GAY MUSIC CHART – 2017 week 01
Welcome to the Gay Music
Chart, the LGBTQA related music videos TOP 40 actuality and most request.
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Here is the
recap for this week :
OUT : Jaremi Carey - Play (LW: 11 / WO: 14 / PEAK: 05)
OUT : The Veronicas - On Your Side (LW: 20 / WO: 6 / PEAK: 06)
OUT : Jay Brannan - This Damn Guitar (LW: 23 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 23)
OUT : Macklemore - Wednesday Morning (live @ The Ellen
Show) (LW: 24 / WO: 1 /
PEAK: 24)
OUT : Miles Evan Windsor - You'll Never Know (LW: 28 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 28)
OUT : Boy Radio - Let's Go Party (LW: 32 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 32)
OUT : Matthew Wood - One Life (LW: 33 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 33)
OUT : Scotty Dynamo - Not Like You (LW: 34 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 34)
OUT : Patricia Kaas - Le refuge (LW: 36 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 36)
OUT : Dodie - Sick of Losing Soulmates (LW: 37 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 08)
OUT : Blood Orange - Better Than Me (LW: 39 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 39)
OUT : CupcakKe - LGBT (LW: 40 / WO: 1 / PEAK: 40)
01 (+ 4) : GAREK -
Stray (LW: 05 / WO: 15 /
PEAK: 01 (x1))
The new single taken
from the upcoming album "Take the King" is a conversation with his
8-year-old self about accepting who he is, the talk he wishes he had as a
child, because he "spent so many years hating [himself] because [he]
listened to the voices around [him] saying that people like [him] were
disgusting".
02 (+ 1) : Benny -
Boys Will Be Boys (LW: 03 / WO: 3 / PEAK: 02)
It took two years for
the 17 years old YouTuber Ben J. Pierce to release a new music video after
"Little Game", but the wait was worth it, because it's really good.
It talks about toxic masculinity and the effects it can have on a person.
03 (+ 3) : Alvin
Point - Il a dit (LW: 06 / WO: 16 / PEAK: 01 (x4))
The first single of the
24 years old singer is talking about a romantic gay love story. The title means
"he said".
04 (- 2) : Tyler Glenn - Midnight (LW: 02 / WO: 9 / PEAK: 01 (x2))
For his new single
taken from the album "Excommunication", Tyler Glenn questions his
faith with God.
05 (+ 3) : Namuel -
Maldita Ingenuidad (LW: 08 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 05)
This is the new single
of the Chilean singer.
06 (+ 7) : Anh Tú -
Giấc Mơ Không Nhoà (OST "Thần Tiên Cũng Nỗi Điên") (LW: 13 / WO: 11 / PEAK: 06)
This song is taken from
the OST of the Vietnamese movie "The Fairies of Love".
07 (- 3) : Chester Lockhart - Kiss (LW: 04 / WO: 12 / PEAK: 02)
Well known for being an
acolyte of Todrick Hall in his videos, Chester Lockhart begins his own career
now.
08 (+ 27) : Pixie
Geldof - Woman Go Wild (LW: 35 / WO: 8 / PEAK: 02)
In this British
romantic lesbian music video, a girl dreams to find and kiss her date at the
prom. The song is taken from the debut album "I’m Yours".
09 (+ 22) : Sxip
Shirey feat. Xavier - Cinnamon Stick (LW: 31 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 09)
This is taken from the
upcoming album "A Bottle of Whiskey and a Handful of Bees".
10 (- 9) : Years & Years - Meteorite (LW: 01 / WO: 14 / PEAK: 01 (x2))
This single is taken
from the OST of the new Bridget Jones movie.
11 (+ 8) : Kevin
Abstract - Miserable America (LW: 19 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 11)
Taken from his album
"American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story", this song is taking
about rejection for sexual orientation and skin color, as the lyrics say “My
best friend’s racist, my mother’s homophobic / I’m stuck in the closet, I’m so
claustrophobic,” and adds that his boyfriend's parents "love gays but they
hate niggas."
12 (- 2) : Us The Duo - I’m Me (LW: 10 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 10)
This song is talking
about Camden, a gay soldier in the Marine Corps. The band is playing in front
of him in the video with his fellow Marines. His story is also available on
their YouTube channel.
13 (+ 2) : Lost
American - Put Me in a Spell (LW: 15 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 13)
Two straight boys
finally fell in love for each other after a lot of sexual tension in this music
video.
