(upbeat hip hop music)
♪ Gonna take my horse ♪
♪ To the Old Town Road ♪
♪ I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more ♪
(mellow electronic music)
- It's official.
Lil Nas X's "Old Town
Road" has officially tied
an all-time record on
the Billboard Hot 100.
The smash hit, which
features Billy Ray Cyrus,
matches the longest reign
atop the marquee chart,
a whopping 16 weeks!
Only two songs previously
lasted 16 weeks on top.
(singing in foreign language)
Yup, Luis Fonsi and Daddy
Yankee's "Despacito,"
featuring Justin Bieber, in 2017,
and Mariah Carey and Boyz
II Men's "One Sweet Day"
in 1995 to '96.
♪ And I know you're shining ♪
♪ Down on me from heaven ♪
Keith Caulfield, senior
director of charts at Billboard,
says why the song became such a hit.
- The viralness of it,
the dance element of it,
the meme-worthiness of it,
and the fact that it's
just catchy as hell.
- So will "Old Town Road"
claim the record all to itself?
Well, no new song appears set to debut
at number one next week.
And other hits already on the chart
would have to make some major jumps.
So the stage could be set for
a record-breaking 17th week
at number one next week.
♪ Can't nobody tell me nothin' ♪
♪ You can't tell me nothin' ♪
"Road" rules streaming songs
with 86.2 million U.S. streams
in the week ending July 18th,
according to Nielsen Music.
Helping power the surge,
a new remix of "Road"
with Young Thug and Mason
Ramsey was released July 12th.
Now, rounding out the
top five on the Hot 100.
Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy"
notches a sixth total week
at its number two Hot 100 high,
followed by Ed Sheeran and
Justin Bieber's "I Don't Care,"
Shawn Mendes and Camila
Cabello's "Senorita,"
and Kahlid's "Talk."
Now, for all your breaking music news,
well, head over to billboard.com.
You know, go there.
For Billboard News, I'm Tetris Kelly.
