Chart Week 35: Week of 1st September, 2019
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Chart notes:
Sam Smith manages to edge out his competition this week, as "How Do You Sleep" rises to the #1 position on the LGBT chart. According to his Wikipedia page, the song has reached the official sales charts in ten different countries and has been certified silver in his native Britain. The track will be featured on his upcoming (and as yet untitled) studio album.
The remainder of the Top Five this week are: the collaboration between German DJ/producer Felix Jaehn and English vocalist Calum Scott (holding steady for a 2nd consecutive week at #2), American rapper Lil Nas X (moving up 4 places to #3), Brazilian musician Jao (holding steady for a 3rd consecutive week at #4), and American singer Miley Cyrus (holding steady for a 2nd consecutive week at #5).
Seven songs fell off the chart this week to make way for seven new songs. The highest debut of the week was "F*ck, I'm Lonely" by American DJ/producer Lauv and English singer Anne-Marie, coming in at #22. The track had initially qualified for the chart on the strength of the lyric video which was featured on my Midweek Music Update for the 21st of August, but an official music video has now been released and will take its place here on the chart going forward.
Just one artist (Daughtry) is making his very first appearance on the LGBT chart this week. An additional six artists (Anne-Marie, Maruv, King Princess, Brandon Stansell, Conan Gray, and Maggie Lindemann) 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 seven 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 | 3 | Sam Smith – “How Do You Sleep?” | GB | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | Felix Jaehn & Calum Scott – “Love On Myself” | DE/GB | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 7 | Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road” | US | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Jão – “Louquinho” | BR | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 | Miley Cyrus – “Mother’s Daughter” | US | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 11 | Todrick Hall – “I Like Boys” | US | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | 10 | Gloria Groove & IZA – “YoYo” | BR | 7 | 5 |
| 8 | 14 | Mika – “Ice Cream” | GB | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Alfie Arcuri – “Same” | AU | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | 12 | Pvris – “Death of Me” | US | 10 | 4 |
| 11 | 21 | Silva & Ludmilla – “Um Pôr Do Sol Na Praia” | BR | 11 | 2 |
| 12 | 16 | Pabllo Vittar & Charli XCX – “Flash Pose” | BR/GB | 12 | 3 |
| 13 | 6 | Todrick Hall – “Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels” | US | 1 | 12 |
| 14 | 15 | LP – “Shaken” | US | 14 | 3 |
| 15 | 24 | Elton John & Taron Egerton – “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” | GB/US | 15 | 5 |
| 16 | 1 | PJ Brennan – “40 Days” | US/GB | 1 | 7 |
| 17 | 9 | Jordy – “These Days” | US | 9 | 6 |
| 18 | 25 | Jax Jones & Bebe Rexha – “Harder” | GB/US | 18 | 2 |
| 19 | 26 | Lizzo & Missy Elliott – “Tempo” | US | 19 | 2 |
| 20 | 23 | Dani Ride & the Ellas Show – “Survivor” | CL | 20 | 3 |
| 21 | 17 | Taylor Swift – “You Need To Calm Down” | US | 3 | 8 |
| 22 | New | Lauv & Anne-Marie – “F*ck, I’m Lonely” | US/GB | 22 | 1 |
| 23 | 42 | Kazaky & Gaspar – “Push” | UK | 23 | 3 |
| 24 | New | Daughtry – “As You Are” | US | 24 | 1 |
| 25 | 31 | Carlos Vara – “Want Me To” | US | 25 | 2 |
| 26 | New | Maruv – “Между нами (Between Us)” | UK | 26 | 1 |
| 27 | 40 | Will Young – “My Love” | GB | 27 | 4 |
| 28 | 32 | Tove Lo – “Glad He’s Gone” | SE | 28 | 3 |
| 29 | 18 | Elliot Jones – “Emotions” | CA/US | 1 | 11 |
| 30 | New | King Princess – “Prophet” | US | 30 | 1 |
| 31 | New | Brandon Stansell – “Top Shelf” | US | 31 | 1 |
| 32 | 22 | Matthew James – “Right Now” | MA/US | 2 | 10 |
| 33 | New | Conan Gray – “Checkmate” | US | 33 | 1 |
| 34 | 28 | Claud – “Wish You Were Gay” | US | 28 | 3 |
| 35 | New | Maggie Lindemann & Travis Barker – “Friends Go” | US | 35 | 1 |
| 36 | 47 | Cub Sport & Embrz – “Summer Lover (Summer Remix)” | AU/IE | 36 | 2 |
| 37 | 13 | Slow Dance – “Str8 Voice” | US | 13 | 5 |
| 38 | 39 | Morgxn – “A New Way” | US | 38 | 2 |
| 39 | 36 | Sam Bluer – “Naughty” | AU | 36 | 3 |
| 40 | 19 | Quisol – “Blue Curaçao” | PR | 19 | 4 |
| 41 | 48 | Nancie – “Get Likes” | GB | 41 | 2 |
| 42 | 20 | Brian Justin Crum – “I & U” | US | 5 | 8 |
| 43 | 27 | Ben Hazlewood – “Louder Than Thunder” | AU | 17 | 6 |
| 44 | 29 | Freddie Mercury – “Time Waits for No One” | GB | 5 | 7 |
| 45 | 38 | JbDubs – “WTF” | US | 38 | 4 |
| 46 | 43 | Adam Lambert – “Comin’ In Hot” | US | 43 | 3 |
| 47 | 44 | Máni Orrason – “Numb” | IS | 44 | 3 |
| 48 | 45 | Jake Wesley Rogers – “Little Queen” | US | 45 | 2 |
| 49 | 46 | Burçak – “Talip Var” | TR/NL | 46 | 2 |
| 50 | 49 | Conchita Wurst – “To the Beat” | AT | 49 | 2 |
Numbers on a gold-colored background indicate a new peak position.
| Falling off the chart this week: | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart | ||
| ** | 30 | Gregory Dillon – “Alien Boyfriend” | US | 10 | 7 |
| ** | 33 | Joy Oladokun – “Blame” | US | 15 | 6 |
| ** | 34 | Miss Benny – “Every Boy” | US | 21 | 6 |
| ** | 35 | Little Mix & Dirty Trix – “Bounce Back (Pride Version)” | GB | 24 | 4 |
| ** | 37 | Jordy – “Love Me Right” | US | 5 | 8 |
| ** | 41 | Heather Strange – “Ruthless” | US | 41 | 3 |
| ** | 50 | Corvyx – “Nightmare” | US | 50 | 1 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above | ||
| AT = Austria | AU = Australia | BR = Brazil |
| CA = Canada | CL = Chile | DE = Germany |
| GB = Great Britain | IE = Ireland | IS = Iceland |
| MA = Morocco | NL = Netherlands | PR = Puerto Rico |
| SE = Sweden | TR = Turkey | UK = Ukraine |
| US = United States | ||
