Lil Nas X Old Town Road Comes First

(CNN) – Who needs maps of the country to pass the Billboard 100?

That's exactly what rapper Lil Nas X did with his viral success "Old Town Road".

According to Billboard, the song went from number 15 to No. 1 on Billboard 100.

"If Lil Nas X is the first artist to win a first Hot 100 first-place appearance since Bradley Cooper five weeks ago, thanks to Cooper's" Shallow "duo with Lady Gaga, Lil Nas X is the first unaccompanied artist of Another act. To top the Hot 100 for a first try since Cardi B, whose "Bodak Yellow (money moves)" spent three weeks in first place in October 2017, "wrote Gary Trust.

The song had previously been shot by Billboard from the national charts.

"After further review, it was determined that Lil Nas X's" Old Town Road "did not deserve to be included in the Billboard country charts," said Billboard in a statement to Rolling Stone. last week. "When determining genres, a few factors are examined, but above all music composition. Although Old Road Road incorporates references to images of country and cowboys, it does not contain enough elements of today's country music to feature in its current version. "

This caused an uproar and cries of racism, which Billboard denied.

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It also helped to raise the profile of the song and garner support from Billy Ray Cyrus, who jumped into a remix of the song.

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The Atlanta rapper celebrated his new number 1 by displaying a screenshot of the Billboard chart on his official Instagram account.

"JUST AT THE BEGINNING !!!", he writes in the legend.

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