1 on the Hot 100, where it landed the second week of April. Mainstream media picked up the story, and the attention helped 'Old Town Road' leapfrogВ the country charts altogether and rocketВ to No. 'Old Town Road,' which is built on a sample of Nine Inch Nails' '34 Ghosts IV,' a track from NIN'sВ 2008 'Ghosts I-IV' instrumental album, first gainedВ popularity in late 2018 and early 2109 on the video sharing app TikTok.В When it began impacting the Billboard charts in the springtime,В Billboard abruptly removed it from itsВ Hot Counry Songs chart, arguing the song 'does not embrace enough elements of todayвЂ™s country music' to qualify for the chart.Д¬ritics of the decision saw that delineation as inherently racistВ - Lil Nas X is blackВ -В and cited country music's history of ignoring artists such as Ray Charles. It might only make sense today, if you can even say it makes sense today. 'Old Town Road' is a thoroughly 2019 hit, a genre-straddling lark built on memes, virality andВ modern streaming consumption models. How did we get here? There are many determining factors. Lil Nas X and his growing posse of remix pals,В which now includes Young Thug and viral yodeling Walmart kid, Mason Ramsey,В look to not only join them but eclipse them, possibly making 'Old Town Road' not only the biggest hit in Hot 100 history, but also its most unlikely. Only two other songsВ - Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's 'One Sweet Day' in 19, andВ Luis Fonsi,В Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber's 'Despacito' in 2017В - have ruled the Hot 100 for 16 weeks. When the new chart is released Monday, it looks to repeat yet again, which would tie it for the longest run at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 listВ for 15 weeks. Hopefully you would have forcefully removed the champagne bottle from my grip and called me an Uber.Д«ut here we are, and here's 'Old Town Road.' The country-trap ditty about finding freedom byВ escaping the everyday grindВ - clockingВ in at under two minutes for the original, just over two and-a-half minutes for the Billy Ray Cyrus-featuring remix - has been No. Let's say that on New Year's Eve I would have pulled you aside and told you that this coming year, an unknown rapper would team up withВ Miley Cyrus' dad on a track that sampled Nine Inch Nails,В and the song would go on to enjoy a record-smashing run at No. The success of Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' is so insanely improbable that in order to comprehend it, you have to take a step back and look at what's going on.

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