Twice a week, Tad's LGBT Music Chart brings you the Top 50 music videos by LGBTQ artists from around the world.
Midweek Chart for 22nd December, 2021
Chart notes:
After waiting patiently in the #2 position for three consecutive weeks, Irish quartet Westlife rises to the #1 position on the LGBT chart with "Starlight". According to SoundCharts, the track has already reached #1 on the official digital/streaming charts of four countries (Ireland, Indonesia, Singapore, and Hungary) and has reached #2 in two others (the U.K. and Sweden). Altogether, it has appeared on the digital/streaming charts of more than 50 countries and has reached #4 on the Global Streaming Chart. The song is currently at #22 on the official Irish airplay chart and has appeared on the radio airplay charts of 31 different countries. Over the past three days, the video for "Starlight" has gained an additional 64,411 views on YouTube (which is an increase of 3.41% since the weekend chart).
Four videos move up into the Top 10 at midweek, including a return from a former #1 hit: British vocalist MNEK rebounds back up 6 spots to #6 with "Who You Are". Ukrainian musician Max Barskih climbs 9 notches to #4 with "Tequila Sunrise". Australian singer Alfie Arcuri jumps 15 places to #8 with "Devil's Lips". They're joined in the Top 10 by Italian artist Ali And The Stolen Boy, who leaps ahead 17 positions to #9 with "Uranus".
Ten videos fall off the chart to make way for ten new videos. The highest debut at midweek was "Idiota" by Brazilian musician Jão, entering the chart at #32. According to SoundCharts, the track has already reached #4 on the official digital/streaming chart in his home country of Brazil, has also appeared on the digital/streaming chart in Portugal, and has reached #51 on the Global Streaming Chart. The song is currently at #18 on the official radio airplay chart in Brazil. Over the past half-week, the video for "Idiota" has gained an additional 222,775 YouTube views (which is an increase of 9.37% over the previous chart period).
Further down the chart, we have 9 more debuts by LGBTQ artists from Chile, the U.S.A., and South Korea:
- Kevin Y Karla (from Chile)
- Javiera Mena (from Chile)
- Joshua Bassett (from California, USA)
- Cody Belew (from Arkansas, USA)
- Manila Luzon (from Minnesota, USA)
- Alaska Thunderfuck (from Pennsylvania, USA)
- Lionesses (from South Korea)
- K. Flay (from Illinois, USA)
- Del Ro'Yale (from Virginia, USA)
Chart positions are based on points assigned from a combination of YouTube views and votes. If you'd like to vote for your favorite videos, please feel free to leave a comment on this blog (anonymous comments are permitted) or send me a private message (see the contact info below). Suggestions for new videos are also welcomed, but they must be from an LGBTQ artist & they must be available on YouTube.
Tad's contact info:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LgbtTad
Email: tadsgaymusicchannel@gmail.com
The Midweek Top 50 LGBT chart:
| This week | Last week | Artist & title | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart |
| 1 | 2 | Westlife – “Starlight” | IE | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 7 | Thx4Crying – “Alors Je Descends Plus Bas” | FR | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 4 | Girl In Red – “I’ll Call You Mine” | NO | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 13 | Max Barskih – “Tequila Sunrise” | UK | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | Cameron Hawthorn – “Dreamland” | US | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 12 | Craig David & MNEK – “Who You Are” | GB | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | 10 | Years And Years – “Crave” | GB | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | 23 | Alfie Arcuri – “Devil’s Lips” | AU | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 26 | Ali And The Stolen Boy – “Uranus” | IT | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 17 | Trixie Mattel – “Hello Hello” | US | 10 | 4 |
