Twice a week, Tad's LGBT Music Chart brings you the Top 50 music videos by LGBTQ artists from around the world.
Chart Week #31 of 2022: Week of 31st July
Click here for this week's playlist on YouTube:
Chart notes:
British/Canadian musician Dion Yorkie reaches the #1 spot on the LGBT chart this weekend with "Sweet Peach", moving up one more place from the midweek's #2 position. Dion is originally from England, but he now resides in Toronto, Ontario. The track hasn't yet appeared on the official charts in Canada or in the U.K., but it has gotten as high as #12 on the iTunes chart in South Africa. Over the past four days, the video for "Sweet Peach" has gained an additional 1,612 views on YouTube (which is an increase of 5.05% since the midweek's chart).
Two videos move up into the Top 10 this weekend, both of which happen to be from American acts. Conan Gray (from Lemon Grove, California) climbs 5 notches to #7 with "Disaster". Kesha (from Brentwood, Tennessee) jumps ahead 10 spots to #8 with "Rich White Straight Men".
Fifteen songs fall off the chart to make way for fifteen new songs. The highest debut this weekend was "Shock" by English DJ/drag queen/producer Jodie Harsh, entering the chart at #32. Jodie says, "I've always been in the dance music world. Of course, I do drag and the way I present myself for shows is in make-up and a wig, but I feel like I've always had a specific sound. My label has never asked me to go and make some party anthem. But I'm always going to be influenced by disco and house, and my songs will always have a little bit of attitude. Everything will have a bit of bite." Over the past half-week, the video for "Shock" has gained an additional 795 YouTube views (which is an increase of 8.39% over the previous chart period).
Further down the chart, we have 14 more debuts by LGBTQ artists from Brazil, England, the U.S.A., South Africa, Chile, Sweden, Bolivia, Switzerland, Spain, and Australia:
- Nakhane (from South Africa)
- Gloria Groove (from Brazil)
- Fletcher (from New Jersey, USA)
- Jonah Xiao (from Chile)
- Jotta A (from Brazil)
- Pale Waves (from England, UK)
- The Regrettes (from California, USA)
- Omar Rudberg (from Sweden)
- Daya (from Pennsylvania, USA)
- Brian Justin Crum (from California, USA)
- Luis Gamarra (from Bolivia)
- Laskaar (originally from Switzerland & now living in Spain)
- Mila Jam (from Georgia, USA)
- Alfie Arcuri (from Australia)
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 and they must be available on YouTube.
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This weekend's Top 50 LGBT chart:
| This week | Last week | Artist & title | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart |
| 1 | 2 | Dion Yorkie – “Sweet Peach” | GB/CA | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 7 | Mabel Matiz – “Karakol” | TR | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 8 | YooJung – “Begin” | KR | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 6 | Ty Herndon – “Till You Get There” | US | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 9 | Corvyx & King Vagabond – “Running Up That Hill” | US | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | Mika – “Yo Yo” | GB | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | 12 | Conan Gray – “Disaster” | US | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 18 | Kesha – “Rich White Straight Men” | US | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | Todrick Hall – “Sorry Barbie” | US | 5 | 6 |
| 10 | 3 | Blas Cantó – “El Bueno Acaba Mal” | ES | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | 16 | Mø – “True Romance” | DK | 11 | 4 |
| 12 | 22 | Bobby Newberry, Fia Nyxx, & Sam J Garfield – “Escape” | US | 12 | 3 |
