Twice a week, Tad's LGBT Music Chart brings you the Top 50 music videos by LGBTQ artists from around the world.
Chart Week #49 of 2022: Week of 4th December
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Chart notes:
There's no change at the very top of the LGBT chart this weekend, as British singer Tom Aspaul (from Wolverhampton, England) holds onto the #1 spot with "Thessaloniki". Tom began his career writing hits for Kylie Minogue, Alex Newell, Saara Aalto, Becky Hill, and many others. The lyrics to "Thessaloniki" tell a tale of running away to a magical place and enjoying the pleasures of the flesh beneath the burning hot sun. He's abandoned the disco sounds of his previous album to delve deeper into Europop sounds from the Balkans, Spain, France, and Greece. Tom explains his love of 1990s Europop by stating "When that music ruled the airwaves, it soundtracked my adolescence, my coming out, my formative years... This album is a celebration of all that." Over the past four days, the video for "Thessaloniki" has gained an additional 125 views on YouTube (which is an increase of 2.09% since the midweek's chart).
Four videos move up into the Top 10 this weekend. Brazilian drag duo Pabllo Vittar and Gloria Groove climb 8 notches to #5 with "Ameianoite". Spanish singer David Rees rises 10 spots to #7 with "Comida Rápida". American pop/rock quartet Imagine Dragons (from Las Vegas, Nevada) leaps ahead 11 places to #8 with "Bones (Twocolors Remix)". They're joined in the Top 10 by English singer/songwriter Rina Sawayama, who's moving up 10 more notches to #10 with "Frankenstein".
Seven songs fall off the chart to make way for seven new songs. The highest debut this weekend was "Amigos" by Spanish musician Pablo Alborán, entering the chart at #37. Pablo traveled all the way to Buenos Aires to record the video clip with Argentine pop star María Becerra. In the feel-good song, Pablo and María trade verses about living their best lives in the company of their friends. "I want people to celebrate while listening to the song," Pablo said. "I want them to remember their friends, to remember the happiest times of their lives, and to remember that's what life is all about." Over the past half-week, the video for "Amigos" has gained an additional 922,747 YouTube views (which is an increase of 2.85% over the previous chart period).
Further down the chart, we have 6 more debuts by LGBTQ artists from England, the U.S.A., the Dominican Republic, Japan, and France:
- Tokischa (from the Dominican Republic)
- Kailee Morgue (from Arizona, USA)
- Jordy (originally from Illinois, USA)
- Bentley Jones (originally from England, UK & now residing in Japan)
- Nicky Doll (originally from France & now living in New York, USA)
- Smashby (from England, UK)
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 | 1 | Tom Aspaul – “Thessaloniki” | GB | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 7 | Pink – “Never Gonna Not Dance Again” | US | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 8 | Years And Years – “100% Pure Love” | GB | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 9 | Trúc Nhân & Thùy Tiên – “Vẽ Đường Cong” | VN | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 13 | Pabllo Vittar & Gloria Groove – “Ameianoite” | BR | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | Felix Jaehn & Ray Dalton – “Call It Love” | DE/US | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | 17 | David Rees – “Comida Rápida” | ES | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 19 | Imagine Dragons & Twocolors – “Bones (Twocolors Remix)” | US/DE | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | Måneskin – “The Loneliest” | IT | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | 20 | Rina Sawayama – “Frankenstein” | GB | 10 | 3 |
