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 February 2025
Click the link below (in green) for the latest playlist on YouTube:
Chart notes:
American musician Billie Eilish (from Los Angeles, California) reaches the top spot on Tad's LGBT Music Chart at midweek with "Birds of a Feather", moving up 6 places from the weekend's #7 position. In 2019, Billie became the first artist born in the 21st century to top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Bad Guy". In 2023, Billie came out as queer in an interview with Variety Magazine in which she revealed her attraction to women. Over the past half-week, the video for "Birds of a Feather" has gained an additional 29,215,586 views on YouTube (which is a huge increase of 7.90% since the weekend's chart!).
Five videos move up into the Top Ten at midweek. Italian singer/songwriter Osvaldo Supino climbs 8 notches to #4 with "Suerte". German singer Siovo rises 5 spots to #6 with 'Mehr Zeit". British singer Becky Hill (from Worcestershire, England) jumps 10 positions to #8 with "Swim". Canadian singer Alexander Stewart (from Toronto, Ontario) leaps ahead 12 places to #9 with "His Problem Instead". They're joined in the Top Ten by Polish singer Marcin Maciejczak, who's moving up 9 spots to #10 with "Ostatnia Piosenka O Tobie".
Six songs fall off the chart to make way for six new songs. The midweek chart features 6 debuts by LGBTQ artists from the U.S.A., Chile, New Zealand, Australia, and Spain:
- Vienna Vienna (from California, USA)
- Kevz (from Chile)
- Katie Gavin (from Illinois, USA)
- Ethan (originally from New Zealand & now residing in Australia)
- Álvaro Mayo (from Spain)
- Ocean Kelly (from Florida, USA)
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. Exceptions will be permitted for straight artists who include gay content in their video and/or lyrics, and for straight artists who are widely perceived as a gay icon.
- 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.
Tad's contact info:
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVVh9vJDq2wFpilfcTIQCjA
Email: tadsgaymusicchannel@gmail.com
The midweek Top 50 LGBT chart:
| This week | Last week | Artist & title | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart |
| 1 | 7 | Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather” | US | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | La Cruz & Villano Antillano – “Privado” | VE/ES/ PR | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | Tokischa & Nathy Peluso – “De Maravisha” | DO/AR/ ES | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | 12 | Osvaldo Supino – “Suerte” | IT | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 8 | Olly Alexander – “Cupid’s Bow” | GB | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | 11 | Siov – “Mehr Zeit” | DE | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | 10 | Gabrielius Vagelis – “Vienu Ritmu” | LT | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 18 | Becky Hill & MK – “Swim” | GB/US | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 21 | Alexander Stewart – “His Problem Instead” | CA | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 19 | Marcin Maciejczak – “Ostatnia Piosenka O Tobie” | PL | 10 | 3 |
| 11 | 14 | Rebecca Black – “Trust!” | US | 11 | 6 |
