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 12th February 2025
Click the link below (in green) for the latest playlist on YouTube:
Chart notes:
British singer/actor Olly Alexander (from Gloucestershire, England) has reached the #1 spot on Tad's LGBT Music Chart at midweek with "Cupid's Bow", moving up 2 more places from the weekend's #3 position. The track is the lead single from Olly's first solo album (entitled Polari) under his own name (as he recorded previously under the name Years And Years). According to SoundCharts, the song has appeared on the official airplay and/or streaming charts of 39 different countries and has reached the Top Ten in 13 of them. The song peaked at #2 in the United Kingdom, and it reached #1 in France. Over the past half-week, the video for "Cupid's Bow" has gained an additional 2,262 views on YouTube (which is an increase of 1.25% since the weekend's chart).
Three videos move up into the Top Ten at midweek. Australian musician Hope D climbs 5 notches to #8 with "Nails". American rapper/singer Doechii (from Tampa, Florida) rises 3 spots to #9 with "Denial is a River". They're joined in the Top Ten by Brazilian singer Jaloo, who's moving up one more place to #10 with "Ocitocina".
Nine songs fall off the chart to make way for nine new songs. The midweek chart features 9 debuts by LGBTQ artists from England, the U.S.A., Poland, Ireland, and Brazil:
- Shygirl (from England, U.K.)
- The Scarlet Opera (from California, USA)
- Ofelia (from Poland)
- Villagers (from Ireland)
- The Aces (from Utah, USA)
- Tom Aspaul (from England, U.K.)
- The Knocks (from New York, USA)
- Pvris (from Massachusetts, USA)
- Jão (from Brazil)
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:
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 | 3 | Olly Alexander – “Cupid’s Bow” | GB | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 5 | Becky Hill & MK – “Swim” | GB/US | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 7 | Alexander Stewart – “His Problem Instead” | CA | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 10 | Semler – “Little Light” | BE/US | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | La Cruz & Villano Antillano – “Privado” | VE/ES/ PR | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | 6 | Marcin Maciejczak – “Ostatnia Piosenka O Tobie” | PL | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | 9 | Rebecca Black – “Trust!” | US | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | 13 | Hope D – “Nails” | AU | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | 12 | Doechii – “Denial is a River” | US | 9 | 5 |
| 10 | 11 | Jaloo – “Ocitocina” | BR | 10 | 5 |
| 11 | 14 | Lauren Sanderson – “How to Say Goodbye” | US | 11 | 6 |
| 12 | 15 | Jordan Suaste – “Heaven” | US | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 19 | NSB – “Stardom” | US/TH/ PH | 13 | 4 |
| 14 | 17 | James Charles – “Used to Love Me” | US | 14 | 4 |
| 15 | 21 | Shinjiro Atae – “Kizuketa” | JP | 15 | 4 |
| 16 | 25 | Tokischa & Nathy Peluso – “De Maravisha” | DO/AR/ ES | 1 | 10 |
| 17 | 23 | Danny Blu – “Finish Him” | US | 17 | 4 |
| 18 | 30 | Katie Gavin – “Inconsolable” | US | 18 | 3 |
