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 8th January 2025
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Chart notes:
New Zealand/Australian musician/producer Ethan has earned his first #1 on Tad's LGBT Music Chart at midweek with "Collide", moving up 3 more places from the weekend's #4 position. Ethan has performed at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras as well as at Sydney World Pride. He recently told Fuse Magazine that "Queer audiences continue to support me. I think the LGBTQI+ community are most definitely the tastemakers within all the creative arts. As a double minority, I want to represent and highlight the talent and work ethic of both POC and LGBTQI+ musicians." Over the past half-week, the video for "Collide" has gained an additional 3,503 views on YouTube (which is an increase of 4.15% since the weekend's chart).
Four videos move up into the Top Ten at midweek, including a return from a former #1 hit: "These Walls", a collaboration between English pop superstar Dua Lipa and Belgian artist Pierre De Maere, rebounds back up 7 places to #10. American singer/rapper Lil Nas X (from Austell, Georgia) climbs 5 spots to #6 with "Light Again!". British musician Henry Moodie (from Guildford, England) rises 6 notches to #8 with "Good Old Days". They're joined in the Top Ten by Thai singer/actor PP Krit, who's moving ahead 9 positions to #9 with "Friend to Friend".
Ten songs fall off the chart to make way for ten new songs. The midweek chart features 10 debuts by LGBTQ artists from France, the U.S.A., Mexico, Chile, the Netherlands, Wales, England, Canada, and Sweden:
- Grupo Firme (from Mexico)
- Vienna Vienna (from California, USA)
- Imagine Dragons (from Utah, USA)
- Kevz (from Chile)
- Jaïr Faria (from the Netherlands)
- Kesha (from Tennessee, USA)
- Don't Make This Weird (originally from Wales & now residing in England, UK)
- Ria Mae (from Nova Scotia, Canada)
- Téo Lavabo & Jeremstar (both from France)
- Patrick Jean (from Sweden)
Voting:
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 contact info below for the email address). Suggestions for new videos are also welcomed, but they must meet the following criteria:
- Must be from an LGBTQ artist. For a duo/group, at least one member must identify as LGBTQ.
- Video must be available on YouTube.
- Video may not contain more than one minute of audio that is not music (such as dialogue).
- Video must have at least 500 views.
- Video must be longer than 2 minutes, but shorter than 6 minutes.
- Release date of the YouTube video must be within the past four months.
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The midweek Top 50 LGBT chart:
| This week | Last week | Artist & title | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart |
| 1 | 4 | Ethan – “Collide” | NZ/AU | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 5 | Andy C & Becky Hill – “Indestructible” | GB | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | Hollie Col – “Two Step Plan” | AU | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 10 | Ateez – “Ice on My Teeth” | KR | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 7 | Chris Housman – “Blueneck” | US | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 11 | Lil Nas X – “Light Again!” | US | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 8 | Nemo – “Eurostar” | CH | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 14 | Henry Moodie – “Good Old Days” | GB | 8 | 4 |
| 9 | 18 | PP Krit – “Friend to Friend” | TH | 9 | 4 |
| 10 | 17 | Dua Lipa & Pierre De Maere – “These Walls” | GB/BE | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | 16 | Ben Hazlewood – “Too Loud for Tokyo” | NZ/AU | 11 | 4 |
