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 22nd January 2025
Click the link below (in green) for the latest playlist on YouTube:
Chart notes:
American musician Mad Tsai (from Huntington Beach, California) takes over the #1 spot on Tad's LGBT Music Chart at midweek with "Teenage Nightmare", moving up 2 places from the weekend's #3 position. The song is the title track from his second EP which was released in October. According to SoundCharts, the track has reached #1 on The iTunes Digital/Streaming Chart in Latvia and has been consistently garnering around 3,500 streams per day globally on Spotify. Over the past half-week, the video for "Teenage Nightmare" has gained an additional 6,391 views on YouTube (which is an increase of 4.24% since the weekend's chart).
Three videos move up into the Top Ten at midweek, all of which happen to be from American artists. Singer/songwriter Lauv (from Radnor, Pennsylvania) climbs 9 notches to #8 with "Because of You". Indie-rock band Mamalarky (from Austin, Texas) rises 5 spots to #9 with "Nothing Lasts Forever". They're joined in the Top Ten by American artist RealXman (from San Diego, California), who's leaping ahead 11 places to #10 with "I Ain't Straight".
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., Australia, Belgium, England, and Germany:
- Jaden Smith (from California, USA)
- Hope D (from Australia)
- Kacey Musgraves (from Texas, USA)
- Semler (originally from Belgium & now residing in California, USA)
- Cody Frost (from England, U.K.)
- Shirin David (from Germany)
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 lyrics and/or video, 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:
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Email: tadsgaymusiccchannel@gmail.com
The midweek Top 50 LGBT chart:
| This week | Last week | Artist & title | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart |
| 1 | 3 | Mad Tsai – “Teenage Nightmare” | US | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | PP Krit – “Friend to Friend” | TH | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 5 | Hollie Col – “Two Step Plan” | AU | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | 9 | Tokischa & Nathy Peluso – “De Maravisha” | DO/AR/ ES | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 8 | Omar Rudberg – “Girlfriend” | SE | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | Lil Nas X – “Light Again!” | US | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | 7 | Álvaro Mayo – “Club Lights” | ES | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | 17 | Lauv – “Because of You” | US | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 14 | Mamalarky – “Nothing Lasts Forever” | US | 9 | 4 |
| 10 | 21 | RealXman – “I Ain’t Straight” | US | 10 | 4 |
| 11 | 6 | Jaïr Faria – “Better than the Rest” | NL | 6 | 5 |
| 12 | 18 | Lil Peep – “Latitude” | US | 12 | 3 |
| 13 | 22 | Loreen – “Gravity” | SE | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | Kesha – “Joyride” | US | 10 | 5 |
| 15 | 29 | La Cruz & Villano Antillano – “Privado” | VE/ES/ PR | 15 | 3 |
| 16 | 12 | Kylie Minogue – “Lights Camera Action” | AU | 12 | 7 |
| 17 | 27 | Tribade – “Sagrada Familia” | ES | 17 | 3 |
| 18 | 13 | Sergey Lazarev – “Tsveta Odnogo” | RU | 6 | 6 |
| 19 | 4 | Vienna Vienna – “Make a Man out of You” | US | 4 | 5 |
| 20 | 11 | Dua Lipa & Pierre De Maere – “These Walls” | GB/BE | 1 | 11 |
| 21 | 36 | Artem Pivovarov & Max Barskih – “Tak Nikhto Ne Kokhav” | UK | 21 | 2 |
| 22 | 26 | Katy Perry & Kim Petras – “Gorgeous” | US/DE | 22 | 4 |
| 23 | 16 | Ethan – “Collide” | NZ/AU | 1 | 10 |
| 24 | 33 | Olly Alexander – “Cupid’s Bow” | GB | 24 | 3 |
| 25 | 37 | Cobrah – “Record Deal” | SE | 25 | 2 |
| 26 | 34 | Holland – “Bitch He’s Mine” | KR | 26 | 3 |
| 27 | 15 | Ruben – “Milk and Honey” | NO | 1 | 12 |
| 28 | 41 | Rebecca Black – “Trust!” | US | 28 | 2 |
| 29 | 46 | Gabrielius Vagelis – “Vienu Ritmu” | LT | 29 | 2 |
| 30 | 42 | Backxwash – “Kumoto” | ZM/CA | 30 | 2 |
| 31 | 43 | Cultura Profética & Bebo Dumont – “Lento” | PR | 31 | 2 |
| 32 | 25 | Andy C & Becky Hill – “Indestructible” | GB | 2 | 9 |
| 33 | 19 | Don’t Make This Weird – “Don’t Make This Weird” | GB | 16 | 5 |
| 34 | 20 | Ateez – “Ice on My Teeth” | KR | 1 | 8 |
| 35 | 44 | Declan McKenna – “Champagne” | GB | 35 | 2 |
| 36 | 45 | Graveyardguy & Ayesha Erotica – “Torture” | US | 36 | 2 |
| 37 | 30 | Pegaso – “Vuela” | MX | 23 | 4 |
| 38 | 40 | Lai Yanju – “Never the Same” | TW | 38 | 3 |
| 39 | 31 | Tele Novella – “Vampire Cowgirl” | US | 31 | 3 |
| 40 | 48 | Halsey – “Lonely is the Muse” | US | 40 | 2 |
| 41 | 47 | Siov – “Mehr Zeit” | DE | 41 | 2 |
| 42 | 35 | Pabllo Vittar & Duda Beat – “Ai Que Calor” | BR | 35 | 3 |
| 43 | 49 | Kenan Doğulu, Arem Özgüç, & Arman Aydin – “Íkinci Yüzyil (Anthem Remix)” | TR | 43 | 2 |
| 44 | 50 | Jack Mallett & Bonnemort – “Mo’ (Partie 2)” | FR | 44 | 2 |
| 45 | New | Jaden Smith – “Gorgeous” | US | 45 | 1 |
| 46 | New | Hope D – “Nails” | AU | 46 | 1 |
| 47 | New | Kacey Musgraves – “The Architect” | US | 47 | 1 |
| 48 | New | Semler – “Little Light” | BE/US | 48 | 1 |
| 49 | New | Cody Frost & Debbie Gough – “Bloodsucka” | GB | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Shirin David – “Küss Mich Doch” | DE | 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 | ||
| ** | 23 | Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – “Guess” | GB/US | 1 | 15 |
| ** | 24 | Katie Gavin – “Aftertaste” | US | 1 | 15 |
| ** | 28 | Lady Gaga – “Disease” | US | 1 | 11 |
| ** | 32 | Sam Williams – “Scarlet Lonesome” | US | 22 | 5 |
| ** | 38 | Lady Leshurr – “Not Guilty” | GB | 38 | 3 |
| ** | 39 | Patrik Jean – “Waterfalls” | SE | 35 | 4 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above | ||
| AR = Argentina | AU = Australia | BE = Belgium |
| BR = Brazil | CA = Canada | DE = Germany |
| DO = Dominican Republic | ES = Spain | FR = France |
| GB = Great Britain | KR = South Korea | LT = Lithuania |
| MX = Mexico | NL = Netherlands | NO = Norway |
| NZ = New Zealand | PR = Puerto Rico | RU = Russia |
| SE = Sweden | TH = Thailand | TR = Turkey |
| TW = Taiwan | UK = Ukraine | US = United States |
| VE = Venezuela | ZM = Zambia | |
