Midweek Music Update

 for 31st July, 2019

                                                                                                                     
The Midweek Music Update (published on Wednesdays) is intended to give you a "sneak peek" at some new music that hasn't made my chart yet. It's comprised of two sections: the Hot New Track and the Fresh New Releases.

Each week, I'll choose one video for the Hot New Track -- one song that is certain to make it onto my chart & playlist next weekend (based on all the points it's earned so far).

The Fresh New Releases are two or three videos that appear likely to enter my chart in the near future (based on YouTube views alone). All of the songs in this 2nd section will be relatively recent (i.e., released in the past month or so). Because they are so new, it might take an additional few weeks to work their way onto my chart.

Although I mention the total number of views for each song below, the videos are selected based on their YouTube views from the past seven days only.

Hot New Track:
This week's Hot New Track is "YoYo" by Brazilian drag queen Gloria Groove and straight Brazilian singer IZA. As I write this, the clip has 12,626,847 views on YouTube. In the past week alone, the video has gained an additional 1,009,534 views (an increase of 8.70% from the previous week).

Fresh New Releases:
The first Fresh New Release this week is "How Do You Sleep" by gay English singer Sam Smith. When it debuts on my Top 50 this will be Sam's third single to reach the LGBT chart this year, following up on "Fire On Fire" and "Dancing With A Stranger". His latest video currently has 48,069,756 views on YouTube.

The second Fresh New Release this week is "Death of Me" by American rock band Pvris. The Massachusetts-based group (whose lead singer Lynn Gunn is openly gay) made it all the way to #1 on the LGBT chart back in 2017 with the video for "What's Wrong?". Their latest clip now has 331,869 views on YouTube.

That's it for another edition of the Midweek Music Update. Make sure to come back on Saturday or Sunday (depending on your time zone) for the latest Top 50 chart & playlist. Until then, I hope you all have a great week!

Chart Week 30: Week of 28th July, 2019

                                                                                                                                        
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 Chart notes:
   Australian singer-songwriter Alfie Arcuri takes over the #1 spot on the LGBT chart this week with "Same". After he won the fifth season of the television reality competition The Voice Australia in 2016, Alfie has appeared on the LGBT chart three other tiimes (with "If They Only Knew" and "Love Is Love" in 2017, and then with "To Myself" earlier this year). The video for "Same" received the most votes this week, and it finished the week in third place (after Elliot Jones and Freddie Mercury) for the highest percentage gains in YouTube views.

   The remainder of the Top Five this week are: Moroccan-American musician Matthew James (climbing a spot to #2), Canadian-American singer Elliot Jones (slipping 2 notches to #3), American singer Taylor Swift (moving up 3 places to #4), and French singer Mika (rising 10 spots to #5).

   Ten songs fell off the chart this week to make way for ten new songs. The highest debut of the week was "Mother's Daughter" by American singer Miley Cyrus, coming in at #27. Miley's mother Tish makes a cameo appearance in the video, which also features skateboarder Lacey Baker (wearing a tee-shirt that reads "they/them" on it), transgender activist Casil McArthur (who appears shirtless in the video), and transgender model Aaron Phillips (who appears in her wheelchair).

   Three artists (Ben Hazlewood, Mabel Matiz, and Manila Luzon) are making their very first appearances on the LGBT chart this week. An additional seven artists (Miley Cyrus, Sam Tsui, Jordy, Kim Petras, KT Tunstall, Gia Woods, and Mani Orrason) are returning to the chart with brand-new videos.

   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 from the past 7 days, (4) percentage of increase in views from the week prior, (5) my votes, and (6) any votes I've received by Thursday morning. If you'd like to vote for your favorite songs, please feel free to leave a comment on this blog or send me a private message (see the contact info above).


