Chart Week 34: Week of 25th August, 2019

                                                                                                                                                    
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Chart notes:
   It was an extremely close race for the top spot on the LGBT chart this week, with the Top Three songs all proving to be strong contenders for the #1 position. Ultimately, American-British actor/singer PJ Brennan earned the most points from votes and views, and he was able to hang onto #1 for a second consecutive week with "40 Days".

   The remainder of the Top Five this week are: the collaboration between German DJ/producer Felix Jaehn and English vocalist Calum Scott (moving up 7 spots to #2), English singer Sam Smith (rising 3 places to #3), Brazilian musician Jao (holding steady at #4 for a 2nd consecutive week), and American singer Miley Cyrus (climbing 5 notches to #5).

   Eleven songs fell off the chart this week to make way for eleven new songs. The highest debut of the week was "Um Por Do Sol Na Praia" by Brazilian musicians Silva and Ludmilla, coming in at #21. The title means "A Sunset On The Beach" in Portuguese.

   Just one artist (Nancie) is making her very first appearance on the LGBT chart this week. An additional ten artists (Silva, Bebe Rexha, Lizzo, Carlos Vaga, Morgxn, Jake Wesley Rogers, Burcak, Cub Sport, Conchita Wurst, and Corvyx) 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	1	PJ Brennan – “40 Days”	US/GB	1	6
2	9	Felix Jaehn & Calum Scott – “Love On Myself”	DE/GB	2	4
3	6	Sam Smith – “How Do You Sleep?”	GB	3	3
4	4	Jão – “Louquinho”	BR	4	4
5	10	Miley Cyrus – “Mother’s Daughter”	US	5	5
6	8	Todrick Hall – “Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels”	US	1	11
7	20	Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road”	US	7	2
8	16	Alfie Arcuri – “Same”	AU	1	9
9	12	Jordy – “These Days”	US	9	5
10	15	Gloria Groove & IZA – “YoYo”	BR	10	4
11	11	Todrick Hall – “I Like Boys”	US	10	6
12	18	Pvris – “Death of Me”	US	12	3
13	13	Slow Dance – “Str8 Voice”	US	13	4
14	2	Mika – “Ice Cream”	GB	1	7
15	25	LP – “Shaken”	US	15	2
16	22	Pabllo Vittar & Charli XCX – “Flash Pose”	BR/GB	16	2
17	3	Taylor Swift – “You Need To Calm Down”	US	3	7
18	19	Elliot Jones – “Emotions”	CA/US	1	10
19	29	Quisol – “Blue Curaçao”	PR	19	3
20	5	Brian Justin Crum – “I & U”	US	5	7
21	New	Silva & Ludmilla – “Um Pôr Do Sol Na Praia”	BR	21	1
22	14	Matthew James – “Right Now”	MA/US	2	9
23	27	Dani Ride & the Ellas Show – “Survivor”	CL	23	2
24	40	Elton John & Taron Egerton – “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again”	GB/US	24	4
25	New	Jax Jones & Bebe Rexha – “Harder”	GB/US	25	1
26	New	Lizzo & Missy Elliott – “Tempo”	US	26	1
27	17	Ben Hazlewood – “Louder Than Thunder”	AU	17	5
28	28	Claud – “Wish You Were Gay”	US	28	2
29	7	Freddie Mercury – “Time Waits for No One”	GB	5	6
30	30	Gregory Dillon – “Alien Boyfriend”	US	10	7
31	New	Carlos Vara – “Want Me To”	US	31	1
32	35	Tove Lo – “Glad He’s Gone”	SE	32	2
33	23	Joy Oladokun – “Blame”	US	15	6
34	21	Miss Benny – “Every Boy”	US	21	6
35	24	Little Mix & Dirty Trix – “Bounce Back (Pride Version)”	GB	24	4
36	49	Sam Bluer – “Naughty”	AU	36	2
37	26	Jordy – “Love Me Right”	US	5	8
38	44	JbDubs – “WTF”	US	38	3
39	New	Morgxn – “A New Way”	US	39	1
40	43	Will Young – “My Love”	GB	40	3
41	45	Heather Strange – “Ruthless”	US	41	3
42	46	Kazaky & Gaspar – “Push”	UK	42	2
43	48	Adam Lambert – “Comin’ In Hot”	US	43	2
44	50	Máni Orrason – “Numb”	IS	44	2
45	New	Jake Wesley Rogers – “Little Queen”	US	45	1
46	New	Burçak – “Talip Var”	TR/NL	46	1
47	New	Cub Sport & Embrz – “Summer Lover (Summer Remix)”	AU/IE	47	1
48	New	Nancie – “Get Likes”	GB	48	1
49	New	Conchita Wurst – “To the Beat”	AT	49	1
50	New	Corvyx – “Nightmare”	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
**	31	Michael Medrano – “No More Tequila”	US	7	8
**	32	Daya – “Left Me Yet”	US	13	5
**	33	Sam Tsui – “Free”	US	21	4
**	34	Mosimann & Maruv – “Mon Amour”	CH/UK	6	8
**	36	LP – “Dreamer”	US	8	7
**	37	Charli XCX & Lizzo – “Blame It On Your Love”	GB/US	14	6
**	38	KT Tunstall – “Little Red Thread”	GB	38	4
**	39	Carlos Vara – “Impossible”	US	13	6
**	41	Yanni Burton – “End Up Missing”	AU	27	3
**	42	Domo Wilson – “Unbothered”	US	40	3
**	47	Hatari & Bashar Murad – “Klefi/Samed”	IS/PS	43	3

Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above
AT = Austria	AU = Australia	BR = Brazil
CA = Canada	CH = Switzerland	CL = Chile
DE = Germany	GB = Great Britain	IE = Ireland
IS = Iceland	MA = Morocco	NL = Netherlands
PR = Puerto Rico	PS = Palestine	SE = Sweden
TR = Turkey	UK = Ukraine	US = United States