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 18th January, 2023
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Chart notes:
Chilean singer/producer/drummer Rubio (whose real name is Francisca Straube) hits #1 on the LGBT chart at midweek with "Después De Ahorgarme", moving up one more place from the weekend's #2 position. The song, whose title translates to "After Drowning" in English, was produced entirely for the motion picture La Caída from the acclaimed Argentine filmmaker Lucía Puenzo. The clip features images from the film. Over the past three days, the video for "Después De Ahorgarme" has gained an additional 473 views on YouTube (which is an increase of 0.96% since the weekend's chart).
Three videos move up into the Top 10 at midweek. Transgender Brazilian artist Urias climbs 13 notches to #6 with "Neo Thang". Spanish musician Pablo Alborán rises 10 spots to #7 with "Ave De Paso". They're joined in the Top 10 by British singer/songwriter Sakima (from Buckinghamshire, England), who's leaping ahead 14 places to #9 with "Pretty Boys".
Seven songs fall off the chart to make way for seven new songs The midweek chart features 7 debuts by LGBTQ artists from the U.S.A., Poland, Colombia, Sweden, South Korea, South Africa, and Germany:
- Piotr Zioła (from Poland)
- Mabiland (from Colombia)
- Darin (from Sweden)
- Bob The Drag Queen & Ocean Kelly (both from Georgia, USA) & Basit (from New York, USA)
- Ateez (from South Korea)
- Jamie-Lee Sexton (from South Africa)
- Badmómzjay (from Germany)
Chart positions are determined by 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 email address 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 | Rubio – “Después De Ahorgarme” | CL | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 4 | Lycinaïs Jean – “Le Vide” | GP/MQ | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 10 | Jotta A – “Alasca” | BR | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 | Jessie Paege – “I Killed Peter Pan” | US | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | Chris Housman – “Bible Belt” | US | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 19 | Urias – “Neo Thang” | BR | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | 17 | Pablo Alborán & Ana Mena – “Ave De Paso” | ES | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 6 | Omar Apollo – “Evergreen (You Didn’t Deserve Me At All)” | US | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | 23 | Sakima – “Pretty Boys” | GB | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 8 | Andie Case & Alex Goot – “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” | US | 8 | 5 |
| 11 | 16 | Tokyo Gegegay – “Kamome Ga Tonda Hi” | JP | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | 21 | Leopold – “Unwanted” | DE | 12 | 3 |
| 13 | 3 | Anna Of The North – “I Do You” | NO | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | 14 | The 1975 – “Oh Caroline” | GB | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | 12 | Jenna DeVries & Harper Grae – “Drunk Girls” | US | 1 | 10 |
| 16 | 31 | Luke Evans – “Bridge Over Troubled Water” | GB | 16 | 2 |
| 17 | 22 | Brockhampton – “Man On the Moon” | US | 17 | 4 |
| 18 | 26 | Kelela – “On the Run” | US | 18 | 4 |
| 19 | 7 | Vincint, Ty Sunderland, Aquaria, Hayley Kiyoko, Kesha, & MNEK – “Taste So Good (The Cann Song)” | US/GB | 2 | 9 |
| 20 | 35 | Oliver Sim – “Never Here” | GB | 20 | 2 |
| 21 | 39 | Sansara – “Ex6-Mck” | RU | 21 | 2 |
| 22 | 42 | Guitarricadelafuente – “Gaita Margariteña” | ES | 22 | 2 |
| 23 | 13 | Ceci Torres & Belmar – “Yo Te Quiero” | UY/MX | 13 | 5 |
| 24 | 11 | Benedict Cork – “Dream of You” | GB | 1 | 11 |
| 25 | 5 | Carpetgarden – “Lonely” | US | 1 | 6 |
| 26 | 37 | Hannah Trigwell – “BFF” | GB | 26 | 3 |
| 27 | 20 | Keiynan Lonsdale – “Lonely Point of View” | AU | 20 | 4 |
| 28 | 45 | Kimmortal – “This Dyke” | CA | 28 | 2 |
| 29 | 41 | Cassandre – “Le Vague à l’Âme” | FR | 29 | 2 |
| 30 | 34 | Chameleo, Danny Bond, & Cyberkills – “Emoji De Fogo” | BR | 23 | 4 |
| 31 | 15 | Pale Waves – “Unwanted” | GB | 13 | 5 |
| 32 | 48 | Yhago Sebaz – “Madrugada” | BR | 32 | 2 |
| 33 | 18 | David Rees – “Comida Rápida” | ES | 1 | 15 |
| 34 | New | Piotr Zioła – “Wariat” | PL | 34 | 1 |
| 35 | 50 | Kim Petras – “If Jesus Was a Rockstar” | DE | 35 | 2 |
| 36 | 30 | KB & JunJi – “Heather” | KR | 30 | 3 |
| 37 | New | Mabiland – “Quema” | CO | 37 | 1 |
| 38 | 49 | Solomon Ray & Daneon – “Someone Else” | US/CO | 38 | 2 |
| 39 | 36 | Pierre De Maere – “Les Oiseaux” | BE | 17 | 7 |
| 40 | 44 | Trúc Nhân & Mew Amazing – “Why Not?” | VN | 40 | 3 |
| 41 | 33 | Adam Lambert – “Ordinary World” | US | 20 | 5 |
| 42 | New | Darin – “Satisfaction” | SE | 42 | 1 |
| 43 | 43 | Seeb & Jacob Banks – “What Do You Love?” | NO/GB | 43 | 2 |
| 44 | 46 | Mill – “Beat” | KR | 44 | 2 |
| 45 | 38 | Wincent Weiss – “Auf Den Grund” | DE | 38 | 2 |
| 46 | New | Bob The Drag Queen, Ocean Kelly, & Basit – “Black” | US | 46 | 1 |
| 47 | 47 | Carlie Hanson – “Illusion” | US | 47 | 2 |
| 48 | New | Ateez – “Halazia” | KR | 48 | 1 |
| 49 | New | Jamie-Lee Sexton – “Falling for You” | ZA | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Badmómzjay – “Yeah Hoe” | DE | 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 | Billy Raffoul – “I Wish You Were Here” | CA | 24 | 4 |
| ** | 25 | Addison Grace – “If Nobody Likes U” | US | 19 | 4 |
| ** | 27 | Pvris – “Animal” | US | 5 | 9 |
| ** | 28 | Rebecca Black – “Crumbs” | US | 9 | 6 |
| ** | 29 | July Jones – “Muse” | SI/GB | 4 | 8 |
| ** | 32 | Elliot Lee – “Weird” | US | 32 | 3 |
| ** | 40 | Danni Moreno – “Amantes” | MX | 32 | 3 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above | ||
| BE = Belgium | BR = Brazil | CA = Canada |
| CL = Chile | CO = Colombia | DE = Germany |
| ES = Spain | FR = France | GB = Great Britain |
| GP = Guadeloupe | JP = Japan | KR = South Korea |
| MQ = Martinique | MX = Mexico | NO = Norway |
| PL = Poland | RU = Russia | SE = Sweden |
| SI = Slovenia | US = United States | UY = Uruguay |
| VN = Vietnam | ZA = South Africa | |
