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Though "Old Town Road" did not re-enter any country charts, both versions of the song collectively peaked at no. 1 on the main Billboard Hot 100, remaining at the top for a record-breaking 19 consecutive weeks; the remix peaked at no. 50 on Billboard ' s Country Airplay chart. One or more versions of "Old Town Road" have topped the national ...
Montero Lamar Hill (born April 9, 1999), better known by his stage name Lil Nas X (/ n ɑː z / NAHZ), is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter.He rose to prominence with the release of his 2019 country rap single "Old Town Road," the longest-running number-one song (at 19 weeks) since the U.S. Billboard Hot 100's 1958 inception. [3]
[13] [8] [14] A more recent example being 2023's "Paint the Town Red" by Doja Cat, which also topped the US Billboard Hot 100 after going viral on TikTok and became a worldwide hit. [15] A study by MRC Data found in July 2021 that 67% of TikTok users are estimated to be more likely to look up songs on digital streaming platforms after hearing ...
Lil Nas X spent $50 total to record the original “Old Town Road” track in less than an hour at an Atlanta studio before he released it on Dec. 3, 2018 — and it went viral on TikTok. The ...
In the past year, TikTok has become a monstrous force in the music industry. Now that its viral songs are climbing the Billboard charts, what's next?
TikTok also played a major part in making "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X one of the biggest songs of 2019 and the longest-running number-one song in the history of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. [119] [120] [121] TikTok has allowed many music artists to gain a wider audience, often including foreign fans.
The song's music video broke the records for the biggest music video premiere on YouTube, with 1.66 million concurrent viewers, and the most-watched music video within 24 hours, with 86.3 million views in its first day. [50] It became the fastest video to reach 100 million views, in just 32 hours, [51] and 200 million views, in seven days. [52]
The song was released independently on December 3, 2018, and gained popularity on social video sharing app TikTok. Since the rise in popularity of "Old Town Road", Roukema has done interviews with Forbes, GQ, and many other publications. He has also flown to Los Angeles to work with producers like CashMoneyAP, and appeared in the "Old Town Road ...