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 31st August, 2022
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Chart notes:
Italian rock group Måneskin reaches #1 on the LGBT chart at midweek with "If I Can Dream", moving up one more place from the weekend's #2 position. The track, which is featured on the soundtrack of the motion picture Elvis, is a cover of Elvis Presley's 1968 hit. The original Elvis song, whose lyrics were similar to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, was released just two months after King's assassination and reached as high as #9 on the official radio airplay chart in the U.S.A. Måneskin premiered their version at The 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy. Over the past three days, the video for "If I Can Dream" has gained an additional 198,289 views on YouTube (which is a huge increase of 8.13% since the weekend's chart!).
Five videos move up into the Top 10 at midweek. American pop duo Middlespoon (from Austin, Texas) climbs 9 spots to #5 with "Crush On U". South Korean boy-band Ateez rises 6 notches to #6 with "Guerrilla". American singer/songwriter Hayley Kiyoko (from Agoura Hills, California) gains 8 places to reach #7 with "Panorama". Spanish musician Pablo Alborán leaps ahead 12 positions to #8 with "Carreterra Y Manta". American rocker Danny Blu (from New York City, New York) climbs 10 more notches to #9 with "Give Me Your Love". They're joined in the Top 10 by English singer/songwriter Dodie, who's moving up 8 places to #10 with "Got Weird".
Twelve songs fall off the chart to make way for twelve new songs. The highest debut at midweek was "Agenda" by American rapper Damez, entering the chart at #33. The openly gay Atlanta-based rapper (whose real name is Damién Henderson) speaks out on a variety of topics in the lyrics, including homophobia as he raps "I want my funeral magenta, just to piss off all my homophobic relatives". The clip was filmed in the same barber shop that Damez used to frequent as a child. Over the past half-week, the video for "Agenda" has gained an additional 1,395 YouTube views (which is a massive increase of 37.04% over the previous chart period!).
Further down the chart, we have 11 more debuts by LGBTQ artists from Canada, England, the U.S.A., Denmark, and Belgium:
- Carly Rae Jepsen (from British Columbia, Canada)
- Joshua Bassett (from California, USA)
- Rina Sawayama (from England, UK)
- Mø (from Denmark)
- Brian Falduto (from Arizona, USA)
- Pale Waves (from England, UK)
- Oscar And The Wolf (from Belgium)
- Justin Michael Williams (from California, USA)
- King Princess (from New York, USA)
- Brooke Eden (from Florida, USA)
- Dragonette (from Ontario, Canada)
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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The midweek Top 50 LGBT chart:
| This week | Last week | Artist & title | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart |
| 1 | 2 | Måneskin – “If I Can Dream” | IT | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 8 | The 1975 – “Happiness” | GB | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | Esteman – “Un Día En Paris” | CO | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 9 | Bilal Hassani – “Transfert Trottinette” | FR | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 14 | Middlespoon – “Crush On U” | US | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | 12 | Ateez – “Guerrilla” | KR | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | 15 | Hayley Kiyoko – “Panorama” | US | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 20 | Pablo Alborán – “Carretera Y Manta” | ES | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 19 | Danny Blu – “Give Me Your Love” | US | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 18 | Dodie – “Got Weird” | GB | 10 | 3 |