| 11 | 24 | Kelela – “Happy Ending” | US | 11 | 2 |
| 12 | 4 | David Guetta & Bebe Rexha – “I’m Good (Blue)” | FR/US | 1 | 10 |
| 13 | 6 | Dylan And The Moon – “Heaven Now” | GB | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | 23 | Carlie Hanson – “608” | US | 14 | 4 |
| 15 | 21 | Theo Tams – “Hit And Run” | CA | 15 | 2 |
| 16 | 26 | Girl In Red – “October Passed Me By” | NO | 16 | 4 |
| 17 | 32 | Mila Jam – “Sxgme” | US | 17 | 2 |
| 18 | 31 | Mykki Blanco & Jónsi – “Carry On” | US/IS | 18 | 3 |
| 19 | 25 | Rie – “Because” | KR | 9 | 7 |
| 20 | 35 | Revolverheld – “Wenn Du Jetzt Hier Wärst” | DE | 20 | 2 |
| 21 | 33 | Silvana Imam & Jaqe – “Hela Vägen Upp” | SE | 21 | 2 |
| 22 | 12 | Corvyx & King Vagabond – “Nightmare” | US | 12 | 4 |
| 23 | 40 | Faye Ferry – “Your Battle” | NL | 23 | 2 |
| 24 | 3 | Daniel Schumacher – “Skin I’m In” | DE | 2 | 7 |
| 25 | 14 | Alma – “Summer Really Hurt Us” | FI | 1 | 16 |
| 26 | 38 | Tiziano Ferro – “La Prima Festa Del Papà” | IT | 26 | 2 |
| 27 | 10 | Tayla Parx – “Flowers” | US | 7 | 8 |
| 28 | 11 | Artem Pivovarov & Shumei – “Oy Na Hori” | UK | 8 | 6 |
| 29 | 43 | Lily Rose – “Whatcha Know About That” | US | 29 | 3 |
| 30 | 39 | Christine And The Queens – “La Chanson Du Chevalier” | FR | 30 | 2 |
| 31 | 16 | Girli – “I Really F**ked It Up” | GB | 3 | 9 |
| 32 | 45 | River Westin – “Cinema” | US | 32 | 2 |
| 33 | 15 | Nick Bolt – “Mala Sangre” | CL | 15 | 6 |
| 34 | 42 | Prince Damien & Davin Herbrüggen – “Wenn Der Tag Beginnt” | DE | 34 | 2 |
| 35 | 18 | Sergey Lazarev – “Tretiy” | RU | 7 | 9 |
| 36 | 29 | Grupo Firme & Joss Favela – “La Bailadora” | MX | 29 | 3 |
| 37 | New | Pablo Alborán & María Becerra – “Amigos” | ES/AR | 37 | 1 |
| 38 | 37 | Lauren Ruth Ward – “Messiah” | US | 37 | 2 |
| 39 | 44 | Queen – “Face It Alone” | GB | 39 | 3 |
| 40 | New | Tokischa & Natanael Cano – “Kilos De Amor” | DO/MX | 40 | 1 |
| 41 | New | Kailee Morgue – “Alright OK” | US | 41 | 1 |
| 42 | 46 | Lady Camden & Yvie Oddly – “Surrender” | GB/US | 42 | 2 |
| 43 | 47 | Chanelle Kazadi – “Smile” | US | 43 | 2 |
| 44 | 48 | Illustre – “La Smala” | FR | 44 | 2 |
| 45 | New | Jordy – “I Get High” | US | 45 | 1 |
| 46 | 49 | Milahroy – “Hazel Eyes” | US | 46 | 2 |
| 47 | 50 | Fox Revett – “Breaking Point” | CA | 47 | 2 |
| 48 | New | Bentley Jones – “Viva Forever” | GB/JP | 48 | 1 |
| 49 | New | Nicky Doll – “Toxic” | FR/US | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Smashby – “It’s OK Not To Be OK” | GB | 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 | Elton John & Britney Spears – “Hold Me Closer” | GB/US | 1 | 14 |
| ** | 27 | Cassidy King – “Matcha Tea” | US | 10 | 7 |
| ** | 28 | Tove Lo – “Grapefruit” | SE | 9 | 9 |
| ** | 30 | Lauren Sanderson – “Wet” | US | 12 | 6 |
| ** | 34 | Samo – “La Llorona” | MX | 28 | 3 |
| ** | 36 | Kevz – “Running Up That Hill (En Español)” | CL | 32 | 2 |
| ** | 41 | Una Típica Francisca & La Peluquera – “Nunca Fue” | CL/ES | 41 | 3 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above | ||
| AR = Argentina | BR = Brazil | CA = Canada |
| CL = Chile | DE = Germany | DO = Dominican Republic |
| ES = Spain | FI = Finland | FR = France |
| GB = Great Britain | IS = Iceland | IT = Italy |
| JP = Japan | KR = South Korea | MX = Mexico |
| NL = Netherlands | NO = Norway | RU = Russia |
| SE = Sweden | UK = Ukraine | US = United States |
| VN = Vietnam | ||
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