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 5th April 2023
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Chart notes:
American musician Jason Mraz (originally from Mechanicsville, Virginia) reaches the #1 spot on Tad's LGBT Music Chart at midweek with "I Feel Like Dancing", moving up one more place from the weekend's #2 position. Jason, who came out publicly as bisexual in a 2018 interview with Billboard Magazine, says that experiencing the emotional ebb of his divorce has forced him to come to terms with his own identity. He explains, "You feel a lot of shame, guilt. You want to heal as many relationships of the past as possible and at the same time, step into this new acceptance and new identity or whatever I'm claiming, and that's also hard." Over the past three days, the video for "I Feel Like Dancing" has gained an additional 19,429 views on YouTube (which is an increase of 0.73% since the weekend's chart).
Three videos move up into the Top 10 at midweek. British singer/songwriter Harry Strange (originally from Surrey, England) climbs 9 notches to #7 with "Love". American country singer Hayden Joseph (originally from South Carolina) rises 4 spots to #9 with "Prove Me Wrong". They're joined in the Top 10 by American musician Omar Apollo (from Hobart, Indiana), who's moving up 5 places to #10 with "3 Boys".
Fourteen songs fall off the chart to make way for fourteen new songs. The midweek chart features 14 debuts by LGBTQ artists from Germany, Australia, the U.S.A., South Korea, Puerto Rico, Spain, Peru, South Africa, Venezuela, the Netherlands, Chile, Northern Ireland, and New Zealand:
- Ateez (from South Korea)
- Kany García (from Puerto Rico)
- Adam Mac (from Kentucky, U.S.A.)
- Lola Indigo (from Spain)
- Adrian Bello (from Peru)
- Jamie-Lee Sexton (from South Africa)
- Kailee Morgue (from Arizona, U.S.A.)
- Cub Sport (from Australia)
- Paul Morris (originally from Venezuela & now residing in the Netherlands)
- Lie Ning (from Germany)
- Flamyngus (from Germany)
- Vesta Lugg (from Chile)
- Conleth Kane (from Northern Ireland, U.K.)
- Ben Hazlewood (originally from New Zealand & now living in Australia)
Chart positions are determined by a system of 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 | Jason Mraz – “I Feel Like Dancing” | US | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 4 | Boygenius – “Not Strong Enough” | US | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 6 | Henry Moodie – “Drunk Text” | GB | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | David Rees – “Videojuegos” | ES | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | Sam Smith – “I’m Not Here to Make Friends” | GB | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | 9 | Tayce – “Swagzilla” | GB | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | 16 | Harry Strange – “Love” | GB | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 10 | Tove Lo – “Borderline” | SE | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | 13 | Hayden Joseph – “Prove Me Wrong” | US | 9 | 5 |
| 10 | 15 | Omar Apollo – “3 Boys” | US | 10 | 4 |
| 11 | 5 | Jax Jones & Calum Scott – “Whistle” | GB | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | 26 | Miley Cyrus – “River” | US | 12 | 3 |
| 13 | 24 | The Regrettes – “Shapeshifter” | US | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 3 | Dibby Sounds – “Rodéo” | CH | 3 | 7 |
| 15 | 19 | Ashnikko – “Worms” | US/GB | 15 | 3 |
