Chart Week #34 of 2020: Week of 23rd August
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Chart notes:
Italian musician Tiziano Ferro is on top of the LGBT chart this week, as "Balla Per Me" (a collaboration with Italian singer Jovanotti) moves up three more notches to the #1 position. Tiziano recently announced via his Instagram page that he is working on more new music, including some collaborations with other Italian singers, and he plans to tour Italy again in 2021. Tiziano came out as gay in 2010 during an interview with Vanity Fair. Last year, he married former Warner Brothers consultant Victor Allen in Sabaudia, a small coastal city just to the south of Rome.
Eleven songs fell off the chart this week to make way for eleven new songs. The highest debut of the week was "Sober" by American singer/actor Ryan Cassata, entering the chart at #36. Last month Ryan was one of the headliner acts for the TRANScendent Sounds Fest, a new online transgender music festival that streamed live on YouTube. He will also be appearing next week at OutFest 2020, the largest LGBT film festival in Los Angeles (which is featuring drive-in movies only, due to the pandemic restrictions) in the film Two Eyes. After the movie's premiere on August 30th, it will become available (for a fee) on Vimeo. Ryan came out as transgender in 2007, when he was only 13 years old.
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 seven days, (4) percentage of increase in YouTube views from the week prior, (5) my votes, and (6) any votes I've received by Wednesday 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 | 4 | Tiziano Ferro & Jovanotti – “Balla Per Me” | IT | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | Marshmello & Halsey – “Be Kind” | US | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 5 | Duncan Laurence – “Someone Else” | NL | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | Vincint – “Save Myself” | US | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 10 | Carlie Hanson – “Stealing All My Friends” | US | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | 16 | Troye Sivan – “Easy” | AU | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | 14 | Big Dipper & Boy Radio – “Like This” | US | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | Dotan – “No Words” | NL | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 15 | Limahl – “Still in Love” | GB | 9 | 4 |
| 10 | 23 | Bilal Hassani – “Fais Le Vide” | FR | 10 | 3 |
| 11 | 7 | Ruben – “Burn Down This Room” | NO | 7 | 6 |
| 12 | 30 | Javiera Mena – “Corazón Astral” | CL | 12 | 2 |
| 13 | 24 | Keiino – “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” | NO | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 13 | Jason Mraz – “Look For the Good” | US | 1 | 11 |
| 15 | 8 | Zee Machine – “Stealing Candy” | US | 8 | 6 |
| 16 | 29 | Ben Hazlewood – “Lying” | NZ/AU | 16 | 2 |
| 17 | 9 | Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande – “Rain On Me” | US | 1 | 9 |
| 18 | 42 | LP – “The One That You Love” | US | 18 | 2 |
| 19 | 38 | Maruv & Boosin – “I Want You” | UK | 19 | 2 |
| 20 | 11 | Elliot Jones – “Groupie” | CA/US | 11 | 6 |
| 21 | 35 | rIVerse – “Stand Up” | CA | 21 | 3 |
| 22 | 6 | Kim Petras – “Malibu” | DE | 6 | 7 |
| 23 | 17 | Apolo – “Otro Nivel” | ES | 17 | 3 |
| 24 | 47 | Billy Porter – “For What It’s Worth” | US | 24 | 3 |
| 25 | 21 | Ben Hazlewood – “Lay Me Down” | NZ/AU | 1 | 10 |
| 26 | 12 | Sia – “Together” | AU | 2 | 7 |
| 27 | 45 | Kazaky – “Fucking Beautiful” | UK | 27 | 2 |
| 28 | 18 | Donna Missal – “Let You Let Me Down” | US | 5 | 6 |
| 29 | 50 | Bonavega – “Pain and Pleasure” | US | 29 | 2 |
| 30 | 19 | Greyson Chance – “Honeysuckle” | US | 6 | 8 |
| 31 | 20 | Bronze Avery – “Only You” | US | 20 | 4 |
| 32 | 44 | Jaime Kohen – “Mar de Sábanas” | MX | 32 | 2 |
| 33 | 22 | Adam Joseph – “Daddy” | US | 3 | 9 |
| 34 | 49 | Agoney – “Más” | ES | 34 | 2 |
| 35 | 25 | Fletcher & Kito – “Bitter” | US | 12 | 6 |
| 36 | New | Ryan Cassata – “Sober” | US | 36 | 1 |
| 37 | 26 | Madblush – “Isolados” | BR | 6 | 7 |
| 38 | 27 | Carly Rae Jepsen & Jack Antonoff – “This Love Isn’t Crazy” | CA/US | 15 | 5 |
| 39 | 28 | Titus Burgess – “Dance MF” | US | 16 | 5 |
| 40 | New | Mueveloreina – “Yipikyey!” | ES | 40 | 1 |
| 41 | New | Gordi – “Extraordinary Life” | AU | 41 | 1 |
| 42 | New | Lauren Sanderson – “Internet” | US | 42 | 1 |
| 43 | 37 | Isaac Dunbar – “Boy” | US | 37 | 2 |
| 44 | New | Pablo Alborán & Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia – “Cuando Estés Aquí” | ES/CO | 44 | 1 |
| 45 | New | Patricio Arellano – “Música Por Favor!” | AR | 45 | 1 |
| 46 | New | Flavia – “Does She Like It Rough?” | IE/IT | 46 | 1 |
| 47 | New | Siena Liggins – “Perfect” | US | 47 | 1 |
| 48 | New | Gregory Dillon – “Plastic Ferrari” | US | 48 | 1 |
| 49 | New | Surfaces & Elton John – “Learn to Fly” | US/GB | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Ricky Merino & Danny Romero – “Bestia” | 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 | Amber Liu & James Lee – “Alright” | US | 19 | 5 |
| ** | 32 | Doug Locke – “Black Travolta” | US | 5 | 8 |
| ** | 33 | George Michael, Mary J. Blige, Tommy Theo, Waze & Odyssey – “Always (Drag Stars Remix)” | GB/US/ NL | 20 | 4 |
| ** | 34 | Douwe Bob – “What a Wonderful World” | NL | 21 | 4 |
| ** | 36 | Jvel – “No Somos Humanos” | ES | 24 | 4 |
| ** | 39 | Felix Jaehn, Gashi, & Faangs – “Sicko” | DE/US/CA | 1 | 11 |
| ** | 40 | Davi Clintori – “B*tch, Please!” | BR | 6 | 8 |
| ** | 41 | Daniel Schuhmacher – “Supalonely” | DE | 15 | 6 |
| ** | 43 | Jordy – “Boys Boys Boys” | US | 31 | 3 |
| ** | 46 | Dani Ride – “Ven Dímelo” | CL | 42 | 3 |
| ** | 48 | Luis Gamarra – “Libre” | BO | 46 | 2 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above | ||
| AR = Argentina | AU = Australia | BO = Bolivia |
| BR = Brazil | CA = Canada | CL = Chile |
| CO = Colombia | DE = Germany | ES = Spain |
| FR = France | GB = Great Britain | IE = Ireland |
| IT = Italy | MX = Mexico | NL = Netherlands |
| NO = Norway | NZ = New Zealand | UK = Ukraine |
| US = United States | ||
