Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Midweek Chart: 27 April 2022

      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 27th April, 2022

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Chart notes:
   American rock singers Willow Smith and Siiickbrain have climbed to the top of the LGBT chart at midweek with "Purge", moving up 1 more place from the weekend's #2 position. Hailing from Los Angeles, Willow is the daughter of actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith. Willow, who came out publicly as bisexual in 2019 and as polyamorous in 2021, also directed the clip. Over the past three days, the video for "Purge" has gained an additional 44,853 views on YouTube (which is an increase of 3.54% over the weekend's chart).

   Five videos move up into the Top 10 at midweek, including a return from a former #1 hit: English singer/songwriter Years And Years rebounds back up 5 notches to #10 with "Hallucination". Chinese artist Jackson Wang leaps ahead 11 spots to #5 with "Blow". American singer Syd (from Los Angeles, California) rises 5 places to #6 with "C.Y.B.A.H." Ukrainian musician Artem Pyvovarov makes a big jump of 13 positions to #7 with "Radisno / Strashno". They're joined in the Top 10 by English vocalist Becky Hill, who's moving up 4 more notches to #8 with "Run".

   Eight songs fall off the chart to make way for eight new songs. The highest debut at midweek was "Anxieties (Out Of Time)" by American quartet The Regrettes, entering the chart at #32. The track was written during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Lead singer Lydia Night explained in a statement that, "It encapsulates that impending doom, when it felt like everything in front of me was terrifying. I think a lot of people experienced similar feelings at the beginning of the world shutting down. The chorus is a reflection of that. We wanted it to sound like an anxious, panic-attack pace like you're running out of time." Over the past half-week, the video for "Anxieties (Out Of Time)" has gained an additional 52,327 YouTube views (which is an increase of 5.14% over the previous chart period).

   Further down the chart, we have 7 more debuts by LGBTQ artists from England, Canada, the U.S.A., Lithuania, Turkey, Mexico, Argentina, and Sweden:
  • Omar Apollo (from Indiana, USA)
  • Gabrielius Vagelis (from Lithuania)
  • Mabel Matiz (from Turkey)
  • Dion Yorkie (originally from England & now residing in Ontario, Canada) & Sebb Argo (originally from Mexico & now living in Ontario, Canada)
  • Mickey Taylor (from England, UK)
  • Miki Ratsula & Dana Williams (both from California, USA)
  • Tharyk (originally from Argentina & now living in Sweden)

   Chart positions are determined by points assigned from a combination of YouTube views and votes, with YouTube views accounting for two-thirds of the total points. 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 and they must be available on YouTube.

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The midweek Top 50 LGBT chart:
This week Last week Artist & title Orig. Peak Weeks on chart
1 2 Willow Smith & Siiickbrain – “Purge” US 1 5
2 7 Jake Wesley Rogers – “Lavender Forever” US 2 4
3 10 Calvyn Cass – “My Friend” CA 3 4
4 1 Daniel Schuhmacher – “And Just Like That” DE 1 6
5 16 Jackson Wang – “Blow” HK/CN 5 4
6 11 Syd & Lucky Daye – “C.Y.B.A.H.” US 6 4
7 20 Artem Pyvovarov & Lilu45 – “Radisno / Strashno” UK 7 3
8 12 Becky Hill & Galantis – “Run” GB/SE 8 5
9 3 Jordy – “Past Tense” US 3 7
10 15 Regard & Years And Years – “Hallucination” XK/GB 1 8
11 21 Miley Cyrus – “Like a Prayer” US 11 3
12 19 Mila Jam – “God and Guns” US 12 3
13 4 Melovin – “Ne Zvolikay (Waste No Time)” UK 4 5
14 23 Ria Mae – “The Old Me” CA 14 3
15 8 Andie Case – “I Think I’m God” US 8 6
16 27 Mark Tuan – “Lonely” US 16 3
17 13 Mike Taylor – “Everything Black” US 13 5
18 22 Marilina Bertoldi – “La Cena” AR 18 4
19 14 Muna – “Anything But Me” US 14 4
20 35 Daddy Dawg – “The Devil in Mexico” US 20 2
21 37 Todrick Hall – “Queen” US 21 2
22 36 Pabllo Vittar & Rina Sawayama – “Follow Me” BR/GB 22 2
23 5 Yungblud – “The Funeral” GB 2 9
24 38 Boy Harsher & Cooper B. Handy – “Autonomy” US 24 2
25 6 King Princess – “For My Friends” US 1 7
26 9 Orville Peck – “The Curse of the Blackened Eye” CA 6 6
27 40 Kevin Vásquez & DJ Clau – “Cobardes Al Amar” CL/RO 27 2
28 26 Oscar And The Wolf – “Nostalgic Bitch” BE 21 5
29 45 Theo Tams – “Tongue Tied” CA 29 2
30 17 Isak Danielson – “King of a Tragedy” SE 9 7
31 18 Raymix – “Armonía” MX 12 6
32 New The Regrettes – “Anxieties (Out Of Time)” US 32 1
33 50 Hayden Joseph – “I’m Not There Yet” US 33 2
34 29 Cassandre – “Tombés Du Même Ciel” FR 29 4
35 43 Tom Aspaul – “Kiss It” GB 35 3
36 New Omar Apollo – “Tamagotchi” US 36 1
37 31 Villano Antillano – “Vocales” PR 31 4
38 New Gabrielius Vagelis – “Gyvenu” LT 38 1
39 47 Taichi Mukai – “Special Seat” JP 39 2
40 New Mabel Matiz – “Kavşaklar” TR 40 1
41 34 Jonathan Lykes & Big Freedia – “Liberation House Anthem” US 34 3
42 42 Garçons Sensibles – “Je T’Aime Moi Non Plus” FR 42 3
43 44 Ali And The Stolen Boy – “Errore del Sistema” IT 43 3
44 New Dion Yorkie & Sebb Argo – “Sus” CA/GB/ MX 44 1
45 46 Amber Liu – “Lately” US 45 2
46 48 Mxmtoon – “Sad Disco” US 46 2
47 49 Madblush – “Se Quiser Dançar” BR 47 2
48 New Mickey Taylor – “Wicked Games” GB 48 1
49 New Miki Ratsula & Dana Williams – “Sugarcane” US 49 1
50 New Tharyk – “Te Enamoré” AR/SE 50 1

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

Falling off the chart this week: Orig. Peak Weeks on chart
** 24 Luis Gamarra – “Hoy Desperté” BO/US 24 3
** 25 G Flip & Lauren Sanderson – “Gay 4 Me” AU/US 3 7
** 28 Residente & Ibeyi – “This Is Not America” PR/FR 6 6
** 30 Vök – “Lose Control” IS 10 7
** 32 Agoney – “Bangover” ES 23 5
** 33 Gloria Groove – “Vermelho” BR 1 16
** 39 Honey Dijon, Dave Giles II, Cor.Ece, & Mike Dunn – “Work” US/DE 28 5
** 41 Fontana – “Sissy That Walk” SE 41 3


Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above
AR = Argentina AU = Australia BE = Belgium
BO = Bolivia BR = Brazil CA = Canada
CL = Chile CN = China DE = Germany
ES = Spain FR = France GB = Great Britain
HK = Hong Kong IS = Iceland IT = Italy
JP = Japan LT = Lithuania MX = Mexico
PR = Puerto Rico RO = Romania SE = Sweden
TR = Turkey UK = Ukraine US = United States
XK = Kosovo