| 11 | 3 | Raymix – “Nada” | MX | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 17 | Myylo – “Pink Boy Heart” | US | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 4 | Jackson Wang – “Cruel” | HK/CN | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | 7 | Tove Lo – “2 Die 4” | SE | 3 | 6 |
| 15 | 21 | Aymz – “Odyssee” | AT | 15 | 3 |
| 16 | 11 | Agoney – “Cachito” | ES | 11 | 6 |
| 17 | 24 | Kaytranada & Anderson Paak – “Twin Flame” | CA/US | 17 | 3 |
| 18 | 5 | Pink – “Irrelevant” | US | 1 | 8 |
| 19 | 38 | Jessie Ware – “Free Yourself” | GB | 19 | 2 |
| 20 | 28 | Jamie Hannah – “Tomorrow” | GB | 7 | 7 |
| 21 | 10 | Jordy – “IDK Sh!t” | US | 10 | 5 |
| 22 | 37 | Mika – “Who’s Gonna Love Me Now?” | GB | 22 | 2 |
| 23 | 23 | Panic! At The Disco – “Middle Of a Breakup” | US | 1 | 8 |
| 24 | 39 | Fletcher – “Becky’s So Hot” | US | 24 | 2 |
| 25 | 33 | Lauren Sanderson – “Nothing Lasts Forever” | US | 25 | 3 |
| 26 | 16 | Mamalarky – “Mythical Bonds” | US | 4 | 7 |
| 27 | 6 | Diplo, TSHA, & Kareen Lomax – “Let You Go” | US/GB | 2 | 7 |
| 28 | 45 | Blimes Brixton – “Soonish” | US | 28 | 2 |
| 29 | 41 | KB – “Be Free” | KR | 29 | 2 |
| 30 | 13 | Pussy Riot & ILoveMakonnen – “Plastic” | RU/US | 7 | 8 |
| 31 | 43 | Conchita Wurst – “Erstmal Pause” | AT | 31 | 2 |
| 32 | 25 | Daya – “Love You When You’re Gone” | US | 1 | 10 |
| 33 | New | Damez – “Agenda” | US | 33 | 1 |
| 34 | 22 | Saucy Santana & Latto – “Booty” | US | 4 | 8 |
| 35 | 27 | Davi Sabbag & Pedrowl – “Bicho Solto!” | BR | 27 | 3 |
| 36 | 48 | KT Tunstall – “Private Eyes” | GB | 36 | 2 |
| 37 | New | Carly Rae Jepsen – “Beach House” | CA | 37 | 1 |
| 38 | 49 | Ty Herndon – “God Or the Gun” | US | 38 | 2 |
| 39 | 50 | Mxmtoon – “Kaleidoscope” | US | 39 | 2 |
| 40 | New | Joshua Bassett – “Smoke Slow” | US | 40 | 1 |
| 41 | 34 | Jinkx Monsoon – “Strange Magic” | US | 34 | 3 |
| 42 | New | Rina Sawayama – “Hold the Girl” | GB | 42 | 1 |
| 43 | New | Gryffin & Mø – “Reckless” | US/DK | 43 | 1 |
| 44 | New | Brian Falduto – “Same Old Country Love Song” | US | 44 | 1 |
| 45 | New | Pale Waves – “Reasons To Live” | GB | 45 | 1 |
| 46 | New | Oscar And The Wolf – “What a Time To Be Alive” | BE | 46 | 1 |
| 47 | New | Justin Michael Williams – “I Am Enough” | US | 47 | 1 |
| 48 | New | King Princess – “Let Us Die” | US | 48 | 1 |
| 49 | New | Brooke Eden – “Knock” | US | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Dragonette – “New Suit” | CA | 50 | 1 |
| Falling off the chart this week: | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart | ||
| ** | 26 | Drebae – “Down On Me” | US | 24 | 3 |
| ** | 29 | Kidd Kenn & Erica Banks – “Do Dat At” | US | 11 | 5 |
| ** | 30 | Joesef – “East End Coast” | GB | 16 | 3 |
| ** | 31 | Lily Rose – “In My Drinks” | US | 13 | 8 |
| ** | 32 | Danny – “Sexo En La Playa” | ES | 32 | 3 |
| ** | 35 | G Flip – “Waste Of Space” | AU | 22 | 5 |
| ** | 36 | Kevin Vásquez – “As It Was (Spanish Version)” | CL | 31 | 3 |
| ** | 40 | Big Dipper & TT The Artist – “Ham and Cheese” | US | 34 | 3 |
| ** | 42 | Emeli Sandé – “Ready To Love” | GB | 42 | 3 |
| ** | 44 | Renée Muzquiz – “Gay Kids” | US | 44 | 3 |
| ** | 46 | Vesta Lugg – “Histeria” | CL | 46 | 2 |
| ** | 47 | Brandon Anderson – “Shadows” | US | 47 | 2 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above | ||
| AT = Austria | AU = Australia | BE = Belgium |
| BR = Brazil | CA = Canada | CL = Chile |
| CN = China | CO = Colombia | DK = Denmark |
| ES = Spain | FR = France | GB = Great Britain |
| HK = Hong Kong | IT = Italy | KR = South Korea |
| MX = Mexico | RU = Russia | SE = Sweden |
| US = United States | ||
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