| 12 | 12 | Lady Gaga – “Disease” | US | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | 9 | Katie Gavin – “Aftertaste” | US | 1 | 12 |
| 14 | 30 | Sergey Lazarev – “Tsveta Odnogo” | RU | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 22 | Lola Indigo & Paolo Londra – “Perreito Pa Llorar” | ES/AR | 15 | 4 |
| 16 | 21 | Hurray For The Riff Raff – “Buffalo” | US | 16 | 4 |
| 17 | 6 | Ruben – “Milk and Honey” | NO | 1 | 8 |
| 18 | 24 | Alok & Anitta – “Looking for Love” | BR | 18 | 4 |
| 19 | 28 | XG – “Howling” | JP/KR | 19 | 3 |
| 20 | 32 | Álvaro Mayo – “Club Lights” | ES | 20 | 3 |
| 21 | 38 | Clairo Cottrill – “Sexy to Someone” | US | 21 | 2 |
| 22 | 2 | Max Barskih – “Ya Vzhe Ne Ty” | UK | 2 | 6 |
| 23 | 3 | Jérémy Frerot – “Gamins des Sables” | FR | 3 | 6 |
| 24 | 19 | Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – “Guess” | GB/US | 1 | 12 |
| 25 | 13 | Kany García & Rawayana – “La Culpa” | PR/VE | 11 | 5 |
| 26 | 43 | Mad Tsai – “Teenage Nightmare” | US | 26 | 2 |
| 27 | 34 | Kylie Minogue – “Lights Camera Action” | AU | 27 | 3 |
| 28 | 25 | Semler – “Jesus from Texas” | BE/US | 1 | 11 |
| 29 | 15 | Dressed Like Boys – “Jaouad” | BE | 15 | 4 |
| 30 | 46 | Omar Rudberg – “Girlfriend” | SE | 30 | 2 |
| 31 | 37 | Rebecca Black – “Sugar Water Cyanide” | US | 31 | 2 |
| 32 | 42 | Hiran, Gabi Lins, & Salamanka – “Miudinho” | BR | 32 | 2 |
| 33 | New | Grupo Firme – “Hubiéramos” | MX | 33 | 1 |
| 34 | 20 | Keiynan Lonsdale – “Crash” | AU | 20 | 4 |
| 35 | 44 | Dom Dolla & Tove Lo – “Cave” | AU/SE | 35 | 2 |
| 36 | 45 | Elton John & Brandi Carlile – “Never Too Late” | GB/US | 36 | 2 |
| 37 | New | Vienna Vienna – “Make a Man out of You” | US | 37 | 1 |
| 38 | 47 | Mø – “Who Said?” | DK | 38 | 2 |
| 39 | New | Imagine Dragons – “Don’t Forget Me” | US | 39 | 1 |
| 40 | New | Kevz – “Good Luck Babe! (Spanish Version)” | CL | 40 | 1 |
| 41 | 36 | Bebe Rexha – “I’m the Drama” | US | 36 | 3 |
| 42 | 48 | Joy Oladokun – “Am I?” | US | 42 | 2 |
| 43 | New | Jaïr Faria – “Better than the Rest” | NL | 43 | 1 |
| 44 | 50 | Sam Williams – “Scarlet Lonesome” | US | 44 | 2 |
| 45 | New | Kesha – “Joyride” | US | 45 | 1 |
| 46 | New | Don’t Make This Weird – “Don’t Make This Weird” | GB | 46 | 1 |
| 47 | 49 | Wafia – “Distant” | AU | 47 | 2 |
| 48 | New | Ria Mae – “IDFLM” | CA | 48 | 1 |
| 49 | New | Téo Lavabo & Jeremstar – “Polémique” | FR | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Patrik Jean – “Waterfalls” | SE | 50 | 1 |
Numbers on a gold-colored background indicate a new peak position.
Red text indicates a new entry.
Purple text indicates an item that is no longer in the Top 50.
| Falling off the chart this week: | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart | ||
| ** | 23 | Shirin David & Sampagne – “It Girl” | DE | 17 | 4 |
| ** | 26 | RealXman – “Cistem Addict” | US | 11 | 6 |
| ** | 27 | Katy Perry & Doechii – “I’m His, He’s Mine” | US | 10 | 6 |
| ** | 29 | Francisco Victoria & Malena Zavala – “La Necesidad” | CL/GB | 3 | 7 |
| ** | 31 | Neon Trees – “Paper Cuts” | US | 20 | 4 |
| ** | 33 | Raissa & Rahim Redcar – “No Genius” | GB/FR | 33 | 3 |
| ** | 35 | Lauren Sanderson – “Allison” | US | 30 | 4 |
| ** | 39 | Jordy – “Breakup Sex” | US | 39 | 3 |
| ** | 40 | Cody Belew – “Love Song to the South” | US | 40 | 3 |
| ** | 41 | Gregory Dillon – “Burning Kisses” | US | 36 | 3 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above | ||
| AR = Argentina | AU = Australia | BE = Belgium |
| BR = Brazil | CA = Canada | CH = Switzerland |
| CL = Chile | DE = Germany | DK = Denmark |
| ES = Spain | FR = France | GB = Great Britain |
| JP = Japan | KR = South Korea | MX = Mexico |
| NL = Netherlands | NO = Norway | NZ = New Zealand |
| PR = Puerto Rico | RU = Russia | SE = Sweden |
| TH = Thailand | UK = Ukraine | US = United States |
| VE = Venezuela | ||
