Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road sets new record for most weeks at No 1
Rapper’s breakthrough hit smashes Billboard record set by Mariah Carey’s One Sweet Day’ more than 20 years ago
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.