Chart Week 31: Week of 4th August, 2019

                                                                                                                                              
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Chart notes:
   Australian singer-songwriter Alfie Arcuri holds onto the #1 spot on the LGBT chart for a second consecutive week with "Same". Alfie was inspired to write the song because it describes what happened at the end of his first serious relationship: he attempted to replace his ex-boyfriend with someone similar, only to learn that it wasn't the same and it just didn't ease the heartbreak. The video for "Same" received the most votes this week, and it finished the week in fourth place (behind PJ Brennan, Elliot Jones, and Freddie Mercury) for the highest 7-day percentage gains in YouTube views. It was extremely close among the top four songs this week, but altogether Alfie has earned the most points and so he retains his #1 status.

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

   Nine songs fell off the chart this week to make way for nine new songs. The highest debut of the week was "Louquinho" by Brazilian singer Jao, coming in at #20. The title means "a little bit crazy" in Portuguese.

   Three artists (Little Mix, Slow Dance, and Brandon Wilde) are making their very first appearances on the LGBT chart this week. An additional six artists (Jao, Yanni Burton, Gloria Groove, Elton John, Domo Wilson, and Calum Scott) 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	1	Alfie Arcuri – “Same”	AU	1	6
2	5	Mika – “Ice Cream”	FR	2	4
3	4	Taylor Swift – “You Need To Calm Down”	US	3	4
4	2	Matthew James – “Right Now”	MA/US	2	6
5	6	Jordy – “Love Me Right”	US	5	5
6	14	PJ Brennan – “40 Days”	US/GB	6	3
7	11	Freddie Mercury – “Time Waits for No One”	GB	7	3
8	3	Elliot Jones – “Emotions”	CA/US	1	7
9	9	Brian Justin Crum – “I & U”	US	9	4
10	10	Gregory Dillon – “Alien Boyfriend”	US	10	4
11	12	Mosimann & Maruv – “Mon Amour”	CH/UK	6	6
12	20	Todrick Hall – “I Like Boys”	US	12	3
13	18	Daya – “Left Me Yet”	US	13	3
14	16	Charli XCX & Lizzo – “Blame It On Your Love”	GB/US	14	4
15	29	Todrick Hall – “Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels”	US	1	8
16	13	Carlos Vara – “Impossible”	US	13	4
17	7	Michael Medrano – “No More Tequila”	US	7	6
18	27	Miley Cyrus – “Mother’s Daughter”	US	18	2
19	28	Joy Oladokun – “Blame”	US	19	3
20	New	Jão – “Louquinho”	BR	20	1
21	17	Shea Diamond – “Don’t Shoot”	US	14	5
22	22	Nick Bolt & Neven – “Cómeme Ma”	CL/DE	22	4
23	38	Jordy – “These Days”	US	23	2
24	21	Jamie Hannah – “Sound of My Youth”	GB	21	5
25	23	The Chainsmokers & Bebe Rexha – “Call You Mine”	US	4	6
26	34	Sam Tsui – “Free”	US	26	2
27	New	Yanni Burton – “End Up Missing”	AU	27	1
28	New	Gloria Groove & IZA – “YoYo”	BR	28	1
29	15	Michael Medrano – “Easier”	US	3	7
30	8	LP – “Dreamer”	US	8	5
31	New	Little Mix & Dirty Trix – “Bounce Back (Pride Version)”	GB	31	1
32	39	Miss Benny – “Every Boy”	US	32	3
33	36	Ben Hazlewood – “Louder Than Thunder”	AU	33	2
34	New	Slow Dance – “Str8 Voice”	US	34	1
35	19	Chris Jehnert – “Welcome to the Hollow”	US	1	10
36	33	Openside – “Kiss Me”	NZ	33	5
37	24	Katy Perry – “Never Really Over”	US	5	7
38	25	Jão – “Monstros”	BR	25	3
39	26	Daniel Schuhmacher – “Feelings”	DE	6	8
40	New	Elton John & Taron Egerton – “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again”	GB/US	40	1
41	42	Mabel Matiz – “Comme Un Animal”	TR	41	2
42	40	Máni Orrason – “I Swear It’s True”	IS	40	4
43	New	Domo Wilson – “Unbothered”	US	43	1
44	46	Manila Luzon – “Gay Man”	US	44	2
45	47	Kim Petras – “Sweet Spot”	DE	45	2
46	48	KT Tunstall – “Little Red Thread”	GB	46	2
47	49	Gia Woods – “One Big Party”	US	47	2
48	50	Máni Orrason – “Privilege of Time”	IS	48	2
49	New	Felix Jaehn & Calum Scott – “Love On Myself”	DE/GB	49	1
50	New	Brandon Wilde – “Love or Lust”	US	50	1

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

Falling off the chart this week:			Orig.	Peak	Weeks on chart
**	30	Wrabel – “Love to Love U”	US	4	8
**	31	Mylène Farmer – “Des Larmes”	FR	5	6
**	32	Allan Jay – “Work Ya Love”	GB	2	9
**	35	Katey Brooks – “All of Me”	GB	2	11
**	37	Pragya Pallavi – “Queer It Up”	IN	14	4
**	41	Renan Pitanga – “Sax”	BR	41	3
**	43	Hatari & Bashar Murad – “Klefi/Samed”	IS/PS	43	2
**	44	Kim Petras – “Got My Number”	DE	44	2
**	45	Eledos & La Pelopony – “Cuéntame”	MX/ES	45	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