Chart Week #42 of 2020: Week of 18th October
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Chart notes:
Israeli singers Harel Skaat and Anya Buxtein have taken over the top spot on the LGBT chart this weekend with "Kol Hayom", moving up three places to the #1 position. In English, the track's title translates to "All Day". Harel Skaat appeared as a contestant on the second season of Kochav Nolad (the Israeli version of American Idol), finishing the competition in second place. Harel won over international fans when he was chosen to represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2010. He is openly gay, and his politician husband (Idan Roll) is one of six LGBT members of the Israeli Knesset. The video for "Kol Hayom" gained an additional 58,585 YouTube views over the past seven days, which is an increase of 8.85% over the previous week.
Six songs fell off the chart this week to make way for six new songs. The highest debut of the week was "Heather" by bisexual American singer Conan Gray, entering the chart at #28. The song's lyrics tell the tale of an unrequited love and the jealousy that Conan feels when his crush prefers a girl named Heather rather than him. The video for "Heather" gained an additional 1,679,164 views on YouTube over the past week, which is an increase of 8.19% 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 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 videos, 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 | Harel Skaat & Anya Buxtein – “כל היום (Kol Hayom)” | IL | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | Esteman & Daniela Spalla – “Te Alejas Más De Mí” | CO/AR | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 10 | Steps – “What the Future Holds” | GB | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 13 | Felix Jaehn, Nea, & Bryn Christoper – “No Therapy” | DE/SE/ GB | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 7 | LP – “The One That You Love” | US | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | 1 | Qveen Herby & Durand Bernarr – “Self Aware” | US | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | 11 | Nimmo – “Come Back” | GB | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | Paul Woolford, Diplo, & Kareen Lomax – “Looking For Me” | GB/US | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | 6 | Jaden Smith – “Cabin Fever” | US | 6 | 5 |
| 10 | 19 | Wafia – “Butterflies” | AU | 10 | 3 |
| 11 | 15 | Orville Peck & Shania Twain – “Legends Never Die” | CA | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | Yungblud – “Strawberry Lipstick” | GB | 8 | 5 |
| 13 | 18 | Tom Goss – “Nerdy Bear” | US | 13 | 5 |
| 14 | 9 | Joel Corry & MNEK – “Head and Heart” | GB | 1 | 8 |
| 15 | 25 | Bria Kam – “Liar” | US | 15 | 3 |
| 16 | 31 | Daniel Schuhmacher – “Hypnotized” | DE | 16 | 3 |
| 17 | 33 | Katy Perry – “Cry About It Later” | US | 17 | 2 |
| 18 | 12 | Anne-Marie & Doja Cat – “To Be Young” | GB/US | 12 | 6 |
| 19 | 21 | Christine and the Queens & Caroline Polachek – “La Vita Nuova” | FR/US | 19 | 4 |
| 20 | 44 | Sam Smith – “Diamonds” | GB | 20 | 2 |
| 21 | 39 | Miley Cyrus – “Midnight Sky” | US | 21 | 2 |
| 22 | 16 | Ricky Martin & Carla Morrison – “Recuerdo” | PR/MX | 16 | 5 |
| 23 | 32 | Mxmtoon – “Almost Home” | US | 23 | 3 |
| 24 | 5 | Pentatonix – “Break My Heart” | US | 5 | 5 |
| 25 | 37 | Greyson Chance – “Bad to Myself” | US | 25 | 3 |
| 26 | 50 | Mika & Michele Bravi – “Bella D’Estate” | GB/IT | 26 | 2 |
| 27 | 14 | Morgan Saint – “Help” | US | 2 | 7 |
| 28 | New | Conan Gray – “Heather” | US | 28 | 1 |
| 29 | 17 | Kygo & Kim Petras – “Broken Glass” | NO/DE | 11 | 6 |
| 30 | 34 | Marshmello & Halsey – “Be Kind” | US | 1 | 12 |
| 31 | 26 | Jason Mraz – “My Kind” | US | 26 | 4 |
| 32 | 40 | Vincint – “Be Me” | US | 32 | 3 |
| 33 | 20 | MKSM – “Be Alright” | RU/DE | 6 | 6 |
| 34 | 22 | Troye Sivan – “Easy” | AU | 1 | 11 |
| 35 | 45 | The Knocks & Muna – “Bodies” | US | 35 | 2 |
| 36 | 28 | The Veronicas – “Biting My Tongue” | AU | 28 | 4 |
| 37 | 23 | Declan McKenna – “Daniel, You’re Still a Child” | GB | 19 | 5 |
| 38 | 24 | Jessie Ware – “What’s Your Pleasure?” | GB | 5 | 8 |
| 39 | 42 | Lostchild – “Imperfect” | GB | 39 | 3 |
| 40 | 29 | Sandro Cavazza & Brother Leo – “Sad Child” | SE | 3 | 8 |
| 41 | 47 | Bilal Hassani – “Dead Bae” | FR | 41 | 2 |
| 42 | 43 | Emily Burns – “I Love You, You’re the Worst” | GB | 42 | 3 |
| 43 | New | Gregory Dillon – “Screenshots” | US | 43 | 1 |
| 44 | 46 | Michael Medrano – “Hands On U” | US | 44 | 2 |
| 45 | 48 | Alessandro ‘Alo’ Casini – “Torneremo” | IT | 45 | 2 |
| 46 | New | Jaime Kohen – “Otros Labios” | MX | 46 | 1 |
| 47 | 49 | Katie Pruitt – “Normal” | US | 47 | 2 |
| 48 | New | Fletcher – “If I Hated You” | US | 48 | 1 |
| 49 | New | Troye Sivan – “Rager Teenager!” | AU | 49 | 1 |
| 50 | New | Victoria Monét – “Jaguar” | US | 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 | Gregory Dillon – “Plastic Ferrari” | US | 3 | 8 |
| ** | 30 | Bloxx – “Off My Mind” | GB | 8 | 6 |
| ** | 35 | TeawhYB – “Cherry on Top” | US | 35 | 3 |
| ** | 36 | Wrabel & Kesha – “Since I Was Young” | US | 18 | 5 |
| ** | 38 | Troye Sivan – “In a Dream” | AU | 26 | 3 |
| ** | 41 | Matilda – “Figure It Out” | NO | 41 | 3 |
| Codes used in the ‘Origin’ columns from the tables above | ||
| AR = Argentina | AU = Australia | CA = Canada |
| CO = Colombia | DE = Germany | FR = France |
| GB = Great Britain | IL = Israel | IT = Italy |
| MX = Mexico | NO = Norway | PR = Puerto Rico |
| RU = Russia | SE = Sweden | US = United States |
