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Billboard announced Monday that “Old Town Road” — the country/rap smash hit single by openly gay 20-year-old Lil Nas X — has officially broken the record for most week's at number one - 17 - on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
In doing so, “Old Town Road” bumps the two songs that had previously held the record: Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day,” from 1995, and “Despacito,” the Latin-pop juggernaut by Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber.
Winner's Circle: @LilNasX's #OldTownRoad breaks the @billboardcharts record with a 17th week atop the #Hot100 https://t.co/HZ9Jawgab5 pic.twitter.com/SftbpLhfTo— billboard (@billboard) July 29, 2019
— nope (@LilNasX) July 29, 2019
The rapper kept his momentum going the past several weeks by releasing new remixes of the song. The remixes helped garner streams online as Billboard counts streams, along with downloads and radio play, in tabulating the singles chart.
Last week, Lil Nas X dropped a “Seoul Town Road” version featuring popular K-pop group, BTS.
During his run, he’s fended off challenges for the top spot from music stars like Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Shawn Mendes and Ed Sheeran.
The rapper made a social media splash when he came out via Twitter during Pride Month in June.
The music video for the song has garnered over 239 million views.
Joe Jervis at JoeMyGod points up this super-creative cover of the song by Walk off the Earth. This YouTube video alone has over 6 million views.
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