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 16th April 2025
Click the link below (in green) for the latest playlist on YouTube:
Chart notes:
Canadian rapper/singer Bbno$ (from Vancouver, British Columbia) earns his first #1 on Tad's LGBT Music Chart at midweek with "Antidepressants", moving up one more place from the weekend's #2 position. Bbno$ (whose name is taken from the phrase "Baby no money") opened up about his sexuality in February 2025 and came out as bisexual. He began making music after a back injury forced him to give up on his dream of becoming a professional swimmer. Over the past three days, the video for "Antidepressants" has gained an additional 115,528 views on YouTube (which is an increase of 1.37% since the weekend's chart).
Four videos move up into the Top Ten at midweek. American singer/songwriter Maddie Zahm (from Boise, Idaho) leaps ahead 12 places to #6 with "Heaven". American musician Grace Gaustad (from Phoenix, Arizona) climbs 4 notches to #8 with "Halfway to a Happy Ending". Austrian singer/songwriter JJ jumps 10 spots to #9 with "Wasted Love". They're joined in the Top Ten by American singer Isaac Dunbar (from Barnstable, Massachusetts), who's moving up one more position to #10 with "Late to the Party".
Seven songs fall off the chart to make way for seven new songs. The midweek chart features 7 debuts by LGBTQ artists from the U.S.A., Thailand, Germany, Ukraine, and France:
- RealXman (from California, USA)
- Milli (from Thailand)
- Morgxn (from Tennessee, USA)
- Felix Jaehn (from Germany)
- Artem Pivovarov (from Ukraine)
- TheArti$t (from New Jersey, USA)
- Jérémy Frérot (from France)
Voting:
Chart positions are determined by a system of points assigned from a combination of YouTube views and votes. If you'd like to vote for your favorite videos, please feel free to leave a comment on this blog (anonymous comments are permitted) or send me a private message (see the contact info below for the email address). Suggestions for new videos are also welcomed, but they must meet the following criteria:
- Must be from an LGBTQ artist. For a duo/group, at least one member must identify as LGBTQ. Exceptions are permitted for straight artists who include gay content in their video and/or lyrics, and for straight artists who are widely perceived as a gay icon.
- Video must be available on YouTube.
- Video may not contain more than one minute of audio that is not music (such as dialogue).
- Video must have at least 500 views.
- Video must be longer than 2 minutes, but shorter than 6 minutes.
- Release date of the YouTube video must be within the past four months.
Tad's contact info:
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVVh9vJDq2wFpilfcTIQCjA
Email: tadsgaymusicchannel@gmail.com
The midweek Top 50 LGBT chart:
| This week | Last week | Artist & title | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart |
| 1 | 2 | Bbno$ – “Antidepressants” | CA | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | Ethan – “Honest” | NZ/AU | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 6 | Ria Mae – “Her Magic” | CA | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | Semler – “Obituaries” | BE/US | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | Lily Rose – “I Know What I Want” | US | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | 18 | Maddie Zahm – “Heaven” | US | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | 9 | Joesef – “Stephanie’s Place” | GB | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 12 | Grace Gaustad – “Halfway to a Happy Ending” | US | 8 | 4 |