This week's Top 50 LGBT chart:

This week	Last week	Artist & title	Orig.	Peak	Weeks on chart
1	2	Alfie Arcuri – “Same”	AU	1	5
2	3	Matthew James – “Right Now”	MA/US	2	5
3	1	Elliot Jones – “Emotions”	CA/US	1	6
4	7	Taylor Swift – “You Need To Calm Down”	US	4	3
5	15	Mika – “Ice Cream”	FR	5	3
6	10	Jordy – “Love Me Right”	US	6	4
7	20	Michael Medrano – “No More Tequila”	US	7	5
8	9	LP – “Dreamer”	US	8	4
9	18	Brian Justin Crum – “I & U”	US	9	3
10	16	Gregory Dillon – “Alien Boyfriend”	US	10	3
11	25	Freddie Mercury – “Time Waits for No One”	GB	11	2
12	6	Mosimann & Maruv – “Mon Amour”	CH/UK	6	5
13	17	Carlos Vara – “Impossible”	US	13	3
14	32	PJ Brennan – “40 Days”	US/GB	14	2
15	23	Michael Medrano – “Easier”	US	3	6
16	19	Charli XCX & Lizzo – “Blame It On Your Love”	GB/US	16	3
17	14	Shea Diamond – “Don’t Shoot”	US	14	4
18	28	Daya – “Left Me Yet”	US	18	2
19	8	Chris Jehnert – “Welcome to the Hollow”	US	1	9
20	30	Todrick Hall – “I Like Boys”	US	20	2
21	29	Jamie Hannah – “Sound of My Youth”	GB	21	4
22	22	Nick Bolt & Neven – “Cómeme Ma”	CL/DE	22	3
23	4	The Chainsmokers & Bebe Rexha – “Call You Mine”	US	4	5
24	5	Katy Perry – “Never Really Over”	US	5	6
25	34	Jão – “Monstros”	BR	25	2
26	21	Daniel Schuhmacher – “Feelings”	DE	6	7
27	New	Miley Cyrus – “Mother’s Daughter”	US	27	1
28	42	Joy Oladokun – “Blame”	US	28	2
29	13	Todrick Hall – “Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels”	US	1	7
30	24	Wrabel – “Love to Love U”	US	4	8
31	11	Mylène Farmer – “Des Larmes”	FR	5	6
32	12	Allan Jay – “Work Ya Love”	GB	2	9
33	35	Openside – “Kiss Me”	NZ	33	4
34	New	Sam Tsui – “Free”	US	34	1
35	26	Katey Brooks – “All of Me”	GB	2	11
36	New	Ben Hazlewood – “Louder Than Thunder”	AU	36	1
37	27	Pragya Pallavi – “Queer It Up”	IN	14	4
38	New	Jordy – “These Days”	US	38	1
39	46	Miss Benny – “Every Boy”	US	39	2
40	43	Máni Orrason – “I Swear It’s True”	IS	40	3
41	44	Renan Pitanga – “Sax”	BR	41	3
42	New	Mabel Matiz – “Comme Un Animal”	TR	42	1
43	48	Hatari & Bashar Murad – “Klefi/Samed”	IS/PS	43	2
44	49	Kim Petras – “Got My Number”	DE	44	2
45	50	Eledos & La Pelopony – “Cuéntame”	MX/ES	45	2
46	New	Manila Luzon – “Gay Man”	US	46	1
47	New	Kim Petras – “Sweet Spot”	DE	47	1
48	New	KT Tunstall – “Little Red Thread”	GB	48	1
49	New	Gia Woods – “One Big Party”	US	49	1
50	New	Máni Orrason – “Privilege of Time”	IS	50	1

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

Falling off the chart this week:			Orig.	Peak	Weeks on chart
**	31	Elton John & Taron Egerton – “Your Song”	GB/US	19	3
**	33	Reigen – “Lit Summer”	US	6	7
**	36	Gloria Trevi – “Ábranse Perras”	MX	22	5
**	37	Rayvon Owen – “X”	US	20	4
**	38	Hannah Trigwell – “Attention”	GB	23	4
**	39	Lady Leshurr – “Your Mr”	GB	25	4
**	40	Daya – “Insomnia”	US	1	13
**	41	Pentatonix – “Shallow”	US	24	3
**	45	Trevor Moran – “On My Own”	US	45	2
**	47	Mathew V – “Catching Feelings”	CA	47	2

Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above
AU = Australia	BR = Brazil	CA = Canada
CH = Switzerland	CL = Chile	DE = Germany
ES = Spain	FR = France	GB = Great Britain
IN = India	IS = Iceland	MA = Morocco
MX = Mexico	NZ = New Zealand	PS = Palestine
TR = Turkey	UK = Ukraine	US = United States