Gay Music Chart Awards 2015 - Best Song Nominees

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It's time to choose the Best Song of 2015 ! YOU decide what was the best of 2015.

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The nominees are : 

Adam Lambert - Ghost Town Adam Lambert is an American singer who became famous with his participation on American idol in 2009, even if only came second in the competition. Since, he has gained a worldwide popularity. He released this year his third album "The Original High" which reached number 3 at US Billboard 200 and in the top 5 in several countries in the world. "Ghost Town" is the lead single of this album, and was a hit in Europe, Oceania, but less in North America. It also spent the most of weeks in our Gay Music Chart, often in the Top 5. The music video has 50 millions views and 400.000 likes at the end of the year 2015 on YouTube.


Christine and The Queens - Christine Christine is a French queer artist, who won several awards in France in 2015 for Best Female Artist, Best Music Video, and Best Song Writer. She released at the end of the year 2014 her first album "Chaleur humaine", which had a huge success in France and Belgium where it reached number 1. She's actually promoted her US version of her album, with TV appearances (like in the Daily Show), concerts, and collaboration with queer artist Perfume Genius for the single "Jonathan". "Christine" is the most successful single taken from this album. It reached number 1 in Belgium and number 3 in France. The choreographed music video, where some people compare her to Michael Jackson for her moves, has 20,5 millions views and 73.000 likes on YouTube at the end of the year 2015.


Conchita Wurst - Heroes Conchita Wurst is one of the most famous drag queen in the world, since her victory at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the mythic song "Rise Like a Phoenix". With her victory, the Austrian bearded drag queen won also a large mediatization and a strong fan base worldwide. She became an icon : even Miss Austria dressed like her in her national costume at Miss Universe 2015 ! She performed worldwide, met famous people like Ban Ki-moon to talk about LGBT rights, won three awards in her country, released her first album "Conchita" which became platinum in Austria, released a biography... What a year ! "Heroes" is her second single taken from her first album "Conchita". It reached at number 4 of the Austrian singles chart, and the music video, which has 1,2 millions views and 13.500 likes on YouTube at the end of the year 2015, won the Amadeus Austrian Music Award 2015 for the Best Music Video of the year 2015.


Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best Courtney Barnett is an Australian openly lesbian singer from Melbourne. She was nominated in eight categories at the ARIA Music Awards of 2015, and won four trophies: Breakthrough Artist, Best Female Artist, Best Independent Release and Best Cover Art for her first album "Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit". This album reached number 4 in Australia and number 20 in the US. "Pedestrian At Best" is a rock single taken from this album. The music video has 2,5 millions views and 17.000 likes at the end of the year 2015 on YouTube.


Hayley Kiyoko - Girls Like Girls Hayley Kiyoko is a Japanese-American actress, singer and songwriter. "Girls Like Girls" is a lesbian love song, taken from her second EP "This Side of Paradise". The music video, which shows a teenage lesbian love story, has been viewed more than 21,3 millions times at the end of the year : it is the second lesbian music video most viewed in 2015, behind "Supergirl" by Anna Aklab. But with 461.000 likes (more than the double for "Supergirl"), this is the lesbian music video most appreciate this year.


Sam Smith - Writing's On The Wall Sam Smith is a 23 years old British openly gay singer who made his coming out last year. His first album "In the Lonely Hour" is a huge success, with 8,5 millions copies sold worldwide. He became since last year the LGBT artist most mediatized in gay medias worldwide. Everything he says or does (his love relationships, his opinion about LGBT rights, his pictures on Instagram, his lose of weight, his musical actuality like with his music video "Lay Me Down" about marriage equality, or his second collaboration with Disclosure with the single "Omen" ...) is reported from Europe to Russia, from the USA to China. And this year, he was chosen to sing the original soundtrack of the Jame's Bond Movie "Spectre", a premiere for a gay artist in this franchise. The single reached at number 1 in the UK, and the music video has 81,5 millions views and 630.000 likes on YouTube at the end of the year 2015. And must of all, it won the Golden Globe Award 2016 for Best original Song !


Steve Grand - Time
It took a long time to the openly gay independent artist to release his fourth single "Time" and his first album "All American Boy", but the mediatization was huge worldwide in gay medias, and the success important for an independent artist, with 10.000 copies sold, a 47th position in Billboard 200 albums chart, and a third position in Billboard US Independent Albums Chart. The music video shows a gay love story from the meeting to the break-up. It has 870.000 views and 20.000 likes at the end of the year 2015. 


Tooji - Father
Tooji is a Norwegian singer, who represented his country at Eurovision Song Contest 2012. We knew already he was gay at this time, but he made a second coming out this year, and this time, it was mediatized worldwide in gay medias, with this scandalous music video which shows Tooji making love with a priest in a Church in front of people. Sex sells ! And it was one the music videos which spend the most of time this year in the gay Music Chart. The music video has 1 million views and 11.000 likes at the end of the year 2015. That’s why he used the same recipe for his next single "Say Yeah".


Troye Sivan - Wild (Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy – Part 1) Troye Sivan is a 20 years old famous YouTuber, actor and singer. After the success of his single "Happy Little Pill" last year, the openly gay Australian released in 2015 his first album "Blue Neighbourhood". To promote his album, he released at first the "Wild" EP, and a "Blue Neighbourhood" trilogy of music videos which tell the complicated love story of two young men who must face homophobia. "Wild" (Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy Part 1/3) shows the childhood of the two lovers, "Fools" (Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy Part 2/3) shows the breakup of the young couple because of the homophobic father of one of them, and "Talk Me Down" (Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy Part 3/3) shows their future after the death of one of the characters of the trilogy. The mediatization in gay medias of his music videos was worldwide. With no doubt, Troye Sivan is one of the new rising artist of the year. All three music videos together have 26 millions of views and 840.000 likes at the end of the year 2015. "Wild" has 11,4 millions views and 340.000 likes on his own.


Years & Years – King Years and Years is a British band composed by openly gay singer, and musicians Emre Turkmen and Michael Goldsworthy. The huge success of their single "King" (number 1 in UK and in the top 10 of several countries in the world) and their first album "Communion" (number 1 in UK and in the top 10 in several European and oceanian countries) made the lead singer a gay icon, with gay medias in the world report his private life (especially his love relationship with Clean Bandit's violinist Neil Milan Amin-Smith from October 2014 to October 2015) and his opinions (he supported the Yes side of the Irish gay marriage referendum). "King" has 122 millions views and 580.000 likes on YouTube at the end of the year 2015.


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