| 19 | 26 | Ethan – “Cancel Everything” | NZ/AU | 19 | 3 |
| 20 | 29 | Ocean Kelly – “Down the Cunty Road” | US | 20 | 3 |
| 21 | 32 | Osvaldo Supino – “Suerte” | IT | 4 | 6 |
| 22 | 2 | Siov – “Mehr Zeit” | DE | 2 | 8 |
| 23 | 31 | Benjamin Elgar – “Better Tho” | FR | 23 | 4 |
| 24 | 4 | Gabrielius Vagelis – “Vienu Ritmu” | LT | 4 | 8 |
| 25 | 37 | Halsey – “Hometown” | US | 25 | 4 |
| 26 | 8 | Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather” | US | 1 | 6 |
| 27 | 38 | Henry Moodie – “The Old Me” | GB | 27 | 2 |
| 28 | 16 | Mad Tsai – “Teenage Nightmare” | US | 1 | 12 |
| 29 | 18 | Kevz – “Lost on You (Spanish Version)” | CL | 18 | 3 |
| 30 | 43 | Matt Fishel – “Alternative Anthem” | GB | 30 | 2 |
| 31 | 44 | Fiakra & Psiu – “Laroyê” | BR | 31 | 2 |
| 32 | 41 | Shirin David & Ski Aggu – “Atzen und Barbies” | DE | 32 | 2 |
| 33 | 42 | Omar Rudberg – “Wrong” | VE/SE | 33 | 2 |
| 34 | 20 | Vienna Vienna – “Sex Drugs Whatever” | US | 20 | 3 |
| 35 | 47 | Omar Apollo, Trent Reznor, & Atticus Ross – “Te Maldigo” | US/GB | 35 | 2 |
| 36 | 28 | Álvaro Mayo – “Ya No Estás” | ES | 28 | 3 |
| 37 | 49 | Luke Black – “Batshit” | RS/GB | 37 | 2 |
| 38 | 50 | Joesef – “Cynical” | GB | 38 | 2 |
| 39 | 48 | Billy Raffoul – “Never Be Without Love” | CA | 39 | 2 |
| 40 | New | Shygirl & Yseult – “F*Me” | GB/FR | 40 | 1 |
| 41 | 33 | Ateez – “Ice on My Teeth” | KR | 1 | 14 |
| 42 | New | The Scarlet Opera – “Heaven is a Place on Earth” | US | 42 | 1 |
| 43 | New | Ofelia – “Ch*Jowy Film” | PL | 43 | 1 |
| 44 | New | Villagers – “A Matter of Taste” | IE | 44 | 1 |
| 45 | New | The Aces – “Jealous” | US | 45 | 1 |
| 46 | New | Tom Aspaul – “Sauna / Cabin Fever” | GB | 46 | 1 |
| 47 | New | The Knocks & Powers – “Stay Gold” | US | 47 | 1 |
| 48 | 45 | Lil Nas X – “Need Dat Boy” | US | 45 | 2 |
| 49 | New | Pvris, Sizzy Rocket, & Uffie – “F.I.L.T.H.” | US/FR | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Jão – “Meninos e Meninas F.C.” | BR | 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 | Zolita – “Bye Bye Baby” | US | 22 | 5 |
| ** | 24 | Lady Leshurr – “Set Up Chicks” | GB | 24 | 3 |
| ** | 27 | Hollie Col – “Two Step Plan” | AU | 1 | 15 |
| ** | 34 | Artem Pivovarov & Max Barskih – “Tak Nikhto Ne Kokhav” | UK | 2 | 7 |
| ** | 35 | Tribade – “Sagrada Familia” | ES | 4 | 8 |
| ** | 36 | Cobrah – “Record Deal” | SE | 6 | 7 |
| ** | 39 | Lambrini Girls – “Love” | GB | 25 | 3 |
| ** | 40 | Ariel Kelly – “Tu Presencia” | DO/US | 22 | 3 |
| ** | 46 | Bagarre, Liv Del Estal, LouisaDonna, & Lulu Van Trapp – “Ring Ring” | FR | 31 | 3 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above | ||
| AR = Argentina | AU = Australia | BE = Belgium |
| BR = Brazil | CA = Canada | CL = Chile |
| DE = Germany | DO = Dominican Republic | ES = Spain |
| FR = France | GB = Great Britain | IE = Ireland |
| IT = Italy | JP = Japan | KR = South Korea |
| LT = Lithuania | NO = Norway | NZ = New Zealand |
| PH = Philippines | PL = Poland | PR = Puerto Rico |
| RS = Serbia | SE = Sweden | TH = Thailand |
| UK = Ukraine | US = United States | VE = Venezuela |
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