Midweek Music Update

 for 24th July, 2019

                                                                                                                          
The Midweek Music Update (published on Wednesdays) is intended to give you a "sneak peek" at some new music that hasn't made my chart yet. It's comprised of two sections: the Hot New Track and the Fresh New Releases.

Each week, I'll choose one video for the Hot New Track -- one song that is certain to make my chart & playlist next weekend (based on all the points it's earned so far).

The Fresh New Releases are two or three videos that appear likely to enter the chart & playlist in the near future (based on YouTube views alone). All of the songs in this 2nd section will be relatively recent (i.e., released in the past month or so). Because they are so new, it might take an additional few weeks to make their way onto my chart.

Although I mention the total number of YouTube views for each video below, song selections are based on their YouTube views from the past seven days only.

Hot New Track:
This week's Hot New Track is "Comme Un Animal" by gay Turkish singer Mabel Matiz. This video was suggested by my friends over at Gay Music Chart. Mabel (whose real name is Fatih Karaca) sings parts of his lyrics in Turkish and parts in French, apparently to get past the notoriously strict Turkish censors. According to his Wikipedia page, he earned a degree in dentistry from Istanbul University before he decided to embark on a career in music. The word "matiz" is slang for "drunk" or "intoxicated" in the old Greek language, so his stage name could be translated as "Drunk Mabel". As I write this, the clip has 803,423 views on YouTube. In the past week alone, this video has gained an additional 40,453 views (an increase of 5.37% from the previous week).

Fresh New Releases:
The first Fresh New Release this week is "Louquinho" by bisexual Brazilian singer Jao. In Portuguese, the title means "a little bit crazy". If you're curious to see an English translation of the lyrics, you can find one here. This past weekend, Jao's clip for "Monstros" debuted on the LGBT chart at #34. His newest video currently has 2,462,198 views on YouTube.

The second Fresh New Release this week is "Bounce Back (Pride Version)" by straight English quartet Little Mix and their drag queen counterparts from Dirty Trix (who are also a part of the queer performance collective known as Sink The Pink). The song includes samples of the chorus from the 1989 hit "Back To Life" by Soul II Soul. The clip now has 3,845,096 views on YouTube.

That's it for another edition of the Midweek Music Update. Make sure to come back on Saturday or Sunday (depending on your time zone) for the latest Top 50 chart & playlist. Until then, I hope you all have a great week!

Chart Week 29: Week of 21st July, 2019

                                                                                                                                          
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Chart notes:
   In its fifth week on the LGBT chart, breezy summer anthem "Emotions" by Elliot Jones rises one notch to take over the #1 slot. This is the very first time on the chart for the Canadian-born singer/songwriter from Toronto who now calls Los Angeles home. Elliot received the most votes this week, and the video was also a close runner-up (after Mika's "Ice Cream") for the highest weekly percentage gains in YouTube views.

   The remainder of the Top Five this week are: Australian singer Alfie Arcuri (climbing 2 spots to #2), Moroccan-American musician Matthew James (moving up 2 notches to #3), the collaboration between American acts The Chainsmokers and Bebe Rexha (going ahead 8 places to #4), and American singer Katy Perry (rising 10 spots to #5).

   Ten songs fell off the chart this week to make way for ten new songs. The highest debut of the week was "Time Waits for No One" by late English singer Freddie Mercury, coming in at #25. This recently rediscovered footage was originally recorded in 1986, but the soundtrack is newly remastered and was just released to YouTube in late June. The drums and the background vocals have been digitally stripped out of the original track, leaving the 2019 version with just the sounds of the piano and Freddie's voice.

   Two artists (Joy Oladokun and Eledos) are making their very first appearances on the LGBT chart this week. An additional eight artists (Freddie Mercury, Daya, Todrick Hall, PJ Brennan, Jao, Miss Benny, Hatari, and Kim Petras) are returning to the chart with brand-new videos.

   Hatari's brilliant collaboration with gay Palestinian artist Bashar Murad, which enters the LGBT chart at #48 this week, has English subtitles available for the Icelandic and Arabic lyrics. The video was filmed in the Jericho Desert while Hatari was in Israel to perform at Eurovision 2019.

   Chart positions are based on points assigned from (1) the previous week's position, (2) length of time on the chart, (3) views on YouTube from the past seven days, (4) percentage of increase in YouTube views from the week prior, (5) my votes, and (6) any votes I've received by Thursday morning. If you'd like to vote for your favorite songs, please feel free to leave a comment on this blog or send me a private message (see the contact info above).

