Chart Week 36: Week of 8th September, 2019

                                                                                                                                                
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Chart notes:
   There's a new #1 on the LGBT chart this week, as Felix Jaehn and Calum Scott take over the top spot with "Love On Myself". This is the first time on the LGBT chart for German DJ/producer Felix Jaehn, who came out as bisexual in 2018. The vocals on this track are provided by English vocalist Calum Scott, who came out as gay shortly after he competed on the television show Britain's Got Talent in 2015. Calum toured the USA earlier this summer, which included a performance at Washington DC's Capital Pride festival. Felix is also wrapping up his own US tour, with only a few more performances scheduled for this week.

   The remainder of the Top Five this week are: American rapper Lil Nas X (climbing 1 spot to #2), English singer Sam Smith (slipping back 2 places to #3), Brazilian singer Silva (moving up 7 notches to #4), and Australian vocalist Alfie Arcuri (rebounding 4 spots to #5).

   Fourteen songs fell off the chart this week to make way for fourteen new songs. The highest debut of the week was "Like Like" by English singer Lostchild, coming in at #14. The video nearly quadrupled its total YouTube views in a single week, which has given it a huge boost of points on this chart. It's now officially the highest debut of the year so far, and the only video to make its debut in the Top 15.

   Five artists (Elderbrook, Yari Mejia, Di Nardo, Kameron Michaels, and Anna Akana) are making their very first appearances on the LGBT chart this week. An additional nine artists (Lostchild, Mika, Brockhampton, Allen King, Eli Lieb, Calum Scott, Jaimie Wilson, Muna, and Kevin McHale) 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 message 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	Felix Jaehn & Calum Scott – “Love On Myself”	DE/GB	1	6
2	3	Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road”	US	2	4
3	1	Sam Smith – “How Do You Sleep?”	GB	1	5
4	11	Silva & Ludmilla – “Um Pôr Do Sol Na Praia”	BR	4	3
5	9	Alfie Arcuri – “Same”	AU	1	11
6	8	Mika – “Ice Cream”	GB	1	9
7	12	Pabllo Vittar & Charli XCX – “Flash Pose”	BR/GB	7	4
8	18	Jax Jones & Bebe Rexha – “Harder”	GB/US	8	3
9	10	Pvris – “Death of Me”	US	9	5
10	19	Lizzo & Missy Elliott – “Tempo”	US	10	3
11	22	Lauv & Anne-Marie – “F*ck, I’m Lonely”	US/GB	11	2
12	14	LP – “Shaken”	US	12	4
13	4	Jão – “Louquinho”	BR	4	6
14	New	Lostchild – “Like Like”	GB	14	1
15	13	Todrick Hall – “Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels”	US	1	13
16	New	Elderbrook & Rudimental – “Something About You”	GB	16	1
17	6	Todrick Hall – “I Like Boys”	US	6	8
18	24	Daughtry – “As You Are”	US	18	2
19	26	Maruv – “Между нами (Between Us)”	UK	19	2
20	New	Mika – “Tiny Love”	GB	20	1
21	20	Dani Ride & the Ellas Show – “Survivor”	CL	20	4
22	5	Miley Cyrus – “Mother’s Daughter”	US	5	7
23	New	Brockhampton – “I Been Born Again”	US	23	1
24	31	Brandon Stansell – “Top Shelf”	US	24	2
25	28	Tove Lo – “Glad He’s Gone”	SE	25	4
26	16	PJ Brennan – “40 Days”	US/GB	1	8
27	7	Gloria Groove & IZA – “YoYo”	BR	7	6
28	38	Morgxn – “A New Way”	US	28	3
29	23	Kazaky & Gaspar – “Push”	UK	23	4
30	30	King Princess – “Prophet”	US	30	2
31	15	Elton John & Taron Egerton – “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again”	GB/US	15	6
32	17	Jordy – “These Days”	US	9	7
33	35	Maggie Lindemann & Travis Barker – “Friends Go”	US	33	2
34	21	Taylor Swift – “You Need To Calm Down”	US	3	9
35	New	Allen King & Cynthia Lee Fontaine – “Pam Pam”	ES	35	1
36	25	Carlos Vara – “Want Me To”	US	25	3
37	27	Will Young – “My Love”	GB	27	5
38	29	Elliot Jones – “Emotions”	CA/US	1	12
39	33	Conan Gray – “Checkmate”	US	33	2
40	36	Cub Sport & Embrz – “Summer Lover (Summer Remix)”	AU/IE	36	3
41	41	Nancie – “Get Likes”	GB	41	3
42	New	Yari Mejía – “Posa Que Posa”	BR	42	1
43	New	Eli Lieb – “I Want It All”	US	43	1
44	New	Naughty Boy & Calum Scott – “Undo”	GB	44	1
45	New	Jaimie Wilson – “Aura”	US	45	1
46	New	Di Nardo – “Normal”	FR	46	1
47	New	Muna – “Number One Fan”	US	47	1
48	New	Kameron Michaels – “Freedom”	US	48	1
49	New	Anna Akana – “Alone Together”	US	49	1
50	New	Kevin McHale – “James Dean”	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
**	32	Matthew James – “Right Now”	MA/US	2	10
**	34	Claud – “Wish You Were Gay”	US	28	3
**	37	Slow Dance – “Str8 Voice”	US	13	5
**	39	Sam Bluer – “Naughty”	AU	36	3
**	40	Quisol – “Blue Curaçao”	PR	19	4
**	42	Brian Justin Crum – “I & U”	US	5	8
**	43	Ben Hazlewood – “Louder Than Thunder”	AU	17	6
**	44	Freddie Mercury – “Time Waits for No One”	GB	5	7
**	45	JbDubs – “WTF”	US	38	4
**	46	Adam Lambert – “Comin’ In Hot”	US	43	3
**	47	Máni Orrason – “Numb”	IS	44	3
**	48	Jake Wesley Rogers – “Little Queen”	US	45	2
**	49	Burçak – “Talip Var”	TR/NL	46	2
**	50	Conchita Wurst – “To the Beat”	AT	49	2

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