Chart Week 03: 15 January 2023

     Twice a week, Tad's LGBT Music Chart brings you the Top 50 music videos by LGBTQ artists from around the world.     

Chart week #3 of 2023: Week of 15th January

Click here for this week's playlist on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk5_VWB63trFw9dGkzbtq6UT8ra2zaOvB

Chart notes:

   American country singer Chris Housman earns his first #1 on the LGBT chart this weekend with "Bible Belt", moving up one more place from the midweek's #2 position. Originally from an extremely small town in Kansas called Hanston with a population of only 200 people, Chris immersed himself in music from a very young age. He plays multiple instruments: fiddle, guitar, piano, upright bass, and even spoons. Chris came out as gay shortly before moving to Nashville to attend Belmont University. Over the past four days, the video for "Bible Belt" has gained an additional 202 views on YouTube (which is an increase of 4.33% since the midweek's chart).

   Four videos move up into the Top 10 this weekend, including a return from a former #10 hit: American singer/songwriter Andie Case (from Eugene, Oregon) rebounds back up 10 places to reach a new peak of #8 with her cover of Celine Dion's hit "It's All Coming Back to Me Now". Caribbean singer Lycinaïs Jean (from Guadeloupe and Martinique) climbs 7 notches to #4 with "Le Vide". American artist Jessie Paege (from Hackensack, New Jersey) leaps ahead 11 places to #9 with "I Killed Peter Pan". They're joined in the Top 10 by transgender Brazilian artist Jotta A, who's moving up 6 more spots to #10 with "Alasca".

   Thirteen songs fall off the chart to make way for thirteen new songs. The weekend chart features 13 debuts by LGBTQ artists from Germany, the U.S.A., Wales, England, Russia, France, Spain, Norway, Canada, South Korea, and Brazil:

• Luke Evans (from Wales, U.K.)
• Oliver Sim (from England, U.K.)
• Wincent Weiss (from Germany)
• Sansara (from Russia)
• Cassandre (from France)
• Guitarricadelafuente (from Spain)
• Seeb (from Norway)
• Kimmortal (from British Columbia, Canada)
• Mill (from South Korea)
• Carlie Hanson (from Wisconsin, U.S.A.)
• Yhago Sebaz (from Brazil)
• Solomon Ray (from California, U.S.A.)
• Kim Petras (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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This weekend's Top 50 LGBT chart:

This week	Last week	Artist & title	Orig.	Peak	Weeks on chart
1	2	Chris Housman – “Bible Belt”	US	1	5
2	7	Rubio – “Después De Ahorgarme”	CL	2	4
3	10	Anna Of The North – “I Do You”	NO	3	4
4	11	Lycinaïs Jean – “Le Vide”	GP/MQ	4	4
5	1	Carpetgarden – “Lonely”	US	1	5
6	6	Omar Apollo – “Evergreen (You Didn’t Deserve Me At All)”	US	1	11
7	5	Vincint, Ty Sunderland, Aquaria, Hayley Kiyoko, Kesha, & MNEK – “Taste So Good (The Cann Song)”	US/GB	2	8
8	18	Andie Case & Alex Goot – “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”	US	8	4
9	20	Jessie Paege – “I Killed Peter Pan”	US	9	3
10	16	Jotta A – “Alasca”	BR	10	3
11	8	Benedict Cork – “Dream of You”	GB	1	10
12	15	Jenna DeVries & Harper Grae – “Drunk Girls”	US	1	9
13	17	Ceci Torres & Belmar – “Yo Te Quiero”	UY/MX	13	4
14	4	The 1975 – “Oh Caroline”	GB	4	5
15	13	Pale Waves – “Unwanted”	GB	13	4
16	3	Tokyo Gegegay – “Kamome Ga Tonda Hi”	JP	1	9
17	31	Pablo Alborán & Ana Mena – “Ave De Paso”	ES	17	2
18	14	David Rees – “Comida Rápida”	ES	1	14
19	37	Urias – “Neo Thang”	BR	19	2
20	25	Keiynan Lonsdale – “Lonely Point of View”	AU	20	3
21	36	Leopold – “Unwanted”	DE	21	2
22	30	Brockhampton – “Man On the Moon”	US	22	3
23	43	Sakima – “Pretty Boys”	GB	23	2
24	35	Billy Raffoul – “I Wish You Were Here”	CA	24	4
25	19	Addison Grace – “If Nobody Likes U”	US	19	4
26	38	Kelela – “On the Run”	US	26	3
27	9	Pvris – “Animal”	US	5	9
28	12	Rebecca Black – “Crumbs”	US	9	6
29	27	July Jones – “Muse”	SI/GB	4	8
30	42	KB & JunJi – “Heather”	KR	30	2
31	New	Luke Evans – “Bridge Over Troubled Water”	GB	31	1
32	45	Elliot Lee – “Weird”	US	32	3
33	26	Adam Lambert – “Ordinary World”	US	20	4
34	23	Chameleo, Danny Bond, & Cyberkills – “Emoji De Fogo”	BR	23	3
35	New	Oliver Sim – “Never Here”	GB	35	1
36	29	Pierre De Maere – “Les Oiseaux”	BE	17	6
37	48	Hannah Trigwell – “BFF”	GB	37	2
38	New	Wincent Weiss – “Auf Den Grund”	DE	38	1
39	New	Sansara – “Ex6-Mck”	RU	39	1
40	32	Danni Moreno – “Amantes”	MX	32	3
41	New	Cassandre – “Le Vague à l’Âme”	FR	41	1
42	New	Guitarricadelafuente – “Gaita Margariteña”	ES	42	1
43	New	Seeb & Jacob Banks – “What Do You Love?”	NO/GB	43	1
44	50	Trúc Nhân & Mew Amazing – “Why Not?”	VN	44	2
45	New	Kimmortal – “This Dyke”	CA	45	1
46	New	Mill – “Beat”	KR	46	1
47	New	Carlie Hanson – “Illusion”	US	47	1
48	New	Yhago Sebaz – “Madrugada”	BR	48	1
49	New	Solomon Ray & Daneon – “Someone Else”	US/CO	49	1
50	New	Kim Petras – “If Jesus Was a Rockstar”	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
**	21	Quarry – “Whatever Whatever”	GB	15	6
**	22	Ateez – “Paradigm”	KR	4	7
**	24	Harry Strange – “Nosebleeds”	GB	24	3
**	28	Ray Isaac – “First Dance (Wedding Song)”	AU	3	9
**	33	DJ Aron & Beth Sacks – “Invincible”	IL/US	21	3
**	34	Anthony Callea – “Only One”	AU	34	3
**	39	Mykki Blanco & Jónsi – “Carry On”	US/IS	1	13
**	40	Pink – “Never Gonna Not Dance Again”	US	1	14
**	41	Lena Meyer-Landrut – “Vienna”	DE	39	2
**	44	Aidan Bissett – “I Can’t Be Your Friend”	US	41	2
**	46	Dragonette – “T-Shirt”	CA	44	3
**	47	Nakhane & Perfume Genius – “Do You Well”	ZA/US	47	3
**	49	Myylo – “Haircut”	US	49	2

Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above
AU = Australia	BE = Belgium	BR = Brazil
CA = Canada	CL = Chile	CO = Colombia
DE = Germany	ES = Spain	FR = France
GB = Great Britain	GP = Guadeloupe	IL = Israel
IS = Iceland	JP = Japan	KR = South Korea
MQ = Martinique	MX = Mexico	NO = Norway
RU = Russia	SI = Slovenia	US = United States
UY = Uruguay	VN = Vietnam	ZA = South Africa