Lil Nas X 's 'Old Town Road' Becomes the Longest-Running Number 1 Song on Billboard Hot 100 Chart

Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, claims one of the most prized records in the Billboard Hot 100's 60-year history as it spends an unprecedented 17th week at No. 1.  Lil Nas X is taking his horse to cloud nine!
Lil Nas X has broken Mariah Carey’s 23-year old record for most weeks at No 1 with his viral country-trap song Old Town Road.

The breakthrough rapper smashed the record this week when the track spent its 17th week on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart – the only song to do so since Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s duet One Sweet Day set the record in 1996.
Hours later the 20-year-old rapper posted a video thanking his fans for helping his song set a new record.

Besides Carey and Boyz II Men’s track, “Old Town Road” also displaced 2018’s “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, and Justin Bieber for the longest-running number 1 single in history, according to the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Since its release in Dec. 2018, the song has been nearly everywhere, from the radio to movie trailers, to social media.
  

Credit: People.com,  theguardian.com, Billboard