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How LIL NAS X Created The Most Popular Song Ever

Middle 8 | February 19, 2025



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Montero Hill. You know him better as Lil Nas X.
His track ā€œOld Town Roadā€ has spent the most weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 (19 Weeks). Cock-blocking Billie Eilish from reaching the top spot and destroying ā€œDespacitoā€ā€™s reign. It’s gone platinum in: Sweden, Portugal, Italy, Austria, Belgium, New Zealand, Germany, Poland, America, The UK and Australia 8 times!

It surpassed Drake’s weekly streaming record (143 million vs 116.2 million for ā€œIn My Feelingsā€) He won Song of The Year at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, performed at the BET Awards, Glastonbury and posed on the cover of TIME Magazine.

Lil Nas X has only been making music for just over a year. All of this is what a dedicated kid can do with an insanely catchy hook, a knack for making memes and a little luck. But there’s plenty an artist can learn from ā€œOld Town Roadā€’s success.

This is how Lil Nas X created the most popular song ever.

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