| 12 | 2 | Artem Pivovarov & Max Barskih – “Tak Nikhto Ne Kokhav” | UK | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | 17 | Semler – “Little Light” | BE/US | 13 | 5 |
| 14 | 24 | Jaloo – “Ocitocina” | BR | 14 | 3 |
| 15 | 25 | Hope D – “Nails” | AU | 15 | 5 |
| 16 | 15 | Hollie Col – “Two Step Plan” | AU | 1 | 14 |
| 17 | 4 | Tribade – “Sagrada Familia” | ES | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | 6 | Cobrah – “Record Deal” | SE | 6 | 6 |
| 19 | 30 | Doechii – “Denial is a River” | US | 19 | 3 |
| 20 | 20 | Mad Tsai – “Teenage Nightmare” | US | 1 | 10 |
| 21 | 26 | Lauren Sanderson – “How to Say Goodbye” | US | 21 | 4 |
| 22 | 34 | Ariel Kelly – “Tu Presencia” | DO/US | 22 | 2 |
| 23 | 16 | Ateez – “Ice on My Teeth” | KR | 1 | 12 |
| 24 | 42 | NSB – “Stardom” | US/TH/ PH | 24 | 2 |
| 25 | 39 | Lambrini Girls – “Love” | GB | 25 | 2 |
| 26 | 5 | Mamalarky – “Nothing Lasts Forever” | US | 5 | 8 |
| 27 | 9 | Loreen – “Gravity” | SE | 9 | 7 |
| 28 | 43 | James Charles – “Used to Love Me” | US | 28 | 2 |
| 29 | 13 | PP Krit – “Friend to Friend” | TH | 1 | 12 |
| 30 | 45 | Jordan Suaste – “Heaven” | US | 30 | 2 |
| 31 | 41 | Bagarre, Liv Del Estal, LouisaDonna, & Lulu Van Trapp – “Ring Ring” | FR | 31 | 2 |
| 32 | 23 | Zolita – “Bye Bye Baby” | US | 23 | 4 |
| 33 | 44 | Shinjiro Atae – “Kizuketa” | JP | 33 | 2 |
| 34 | New | Vienna Vienna – “Sex Drugs Whatever” | US | 34 | 1 |
| 35 | 28 | Lauv – “Because of You” | US | 5 | 7 |
| 36 | 47 | Danny Blu – “Finish Him” | US | 36 | 2 |
| 37 | 31 | Cody Frost & Debbie Gough – “Bloodsucka” | GB | 31 | 5 |
| 38 | New | Kevz – “Lost on You (Spanish Version)” | CL | 38 | 1 |
| 39 | 46 | Lady Leshurr – “Set Up Chicks” | GB | 39 | 2 |
| 40 | 35 | Kimmortal – “Stop Business as Usual” | CA | 35 | 3 |
| 41 | 33 | Allie X – “Bon Voyage” | CA | 33 | 3 |
| 42 | 37 | KT Gorique – “Qui M’Appelle” | CH | 37 | 3 |
| 43 | 38 | Kelela – “Far Away” | US | 38 | 3 |
| 44 | 49 | Benjamin Elgar – “Better Tho” | FR | 44 | 2 |
| 45 | 48 | Halsey – “Hometown” | US | 45 | 2 |
| 46 | 50 | Luis Gamarra – “Donde Realmente Estoy” | BO/US | 46 | 2 |
| 47 | New | Katie Gavin – “Inconsolable” | US | 47 | 1 |
| 48 | New | Ethan – “Cancel Everything” | NZ/AU | 48 | 1 |
| 49 | New | Álvaro Mayo – “Ya No Estás” | ES | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Ocean Kelly – “Down the Cunty Road” | US | 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 on the Top 50.
| Falling off the chart this week: | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart | ||
| ** | 22 | Lil Nas X – “Light Again!” | US | 1 | 11 |
| ** | 27 | Omar Rudberg – “Girlfriend” | SE | 4 | 9 |
| ** | 29 | Lil Peep – “Latitude” | US | 9 | 6 |
| ** | 32 | Shirin David – “Küss Mich Doch” | DE | 25 | 4 |
| ** | 36 | Baby Alpaca – “Invincible” | US | 36 | 3 |
| ** | 40 | Giuseppe – “Dance with the Devil” | US | 40 | 3 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above | ||
| AR = Argentina | AU = Australia | BE = Belgium |
| BO = Bolivia | BR = Brazil | CA = Canada |
| CH = Switzerland | CL = Chile | DE = Germany |
| DO = Dominican Republic | ES = Spain | FR = France |
| GB = Great Britain | IT = Italy | JP = Japan |
| KR = South Korea | LT = Lithuania | NO = Norway |
| NZ = New Zealand | PH = Philippines | PL = Poland |
| PR = Puerto Rico | SE = Sweden | TH = Thailand |
| UK = Ukraine | US = United States | VE = Venezuela |
