On Monday Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” officially spent 17 weeks at number one on the Billboard Top 100 music chart, breaking a 24-year-old record previously held by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day”.
Winner’s Circle: @LilNasX‘s #OldTownRoad breaks the @billboardcharts record with a 17th week atop the #Hot100 https://t.co/HZ9Jawgab5 pic.twitter.com/SftbpLhfTo
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— billboard (@billboard) July 29, 2019
To celebrate the achievement, Twitter released a “CEO Remix” of the country-rap song on its music account, where the rapper takes over Twitter as CEO.
Old Town Road (CEO Remix) pic.twitter.com/AazVBE6n8X
— Twitter Music (@TwitterMusic) July 29, 2019
Mariah Carey also congratulated Lil Nas X for breaking the record.
Sending love & congrats to @LilNasX on breaking one of the longest running records in music history! We’ve been blessed to hold this record with a song that means a great deal to @BoyzIIMen and myself and has touched so many. Keep living your best life!
pic.twitter.com/3YorLCg3lx — Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) July 30, 2019
The man himself spent his day tweeting memes, as one does.
preparing to tweet about old town road all day pic.twitter.com/JH3mNsoqum
— nope (@LilNasX) April 19, 2019
Feature image: screenshot, Lil Nas X via YouTube