| 13 | 20 | Willow Smith – “Maybe It’s My Fault” | US | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 15 | Jamie Hannah – “Bohemian Rhapsody” | GB | 1 | 10 |
| 15 | 32 | Hayley Kiyoko – “Deep In the Woods” | US | 15 | 3 |
| 16 | 21 | Rina Sawayama – “This Hell” | GB | 1 | 9 |
| 17 | 34 | Kevin Y Karla – “Somebody That I Used To Know (Spanish Version)” | CL | 17 | 2 |
| 18 | 17 | Darin – “Superstar” | SE | 1 | 14 |
| 19 | 13 | Kiddy Smile & Catz’n’Dogz – “Sugar” | FR/PL | 4 | 6 |
| 20 | 27 | Autoheart – “Hellbent” | GB | 20 | 3 |
| 21 | 14 | Myylo – “Cling On” | US | 14 | 5 |
| 22 | 37 | Ria Mae & Serena Ryder – “The World Is Falling Apart” | CA | 22 | 2 |
| 23 | 10 | Dreamers – “Body Language” | US | 2 | 8 |
| 24 | 39 | Calum Scott – “Heaven” | GB | 24 | 2 |
| 25 | 4 | The Aces – “Girls Make Me Wanna Die” | US | 4 | 5 |
| 26 | 23 | Baby Queen – “Nobody Really Cares” | ZA/GB | 23 | 3 |
| 27 | 47 | Sharon Needles – “Flamin’ Hot” | US | 27 | 2 |
| 28 | 11 | Javiera Mena – “La Isla De Lesbos” | CL | 8 | 6 |
| 29 | 49 | The 1975 – “Part Of the Band” | GB | 29 | 2 |
| 30 | 19 | Elliot Lee – “54321” | US | 11 | 5 |
| 31 | 50 | Bbno$ & Diplo – “Pogo” | CA/US | 31 | 2 |
| 32 | New | Jodie Harsh – “Shock” | GB | 32 | 1 |
| 33 | New | Nakhane, Moonchild Sanelly, & Nile Rodgers – “Tell Me Your Politik” | ZA/US | 33 | 1 |
| 34 | 26 | Alma – “Everything Beautiful” | FI | 26 | 2 |
| 35 | New | Gloria Groove – “Greta” | BR | 35 | 1 |
| 36 | New | Fletcher – “Her Body Is Bible” | US | 36 | 1 |
| 37 | New | Jonah Xiao & Ian Thiele – “Mejor Sin Ti” | CL | 37 | 1 |
| 38 | New | Jotta A – “Apollo” | BR | 38 | 1 |
| 39 | New | Pale Waves – “Jealousy” | GB | 39 | 1 |
| 40 | New | The Regrettes – “Barely On My Mind” | US | 40 | 1 |
| 41 | New | Omar Rudberg – “Todo De Ti (All That She Wants)” | SE | 41 | 1 |
| 42 | 41 | Thibaut Pez – “Soleil Noir” | FR | 41 | 3 |
| 43 | New | Daya – “Love You When You’re Gone” | US | 43 | 1 |
| 44 | New | Brian Justin Crum – “Other Side” | US | 44 | 1 |
| 45 | 44 | Memo Luna – “Xti Lo Q Sea” | MX | 44 | 3 |
| 46 | 45 | Imaa Queen & Kubix – “Naked” | SE | 45 | 3 |
| 47 | New | Luis Gamarra – “De Viaje” | BO | 47 | 1 |
| 48 | New | Laskaar – “Maricón” | CH/ES | 48 | 1 |
| 49 | New | Mila Jam – “Dancing My Tears Away” | US | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Alfie Arcuri – “Overtime” | AU | 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 | Harel Skaat & Nowruz – “Bruch Haba Lleblagne” | IL | 6 | 6 |
| ** | 25 | Davi Bandeira – “Eu Vou Chorar Dançando” | BR | 3 | 8 |
| ** | 28 | Gabrielius Vagelis – “Man Trūksta Dienų” | LT | 1 | 13 |
| ** | 29 | John Duff & Eric Kupper – “Is It a Sin?” | US | 7 | 8 |
| ** | 30 | Oscar And The Wolf – “Donnie’s Dream” | BE | 24 | 4 |
| ** | 31 | King Princess – “Too Bad / Cursed” | US | 12 | 6 |
| ** | 33 | Qing Feng Wu & Aurora – “Storm” | TW/NO | 22 | 3 |
| ** | 35 | Nimmo – “Company” | GB | 15 | 6 |
| ** | 36 | MkX – “Runnin’ Late” | US | 36 | 3 |
| ** | 38 | Drebae – “Badd” | US | 31 | 3 |
| ** | 40 | Blimes Brixton – “Solitude” | US | 37 | 3 |
| ** | 42 | Skunk Anansie – “(Can’t Get By) Without You” | GB | 38 | 3 |
| ** | 43 | Conleth Kane & The London Gay Men’s Chorus – “Proud (2022 Version)” | GB | 40 | 2 |
| ** | 46 | Osvaldo Supino – “Gold” | IT | 46 | 2 |
| ** | 48 | Entrópica & Rip Txny – “Tú Tienes” | CL | 48 | 2 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above | ||
| AU = Australia | BE = Belgium | BO = Bolivia |
| BR = Brazil | CA = Canada | CH = Switzerland |
| CL = Chile | DK = Denmark | ES = Spain |
| FI = Finland | FR = France | GB = Great Britain |
| IL = Israel | IT = Italy | KR = South Korea |
| LT = Lithuania | MX = Mexico | NO = Norway |
| PL = Poland | SE = Sweden | TR = Turkey |
| TW = Taiwan | US = United States | ZA = South Africa |
