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 9th November, 2022
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Chart notes:
German DJ/producer Felix Jaehn climbs to the top of the LGBT chart at midweek with "Call It Love", moving up one more place from the weekend's #2 position. The vocals are provided by American singer Ray Dalton (from Seattle, Washington), who's best known for his multi-platinum collaborations with fellow Seattle musicians Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. The track's lyrics focus on the desire to break free from societal constraints and suggest that a change is coming. The song encourages us to take action, to be brave, and to follow our hearts despite the fear of the unknown. According to SoundCharts, the track has reached the Top 10 on the official charts of 49 different countries and has reached the #1 spot in 12 of them (Germany, Russia, Romania, Spain, Luxembourg, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Croatia, Canada, Panama, and Argentina). The single has reached as high as #4 on The SoundCharts Global Chart. Over the past three days, the video for "Call It Love" has gained an additional 1,238,391 views on YouTube (which is a massive increase of 15.47% since the weekend's chart!).
Three videos move up into the Top 10 at midweek. Spanish musician Pablo Alborán climbs 9 notches to #7 with "Viaje A Ningún Lado". American pop/rock quartet Imagine Dragons (from Las Vegas, Nevada) rises 4 more spots to #8 with "I Don't Like Myself". They're joined in the Top 10 by American vocalist Bebe Rexha (from Staten Island, New York), who's moving up 8 places to #9 with "I'm Good (Blue)".
Twelve songs fall off the chart to make way for twelve new songs. The highest debut of the week was "Matcha Tea" by American singer/songwriter Cassidy King, entering the chart at #36. Cassidy (originally from Chardon, Ohio) said it never seemed possible to imagine herself with a career in the music industry... until a friend recorded Cassidy singing in her dormitory stairwell, and the clip went viral on Twitter. In a 2022 interview with Diva Magazine, Cassidy discussed what it was like to grow up in a small conservative religious community as an LGBTQ person. "It was tough. I didn't even know that I could be gay. I was taught that being queer was wrong and I struggled with so much internalized homophobia." She continued, "It really just made me have this urge to say something and be there for people. You can be from a really small town in Ohio, you can be gay, you can make music, you can do it all." Over the past half-week, the video for "Matcha Tea" has gained an additional 377 YouTube views (which is a huge increase of 10.90% over the previous chart period!).
Further down the chart, we have 11 more debuts by LGBTQ artists from Chile, Australia, the U.S.A., Mexico, England, France, and Spain:
- Willow Smith (from California, USA)
- Javiera Mena (from Chile)
- Zemmoa (from Mexico)
- Kevin Y Karla (from Chile)
- Tom Aspaul (from England, UK)
- Tayla Parx (from Texas, USA)
- Anthony Callea (from Australia)
- Magenta (from France)
- Jake Wesley Rogers (from Missouri, USA)
- Buhos (from Spain)
- Frankie Bouchier (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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The midweek Top 50 LGBT chart:
| This week | Last week | Artist & title | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart |
| 1 | 2 | Felix Jaehn & Ray Dalton – “Call It Love” | DE/US | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 4 | Måneskin – “The Loneliest” | IT | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 5 | Michael Medrano – “Disco Sleaze” | US | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | Sam Smith & Kim Petras – “Unholy” | GB/DE | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 7 | Sem Jansen – “Goodbye” | NL | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | 9 | Alma – “Summer Really Hurt Us” | FI | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | 16 | Pablo Alborán & Carín León – “Viaje A Ningún Lado” | ES/MX | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 12 | Imagine Dragons – “I Don’t Like Myself” | US | 8 | 4 |
