Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' now among 10 biggest songs in Billboard chart history

Matthew Leimkuehler
Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' now among 10 biggest songs in Billboard chart history

Song of the summer? How about one the biggest songs ... ever.

Lil Nas X and his inescapable Billy Ray Cyrus western rap collaboration "Old Town Road" locked in Monday a 14th consecutive week atop the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart, a milestone achieved by only 10 songs in six decades.

The 10 songs to spent 14-plus week at No. 1, per Billboard:

  • Sixteen weeks: "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber (2017)

  • Sixteen weeks: "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men (1995)

  • Fourteen weeks: "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus (2019)

  • Fourteen weeks: "Uptown Funk!" by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars (2015)

  • Fourteen weeks: "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas (2009)

  • Fourteen weeks: "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey (2005)

  • Fourteen weeks: "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John (1997)

  • Fourteen weeks: "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" by Los Del Rio (1996)

  • Fourteen weeks: "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men (1994)

  • Fourteen weeks: "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston (1992)

The song continues to hold steady streaming spins, with Billboard reporting United States listeners giving "OId Town Road" 89.3 million digital plays in the last week. It also scored a 10th week topping the industry publication's Digital Song Sales chart, moving an estimated 57,000 units.

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And it's not the only country-rap track to make a dent in the Hot 100. Blanco Brown's viral dance sensation "The Git Up" broke the top 20, landing at No. 19. The song — which continues to make waves thanks in-part to an accompanying dance and social media site TikTok — reached No. 1 this week on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, the quickest to do so since Sam Hunt's "Body Like A Back Road."

In other Nashville chart news, garage rock favorite The Black Keys landed in the Billboard 200 top five with "Let's Rock," the band's first studio album in five years. The duo scored No. 4 on the chart, moving an estimated 52,000 album-equivalent units (41,000 in physical albums).

"Let's Rock" leads the Top Rock Albums chart this week.

More: What critics are saying about the new Black Keys album, 'Let's Rock'

This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' is one of Billboard's 10 biggest hits ever