Gay Music Chart Awards 2015 - Best Song / Music Video With A Message Nominees

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The nominees are : 

Calogero - J'ai le droit aussi Calogero is a famous French composer and singer. In his latest album "Les Feux d’artifice", there are two engaged songs, with lyrics written by his wife Marie Baptiste. The first one, "Un jour au même endroit", talks about the murder of two teens and won the prize "Song of the year 2015" in France at Les Victoires de la musique. The second one, "J’ai le droit aussi", which means "I have the right too", is a about homosexuality, where a man claims in a context of homophobia that he has also the right to love. The music video shows a gay teen in the closet who dreams to be openly in love in front of his family and friends with the young man he secretly loves. The music video has 1 million views and 9.000 likes on YouTube at the end of the year 2015.


Francisca Valenzuela – Insulto Taken from the album "Tajo Abierto", this Chilean song is about self acceptance, and tells that even if people insult you, you must accept yourself for who you are, even if you are different from the others. The music video shows the complicated love story of two girls, when it's time to show their couple to all their friends, who don't necessary accept the situation. The music video has 530.000 views and 9.000 likes at the end of the year 2015.

Greg Holden - Boys In The Street Greg Holden is a British singer and songwriter based in New York. "Boys In The Street" is taken from his third album "Chase The Sun". The heartbreaking lyrics talk about a father who doesn't accept his gay son and always ask him to stop kissing boys in the street. But he finally changes his mind when he gets older. The music video has 1,4 million views and 12.000 likes on YouTube at the end of the year 2015.


Jack O'Rourke - Silence Jack O'Rourke is an Irish singer and songwriter. "Silence" is taken from his debut EP "The Other Side of Now". The artist composed this song to support the YES position in the Irish referendum for marriage equality which took place one month after the released of this video (by the way, the YES won !). The lyrics talk about the difficulties to grow up as homosexual when homophobia exists around you. The music video has 17.000 views and 320 likes on YouTube at the end of the year 2015.


Jeffery Self & Jake Wilson - Sad Studs PSA This parody of Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" was directed by Director Jake Wilson, with the help of Jeffery Self, Drew Droege, Matthew Risch, and a cast of sexy studs, to shake up the FDA's ban on blood donations from gay men, who can donate their blood only if they haven't gay sex in the past 12 months. The music video has 250.000 views and 4.000 likes at the end of the year 2015.


Panthyr - Desirable This is the first single of Jamie Treadwell, an American queer artist formerly known as James Panther. The lyrics critic the quest of body's perfection conveyed by medias, which at first can be toxic with your relationship with yourself, and which at second can exclude those who don't or can't reach this ideal, unfortunately present in the LGBTQ communities because of the medias, but also toxic with your own. The music video has 6.900 views and 120 likes on YouTube at the end of the year 2015.


Lady Gaga - Til It Happens to You Her engeged music video depicts sexual assaults on several college women and a trans men. A portion of sales from the song will benefit organizations which aid survivors of campus sexual assault. The music video has 23,5 millions views and 380.000 likes on YouTube at the end of the year 2015.


Mafaka - #377Teri The Mumbai based acoustic funk rock dua denounces section 377 in India which criminalizes homosexuality. The music video has 3.500 views and 90 likes at the en of the year on YouTube.


Parson James - Sinner Like You Parson James is a American singer. His debut career is already successful with the collaboration with Kigo for the clubs song "Stole the show" which was a huge hit in Europe. He also made a collaboration for another track for the club with Audien for the clubs single "Insomnia". "Sinner Like You" is his debut single in solo, and has been already noticed in the Gay Music Chart, even if it hasn't any music video. That's because of its powerful lyrics : it talks about a man who makes his coming out to his parents. It has 110.000 views and 1.800 likes on YouTube at the end of the year 2015.


Rachel Potter - Jesus and Jezebel Rachel Lindsey Potter is an American actress, country singer, and songwriter. She was a contestant of the third season of X-Factor in 2013. In this single, taken from her debut solo record "Not So Black and White", she defends homosexuality, while marriage equality wasn't legal yet in the United States (it was legal only one month and a half after the release of this music video). She tells the story of a young man called Jack, who discovers he's gay and in love with Adam, which case him spiritual problems because of his Christian faith. Her conclusion is clear : Jesus still loves him despite his sexual orientation. It's a Christian positive song, and the cute music video matches perfectly with the lyrics. It has 20.000 views and 600 likes on Youtube at the end of the year 2015.


Show Lo羅志祥 - Let Go夠了 The famous Taiwanese singer, also know as the "Asian Dancing King", sings against cyberbullying. The music video shows three types of victims most vulnerable of bullying : women, gays, and obese people. The music video has 4,2 millions views and 24.800 likes on YouTube at the end of the year 2015.


Will Young - Brave Man Will Young is a famous British gay singer.Taken from the album « 85 % Proof », the fourth official single shows in its stunning music video a young transgender who prefers to be naked and faces shame and hostility by strangers in the streets than don’t be who he really is. The lyrics perfectly match with the music video. Massively mediatized in British medias, but also in the world, it revived the debate about transgenders rights in The United Kingdom. It has 300.000 views and almost 3.500 likes on YouTube at the end of the year 2015.


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