Twice a week, Tad's LGBT Music Chart brings you the Top 50 music videos by LGBTQ artists from around the world.
Chart week #8 of 2025: Week of 23rd February
Click the link below (in green) for this week's playlist on YouTube:
Chart notes:
For the second time in 2025, we have a former #1 hit returning to the top spot on Tad's LGBT Music Chart for a second non-consecutive week at #1. (Earlier this year, Australian singer/songwriter Hollie Col accomplished the same feat with "Two Step Plan".) This weekend American musician Billie Eilish (from Los Angeles, California) is moving back up 5 places from the midweek's #6 position with "Birds of a Feather". The song reached #1 on the U.S. MediaBase airplay charts in three different radio formats (pop, hot AC, and alternative) and also reached #1 on the official charts of nine other countries, becoming her first #1 hit on The Billboard Global 200 chart. Over the past four days, the video for "Birds of a Feather" has gained an additional 16,105,102 views on YouTube (which is an increase of 3.62% since the midweek's chart).
Four videos move up into the Top Ten this weekend. American alt-pop quartet The Aces (from Provo, Utah) are climbing 9 spots to #6 with "Jealous". Brazilian artist Jão jumps 10 places to #8 with "Meninos e Meninas F.C.". Australian singer Ethan (who's originally from New Zealand) rises 2 notches to #9 with "Cancel Everything". They're joined in the Top Ten by British punk-rock duo Lambrini Girls (from Brighton, England), who leap ahead 10 positions to #10 with "Cuntology 101".
Eight songs fall off the chart to make way for eight new songs. The weekend chart features 8 debuts by LGBTQ acts from England, the U.S.A., Canada, Turkey, Chile, Spain, and Japan:
- Lucy Dacus (from Virginia, USA)
- Jade LeMac (from British Columbia, Canada)
- Mabel Matiz (from Turkey)
- Durand Bernarr (from Ohio, USA)
- Barbacius (from Chile)
- Crystal Fighters (from England, U.K. and Spain)
- Romy (from England, U.K.)
- Tail (from Japan)
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 songs, 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
This weekend's Top 50 LGBT chart:
| This week | Last week | Artist & title | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart |
| 1 | 6 | Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather” | US | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 3 | Jaloo – “Ocitocina” | BR | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 9 | Fiakra & Psiu – “Laroyê” | BR | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 5 | Jordan Suaste – “Heaven” | US | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 7 | Henry Moodie – “The Old Me” | GB | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 15 | The Aces – “Jealous” | US | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 10 | Tom Aspaul – “Sauna / Cabin Fever” | GB | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 18 | Jão – “Meninos e Meninas F.C.” | BR | 8 | 4 |
| 9 | 11 | Ethan – “Cancel Everything” | NZ/AU | 9 | 6 |
| 10 | 20 | Lambrini Girls – “Cuntology 101” | GB | 10 | 3 |
| 11 | 1 | Doechii – “Denial is a River” | US | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | 17 | The Scarlet Opera – “Heaven is a Place on Earth” | US | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 19 | Omar Apollo, Trent Reznor, & Atticus Ross – “Te Maldigo” | US/GB | 13 | 5 |
