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 15th January 2025
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Chart notes:
There's no change at the very top of Tad's LGBT Music Chart at midweek, as South Korean boy-band Ateez holds onto the #1 spot with "Ice on My Teeth". According to SoundCharts, the track has reached #5 in South Korea and has achieved #1 on the airplay and/or streaming charts of an astounding 58 countries. The song peaked at #2 on The SoundCharts Global Streaming Chart. As of today, the video for "Ice on My Teeth" has amassed a total of more than 67.9 million views on YouTube.
Five videos move up into the Top Ten at midweek, including returns from two former #1 hits, which are each rebounding back up 6 places to re-enter the Top Ten: Australian musician Hollie Col is back up to #6 with "Two Step Plan", and Norwegian singer/songwriter Ruben has regained the #7 position with "Milk and Honey". American singer Mad Tsai (from Huntington Beach, California) climbs 9 notches to #5 with "Teenage Nightmare". American alt-rock singer Vienna Vienna (from Fresno, California) leaps ahead 11 places to #9 with "Make a Man Out of You". They're joined in the Top Ten by Spanish singer Álvaro Mayo, who's rising 5 spots to #10 with "Club Lights".
Ten songs fall off the chart to make way for ten new songs. The midweek chart features 10 debuts by LGBTQ artists from Spain, the U.S.A., Sweden, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Brazil, England, South Korea, and Taiwan:
- Loreen (from Sweden)
- Lil Peep (from New York, USA)
- Lauv (from Pennsylvania, USA)
- Tribade (from Spain)
- Tele Novella (from Texas, USA)
- La Cruz (originally from Venezuela and now residing in Spain) & Villano Antillano (from Puerto Rico)
- Pabllo Vittar (from Brazil)
- Olly Alexander (from England, U.K.)
- Holland (from South Korea)
- Lai Yanju (from Taiwan)
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.
Tad's contact info:
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Email: tadsgaymusicchannel@gmail.com
The midweek Top 50 LGBT chart:
| This week | Last week | Artist & title | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart |
| 1 | 1 | Ateez – “Ice on My Teeth” | KR | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 3 | Lil Nas X – “Light Again!” | US | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 | PP Krit – “Friend to Friend” | TH | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 7 | Dua Lipa & Pierre De Maere – “These Walls” | GB/BE | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | 14 | Mad Tsai – “Teenage Nightmare” | US | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | 12 | Hollie Col – “Two Step Plan” | AU | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | 13 | Ruben – “Milk and Honey” | NO | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | 9 | Lady Gaga – “Disease” | US | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | 20 | Vienna Vienna – “Make a Man out of You” | US | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 15 | Álvaro Mayo – “Club Lights” | ES | 10 | 5 |
| 11 | 6 | Sergey Lazarev – “Tsveta Odnogo” | RU | 6 | 4 |
| 12 | 19 | Omar Rudberg – “Girlfriend” | SE | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 2 | Andy C & Becky Hill – “Indestructible” | GB | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | 16 | Katie Gavin – “Aftertaste” | US | 1 | 14 |
| 15 | 29 | Jaïr Faria – “Better than the Rest” | NL | 15 | 3 |
| 16 | 26 | Don’t Make This Weird – “Don’t Make This Weird” | GB | 16 | 3 |
| 17 | 23 | Kylie Minogue – “Lights Camera Action” | AU | 17 | 5 |
| 18 | 34 | Tokischa & Nathy Peluso – “De Maravisha” | DO/AR/ ES | 18 | 2 |
| 19 | 30 | Kesha – “Joyride” | US | 19 | 3 |
| 20 | 4 | Ethan – “Collide” | NZ/AU | 1 | 8 |
| 21 | 28 | Charli XCX & Billie Eilish – “Guess” | GB/US | 1 | 14 |
| 22 | 36 | Sam Williams – “Scarlet Lonesome” | US | 22 | 4 |
| 23 | 45 | Pegaso – “Vuela” | MX | 23 | 2 |
| 24 | 8 | Chris Housman – “Blueneck” | US | 5 | 7 |
| 25 | 42 | Mamalarky – “Nothing Lasts Forever” | US | 25 | 2 |
| 26 | 10 | Henry Moodie – “Good Old Days” | GB | 8 | 6 |
| 27 | 11 | Nemo – “Eurostar” | CH | 7 | 8 |
| 28 | 47 | RealXman – “I Ain’t Straight” | US | 28 | 2 |
| 29 | 17 | Ben Hazlewood – “Too Loud for Tokyo” | NZ/AU | 11 | 6 |
| 30 | 18 | Lola Indigo & Paolo Londra – “Perreito Pa Llorar” | ES/AR | 15 | 6 |
| 31 | 32 | Kany García & Rawayana – “La Culpa” | PR/VE | 11 | 7 |
| 32 | 27 | Kevz – “Good Luck Babe! (Spanish Version)” | CL | 27 | 3 |
| 33 | 21 | Grupo Firme – “Hubiéramos” | MX | 21 | 3 |
| 34 | 49 | Katy Perry & Kim Petras – “Gorgeous” | US/DE | 34 | 2 |
| 35 | 43 | Patrik Jean – “Waterfalls” | SE | 35 | 3 |
| 36 | New | Loreen – “Gravity” | SE | 36 | 1 |
| 37 | 25 | XG – “Howling” | JP/KR | 19 | 5 |
| 38 | New | Lil Peep – “Latitude” | US | 38 | 1 |
| 39 | 33 | Clairo Cottrill – “Sexy to Someone” | US | 21 | 4 |
| 40 | New | Lauv – “Because of You” | US | 40 | 1 |
| 41 | 31 | Imagine Dragons – “Don’t Forget Me” | US | 31 | 3 |
| 42 | New | Tribade – “Sagrada Familia” | ES | 42 | 1 |
| 43 | 35 | Semler – “Jesus from Texas” | BE/US | 1 | 13 |
| 44 | New | Tele Novella – “Vampire Cowgirl” | US | 44 | 1 |
| 45 | 50 | Lady Leshurr – “Not Guilty” | GB | 45 | 2 |
| 46 | New | La Cruz & Villano Antillano – “Privado” | VE/ES/ PR | 46 | 1 |
| 47 | New | Pabllo Vittar & Duda Beat – “Ai Que Calor” | BR | 47 | 1 |
| 48 | New | Olly Alexander – “Cupid’s Bow” | GB | 48 | 1 |
| 49 | New | Holland – “Bitch He’s Mine” | KR | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Lai Yanju – “Never the Same” | TW | 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 | ||
| ** | 22 | Hurray For The Riff Raff – “Buffalo” | US | 16 | 5 |
| ** | 24 | Alok & Anitta – “Looking for Love” | BR | 18 | 5 |
| ** | 37 | Rebecca Black – “Sugar Water Cyanide” | US | 31 | 3 |
| ** | 38 | Hiran, Gabi Lins, & Salamanka – “Miudinho” | BR | 32 | 3 |
| ** | 39 | Dom Dolla & Tove Lo – “Cave” | AU/SE | 35 | 3 |
| ** | 40 | Elton John & Brandi Carlile – “Never Too Late” | GB/US | 36 | 3 |
| ** | 41 | Mø – “Who Said?” | DK | 38 | 3 |
| ** | 44 | Joy Oladokun – “Am I?” | US | 42 | 3 |
| ** | 46 | Ria Mae – “IDFLM” | CA | 46 | 2 |
| ** | 48 | Téo Lavabo & Jeremstar – “Polémique” | FR | 48 | 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 | DK = Denmark |
| DO = Dominican Republic | 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 | TW = Taiwan |
| US = United States | VE = Venezuela | |
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