| 9 | 17 | David Guetta & Bebe Rexha – “I’m Good (Blue)” | FR/US | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 6 | Lia Clark & MC Naninha – “PQP! (Tu Fez Do Jeito Que En Queria)” | BR | 6 | 7 |
| 11 | 8 | Angèle – “Amour, Haine, et Danger” | BE/FR | 8 | 6 |
| 12 | 20 | Tove Lo – “Grapefruit” | SE | 12 | 3 |
| 13 | 10 | Lil Nas X – “Star Walkin’” | US | 3 | 7 |
| 14 | 21 | Sub-Radio – “Stacy’s Dad” | US | 14 | 4 |
| 15 | 32 | Sergey Lazarev – “Tretiy” | RU | 15 | 2 |
| 16 | 27 | Dylan And The Moon – “Heaven Now” | GB | 16 | 3 |
| 17 | 23 | Blas Cantó – “Marte” | ES | 17 | 3 |
| 18 | 11 | Piettro – “Rei De Cocada” | BR | 1 | 11 |
| 19 | 3 | Elton John & Britney Spears – “Hold Me Closer” | GB/US | 1 | 8 |
| 20 | 33 | Chloe Moriondo – “Plastic Purse” | US | 20 | 2 |
| 21 | 18 | Carly Ray Jepsen & Rufus Wainwright – “The Loneliest Time” | CA/US | 18 | 4 |
| 22 | 28 | Omar Apollo – “Petrified” | US | 22 | 3 |
| 23 | 13 | Anne-Marie & Aitch – “Psycho” | GB | 1 | 11 |
| 24 | 39 | Girli – “I Really F**ked It Up” | GB | 24 | 2 |
| 25 | 37 | Max Tejera – “Me Quiero Mimir” | UY/AR | 25 | 2 |
| 26 | 34 | Joshua Bassett – “Sad Songs In a Hotel Room” | US | 26 | 3 |
| 27 | 14 | Téo Lavabo & Manon Lavabo – “Vernini Vernana” | FR | 4 | 6 |
| 28 | 42 | Madonna & Tokischa – “Hung Up On Tokischa” | US/DO | 28 | 2 |
| 29 | 19 | Artem Pivovarov & Alyona Alyona – “Liuli-Liuli” | UK | 3 | 7 |
| 30 | 15 | Maggie Lindemann – “Cages” | US | 13 | 8 |
| 31 | 49 | Grupo Firme & La Ventaja – “A Mi Modo” | MX | 31 | 2 |
| 32 | 44 | Baby Queen – “Lazy” | ZA/GB | 32 | 2 |
| 33 | 29 | Gabrielius Vagelis – “Man Moji” | LT | 2 | 10 |
| 34 | 46 | Tia Kofi – “So Good” | GB | 34 | 2 |
| 35 | 47 | Hannah Trigwell – “Comfortable” | GB | 35 | 2 |
| 36 | New | Cassidy King – “Matcha Tea” | US | 36 | 1 |
| 37 | New | Willow Smith – “Ur a Stranger” | US | 37 | 1 |
| 38 | New | Javiera Mena – “Me Gustas Tú” | CL | 38 | 1 |
| 39 | New | Zemmoa – “Nota De Voz” | MX | 39 | 1 |
| 40 | 45 | Girl In Red & Aaron Dessner – “We Fell In Love In October” | NO/US | 40 | 2 |
| 41 | New | Kevin Y Karla – “Say It Right (En Español)” | CL | 41 | 1 |
| 42 | New | Tom Aspaul – “Thessaloniki” | GB | 42 | 1 |
| 43 | 48 | Bruno Gadiol – “Paixão Vs Amor” | BR | 43 | 2 |
| 44 | 50 | Shawnee Kish & the NAC Orchestra – “Way Home (Two Spirit)” | CA | 44 | 2 |
| 45 | New | Tayla Parx – “Flowers” | US | 45 | 1 |
| 46 | New | Anthony Callea – “Heaven” | AU | 46 | 1 |
| 47 | New | Magenta – “Content” | FR | 47 | 1 |
| 48 | New | Jake Wesley Rogers – “Hindsight” | US | 48 | 1 |
| 49 | New | Buhos – “La Pluja Tropical” | ES | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Frankie Bouchier – “Except Love” | 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 | ||
| ** | 22 | Andie Case & Alex Goot – “It Must Have Been Love” | US | 1 | 12 |
| ** | 24 | Apolo – “Tú Me Confundes” | ES | 15 | 4 |
| ** | 25 | Wapayasos – “Arroz Con Leche” | MX | 19 | 5 |
| ** | 26 | Panic! At The Disco – “Do It To Death” | US | 20 | 4 |
| ** | 30 | Adrian Bello – “Bailemos En La Sala” | PE | 8 | 7 |
| ** | 31 | Kiesza & Chase Ellestad – “Ain’t No Sunshine” | CA | 28 | 3 |
| ** | 35 | Davi Bandeira & Leandro Buenno – “Me Diz (Onde Que Isso Vai Dar)” | BR | 11 | 7 |
| ** | 36 | Joesef – “Joe” | GB | 25 | 7 |
| ** | 38 | Jackson Wang – “Champagne Cool” | HK/CN | 21 | 4 |
| ** | 40 | Tegan And Sara – “I Can’t Grow Up” | CA | 31 | 3 |
| ** | 41 | Duncan Laurence – “Electric Life” | NL | 1 | 15 |
| ** | 43 | Rina Sawayama – “Phantom” | GB | 34 | 4 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above | ||
| AR = Argentina | AU = Australia | BE = Belgium |
| BR = Brazil | CA = Canada | CL = Chile |
| CN = China | DE = Germany | DO = Dominican Republic |
| ES = Spain | FI = Finland | FR = France |
| GB = Great Britain | HK = Hong Kong | IT = Italy |
| LT = Lithuania | MX = Mexico | NL = Netherlands |
| NO = Norway | PE = Peru | RU = Russia |
| SE = Sweden | UK = Ukraine | US = United States |
| UY = Uruguay | ZA = South Africa | |
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