| 14 | 22 | Smashby – “Love Myself (How I Used to Love You)” | GB | 14 | 3 |
| 15 | 25 | Adrián Bello – “Escondidos” | PE | 15 | 3 |
| 16 | 29 | Mad Tsai – “Boys Beware” | US | 16 | 2 |
| 17 | 21 | Joesef – “Cynical” | GB | 17 | 5 |
| 18 | 26 | Flamyngus – “Soulmate” | DE | 18 | 3 |
| 19 | 24 | Pvris, Sizzy Rocket, & Uffie – “F.I.L.T.H.” | US/FR | 19 | 4 |
| 20 | 34 | Jasmine.4.t – “Guy Fawkes Tesco Dissociation” | GB | 20 | 2 |
| 21 | 30 | Hatari – “Breadcrumbs” | IS | 21 | 2 |
| 22 | 33 | Vienna Vienna – “Wonderland” | US | 22 | 2 |
| 23 | 28 | Maruv – “Ya Sleza” | UK | 23 | 3 |
| 24 | 27 | Kate Pierson – “Higher Place” | US | 24 | 3 |
| 25 | 4 | Becky Hill & MK – “Swim” | GB/US | 1 | 8 |
| 26 | 37 | Julien Baker & Torres – “Sugar in the Tank” | US | 26 | 2 |
| 27 | 47 | Douwe Bob – “Nights in Tokyo” | NL | 27 | 2 |
| 28 | 46 | Álvaro Mayo – “Se Irán” | ES | 28 | 2 |
| 29 | 38 | Micah McLaurin – “Baboom” | US | 29 | 2 |
| 30 | 2 | Semler – “Little Light” | BE/US | 2 | 10 |
| 31 | 48 | Pet Shop Boys – “All the Young Dudes” | GB | 31 | 2 |
| 32 | 23 | La Cruz & Villano Antillano – “Privado” | VE/ES/ PR | 1 | 12 |
| 33 | 8 | Marcin Maciejczak – “Ostatnia Piosenka O Tobie” | PL | 5 | 8 |
| 34 | 44 | PP Krit – “Oopsy Daisy” | TH | 34 | 2 |
| 35 | 12 | James Charles – “Used to Love Me” | US | 9 | 7 |
| 36 | 13 | NSB – “Stardom” | US/TH/ PH | 8 | 7 |
| 37 | 14 | Ocean Kelly – “Down the Cunty Road” | US | 10 | 6 |
| 38 | New | Lucy Dacus – “Ankles” | US | 38 | 1 |
| 39 | 16 | Shinjiro Atae – “Kizuketa” | JP | 11 | 7 |
| 40 | 49 | Tin – “Fuego” | AU | 40 | 2 |
| 41 | New | Jade LeMac – “Pink Balloon” | CA | 41 | 1 |
| 42 | New | Mabel Matiz – “Dalga” | TR | 42 | 1 |
| 43 | 50 | Laskaar & Putochinomaricón – “No Tengo Bateria” | ES/CH/ TW | 43 | 2 |
| 44 | 31 | Artem Pivovarov & Nazva – “Tok Tok” | UK | 31 | 3 |
| 45 | New | Durand Bernarr – “GPS” | US | 45 | 1 |
| 46 | New | Barbacius – “Wauw” | CL | 46 | 1 |
| 47 | 40 | Tokischa & Nathy Peluso – “De Maravisha” | DO/AR/ ES | 1 | 13 |
| 48 | New | Crystal Fighters & Creeds – “Numbers” | GB/ES/ FR | 48 | 1 |
| 49 | New | Romy & Sampha – “I’m on Your Team” | GB | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Tail – “Heart” | JP | 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 | ||
| ** | 32 | Hope D – “Nails” | AU | 6 | 9 |
| ** | 35 | Kevz – “Lost on You (Spanish Version)” | CL | 12 | 5 |
| ** | 36 | Olly Alexander – “Cupid’s Bow” | GB | 1 | 11 |
| ** | 39 | Matt Fishel – “Alternative Anthem” | GB | 17 | 4 |
| ** | 41 | Katie Gavin – “Inconsolable” | US | 18 | 5 |
| ** | 42 | Danny Blu – “Finish Him” | US | 17 | 6 |
| ** | 43 | Shygirl & Yseult – “F*Me” | GB/FR | 24 | 3 |
| ** | 45 | Alexander Stewart – “His Problem Instead” | CA | 3 | 7 |
| 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 | DO = Dominican Republic |
| ES = Spain | FR = France | GB = Great Britain |
| IS = Iceland | JP = Japan | NL = Netherlands |
| NZ = New Zealand | PE = Peru | PH = Philippines |
| PL = Poland | PR = Puerto Rico | TH = Thailand |
| TR = Turkey | TW = Taiwan | UK = Ukraine |
| US = United States | VE = Venezuela | |
