Chart Week #45 of 2020: Week of 8th November
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Chart notes:
English vocalist Sam Smith captures the top spot on the LGBT chart this week with "Diamonds", moving up one more position to #1. Sam came out as gay in 2014, and then came out as genderqueer/non-binary in 2017. Sam prefers the pronouns they/them. The video for "Diamonds" gained an additional 2,476,636 YouTube views over the past seven days, which is an increase of 9.49% over the previous week.
Ten songs fell off the chart this week to make way for ten new songs. The highest debut of the week was "Don't Say Goodbye" by Swedish singer/songwriter Tove Lo, entering the chart at #24. The track is a collaboration with Brazilian DJ/producer Alok and Turkish DJ Ilkay Sencan. Tove Lo (whose real name is Ebba Nilsson) came out as bisexual in October 2016. She told Billboard magazine that, "I'm a bisexual woman, who grew up in liberal Sweden with very liberal parents. I was lucky. I always felt free to explore my sexuality as little or as much as I wanted." Over the past week, the video for "Don't Say Goodbye" has earned an additional 433,870 views on YouTube, which is an increase of 16.87% over the week prior.
Chart positions are based on points assigned from (1) the previous week's chart position, (2) length of time on the chart, (3) views on YouTube from the past 7 days, (4) percentage of increase in YouTube views from the week prior, (5) my votes, and (6) any votes I've received by Wednesday at noon (California time). If you'd like to vote for your favorite videos, please feel free to leave a comment on this blog or send me a private message (see the contact info below).
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This week's Top 50 LGBT chart:
| This week | Last week | Artist & title | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart |
| 1 | 2 | Sam Smith – “Diamonds” | GB | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 4 | Katy Perry – “Cry About It Later” | US | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 6 | Conan Gray – “Heather” | US | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | Steps – “What the Future Holds” | GB | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 7 | Miley Cyrus – “Midnight Sky” | US | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 13 | Gregory Dillon – “Screenshots” | US | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 16 | Harel Skaat & Anya Buxtein – “כל היום (Kol Hayom)” | IL | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | Felix Jaehn, Nea, & Bryn Christoper – “No Therapy” | DE/SE/ GB | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 25 | Doug Locke – “Temptation” | US | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 18 | Vincint – “Be Me” | US | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | Paul Woolford, Diplo, & Kareen Lomax – “Looking For Me” | GB/US | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | 14 | Qveen Herby & Durand Bernarr – “Self Aware” | US | 1 | 10 |
| 13 | 5 | Joel Corry & MNEK – “Head and Heart” | GB | 1 | 11 |
| 14 | 26 | Vardaan Arora – “Heartbreak on the Dancefloor” | IN/US | 14 | 3 |
| 15 | 24 | Troye Sivan – “Rager Teenager!” | AU | 15 | 4 |
| 16 | 33 | Kfir – “Gigolo” | IL/US | 16 | 3 |
