Chart Week 02: Week of 12th January, 2020

Chart Week 02: Week of 12th January, 2020

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Chart notes:
   American actor/singer Kevin McHale scores his first #1 on the LGBT chart this week with "Younger". The Texas native is best known for portraying the wheelchair-bound teenager Artie Abrams on the television series Glee. Kevin came out as gay in 2018. The video for "Younger" logged an impressive 27.3% increase in YouTube views since last week, which helped to push this track into the top spot.

   Twelve songs fell off the chart this week to make way for twelve new songs. Brazilian drag queen Gloria Groove had the highest debut last week, and she manages to do the same thing this week with another new video. Her collaboration with Monna Brutal is entitled "Magenta Cash" and it enters the chart at #32.

   British-American R&B singer Taliwhoah makes her very first appearance on the LGBT chart this week with "Sweet Sweet", coming in at #45. On this track, she collaborated with Nigerian hip-hop singer M.I. Abaga (who has voiced his support for LGBT rights on numerous occasions) and Haitian-American music producer Sak Pase. Taliwhoah was born in Tottenham (England) to parents whose backgrounds were from Jamaica, Nigeria, and Lebanon. These days she makes her home in both London and Los Angeles. She came out publicly as bisexual in 2018.

   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 Wednesday 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	5	Kevin McHale – “Younger”	US	1	7
2	2	Ria Mae & Dan Talevski – “Too Close”	CA	2	6
3	8	Pabllo Vittar & Psirico – “Parabéns”	BR	3	5
4	6	Mika – “Tomorrow”	GB	1	7
5	11	Emily Burns – “Is It Just Me?”	GB	5	3
6	10	Kesha & Big Freedia – “Raising Hell”	US	6	4
7	13	Kim Petras – “Icy”	DE	1	7
8	16	Reigen – “Thrill Me”	US	8	4
9	18	Fletcher – “All Love”	US	9	3
10	4	King Princess – “Hit the Back”	US	4	7
11	1	Halsey – “Graveyard”	US	1	6
12	15	Mika – “Sanremo”	GB	12	4
13	25	Gloria Groove – “Mil Grau”	BR	13	2
14	9	Kevin McHale – “Arizona”	US	9	6
15	19	Peter Thomas – “If You’re Happy Now”	US	15	4
16	28	Duncan Laurence – “Love Don’t Hate It”	NL	16	2
17	7	Lia Clark & Gloria Groove – “Terremoto”	BR	7	5
18	29	Will Jay – “Nights Like These”	US	18	3
19	22	Sxmson – “Memory”	GB	19	4
20	12	Danny Blu – “Sanctuary”	US	12	4
21	30	Maruv – “To Be Mine”	UK	21	2
22	21	Cameron Hawthorn – “Oh Hot Damn!”	US	21	4
23	3	Todrick Hall – “Wig”	US	2	10
24	36	Melanie C. & Sink The Pink – “High Heels”	GB	24	2
25	34	Greyson Chance – “Boots”	US	25	2
26	38	Sam Tsui & Karylle – “Kay Tagal Hinintay (I’ve Waited for So Long)”	US/PH	26	2
27	14	Tiziano Ferro & Ana Guerra – “Acepto Milagros”	IT/ES	14	4
28	17	Westlife – “Dynamite”	IE	1	11
29	24	Mika – “Dear Jealousy”	GB	12	6
30	20	Andie Case – “Sober Thinking”	US	16	4
31	41	The Dreamers – “Desensitize”	US	31	2
32	New	Gloria Groove & Monna Brutal – “Magenta Cash”	BR	32	1
33	26	John Moonstone – “Morrer de Amar”	BR	8	7
34	23	Thomas Wesley & the Jonas Brothers – “Lonely”	US	4	8
35	New	Lou Asril – “Friek”	AT	35	1
36	27	Ben Platt – “Rain”	US	3	9
37	43	Brian Justin Crum – “Bright”	US	37	2
38	New	Maruv – “Don’t Stop”	UK	38	1
39	44	Jordy – “Close to You”	US	39	2
40	50	Ty Herndon – “I Can’t Make You Love Me”	US	40	2
41	New	Chumina Power – “Voy A Mil”	ES	41	1
42	New	Namuel & Planta Carnívora – “TQM”	CL	42	1
43	46	Iskwē – “Night Danger”	CA	43	2
44	New	Elijah Woods & Jamie Fine – “Ain’t Easy”	CA	44	1
45	New	Taliwhoah, Sak Pase, & M.I. Abaga – “Sweet Sweet”	GB/US/NG	45	1
46	New	Agustín Malandra – “Thirsty”	AR	46	1
47	New	Mathew V – “Stay By You”	CA	47	1
48	New	Claud – “Just to Forget”	US	48	1
49	New	Mueveloreina – “Dinero”	ES	49	1
50	New	Leon Markcus – “Forgotten Natives”	SG	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	K. Flay – “Not in California”	US	9	9
**	32	Todrick Hall & Tiffany Haddish – “Dripeesha”	US	24	4
**	33	Lewis Blissett – “Killing Butterflies”	GB	3	8
**	35	Muna – “Stayaway”	US	1	12
**	37	Yanni Burton – “Worth It”	AU	17	7
**	39	Funtastic – “Solta a Swingueira”	BR	28	3
**	40	Taichi Mukai – “ICBU”	JP	39	2
**	42	Miss Benny – “That’s My Man”	US	1	13
**	45	Keiino – “Vill Ha Dig”	NO	37	3
**	47	Tom Goss – “Berlin”	US	42	4
**	48	Yari Mejía, Job Star, & Neiko – “Tsunami”	BR	47	2
**	49	Davis Mallory – “R.I.P.”	US	48	2

Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above
AR = Argentina	AT = Austria	AU = Australia
BR = Brazil	CA = Canada	CL = Chile
DE = Germany	ES = Spain	GB = Great Britain
IE = Ireland	IT = Italy	JP = Japan
NG = Nigeria	NL = Netherlands	NO = Norway
PH = Philippines	SG = Singapore	UK = Ukraine
US = United States