14 (NEW) : Pentatonix - Coldest Winter (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 14)
This is another
Christmas song from the acapella band.
15 (+ 11) :
Patricio Arellano - Nuevo Sol (LW: 26 / WO: 7 / PEAK: 14)
The 34 years old singer
is the first in Argentina to show gay love with this pop love song called
"New Sun". He kisses several times the actor Eliseo Barrionuevo in
this MV. The song is taken from the album "Romeo".
16 (- 4) : Sia - The Greatest (LW: 12 / WO: 17 / PEAK: 01 (x4))
This music video is a
tribute to the victims of Orlando shooting, with 49 dancers for 49 lives lost.
Sia is actually supporting marriage equality in Australia. She also won the
Best female artist at the Aria Awards 2016.
17 (+ 12) : Prinze
George - Wait Up (LW: 29 / WO: 18 / PEAK: 02)
The first single of the
debut album "Illiterate Synth Pop" from Brooklyn's trio has a black
and white music video centered on a gay couple.
18 (+ 4) : Hikaru
Utada 「宇多田ヒカル」- Tomodachi 「ともだち」(LW: 22 / WO: 12 / PEAK: 04)
To promote her new album "Fantôme", the
queen of J-Pop has performed live on Japanese channel NHK. It was a big event
because she sang "Tomadachi" ("Friends"), a song written
from the perspective of a gay person that’s falling in love with a straight
friend. Due to restrictions on YouTube, see it on Vimeo with this
link : https://vimeo.com/183860940
19 (NEW) : George Michael - Careless Whisper (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 19)
The British Pop Star of
the 80s and the 90s has passed away this week. R.I.P. All his music videos of
his huge discography has gained millions of views in total this week, and this
one in particulary.
20 (- 13) : 尚雯婕 Laure Shang - 《Single Boy 单身男》(LW: 07 / WO: 4 / PEAK: 07)
Taken from the new
album『Black & Golden黑金』of the Chinese singer, this single made the buzz in gay
Chinese media because of its english lyrics, which say "single boy, why
not be a gay? No more fake, no more hate, let us all be gay!". A Chinese
version is also available.
21 (RE-ENTRY) : Autoheart - Oxford Blood (LW: - / WO: 4 / PEAK: 05)
This is taken from
their second album "I Can Build A Fire".
22 (- 13) : Lizzo - Good As Hell (LW: 09 / WO: 5 / PEAK: 04)
This is taken from the
EP "Coconut Oil".
23 (+ 7) :
Lostchild - Town (LW: 30 / WO: 8 / PEAK: 10)
The British singer
describes his debut single as an ode to growing up "different" in the
middle of nowhere.
24 (NEW) : Dean Fujioka - History Maker
(Yuri!!! On Ice - opening soundtrack) (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 24)
This is the opening
song of "Yuri!!! on Ice", one of the best anime of 2016, about figure
skating. Critics and public praised the qualities of the animation, the
soundtrack, the characters, and especially the innovation in the way is
represented a love story between two characters of the same sex (Yuri and
Victor) in a mainstream anime not classified yaoi in Japan.
25 (+ 13) : Asbjørn
- BOY PWR (LW: 38 / WO: 3 /
PEAK: 21)
The new single of the
Danish singer based in Germany is about masculinity stereotypes and the
necessity to defy them and hold strong. The track is taken from his forthcoming
third album, set for release in 2017.
26 (NEW) : Leikeli47 - Money (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 26)
This is the new track
of the masked rapper.
27 (- 13) : Simple Plan - Perfectly Perfect (LW: 14 / WO: 3 / PEAK:
14)
The music video
dedicated to love shows several couples, including some gay and lesbian
couples.
28 (- 1) : Tegan and Sara - Boyfriend (LW: 27 / WO: 36 /
PEAK: 03)
This is taken from the album "Love You to
Death".
29 (NEW) : LeKlein - Ouch! (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 29)
The singer is candidate
for representing Spain to the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with this song.
30 (- 12) : SISTAR (씨스타), Giorgio Moroder - One More Day (LW: 18 / WO: 6 / PEAK: 13)
The new music video of
one the most famous girl band in South Korea makes the buzz with a storyline
about a love triangle with two women having a secret affair.
31 (RE-ENTRY) : Tegan And Sara - Dying to Know
(LW: - / WO: 3 /
PEAK: 24)
This is the ninth
single taken from the album "Love You to Death".
