1 hour ago, Rob said:

Why are Spice Girls, Gaga and Madonna on this list? Not sure being an ally counts as a queer artist.

Also shouldn’t Harry Styles be here or does queerbaiting not count?

I guess because Melanie B is in the band and she is bisexual. She had a relationship with a woman in LA and of course the whole Geri saga!

Apparently Madonna says she has slept with a handful of women too.

On 19/05/2026 at 10:55, Rob said:

Why are Spice Girls, Gaga and Madonna on this list? Not sure being an ally counts as a queer artist.

Also shouldn’t Harry Styles be here or does queerbaiting not count?

gaga and madonna are bi, mel b from spice girls is too iirc. A simple google search tells you that

This pathetic list proves how atrocious the situation is in the industry and who is getting pushed by major labels etc. How embarrassing.

3 hours ago, pavi said:

This pathetic list proves how atrocious the situation is in the industry and who is getting pushed by major labels etc. How embarrassing.

Elaborate??

3 hours ago, pavi said:

This pathetic list proves how atrocious the situation is in the industry and who is getting pushed by major labels etc. How embarrassing.

okay…?

What about the Teletubbies? Tinky Winky just HAS to be a friend of Dorothy, right?

48 minutes ago, 1^∞ said:

Elaborate??

Queer people are the backbone of the pop music industry especially when it comes to fandoms, so it’s disheartening to see how so few of us are actually represented in the industry. I also thought the list would grow bigger in 2010s and 2020s but alas it’s not the case.

1 minute ago, pavi said:

Queer people are the backbone of the pop music industry especially when it comes to fandoms, so it’s disheartening to see how so few of us are actually represented in the industry. I also thought the list would grow bigger in 2010s and 2020s but alas it’s not the case.

I think you need to factor in that we get so fewer #1s than we did in the 00s now (for example) due to streaming, so there’s far less chance of the list growing.

And I feel like streaming tends to favour MOR acts with wide appeal. Gays just make music too fabulous for the general population

Is Kim Petras the only transgender person to have a number 1 ?

1 hour ago, pavi said:

Queer people are the backbone of the pop music industry especially when it comes to fandoms, so it’s disheartening to see how so few of us are actually represented in the industry. I also thought the list would grow bigger in 2010s and 2020s but alas it’s not the case.

Oh I thought you were calling me pathetic haha, I think some other factors for the decline is that groups were more popular during the 2000s and so if one member is queer, all their hits would be included. Also a lot of the early acts came out in the 2010-20s, so there's probably going to be more hits added retroactively from the 2010-20s over the following years and decades.

26 minutes ago, 1^∞ said:

Oh I thought you were calling me pathetic haha, I think some other factors for the decline is that groups were more popular during the 2000s and so if one member is queer, all their hits would be included. Also a lot of the early acts came out in the 2010-20s, so there's probably going to be more hits added retroactively from the 2010-20s over the following years and decades.

Oh, of course not. Thanks for compiling it!

The recent weeks at #1 alone don't tell much of a story. 'Messy' and 'Pink Pony Club' were 2 of the 3 biggest songs in the UK last year, and the list doesn't include #2s, but 'Good Luck, Babe!' and 'BIRDS OF A FEATHER' were both in the top 10 of 2024 and top 15 of 2025.

1 hour ago, Highway Unicorn said:

Is Kim Petras the only transgender person to have a number 1 ?

Teddy Geiger had a #1 as a songwriter/producer on Shawn Mendes' "Stitches"

not sure if anyone else would be joining that club

I hope that we get at least one #1 song with a queer artist. If we don't, it'll be the first year since 1995 to not have one.

6 hours ago, pavi said:

Queer people are the backbone of the pop music industry especially when it comes to fandoms, so it’s disheartening to see how so few of us are actually represented in the industry. I also thought the list would grow bigger in 2010s and 2020s but alas it’s not the case.

okay nvm you saved yourself there 😭

Freddie was very much not on Five’s version of We Will Rock You!