Little Nas X, the rapper behind the hit tune “Old Town Road,” just made history–not to mention some serious dough.
The song has sat in the #1 spot on the Billboard Top 100 for 17 weeks, more than any other song in history.
“Old Town Road” steamrolled the previous record for the #1 spot–16 weeks–held by the Boyz 2 Men & Mariah Carey duet “One Sweet Day,” and tied by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber’s “Despacito.”
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Nas X, while apparently sitting on the toilet, tweeted a thank you to all his fans upon receiving news of his new place in history. “I want to say thank you to every single person who has made this moment possible for me,” he said.
— ? (@LilNasX) July 29, 2019
Little Nas X came out in June of this year, declaring, “I am gay. How big of a deal is that? Is it something that I was considering never doing ever; like taking to the grave or something? But I was like, I don’t want to just live my entire life, especially how I got to where I’m at, just not doing what I want to do. I’m also — I feel like opening the doors for more people.”
With his new hit record, he certainly has.
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Gay Veteran
One Sweet Day is the most incredible ballad. No other ballad will ever be able to touch that song. With that said, I’m extremely happy for this black gay man breaking records. Lil Nas X deserves it all! I also appreciate him saying he wants to send Mariah flowers. Lil Nas X is winning 2019!
Brian
I really hope he’s not just a flash in the pan. Hip hop desperately needs someone like him in the industry.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
He has NO IDEA how powerful his coming out is……
Kangol2
He’s such a darling. I’m very happy for him!
truthseeker
Good for him. He’s a nice guy
chi eg
So thrilled that coming out hasn’t killed his sales. Hopefully this (hot) young man will inspire others.
Luvstoread
The metric for a number one single is so different now. YouTube views and streams count; that wasn’t the case for One Sweet Day. Back then it was based only on air play and sales. And, so many version of this song have been released to keep it up there. I won’t even discuss the merits of this being a worthy #1 either.
Brian
The metric is the same for all songs on the chart, which simply reflects how they are doing relative to each other. He didn’t have some sort of unfair advantage over One Sweet Day.
But if we are talking about that kind of stuff, Mariah has the number of #1 singles that she does because her record label (AKA her husband at the time) gave her all sorts of promotion that nobody else got. For awhile it seemed like every time she put out a single I’d see a display on the counter at the record store and it would be priced at 99 cents, compared to the $3.99 standard of every other CD single.
There have always been ways to manipulate the charts. And there always will be. Hate the game, not the player.