vendredi 22 janvier 2016

Gay Music Chart Awards 2015 - Best Song / Music Video About Marriage Equality

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It's time to choose the Best Song / Music Video About Marriage Equality of 2015 ! YOU decide what was the best of 2015.

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The nominees are : 

Blake McIver - This is Who We Are Blake Mclver is an American actor who debuted his singing career in 2014 by releasing his debut album "The Time Manipulator". Openly gay, he released in 2015 his equality anthem with "This is Who We Are", one month after marriage equailty in the USA became legal. The music video, where he marries a man, has 130.000 views and 880 likes on YouTube at the end of the year 2015.


Garfunkel And Oates - Rainbow Connections Garfunkel and Oates is an American comedy–folk duo from Los Angeles, California, consisting of actress–songwriters Riki Lindhome (Garfunkel) and Kate Micucci (Oates). They made this equality anthem one month before marriage equality was legal in the USA. The music video is a cartoon which show a gay couple falling in love and marry. It has 270.000 views and 9.700 likes on YouTube at the end of the year 2015.


Hermitage Green - Jenny Hermitage Green is an Irish acoustic folk rock band, who released this track to support the YES position in the Irish referendum about marriage equality. The music depicts the story of two women who were confronted suicide attempt and reject of parents because of homophobia in the past, but now are happy while they marry together. The music video has 110.000 views and 930 likes on YouTube at the end of the year 2015.


HUSH - Same [同一個答案] Hush is a Taiwanese openly gay singer, and he shows in his music video « Same » a gay marriage proposal. With this music video, the artist supports marriage equality, which was on debate in this country with the recent general elections. Released in December, the MV has 500.000 views and 5.000 likes at the end of the year 2015.


Jennifer Hudson - I Still Love You Three weeks before the recognition of same sex marriages in the USA, the American singer released this equality anthem to support marriage equality. The music video presents a gay couple preparing their wedding, but one of them doesn't know if his father, who rejected him in the past because of his homosexuality, will finally come. And the answer is yes ! Jennifer Hudson has performed this song in front of a real married gay couple during a wedding : a another way to show her support for the LGBT community. The music video has 2,8 millions views and 28.500 likes at the end of the year 2015 on YouTube. 


Jessica Sutta feat. Rico Love - Let It Be Love This is the lead single of the album « Feline Resurrection ». The music video of the ex-member of the Pussycat Dolls is celebrating all kind of love and supports marriage equality with a lesbian wedding of two women who were friends when they were kids. The music video has 100.000 views and 1.100 likes at the end of the year 2015. The single reached number 6 in the Billboard Dance Chart.


Nasrin Kadri - Second Round / בסיבוב השני - נסרין קדרי Israeli Arab singer supports marriage equality in this music video, which shows a gay Arab couple, and where a father finally accepts his gay son and his partner. The music video has 55.000 views and 260 likes at the end of the year 2015 on YouTube.


Randy Rainbow - The KIM DAVIS Cell Block Tango This fierce but accurate parody gives a point of view about Kim Davis, an American citizen who was in jail for refusing giving licence marriage for gay people. Hilarious are hilarious. The music video has 290.000 views and 5.500 likes at the end of the year 2015 on YouTube.


Ricky Martin - Disparo al Corazón Ricky martin is a famous Puerto Rican gay singer. He debuted his career in the boyband Menudo, and became famous worldwide with his solo career in the Nineties. He only made his coming out only in 2010, and became since a star mediatized in gay medias worldwide. After "The Best Thing About Me Is You" in 2010, it's the second time Ricky Martin shows homosexuality in one of his music video : indeed, we can see a married gay couple. It was a way for the international star to support LGBT rights and equality in a year where the question of same sex marriages was so important in the USA. The music video has 10,1 millions views and 44.000 likes on YouTube at the end of the year 2015. 


Sam Smith - Lay Me Down 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. That’s why this music video is so important, because his large audience saw his support for LGBT rights and marriage equality, while the music video presents a gay wedding in a church. The music video has 129 millions views and almost 790.000 likes on YouTube at the end of the year 2015.


Trevor Moore - Gays Got Married Trevor Moore is a comedian who released an album called "High in Church" which spoofs society. "Gays got married" is a brilliant example of this album : the lyric tells the story of man afraid of legalization of same-sex marriage, and thinks it will the cause of the destruction of his straight couple and his country, because of a nuclear war ! So funny and so refreshing. The video, produced by Comedy Central, has almost 650.000 views and 6.000 likes on YouTube at the end of the year 2015.


Video - Ktos Nowy This Polish music video takes place in a gay wedding, in a country where marriage equality doesn’t exist yet. The music video has 6,3 millions views and almost 25.000 likes on YouTube at the end of the year 2015. 


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