Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" Trumps Taylor Swift for Billboard Hot 100 Top Spot
Marking its fifth week as No. 1.
Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” continues its reign over the Billboard Hot 100 chart, remaining steadfast in the arrival of the Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie-assisted track “ME!”
The viral hit is entering its fifth week atop the chart, and according to Chart Data, is well on its way to becoming the first song ever to hit 100 million U.S. streams in a span of four weeks. Swift and Urie enter at No. 2 with a total of 193,000 downloads, while Post Malone’s “Wow” and “Sunflower” with Swae Lee fall to the third and fifth spots respectively. “Sucker” from the newly reformed Jonas Brothers go up one step at No. 4 with Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings,” Halsey’s “Without Me,” Sam Smith and Normani’s “Dancing With a Stranger,” Billie Eilish’s “bad guy” and Khalid’s “Talk” round up the top 10.
In case you missed it, Lil Nas X went cowboy outfit shopping with HYPEBEAST in New York City.
.@LilNasX and @billyraycyrus‘ “Old Town Road” is the first track in history to earn over 100 million US streams in four separate weeks.
— chart data (@chartdata) May 6, 2019
.@LilNasX‘s “Old Town Road” to remain at #1 on the Hot 100 with over 3x the points of #2.
It’s expected to be one of the most dominant #1’s of all time, joining tracks like “I Will Always Love You”, “The Boy Is Mine”, “Shape of You” and more.
— chart data (@chartdata) April 10, 2019