| 16 | 20 | Demi Lovato – “Still Alive” | US | 16 | 5 |
| 17 | 12 | Janelle Monáe – “Float” | US | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | 17 | Chéri – “Chéripop” | FR | 1 | 14 |
| 19 | 11 | Oscar And The Wolf – “Warrior” | BE | 1 | 9 |
| 20 | 34 | Pink – “When I Get There” | US | 20 | 2 |
| 21 | 25 | May-A – “Sweat You Out My System” | AU | 21 | 4 |
| 22 | 29 | Adam Lambert – “Getting Older” | US | 22 | 3 |
| 23 | 18 | Jessie Ware – “Pearls” | GB | 6 | 8 |
| 24 | 42 | Jão & Anitta – “Pilantra” | BR | 24 | 2 |
| 25 | 39 | Fever Ray – “Even It Out” | SE | 25 | 2 |
| 26 | 8 | Illustre & KT Gorique – “V” | FR/CH | 2 | 9 |
| 27 | 27 | Renan Pitanga – “Até A Bateria Acabar” | BR | 9 | 10 |
| 28 | 22 | Halsey – “Die 4 Me” | US | 3 | 7 |
| 29 | 14 | Desire Marea – “Be Free” | ZA | 11 | 8 |
| 30 | 49 | Loreen – “Tattoo” | SE | 30 | 2 |
| 31 | 28 | Will Jay – “Someone on the Internet” | US | 28 | 3 |
| 32 | New | Maddox & Ateez – “Ditto” | KR | 32 | 1 |
| 33 | 48 | Uni And The Urchins – “Dorian Gray” | US | 33 | 2 |
| 34 | New | Kacy García – “Supe Que Eras Para Mí” | PR | 34 | 1 |
| 35 | 31 | Ruben – “I’m Sure He Loves You” | NO | 31 | 3 |
| 36 | New | Adam Mac – “Take Myself Home” | US | 36 | 1 |
| 37 | 35 | Aidan Bissett – “A Song for Her” | US | 35 | 3 |
| 38 | New | Lola Indigo – “La Santa” | ES | 38 | 1 |
| 39 | New | Adrian Bello – “El Río” | PE | 39 | 1 |
| 40 | New | Jamie-Lee Sexton – “Run Run Run” | ZA | 40 | 1 |
| 41 | 45 | Dreamer Isioma – “Fuck tha World” | US | 41 | 3 |
| 42 | New | Kailee Morgue – “Down With the Ship” | US | 42 | 1 |
| 43 | 50 | Jack Tracy – “Show Off” | US | 43 | 2 |
| 44 | New | Cub Sport – “Keep Me Safe” | AU | 44 | 1 |
| 45 | New | Paul Morris – “Hide My Love” | VE/NL | 45 | 1 |
| 46 | New | Lie Ning – “Offline” | DE | 46 | 1 |
| 47 | New | Flamyngus – “Zu Ihr” | DE | 47 | 1 |
| 48 | New | Vesta Lugg & Yami Safdie – “Uno de Esos Días” | CL/AR | 48 | 1 |
| 49 | New | Conleth Kane – “Can I Go Back to Sleep?” | GB | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Ben Hazlewood – “Fumes” | NZ/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 | ||
| ** | 21 | Lauren Sanderson – “Shut Up” | US | 13 | 5 |
| ** | 23 | 100 Gecs – “Hollywood Baby” | US | 19 | 5 |
| ** | 30 | Wrabel – “Happier” | US | 1 | 13 |
| ** | 32 | PP Krit – “Lang Le” | TH | 4 | 9 |
| ** | 33 | Eureka O’Hara, Katie Kadan, & Sarah Potenza – “Big Mawma” | US | 15 | 7 |
| ** | 36 | Davi Bandeira – “Ô Desgraça (Que É Gostar De Homem)” | BR | 28 | 4 |
| ** | 37 | Jaden Smith – “Still in Love” | US | 31 | 3 |
| ** | 38 | Amy Ray – “Subway” | US | 33 | 3 |
| ** | 40 | Ceci Torres & Belmar – “Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar” | UY/MX | 40 | 3 |
| ** | 41 | Zolita – “Ruin My Life” | US | 38 | 3 |
| ** | 43 | Pauline Mancini & Eskici – “Hold On” | FR | 41 | 3 |
| ** | 44 | Mancandy – “Tres Palabras” | MX | 43 | 3 |
| ** | 46 | Piettro & Luíza Lapa – “Irresponsável” | BR | 46 | 2 |
| ** | 47 | Grace Gaustad – “Nothing to Me” | US | 47 | 2 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above | ||
| AR = Argentina | AU = Australia | BE = Belgium |
| BR = Brazil | CH = Switzerland | CL = Chile |
| DE = Germany | ES = Spain | FR = France |
| GB = Great Britain | KR = South Korea | MX = Mexico |
| NL = Netherlands | NO = Norway | NZ = New Zealand |
| PE = Peru | PR = Puerto Rico | SE = Sweden |
| TH = Thailand | US = United States | UY = Uruguay |
| VE = Venezuela | ZA = South Africa | |