| 17 | 30 | Janelle Monáe – “Turntables” | US | 17 | 3 |
| 18 | 38 | Raymix – “Llámame” | MX | 18 | 2 |
| 19 | 17 | LP – “The One That You Love” | US | 1 | 13 |
| 20 | 8 | Mika & Michele Bravi – “Bella D’Estate” | GB/IT | 8 | 5 |
| 21 | 12 | Greyson Chance – “Bad to Myself” | US | 12 | 6 |
| 22 | 11 | Jaime Kohen – “Otros Labios” | MX | 11 | 4 |
| 23 | 9 | Mxmtoon – “Almost Home” | US | 9 | 6 |
| 24 | New | Alok, Ilkay Sencan, & Tove Lo – “Don’t Say Goodbye” | BR/TR/ SE | 24 | 1 |
| 25 | 20 | The Knocks & Muna – “Bodies” | US | 20 | 5 |
| 26 | 41 | Myylo – “Bored to Tears” | US | 26 | 3 |
| 27 | 47 | Chaz Cardigan – “Middle of the Road” | US | 27 | 2 |
| 28 | 15 | Wafia – “Butterflies” | AU | 8 | 6 |
| 29 | 19 | Mұss Keta – “Giovanna Hardcore” | IT | 19 | 3 |
| 30 | 21 | Nimmo – “Come Back” | GB | 4 | 9 |
| 31 | 22 | Christine and the Queens & Caroline Polachek – “La Vita Nuova” | FR/US | 15 | 7 |
| 32 | 43 | Brandon Colbein – “I.D.C.A.L.” | US | 32 | 3 |
| 33 | 23 | Esteman & Daniela Spalla – “Te Alejas Más De Mí” | CO/AR | 2 | 8 |
| 34 | 45 | Laskaar & Minus 8 – “Closer” | CH/ES | 34 | 3 |
| 35 | 44 | Chester Lockhart – “Bound” | US | 35 | 3 |
| 36 | 48 | Cardi B. & Megan Thee Stallion – “WAP (Gay Version)” | US | 36 | 2 |
| 37 | 34 | Joji & Diplo – “Daylight” | JP/US | 34 | 3 |
| 38 | 49 | Zee Machine – “Honeydew” | US | 38 | 2 |
| 39 | New | Tom Goss & Nakia – “Amsterdam” | US | 39 | 1 |
| 40 | 46 | Brandon Wilde – “All This Drip” | US | 40 | 2 |
| 41 | 42 | Lisita – “Escutando Marilia” | BR | 41 | 3 |
| 42 | 50 | Alexmaax – “Bruises” | US | 42 | 2 |
| 43 | New | Marshmello & Demi Lovato – “OK Not to Be OK” | US | 43 | 1 |
| 44 | New | Bilal Hassani – “Tom” | FR | 44 | 1 |
| 45 | New | Nathan Hartono – “Dig Deep” | ID/SG | 45 | 1 |
| 46 | New | Alaska Thunderfuck & Kandy Muse – “Sitting Alone in the V.I.P.” | US | 46 | 1 |
| 47 | New | Shuga Cain – “Sweet Love” | US | 47 | 1 |
| 48 | New | Cameron Hawthorn – “To Break Hers” | US | 48 | 1 |
| 49 | New | Orî & Klevur – “Tropic Thunder” | US | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Bright Light Bright Light & Caveboy – “It’s Alright, It’s OK” | GB/CA | 50 | 1 |
Numbers on a gold-colored background indicate a new peak position.
| Falling off the chart this week: | Orig. | Peak | Weeks on chart | ||
| ** | 27 | Fletcher – “If I Hated You” | US | 27 | 3 |
| ** | 28 | Tom Goss – “Nerdy Bear” | US | 10 | 7 |
| ** | 29 | Daniel Schuhmacher – “Hypnotized” | DE | 16 | 5 |
| ** | 31 | Victoria Monét – “Jaguar” | US | 31 | 3 |
| ** | 32 | Orville Peck & Shania Twain – “Legends Never Die” | CA | 11 | 7 |
| ** | 35 | Bria Kam – “Liar” | US | 15 | 5 |
| ** | 36 | Jaden Smith – “Cabin Fever” | US | 6 | 7 |
| ** | 37 | Yungblud – “Strawberry Lipstick” | GB | 8 | 7 |
| ** | 39 | Anne-Marie & Doja Cat – “To Be Young” | GB/US | 12 | 8 |
| ** | 40 | Bilal Hassani – “Dead Bae” | FR | 30 | 4 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above | ||
| AR = Argentina | AU = Australia | BR = Brazil |
| CA = Canada | CH = Switzerland | CO = Colombia |
| DE = Germany | ES = Spain | FR = France |
| GB = Great Britain | ID = Indonesia | IL = Israel |
| IN = India | IT = Italy | MX = Mexico |
| SE = Sweden | SG = Singapore | TR = Turkey |
| US = United States | ||