| 9 | 19 | JJ – “Wasted Love” | AT | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 11 | Isaac Dunbar – “Late to the Party” | US | 10 | 4 |
| 11 | 28 | XG – “Is This Love?” | JP/KR | 11 | 2 |
| 12 | 23 | Tyler Rayn – “Just Go” | US | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | 10 | Lady Camden – “Just Enough” | GB | 10 | 4 |
| 14 | 29 | LA Laura Paris – “Underground Girl” | FR/US | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 13 | Chloe Moriondo – “Hate It” | US | 13 | 4 |
| 16 | 34 | Max Barskih – “Stomach Butterflies” | UA | 16 | 2 |
| 17 | 14 | Gustaph – “Really Mine” | BE | 14 | 4 |
| 18 | 35 | David Guetta & Sia – “Beautiful People” | FR/AU | 18 | 2 |
| 19 | 25 | Silva – “Mais Raro” | BR | 19 | 4 |
| 20 | 15 | Trisha Paytas – “McGriddle” | US | 15 | 4 |
| 21 | 17 | Sam Tsui & Justin David Sullivan – “I Know the Wildflowers” | US | 17 | 4 |
| 22 | 7 | Damiano David – “Next Summer” | IT | 7 | 4 |
| 23 | 1 | Lambrini Girls – “No Homo” | GB | 1 | 4 |
| 24 | 22 | Bronze Avery – “On the Money” | US | 22 | 4 |
| 25 | 20 | Russell Elliot – “Heartbreaker” | US | 20 | 4 |
| 26 | 45 | Lil Nas X – “Dreamboy” | US | 26 | 2 |
| 27 | 43 | Bob The Drag Queen – “Queen of the Underground” | US | 27 | 2 |
| 28 | 24 | Durand Bernarr – “Overqualified” | US | 4 | 4 |
| 29 | 8 | Guitarricadelafuente – “Full Time Papi” | ES | 1 | 4 |
| 30 | 27 | Raymix – “Paloma Ajena” | MX | 15 | 4 |
| 31 | New | RealXman – “I Like What I Like” | US | 31 | 1 |
| 32 | New | Milli – “One Punch” | TH | 32 | 1 |
| 33 | New | Morgxn – “Make It Out Alive” | US | 33 | 1 |
| 34 | 30 | Mad Tsai – “One of the Boys” | US | 3 | 4 |
| 35 | 41 | Romero Ferro – “Não Diexe O Frevo Morrer” | BR | 35 | 2 |
| 36 | 16 | Billie Eilish – “Wildflower” | US | 16 | 3 |
| 37 | New | Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston – “It’s Not Right But It’s Okay” | DE/US | 37 | 1 |
| 38 | 42 | Baby Yors – “Fortuna (Una Como Ninguna)” | AR/US | 38 | 2 |
| 39 | 32 | Nathy Peluso – “Erotika” | AR/ES | 32 | 3 |
| 40 | 21 | Kevz – “I’m with You (Spanish Version)” | CL | 21 | 3 |
| 41 | New | Artem Pivovarov, The Byca, & Kalush Orchestra – “Pidmanula” | UA | 41 | 1 |
| 42 | 26 | Luke Black – “Vomit” | RS/GB | 26 | 3 |
| 43 | New | TheArti$t – “Ghost” | US | 43 | 1 |
| 44 | New | Jérémy Frérot – “Avec ou Sans” | FR | 44 | 1 |
| 45 | 38 | Keiino – “Halo” | NO | 10 | 4 |
| 46 | 40 | Christian Chávez – “Si Mañana Me Voy” | MX | 40 | 2 |
| 47 | 44 | Thx4Crying – “Crystal” | FR | 44 | 3 |
| 48 | 46 | Jason Dhakal – “Kailan?” | PH | 46 | 2 |
| 49 | 47 | Skamp – “Nieko Panašaus” | LT | 47 | 2 |
| 50 | 48 | Aidan Bissett – “Are We in Love Yet?” | US | 48 | 2 |
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 | Bonnie McKee – “Forever Young and Dumb” | US | 31 | 3 |
| ** | 33 | Fancy Hagood & Michelle Branch – “Isn’t That Life?” | US | 7 | 3 |
| ** | 36 | Halsey – “Safeword” | US | 14 | 3 |
| ** | 37 | Marcin Maciejczak – “Destroy Me, Today” | PL | 16 | 3 |
| ** | 39 | Tsatsamis – “Misunderstanding” | GB | 18 | 3 |
| ** | 49 | Lady Leshurr – “Mazza” | GB | 48 | 2 |
| ** | 50 | Ambar Lucid – “There Goes My Baby” | US | 50 | 2 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origins’ columns from the tables above | ||
| AR = Argentina | AT = Austria | AU = Australia |
| BE = Belgium | BR = Brazil | CA = Canada |
| CL = Chile | DE = Germany | ES = Spain |
| FR = France | GB = Great Britain | IT = Italy |
| JP = Japan | KR = South Korea | LT = Lithuania |
| MX = Mexico | NO = Norway | NZ = New Zealand |
| PH = Philippines | PL = Poland | RS = Serbia |
| UA = Ukraine | US = United States | |