This week's Top 50 LGBT chart:

This week	Last week	Artist & title	Orig.	Peak	Weeks on chart
1	2	Elliot Jones – “Emotions”	CA/US	1	5
2	4	Alfie Arcuri – “Same”	AU	2	4
3	5	Matthew James – “Right Now”	MA/US	3	4
4	12	The Chainsmokers & Bebe Rexha – “Call You Mine”	US	4	4
5	15	Katy Perry – “Never Really Over”	US	5	5
6	11	Mosimann & Maruv – “Mon Amour”	CH/UK	6	4
7	24	Taylor Swift – “You Need To Calm Down”	US	7	2
8	7	Chris Jehnert – “Welcome to the Hollow”	US	1	8
9	18	LP – “Dreamer”	US	9	3
10	28	Jordy – “Love Me Right”	US	10	3
11	13	Mylène Farmer – “Des Larmes”	FR	5	5
12	9	Allan Jay – “Work Ya Love”	GB	2	8
13	1	Todrick Hall – “Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels”	US	1	6
14	17	Shea Diamond – “Don’t Shoot”	US	14	3
15	43	Mika – “Ice Cream”	FR	15	2
16	33	Gregory Dillon – “Alien Boyfriend”	US	16	2
17	27	Carlos Vara – “Impossible”	US	17	2
18	32	Brian Justin Crum – “I & U”	US	18	2
19	30	Charli XCX & Lizzo – “Blame It On Your Love”	GB/US	19	2
20	10	Michael Medrano – “No More Tequila”	US	10	4
21	6	Daniel Schuhmacher – “Feelings”	DE	6	6
22	38	Nick Bolt & Neven – “Cómeme Ma”	CL/DE	22	2
23	3	Michael Medrano – “Easier”	US	3	5
24	16	Wrabel – “Love to Love U”	US	4	7
25	New	Freddie Mercury – “Time Waits for No One”	GB	25	1
26	21	Katey Brooks – “All of Me”	GB	2	10
27	14	Pragya Pallavi – “Queer It Up”	IN	14	3
28	New	Daya – “Left Me Yet”	US	28	1
29	39	Jamie Hannah – “Sound of My Youth”	GB	29	3
30	New	Todrick Hall – “I Like Boys”	US	30	1
31	19	Elton John & Taron Egerton – “Your Song”	GB/US	19	3
32	New	PJ Brennan – “40 Days”	US/GB	32	1
33	8	Reigen – “Lit Summer”	US	6	7
34	New	Jão – “Monstros”	BR	34	1
35	44	Openside – “Kiss Me”	NZ	35	3
36	22	Gloria Trevi – “Ábranse Perras”	MX	22	5
37	20	Rayvon Owen – “X”	US	20	4
38	23	Hannah Trigwell – “Attention”	GB	23	4
39	25	Lady Leshurr – “Your Mr”	GB	25	4
40	26	Daya – “Insomnia”	US	1	13
41	29	Pentatonix – “Shallow”	US	24	3
42	New	Joy Oladokun – “Blame”	US	42	1
43	49	Máni Orrason – “I Swear It’s True”	IS	43	2
44	48	Renan Pitanga – “Sax”	BR	44	2
45	47	Trevor Moran – “On My Own”	US	45	2
46	New	Miss Benny – “Every Boy”	US	46	1
47	50	Mathew V – “Catching Feelings”	CA	47	2
48	New	Hatari & Bashar Murad – “Klefi/Samed”	IS/PS	48	1
49	New	Kim Petras – “Got My Number”	DE	49	1
50	New	Eledos & La Pelopony – “Cuéntame”	MX/ES	50	1

Numbers on a gold-colored background indicate a new peak position.

Falling off the chart this week:			Orig.	Peak	Weeks on chart
**	31	Bilal Hassani – “Jaloux”	FR	16	4
**	34	Wils – “Open Up Babe”	SG	12	6
**	35	Parker Matthews – “Running from Me”	US	7	7
**	36	Keiino – “Spirit in the Sky”	NO	17	4
**	37	Domo Wilson – “Bisexual Anthem”	US	5	10
**	40	Myylo – “Be My Baby”	US	37	3
**	41	Shea Diamond – “Seen It All”	US	36	3
**	42	Fletcher – “If You’re Gonna Lie”	US	10	7
**	45	Adam Lambert – “New Eyes”	US	45	2
**	46	Kim Petras – “Blow It All”	DE	46	2

Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above
AU = Australia	BR = Brazil	CA = Canada
CH = Switzerland	CL = Chile	DE = Germany
ES = Spain	FR = France	GB = Great Britain
IN = India	IS = Iceland	MA = Morocco
MX = Mexico	NO = Norway	NZ = New Zealand
PS = Palestine	SG = Singapore	UK = Ukraine
US = United States