On the Hot rap songs chart, where Lil Nas X’s
county-rap tune is also spending its 19th week
on top, the 20-year-old beats the record set by
Drake’s “Hotline Bling,” Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy” and
Missy Elliott’s “Hot Boyz.” The latter three songs
each spent 18 weeks at No.1.
Last month Lil Nas X’s viral song became the
most successful No. 1 song of all-time when it
reached its 17th week at No. 1 on the all-genre
Hot 100 chart — Billboard’s main chart for singles
— surpassing the 16-week record held by Carey
and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day” and Luis Fonsi,
Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber’s “Despacito.”
“Old Town Road” is now spending its 19th week
on top of the Hot 100 chart.
Lil Nas X’s song, which has achieved most of its
success through audio streaming, was originally
a solo song but he added Cyrus to the track.
The song also has remix versions featuring
Diplo, Young Thug, Mason Ramsey and BTS,
and Billboard counts the original song and its
remixes as one when calculating chart position,
thus helping “Old Town Road” stay on top.