32 (- 16) : Brian Justin Crum - Name On You (LW: 16 / WO: 8 / PEAK: 03)
Brian Justin Crum from
America's Got Talent performs his new single "Name On You" at the
2016 Marco Marco Show for Collection Five at the Globe Theater in Downtown Los
Angeles.
33 (- 8) : Edward Barrow - Toi, Elle et Moi (LW: 25 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 25)
This French song and
music video is about bisexuality and threesome.
34 (NEW) : Old 97's feat. Brandi Carlile -
Good With God (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 34)
This is taken from the
upcoming album "Graveyard Whistling".
35 (- 18) : LP - Lost On You (LW: 17 / WO: 29 /
PEAK: 01 (x4))
LP, aka Laura
Pergolizzi, kisses another woman at the end of her new music video. This kiss
is censored in Russia.
36 (RE-ENTRY) : Brendan Maclean - Never Enough
(LW: - / WO: 9 /
PEAK: 02)
Here is the new single
of the Australian singer taken from his album "funbang1".
37 (NEW) : BILLY - Not Over You (LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 37)
The lead singer of the
German band Tokio Hotel beggins a solo career.
38 (- 17) : Mario Jose - Tell Me Now (LW: 21 / WO: 2 / PEAK: 21)
The first solo single
of the Californian singer is talking about unrequited love, and has a music video
which shows that his love interest is a man. This is taken from his first EP
"The Heart Of Gold".
39 (RE-ENTRY) : Pansy Division - Kiss Me At
Midnight (LW: - / WO: 3 / PEAK: 21)
The gay rock band from
San Francisco has just released his new album "Quite Contrary".
40 (RE-ENTRY) : Danielle LoPresti - Holy (LW: - / WO: 3 / PEAK:
09)
This 8mn music video
shows a pastor meeting LGBTQ members of her congregation to inform them that
their love is wrong as said in the Bible. But the real-life couples, including
John Barrowman and his husband Scott Gill, respond to her with another
interpretation of the biblical texts. This is a way to discover what does the
Bible say...
ALSO NEW THIS WEEK
Jean-Michel Jarre feat. Pet Shop Boys - Brick England
This collab is taken
from the album "Electronica 2".
Supremme de Luxe - Ener-G
This is the new single
of the Spanish singer made for the clubs.
Ryan Amador & Daniel Weidlein - Cavemen
This is another track
taken from the album/film "(In) Body Vol. 1: Becom(in)g".
Conchita feat. edo - Champagne Kisses (cover)
This is a cover of
Jessie Ware.
Alex Palmieri - Online (live @ Cantando Ballando / Canale
Italia)
While waiting for the
music video, here is the new single of the Italian singer.
The Paisley Fields feat. DJ Mitch Ferrino - Gay For Christmas
If you follow the
example of this song, it's time to come out as gay for Christmas.
Hi-STANDARD - You Can't Hurry Love
The members of this
Japanese band wear fashionable dresses from the 60's for this rock cover of The
Supremes.
Anohni - Obama
The transgender singer
demands to president Obama with this video to free Chelsea Manning.
See you next week and
don’t forget to vote for your best LGBTQA music videos ! Here are the rules :
1 ) You can vote for
many videos as you want under the videos on YouTube in the comment section. It
could be recent or past music videos, which must provide at least one among the
following conditions:
- the music video has
LGBTQA related content, in the lyrics or the music video
- the artist is LGBTQA,
an LGBTQA icon or eventually ally
- LGBTQA medias talked
about it.
2 ) You can’t vote more
than 3 songs of a same artist per week.
3 ) In case of an artist
who receive votes mostly by a fan base, we will count only one song, in a
limited time of 10 weeks of presence in the top.
4 ) You can vote with
only one account.
5 ) If you make 10 votes
or less, your first vote will represent 10 points, your second vote 9 points,
etc… until your tenth vote and following 1 point. If you make 11 to 20 votes,
your first vote will represent 20 points, your second vote 19 points, etc… If
you make more than 20 votes, your first vote will represent 40 points, your
second vote 39 points, etc…
6 ) People who make 1 to
10 votes form the amateur ranking, those who make 11 to 20 votes form the fan
ranking, those who make more than 20 votes form the expert ranking. We form the
jury ranking. The Gay Music Chart is the addition of the four charts. In case
of equality, the number of votes and the dates of votes will count.
7 ) The votes will close
on Friday, 8 PM, European time.