning. If you'd like to vote for your favorite songs, please feel free to leave a message on this blog or send me a private message (see the contact info above).


This week's Top 50 chart:

This week	Last week	Artist & title	Orig.	Peak	Weeks on chart
1	3	Daniel Schuhmacher – “Venus Or Mars”	DE	1	6
2	5	Kfir – “Drama Queen”	IL/US	2	8
3	4	Lauv & Troye Sivan – “I’m So Tired”	US/AU	1	10
4	1	Diego Diaz – “Caótico”	AR	1	5
5	7	Duncan Laurence – “Arcade”	NL	5	4
6	6	N.E.F.O.R.M.A.T – “Чужие Судьбы (Someone Else’s Fate)”	RU	1	8
7	11	Greyson Chance – “Shut Up”	US	1	8
8	9	Not.Your.Regular.Boy. – “I Want You”	NL	8	5
9	10	Superfruit – “The Promise”	US	9	4
10	18	Conchita Wurst – “Hit Me”	AT	10	2
11	19	Gia Woods – “New Girlfriend”	US	11	4
12	17	Reigen – “High On U”	US	12	6
13	16	André Seravat – “Not Enough”	PT	13	3
14	25	Openside – “Waiting For Love”	NZ	14	2
15	24	Flavia – “Til I Die (I Don’t Wanna Be Here)”	IE/US	15	6
16	23	Cameron Hawthorn – “Dancing in the Living Room”	US	16	3
17	2	Troye Sivan – “Lucky Strike”	AU	1	11
18	36	Greyson Chance – “Yours”	US	18	2
19	30	Adam Joseph – “Bye Felicia”	US	19	4
20	27	Saro – “Please”	US	20	6
21	32	Omyo – “Champion”	GB	21	4
22	29	Miss Caffeina – “Prende”	ES	22	3
23	43	TEO Entertainment – “Lucky Star”	RU/FI	23	2
24	37	Cleland – “Order Up”	US	24	3
25	49	Rayvon Owen – “Volume”	US	25	2
26	50	Katey Brooks – “Never Gonna Let Her Go”	GB	26	2
27	41	Bang Bang Romeo – “Bag of Bones”	GB	27	3
28	40	Ben Platt – “Temporary Love”	US	28	2
29	New	Will Young – “All the Songs”	GB	29	1
30	8	Sam Smith & Normani – “Dancing With A Stranger”	GB/US	2	10
31	48	Mx Blouse – “No Match”	ZA	31	2
32	44	Asiahn – “Like You”	US	32	3
33	12	Pragya Pallavi – “Lingering Wine”	IN	12	6
34	New	Westlife – “Better Man”	IE	34	1
35	13	Tuure Boelius – “Vihaan Rakastaa Sua”	FI	13	7
36	14	Cub Sport – “Party Pill”	AU	14	7
37	New	Iggy Azalea – “Sally Walker”	AU	37	1
38	New	Buhos – “Volcans”	ES	38	1
39	New	Mɏss Keta & Guè Pequeno – “Pazzeska”	IT	39	1
40	15	Hatari – “Spillingardans”	IS	15	8
41	New	Jordy – “Stay Together”	US	41	1
42	39	Jax Jones (with Years and Years) – “Play”	GB	1	13
43	22	Erik Altemus – “Desidero”	US	5	9
44	New	Corvyx – “Lady Gaga Tribute: The Mother Monster Mashup”	US	44	1
45	21	Alex vdH – “Georgia Summer Dream”	US	21	6
46	New	Port Cities – “Montreal”	CA	46	1
47	20	Jordy – “Irrational”	US	20	6
48	New	Lizette Lizette – “Non”	US	48	1
49	28	Chase Sansing – “Human Nature (Country Version)”	US	28	4
50	26	Bilal Hassani – “Roi”	FR	2	12

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

Falling off the chart this week:			Orig.	Peak	Weeks on chart
**	31	Tokio Hotel – “Melancholic Paradise”	DE	13	6
**	33	Miss Benny – “Rendezvous”	US	7	8
**	34	Jão – “Me Baija Com Raiva”	BR	5	9
**	35	Courtney Act – “Fight For Love”	AU	3	8
**	38	Leo Kalyan – “Focus”	GB	14	8
**	42	Alex G – “Pray It Away”	US	19	8
**	45	Gia Woods – “Jump the Fence”	US	25	6
**	46	Alfie Arcuri – “To Myself”	AU	25	5
**	47	Betty Who – “I Remember”	AU	27	6

Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above
AR = Argentina	AT = Austria	AU = Australia
BR = Brazil	CA = Canada	DE = Germany
ES = Spain	FI = Finland	FR = France
GB = Great Britain	IE = Ireland	IL = Israel
IN = India	IS = Iceland	IT = Italy
NL = Netherlands	NZ = New Zealand	PT = Portugal
RU = Russia	US = United States	ZA = South Africa