Chart Week 40 of 2020: Week of 4th October

 Chart Week #40 of 2020: Week of 4th October

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Chart notes:

   MNEK holds onto the top spot on the LGBT chart this week with "Head and Heart", a collaboration with fellow British DJ/producer Joel Corry. Last week, I wrote that "Head and Heart" had reached #1 on the official charts of four countries (the U.K., the Netherlands, Ireland, and Scotland) but now they can add a fifth country onto that list, as the track has now reached #1 on the Australian airplay chart as well. The video added another 5,590,197 views on YouTube over the past seven days (an increase of 9.93% over the previous week), which is enough to keep the duo at #1 for a second consecutive week on the LGBT chart.

   Nine songs fell off the chart this week to make way for nine new songs. The highest debut of the week was "No Therapy" by German DJ/producer Felix Jaehn, along with Swedish singer Linnea Södahl (better known simply as Nea) and British singer/songwriter Bryn Christopher. Both Felix Jaehn and Bryn Christopher identify as LGBT. In a recent interview with Flaunt magazine, Felix described "No Therapy" as an LGBT anthem. He said, "I feel like a lot of people in the LGBTQ community went through a phase where they felt like they needed to change or where they felt like they didn't fit in." The song's lyrics send a message of self-empowerment and love to people who might still feel that way. "Everybody's different," Felix stated, "and we should always just be who we want to be and express ourselves freely and love each other."

   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 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 videos, 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	Joel Corry & MNEK – “Head and Heart”	GB	1	6
2	4	Paul Woolford, Diplo, & Kareen Lomax – “Looking For Me”	GB/US	2	5
3	2	Morgan Saint – “Help”	US	2	5
4	6	Qveen Herby & Durand Bernarr – “Self Aware”	US	4	5
5	7	Troye Sivan – “Easy”	AU	1	9
6	11	MKSM – “Be Alright”	RU/DE	6	4
7	5	Jessie Ware – “What’s Your Pleasure?”	GB	5	6
8	19	Esteman & Daniela Spalla – “Te Alejas Más De Mí”	CO/AR	8	3
9	3	Gregory Dillon – “Plastic Ferrari”	US	3	7
10	16	Jaden Smith – “Cabin Fever”	US	10	3
11	14	Kygo & Kim Petras – “Broken Glass”	NO/DE	11	4
12	23	Pentatonix – “Break My Heart”	US	12	3
13	22	Yungblud – “Strawberry Lipstick”	GB	13	3
14	20	Anne-Marie & Doja Cat – “To Be Young”	GB/US	14	4
15	21	Nimmo – “Come Back”	GB	15	4
16	10	LP – “The One That You Love”	US	1	8
17	8	Bloxx – “Off My Mind”	GB	8	5
18	39	Harel Skaat & Anya Buxtein – “כל היום (Kol Hayom)”	IL	18	2
19	26	Declan McKenna – “Daniel, You’re Still a Child”	GB	19	3
20	12	Sandro Cavazza & Brother Leo – “Sad Child”	SE	3	6
21	29	Ricky Martin & Carla Morrison – “Recuerdo”	PR/MX	21	3
22	9	Marshmello & Halsey – “Be Kind”	US	1	10
23	18	Wrabel & Kesha – “Since I Was Young”	US	18	4
24	33	Orville Peck & Shania Twain – “Legends Never Die”	CA	24	3
25	50	Steps – “What the Future Holds”	GB	25	2
26	47	Troye Sivan – “In a Dream”	AU	26	2
27	13	Vincint – “Hard 2 Forget”	US	11	6
28	38	Gess – “Digital Romance”	US	28	3
29	41	Tom Goss – “Nerdy Bear”	US	29	3
30	15	Tiziano Ferro & Jovanotti – “Balla Per Me”	IT	1	10
31	17	Vini Uehara – “4ntena”	BR	13	6
32	New	Felix Jaehn, Nea, & Bryn Christoper – “No Therapy”	DE/SE/GB	32	1
33	44	Christine and the Queens & Caroline Polachek – “La Vita Nuova”	FR/US	33	2
34	24	Alexander Rybak – “Give Me Rain”	NO	17	5
35	25	Maruv & Boosin – “I Want You”	UK	3	8
36	46	Jason Mraz – “My Kind”	US	36	2
37	45	The Veronicas – “Biting My Tongue”	AU	37	2
38	New	Wafia – “Butterflies”	AU	38	1
39	37	Tayla Parx – “Dance Alone”	US	37	3
40	49	TeawhYB – “Cherry on Top”	US	40	2
41	48	Matilda – “Figure It Out”	NO	41	2
42	New	Bria Kam – “Liar”	US	42	1
43	40	Đào Bá Lộc – “Thât Tâm Em Rât Yêu Anh”	TH	40	3
44	43	Alextbh – “The Chase”	MY	43	3
45	New	Mxmtoon – “Almost Home”	US	45	1
46	New	Lostchild – “Imperfect”	GB	46	1
47	New	Greyson Chance – “Bad to Myself”	US	47	1
48	New	Daniel Schuhmacher – “Hypnotized”	DE	48	1
49	New	Vincint – “Be Me”	US	49	1
50	New	Emily Burns – “I Love You, You’re the Worst”	GB	50	1

Numbers on a gold-colored background indicate a new peak position.

Falling off the chart this week:			Orig.	Peak	Weeks on chart
**	27	Jordy – “Better By Myself”	US	18	5
**	28	Dotan – “No Words”	NL	1	11
**	30	Surfaces & Elton John – “Learn to Fly”	US/GB	14	6
**	31	Keiino – “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”	NO	5	8
**	32	Lauren Sanderson – “Internet”	US	8	6
**	34	Lord Troy – “The Light”	US	34	3
**	35	Agoney – “Más”	ES	9	7
**	36	Jaake Castro – “Covet”	US	36	3
**	42	Jvel – “7 de Abril”	ES	33	3

Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above
AR = Argentina	AU = Australia	BR = Brazil
CA = Canada	CO = Colombia	DE = Germany
ES = Spain	FR = France	GB = Great Britain
IL = Israel	IT = Italy	MX = Mexico
MY = Malaysia	NL = Netherlands	NO = Norway
PR = Puerto Rico	RU = Russia	SE = Sweden
TH = Thailand	UK = Ukraine	US = United States