Chart Week 37: Week of 15th September, 2019

                                                                                                                                                   
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Chart notes:
   The record-breaking collaboration from American singers Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus (entitled "Old Town Road") has now officially reached the #1 spot on the LGBT chart. In the USA, the song spent 19 weeks at the #1 position of the Billboard Hot 100 chart and that makes it the longest-lasting #1 song ever in the history of that chart (which Billboard began publishing in 1958). At the end of June, Lil Nas X became the first artist ever to come out as gay while at #1 on the Billboard chart. According to Wikipedia, the song has also reached #1 in 19 other countries

   The remainder of the Top Five this week are: gay Brazilian singer Silva (climbing 2 spots to #2), the collaboration between gay German DJ/producer Felix Jaehn and gay English vocalist Calum Scott (slipping back 2 places to #3), bisexual English singer Anne-Marie (moving up 7 notches to #4), and bisexual American singer Bebe Rexha (rising 3 spots to #5).

   Eight songs fell off the chart this week to make way for eight new songs. The highest debut of the week was "Buona (Cattiva) Sorte" by Italian singer Tiziano Ferro, coming in at #25. Tiziano is one of the best-selling artists in Italy, having had two albums certified as diamond and selling out stadiums while on tour. He came out publicly as gay in 2010.

   Four artists (Tiziano Ferro, Orville Peck, Shura, and Matilda) are making their very first appearances on the LGBT chart this week. An additional four artists (MNEK, Esteman, Mila Jam, and Api Music) 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	Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road”	US	1	5
2	4	Silva & Ludmilla – “Um Pôr Do Sol Na Praia”	BR	2	4
3	1	Felix Jaehn & Calum Scott – “Love On Myself”	DE/GB	1	7
4	11	Lauv & Anne-Marie – “F*ck, I’m Lonely”	US/GB	4	3
5	8	Jax Jones & Bebe Rexha – “Harder”	GB/US	5	4
6	7	Pabllo Vittar & Charli XCX – “Flash Pose”	BR/GB	6	5
7	14	Lostchild – “Like Like”	GB	7	2
8	10	Lizzo & Missy Elliott – “Tempo”	US	8	4
9	16	Elderbrook & Rudimental – “Something About You”	GB	9	2
10	3	Sam Smith – “How Do You Sleep?”	GB	1	6
11	9	Pvris – “Death of Me”	US	9	6
12	19	Maruv – “Между нами (Between Us)”	UK	12	3
13	5	Alfie Arcuri – “Same”	AU	1	12
14	30	King Princess – “Prophet”	US	14	3
15	26	PJ Brennan – “40 Days”	US/GB	1	9
16	24	Brandon Stansell – “Top Shelf”	US	16	3
17	18	Daughtry – “As You Are”	US	17	3
18	20	Mika – “Tiny Love”	GB	18	2
19	23	Brockhampton – “I Been Born Again”	US	19	2
20	35	Allen King & Cynthia Lee Fontaine – “Pam Pam”	ES	20	2
21	15	Todrick Hall – “Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels”	US	1	14
22	39	Conan Gray – “Checkmate”	US	22	3
23	33	Maggie Lindemann & Travis Barker – “Friends Go”	US	23	3
24	6	Mika – “Ice Cream”	GB	1	10
25	New	Tiziano Ferro – “Buona (Cattiva) Sorte”	IT	25	1
26	43	Eli Lieb – “I Want It All”	US	26	2
27	12	LP – “Shaken”	US	12	5
28	New	Matoma, MNEK, & Kiana Ledé – “Bruised Not Broken”	NO/GB/US	28	1
29	13	Jão – “Louquinho”	BR	4	7
30	17	Todrick Hall – “I Like Boys”	US	6	9
31	45	Jaimie Wilson – “Aura”	US	31	2
32	42	Yari Mejía – “Posa Que Posa”	BR	32	2
33	21	Dani Ride & the Ellas Show – “Survivor”	CL	20	5
34	22	Miley Cyrus – “Mother’s Daughter”	US	5	8
35	25	Tove Lo – “Glad He’s Gone”	SE	25	5
36	27	Gloria Groove & IZA – “YoYo”	BR	7	7
37	28	Morgxn – “A New Way”	US	28	4
38	29	Kazaky & Gaspar – “Push”	UK	23	5
39	44	Naughty Boy & Calum Scott – “Undo”	GB	39	2
40	New	Esteman & Javiera Mena – “Amor Libre”	CO/CL	40	1
41	46	Di Nardo – “Normal”	FR	41	2
42	47	Muna – “Number One Fan”	US	42	2
43	48	Kameron Michaels – “Freedom”	US	43	2
44	49	Anna Akana – “Alone Together”	US	44	2
45	50	Kevin McHale – “James Dean”	US	45	2
46	New	Mila Jam – “Masquerade”	US	46	1
47	New	Orville Peck – “Hope to Die”	CA	47	1
48	New	Shura – “Religion (U Can Lay Your Hands On Me)”	GB	48	1
49	New	Matilda – “Her Too”	NO	49	1
50	New	Api Music – “I Don’t Care (French Version)”	FR	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	Elton John & Taron Egerton – “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again”	GB/US	15	6
**	32	Jordy – “These Days”	US	9	7
**	34	Taylor Swift – “You Need To Calm Down”	US	3	9
**	36	Carlos Vara – “Want Me To”	US	25	3
**	37	Will Young – “My Love”	GB	27	5
**	38	Elliot Jones – “Emotions”	CA/US	1	12
**	40	Cub Sport & Embrz – “Summer Lover (Summer Remix)”	AU/IE	36	3
**	41	Nancie – “Get Likes”	GB	41	3

Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above
AU = Australia	BR = Brazil	CA = Canada
CL = Chile	CO = Colombia	DE = Germany
ES = Spain	FR = France	GB = Great Britain
IE = Ireland	IT = Italy	NO = Norway
SE = Sweden	UK = Ukraine	US = United States