| 11 | 5 | Torrey Mercer – “IDK” | US | 5 | 4 |
| 12 | 25 | Finn Ronsdorf & Lisa Harres – “Bloodline” | DE | 12 | 3 |
| 13 | 1 | Darin – “Holding Me More” | SE | 1 | 7 |
| 14 | 9 | Chaz Cardigan – “Pictures” | US | 1 | 11 |
| 15 | 8 | Grandson & Kesha – “Drop Dead” | CA/US | 8 | 5 |
| 16 | 24 | Yvie Oddly – “Grind Me” | US | 16 | 3 |
| 17 | 37 | Miki Ratsula – “I Walked a Mile in My Room” | US | 17 | 2 |
| 18 | 36 | Matt Palmer – “Hold On” | US | 18 | 2 |
| 19 | 42 | Pabllo Vittar & Rennan da Penha – “Number One” | BR | 19 | 2 |
| 20 | 31 | Keiynan Lonsdale – “Gods of the Disco” | AU | 20 | 3 |
| 21 | 39 | Dion Yorkie – “Book of the Beast” | GB/CA | 21 | 2 |
| 22 | 3 | LP – “Angels” | US | 3 | 9 |
| 23 | 33 | David Rees – “Mi Parte” | ES | 23 | 3 |
| 24 | 19 | 100 Gecs – “Mememe” | US | 14 | 4 |
| 25 | 11 | Alex Blue – “Mary” | US | 7 | 7 |
| 26 | 48 | Jordy – “Trevor” | US | 26 | 2 |
| 27 | 43 | Mø – “Goosebumps” | DK | 27 | 2 |
| 28 | 14 | Samo – “Para Encontrarme” | MX | 12 | 5 |
| 29 | 15 | Mike Taveira – “Fuck Everyone” | US | 15 | 4 |
| 30 | 16 | Gloria Groove – “A Queda” | BR | 1 | 15 |
| 31 | 18 | Jasmine Thompson & Calum Scott – “Love Is Just a Word” | GB | 11 | 5 |
| 32 | New | Jão – “Idiota” | BR | 32 | 1 |
| 33 | 45 | David Archuleta – “Beast” | US | 33 | 2 |
| 34 | 22 | Maggie Lindemann – “She Knows It” | US | 1 | 11 |
| 35 | New | Kevin Y Karla – “Easy on Me (Spanish Version)” | CL | 35 | 1 |
| 36 | 50 | Michael Medrano – “Personal Heaven” | US | 36 | 2 |
| 37 | 20 | Becky Hill & Topic – “My Heart Goes (La Di Da)” | GB/DE | 1 | 13 |
| 38 | 21 | Alessia Labate & Harrison First – “You’re My Next Ex” | IT/US/ SE | 21 | 3 |
| 39 | 47 | Big Freedia & Jax – “BDE” | US | 39 | 2 |
| 40 | 49 | Marina Lin – “Alice in Wonderland” | CA | 40 | 2 |
| 41 | 32 | Charli XCX, Christine And The Queens, & Caroline Polachek – “New Shapes” | GB/FR/ US | 3 | 7 |
| 42 | New | Javiera Mena & Myriam Hernández – “Dunas” | CL | 42 | 1 |
| 43 | New | Joshua Bassett – “Crisis” | US | 43 | 1 |
| 44 | New | Cody Belew – “Crimes” | US | 44 | 1 |
| 45 | New | Manila Luzon – “Hot Couture (10 Year Anniversary Edition)” | US | 45 | 1 |
| 46 | New | Alaska Thunderfuck – “Wow” | US | 46 | 1 |
| 47 | 46 | Hurray For The Riff Raff – “Rhododendron” | US | 46 | 3 |
| 48 | New | Lionesses – “Show Me Your Pride” | KR | 48 | 1 |
| 49 | New | K. Flay – “Nothing Can Kill Us” | US | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Del Ro’Yale – “Risking It All” | 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 | ||
| ** | 27 | Tyler Rayn – “How Will I Know?” | US | 24 | 4 |
| ** | 28 | Alekxandr – “Sunflower” | GB | 4 | 8 |
| ** | 29 | Arca – “Prada/Rakata” | VE/ES | 8 | 8 |
| ** | 30 | Kim Petras – “Coconuts” | DE | 17 | 3 |
| ** | 34 | Walt Disco – “Macilent” | GB | 32 | 3 |
| ** | 35 | Dorian Electra – “My Agenda” | US | 23 | 3 |
| ** | 38 | Gia Woods – “Fame Kills” | US | 35 | 3 |
| ** | 40 | Villagers – “Circles in the Firing Line” | IE | 40 | 3 |
| ** | 41 | Ben Hazlewood – “Empty Accolades” | NZ/AU | 41 | 3 |
| ** | 44 | Shawnee Kish – “I Left, But I Never Lied” | CA | 44 | 3 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above | ||
| AU = Australia | BR = Brazil | CA = Canada |
| CL = Chile | DE = Germany | DK = Denmark |
| ES = Spain | FR = France | GB = Great Britain |
| IE = Ireland | IT = Italy | KR = South Korea |
| MX = Mexico | NO = Norway | NZ = New Zealand |
| SE = Sweden | UK = Ukraine | US = United States |
| VE = Venezuela | ||
No comments:
Post a Comment