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 1st January 2025
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Chart notes:
Norwegian musician Ruben (from the small island village of Bjarkøy in northern Norway) gets the first #1 spot of the new year on Tad's LGBT Music Chart at midweek with "Milk and Honey", moving up one more place from the weekend's #2 position. Since his debut EP was released in 2016, Ruben has reached a large audience both in Norway and internationally. He won the Spellemannprisen (Norway's version of the Grammy Awards) for Hit of the Year and for Pop Soloist of the Year in 2020. Upon the release of this track, Ruben shared on Facebook that "I wrote this song after a night out where I met an old flame. It's about what went through my head." Over the past half-week, the video for "Milk and Honey" has gained an additional 980 views on YouTube (which is a huge increase of 9.63% since the weekend's chart!).
Four videos move up into the Top Ten at midweek. Australian singer Ethan (who's originally from New Zealand) rises 10 spots to #6 with "Collide". British singer/songwriter Becky Hill (from Worcestershire, England) jumps 11 places to #8 with "Indestructible". Swiss artist Nemo climbs 8 notches to #9 with "Eurostar". They're joined in the Top Ten by American country singer Chris Housman (originally from Hanston, Kansas & now living in Nashville, Tennessee), who's leaping ahead 14 positions to #10 with "Blueneck".
Four songs fall off the chart to make way for four new songs. The midweek chart features 4 debuts by LGBTQ artists from Japan, South Korea, Australia, the U.S.A., and Spain:
- XG (originally from Japan & now residing in South Korea)
- Kylie Minogue (from Australia)
- Bebe Rexha (from New York, USA)
- Álvaro Mayo (from Spain)
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 songs 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.
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 | 2 | Ruben – “Milk and Honey” | NO | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 7 | Hollie Col – “Two Step Plan” | AU | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 6 | Max Barskih – “Ya Vzhe Ne Ty” | UK | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 | Jérémy Frerot – “Gamins des Sables” | FR | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | Dua Lipa & Pierre De Maere – “These Walls” | GB/BE | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 16 | Ethan – “Collide” | NZ/AU | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 9 | Katie Gavin – “Aftertaste” | US | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | 19 | Andy C & Becky Hill – “Indestructible” | GB | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 17 | Nemo – “Eurostar” | CH | 9 | 4 |
| 10 | 24 | Chris Housman – “Blueneck” | US | 10 | 3 |
| 11 | 20 | Kany García & Rawayana – “La Culpa” | PR/VE | 11 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | Lady Gaga – “Disease” | US | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | 11 | RealXman – “Cistem Addict” | US | 11 | 5 |
| 14 | 15 | Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – “Guess” | GB/US | 1 | 10 |
| 15 | 35 | Lil Nas X – “Light Again!” | US | 15 | 2 |
| 16 | 36 | Ateez – “Ice on My Teeth” | KR | 16 | 2 |
| 17 | 26 | Shirin David & Sampagne – “It Girl” | DE | 17 | 3 |
| 18 | 3 | Francisco Victoria & Malena Zavala – “La Necesidad” | CL/GB | 3 | 6 |
| 19 | 25 | Semler – “Jesus from Texas” | BE/US | 1 | 9 |
| 20 | 28 | Neon Trees – “Paper Cuts” | US | 20 | 3 |
| 21 | 43 | Ben Hazlewood – “Too Loud for Tokyo” | NZ/AU | 21 | 2 |
| 22 | 40 | Dressed Like Boys – “Jaouad” | BE | 22 | 2 |
| 23 | 39 | Henry Moodie – “Good Old Days” | GB | 23 | 2 |
| 24 | 4 | Vienna Vienna – “Vienna (Everything’s Fine)” | US | 2 | 7 |
| 25 | 37 | Hurray For The Riff Raff – “Buffalo” | US | 25 | 2 |
| 26 | 41 | PP Krit – “Friend to Friend” | TH | 26 | 2 |
| 27 | 42 | Keiynan Lonsdale – “Crash” | AU | 27 | 2 |
| 28 | 38 | Alok & Anitta – “Looking for Love” | BR | 28 | 2 |
| 29 | 10 | Sofi Tukker & Kah-Lo – “Woof” | US/NG | 4 | 7 |
| 30 | 12 | Katy Perry & Doechii – “I’m His, He’s Mine” | US | 10 | 5 |
| 31 | 13 | Safe Mind – “6 Foot Pole” | US | 7 | 6 |
| 32 | 44 | Lola Indigo & Paolo Londra – “Perreito Pa Llorar” | ES/AR | 32 | 2 |
| 33 | 14 | La Cruz – “Fancy” | VE/ES | 2 | 9 |
| 34 | 23 | Girli – “Two Year Itch” | GB | 23 | 4 |
| 35 | 18 | Serpentwithfeet & Orion Sun – “Ellipsis” | US | 9 | 8 |
| 36 | 48 | Gregory Dillon – “Burning Kisses” | US | 36 | 2 |
| 37 | 21 | Jamie-Lee Sexton – “Goodbye and Goodluck” | ZA | 21 | 3 |
| 38 | 22 | Grupo Firme & Hernán Sepulveda – “Qué Fuimos” | MX | 22 | 3 |
| 39 | 27 | Emily Burns – “Are You Waiting?” | GB | 27 | 4 |
| 40 | 30 | Lauren Sanderson – “Allison” | US | 30 | 3 |
| 41 | 29 | Angel Vivaldi & Steve Morse – “New Country” | US | 29 | 4 |
| 42 | 33 | Noah Finnce & The TISM – “Pet” | GB/AU | 33 | 3 |
| 43 | New | XG – “Howling” | JP/KR | 43 | 1 |
| 44 | 50 | Jordy – “Breakup Sex” | US | 44 | 2 |
| 45 | 49 | Cody Belew – “Love Song to the South” | US | 45 | 2 |
| 46 | New | Kylie Minogue – “Lights Camera Action” | AU | 46 | 1 |
| 47 | 45 | Cavetown & Frankie Cosmos – “Magic 8 Ball” | GB/US | 45 | 2 |
| 48 | 47 | Raissa & Rahim Redcar – “No Genius” | GB/FR | 47 | 2 |
| 49 | New | Bebe Rexha – “I’m the Drama” | US | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Álvaro Mayo – “Club Lights” | ES | 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 | ||
| ** | 31 | T. Thomason – “Boyfriend” | CA | 19 | 5 |
| ** | 32 | Alice Chater – “Come Alive” | GB | 23 | 3 |
| ** | 34 | MeseMoa – “Eyes on You” | JP | 25 | 3 |
| ** | 46 | Thx4Crying – “Bizarre” | FR | 46 | 2 |
| 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 | ES = Spain |
| FR = France | GB = Great Britain | JP = Japan |
| KR = South Korea | MX = Mexico | NG = Nigeria |
| NO = Norway | NZ = New Zealand | PR = Puerto Rico |
| SE = Sweden | TH = Thailand | UK = Ukraine |
| US = United States | VE = Venezuela | ZA = South Africa |
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