Chart Week 32: Week of 11th August, 2019

                                                                                                                                                  
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Chart notes:
   English singer Mika moves up one spot this week to take over the #1 position with "Ice Cream". Over the past few weeks, I've mistakenly referred to Mika as a French singer. Last week, someone from Mika's Official Fan Club was kind enough to contact me and correct the error. Although Mika spent his early childhood in France and he speaks French fluently, his family relocated to London when he was ten years old. He was born in Lebanon, and his nationality is British.

   The remainder of the Top Five this week are: American-English singer PJ Brennan (climbing 4 notches to #2), American singer Taylor Swift (holding onto #3 for a 2nd consecutive week), Moroccan-American singer Matthew James (holding steady at #4), and late English singer Freddie Mercury (rising 2 places to #5).

   Seven songs fell off the chart this week to make way for six new songs and one re-entry. The highest debut of the week was "How Do You Sleep?" by English singer Sam Smith, coming in at #19.

   Another noteworthy new entry this week is "WTF" by gay American musician JbDubs, coming in at #48. JbDubs (whose real name is James Whiteside) describes himself as "an openly gay pop singer with artistic experience, musical instinct, and killer dance moves". That last part isn't an idle boast: James has the credentials to back that up, as he's also a Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theatre in New York City. He choreographed this music video, where he's joined by four of his ballet colleagues.

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

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