The Modern Gay Canon
by 
DeusExMackia 
The objectively queer albums that have defined mine and my friends' time on this damn earth.
In a chronological order!
Not everything is on here. Tell me what I ought to add.
- Chart updated: 08/05/2024 10:45
- (Created: 06/23/2023 09:54).
- Chart size: 27 albums.
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While Gaga had already had her break-through and was already a queer icon, this was the record that firmly cemented her status as gay icon. The 'LGBT' stands for 'Lady Gaga Beyoncé - Telephone' for a reason.
[First added to this chart: 11/17/2023]
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2009
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1,062
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This album is still quoted daily by myself and many millions of others. It's like a fucking dictionary.
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I'm so glad she clarified that she DOES remember ARTPOP. This thing is still a miracle.
[First added to this chart: 11/17/2023]
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A generation of Tumblr users radicalised by this fucking record. I'll never be able to take it seriously, but it's impact must memoralised.
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Specifically 'Kill V. Maim'.
[First added to this chart: 11/17/2023]
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2015
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3,850
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Twigs loves her gays of course, but 'M3LLI55X' specifically makes me want to contort my body whilst having a cold shower, pretending I'm in the music video for 'In Time'. Straight music does not make you want to do this.
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'Blonde' speaks to so many people in so many different ways, but it's always felt particularly bisexual to my bisexual ass and has been there through every breakup I've been through. Ocean speaks in a way I needed to hear in 2016 and still need today.
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2016
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12,683
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2017
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892
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2018
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426
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I think OOEPUI speaks for itself frankly. Not only as the defining trans soundtrack of the millennium but also an encapsulation of the queer experience. The joy, the terror, the life it breathes into your every waking experience. 'Immaterial' makes me want to cry.
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2018
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Total albums: 27. Page 1 of 3
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The Modern Gay Canon composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1980s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1990s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2000s | 1 | 4% | |
| 2010s | 12 | 44% | |
| 2020s | 14 | 52% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Charli XCX | 5 | 19% | |
| Lady Gaga | 3 | 11% | |
| Jessie Ware | 2 | 7% | |
| Troye Sivan | 2 | 7% | |
| Grimes | 1 | 4% | |
| Confidence Man | 1 | 4% | |
| FKA Twigs | 1 | 4% | |
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The Modern Gay Canon chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 12th to 11thTwin Fantasy (2018) by Car Seat Headrest |
| Up 1 from 11th to 10thOil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insides by SOPHIE |
| Up 1 from 10th to 9thChris by Christine And The Queens |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 7 from 19th to 26thSomething To Give Each Other by Troye Sivan |
| Down 6 from 18th to 24thThat! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware |
| Down 4 from 17th to 21stRenaissance by Beyoncé |
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