Chart Week #35 of 2020: Week of 30th August
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Chart notes:
Halsey's collaboration with American DJ/producer Marshmello has reached the top of the LGBT chart, as "Be Kind" moves up one more spot to #1 this week. Halsey has spent part of her summer on the front lines of protests against police violence, even being hit by rubber bullets herself. She's been providing medical care to the protesters, writing on her Instagram account that "I have first hand treated men women and children who have been shot in the chest, the face, the back." This week she celebrated the five-year anniversary of her debut album's release (Badlands was released on August 28, 2015) by releasing a new live version that was recorded in 2019 at New York City's Webster Hall. Halsey has been outspoken about her bisexual identity since the very beginning of her career.
Ten songs fell off the chart this week to make way for ten new songs. The highest debut of the week was "Sad Child" by Swedish singers Sandro Cavazza and Brother Leo, entering the chart at #34. Sandro's last appearance on the LGBT chart was back in 2018 with the video for "High With Somebody". (The track was #12 for 2018 on my special Year-End Chart.) Brother Leo (whose real name is Ola Svensson) was invited to perform at the 2014 Sochi Olympics in Russia, and he used his platform to advocate for LGBT rights and to show his support for the LGBT community.
Chart positions are based on points assigned from (1) the previous week's chart position, (2) length of time on the chart, (3) views on YouTube from the past seven days, (4) percentage of increase in YouTube 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 | 2 | Marshmello & Halsey – “Be Kind” | US | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | Tiziano Ferro & Jovanotti – “Balla Per Me” | IT | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 6 | Troye Sivan – “Easy” | AU | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 | Dotan – “No Words” | NL | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 18 | LP – “The One That You Love” | US | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | 12 | Javiera Mena – “Corazón Astral” | CL | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | 10 | Bilal Hassani – “Fais Le Vide” | FR | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 13 | Keiino – “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” | NO | 8 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | Duncan Laurence – “Someone Else” | NL | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 19 | Maruv & Boosin – “I Want You” | UK | 10 | 3 |
| 11 | 16 | Ben Hazlewood – “Lying” | NZ/AU | 11 | 3 |
| 12 | 4 | Vincint – “Save Myself” | US | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | 27 | Kazaky – “Fucking Beautiful” | UK | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 36 | Ryan Cassata – “Sober” | US | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 14 | Jason Mraz – “Look For the Good” | US | 1 | 12 |
| 16 | 34 | Agoney – “Más” | ES | 16 | 3 |
| 17 | 40 | Mueveloreina – “Yipikyey!” | ES | 17 | 2 |
| 18 | 42 | Lauren Sanderson – “Internet” | US | 18 | 2 |
| 19 | 17 | Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande – “Rain On Me” | US | 1 | 10 |
| 20 | 5 | Carlie Hanson – “Stealing All My Friends” | US | 5 | 4 |
| 21 | 41 | Gordi – “Extraordinary Life” | AU | 21 | 2 |
| 22 | 7 | Big Dipper & Boy Radio – “Like This” | US | 7 | 5 |
| 23 | 48 | Gregory Dillon – “Plastic Ferrari” | US | 23 | 2 |
| 24 | 23 | Apolo – “Otro Nivel” | ES | 17 | 4 |
| 25 | 9 | Limahl – “Still in Love” | GB | 9 | 5 |
| 26 | 11 | Ruben – “Burn Down This Room” | NO | 7 | 7 |
| 27 | 44 | Pablo Alborán & Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia – “Cuando Estés Aquí” | ES/CO | 27 | 2 |
| 28 | 15 | Zee Machine – “Stealing Candy” | US | 8 | 7 |
| 29 | 25 | Ben Hazlewood – “Lay Me Down” | NZ/AU | 1 | 11 |
| 30 | 24 | Billy Porter – “For What It’s Worth” | US | 24 | 4 |
| 31 | 45 | Patricio Arellano – “Música Por Favor!” | AR | 31 | 2 |
| 32 | 49 | Surfaces & Elton John – “Learn to Fly” | US/GB | 32 | 2 |
| 33 | 20 | Elliot Jones – “Groupie” | CA/US | 11 | 7 |
| 34 | New | Sandro Cavazza & Brother Leo – “Sad Child” | SE | 34 | 1 |
| 35 | 21 | rIVerse – “Stand Up” | CA | 21 | 4 |
| 36 | 22 | Kim Petras – “Malibu” | DE | 6 | 8 |
| 37 | 50 | Ricky Merino & Danny Romero – “Bestia” | ES | 37 | 2 |
| 38 | New | Joel Corry & MNEK – “Head and Heart” | GB | 38 | 1 |
| 39 | 47 | Siena Liggins – “Perfect” | US | 39 | 2 |
| 40 | 46 | Flavia – “Does She Like It Rough?” | IE/IT | 40 | 2 |
| 41 | 29 | Bonavega – “Pain and Pleasure” | US | 29 | 3 |
| 42 | New | Jessie Ware – “What’s Your Pleasure?” | GB | 42 | 1 |
| 43 | 32 | Jaime Kohen – “Mar de Sábanas” | MX | 32 | 3 |
| 44 | New | Miss Caffeina & Rozalén – “Reina” | ES | 44 | 1 |
| 45 | New | Vini Uehara – “4ntena” | BR | 45 | 1 |
| 46 | New | La Más Draga – “Ponte Chingona” | BR | 46 | 1 |
| 47 | New | Jordy – “Better By Myself” | US | 47 | 1 |
| 48 | New | Rodrigo Massa – “Tira O Pé Do Chão” | BR | 48 | 1 |
| 49 | New | Hannah Trigwell – “Dreams” | GB | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Vincint – “Hard 2 Forget” | 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 | ||
| ** | 26 | Sia – “Together” | AU | 2 | 7 |
| ** | 28 | Donna Missal – “Let You Let Me Down” | US | 5 | 6 |
| ** | 30 | Greyson Chance – “Honeysuckle” | US | 6 | 8 |
| ** | 31 | Bronze Avery – “Only You” | US | 20 | 4 |
| ** | 33 | Adam Joseph – “Daddy” | US | 3 | 9 |
| ** | 35 | Fletcher & Kito – “Bitter” | US | 12 | 6 |
| ** | 37 | Madblush – “Isolados” | BR | 6 | 7 |
| ** | 38 | Carly Rae Jepsen & Jack Antonoff – “This Love Isn’t Crazy” | CA/US | 15 | 5 |
| ** | 39 | Titus Burgess – “Dance MF” | US | 16 | 5 |
| ** | 43 | Isaac Dunbar – “Boy” | US | 37 | 2 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above | ||
| AR = Argentina | AU = Australia | BR = Brazil |
| CA = Canada | CL = Chile | CO = Colombia |
| DE = Germany | ES = Spain | FR = France |
| GB = Great Britain | IE = Ireland | IT = Italy |
| MX = Mexico | NL = Netherlands | NO = Norway |
| NZ = New Zealand | SE = Sweden | UK = Ukraine |
| US = United States | ||
