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Credit: Lil Nas X Instagram Some of Mariah Carey‘s fans weren’t happy about Lil Nas X breaking her Billboard Hot 100 record. His song “Old Town Road” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus surpassed her and Boyz II Men‘s record for the longest-running number one single in Billboard Hot 100 history on Monday, July 29. Their track “One Sweet Day” spent sixteen weeks atop the chart in 1995 and 1996 while “OTR” just broke theirs with seventeen weeks. Mariah, 49, and Boyz II Men...

Lil Nas X breaks Billboard Hot 100 chart record (image via Instagram) “Old Town Road” — the country/rap smash hit single by openly gay 20-year-old Lil Nas X — has officially broken the record for most weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The record was previously held by two singles – Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day,” from 1995, and “Despacito,” the Latin-pop smash by Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber – which...

Credit: Lil Nas X Instagram Lil Nas X is one week away from breaking a record that began almost 24 years ago in December 1995. His song, “Old Town Road,” is now tied with Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day” and Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s (Featuring Justin Bieber) “Despacito” as the longest-running number one single in Billboard Hot 100 history. Each song has now ruled the top spot for sixteen weeks apiece. The breakout music star of 2019 broke another record last week when “OTR”...

MTV announced the nominations for the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday, July 23, where pop queens Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande lead the pack with 10 nominations apiece. Close behind are rising stars Billie Eilish and Lil Nax X with 9 and 8 nominations respectively. The openly gay rapper scored nominations in song of the year, best hip hop and video of the year for “Old Town Road” which just tied for the longest running number one...

Credit: Lil Nas X Instagram Lil Nas X‘s hit ‘Old Town Road’ has more legs than the horses that ride on it. The track, which originally featured Billy Ray Cyrus, has spawned several remixes over the past couple of months. Artists like Diplo, Young Thug and viral yodeling sensation Mason Ramsey have all partaken in a version of the song that has sat atop Billboard’s Hot 100 for 15 straight weeks. The best might be yet to come courtesy of country legend Dolly...

James Charles, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Lil Nas X are just a few of this year’s TIME Top-25 Most Influential People Online / Images via Instagram On July 16, TIME Magazine released its list of the top-25 “Most Influential People on the Internet” for 2019. Describing their approach to the fifth annual edition, “TIME evaluated contenders by looking at their global impact on social media and their overall ability to drive news.” Across those making 2019’s (unranked) top 25, a...

Credit: Lil Nas X Instagram Lil Nas X might be making Billboard Hot 100 history very soon. His hit “Old Town Road” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus has now been at number one on the charts for fifteen weeks straight. Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day” and Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s (Featuring Justin Bieber) “Despacito” are the only two songs that have a larger run at the top with sixteen weeks apiece. “OTR” also surpassed the 14-week mark set by several classic tracks including Black Eyed Peas’...

Credit: Sam Smith Instagram A powerful new gay couple could be emerging soon and hundreds of people are here for it! Fans want Sam Smith and Lil Nas X to date after the “Dancing with a Stranger” singer left him a very flirty comment on Instagram. Lil Nas, 20, shared a “ripped” photo of himself on Instagram earlier this week. It drew the attention of Sam, 27, who left three heart eyes emojis on the shirtless snap.  “No f***ing way,” he responded to...

Credit: Lil Nas X Instagram Lil Nas X is living the dream as one of the biggest entertainers in the world at the moment. The 20-year-old rapper has been at the top of the charts for months now with his hit “Old Town Road” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus that has prevented not one but two Taylor Swift songs from hitting number one. He’s been hanging with some of the biggest music legends over the course of his star power rising in recent...

Lil Nas X (image via Facebook) “Old Town Road” rapper Lil Nas X is getting anti-gay backlash after he came out late last month, but he’s not taking it hands down. Despite seeing an increase to his music sales, Lil Nas X has had to deal with Twitter trolls. While talking to the BBC Breakfast this past Friday, Lil Nas X shared that he decided to come out for his own self-freedom and relief. But, he also saw what coming out...

Still frame from the “Old Town Road” video / Image via screen capture It has already been a remarkable year for Lil Nas X. He has a long-reigning candidate for 2019’s song of the summer, he subtly came out in a (frankly cryptic) series of social media posts and, now, he’s locked up three of the top-10 spots on Rolling Stone‘s brand new Top 100 Chart.  The new Rolling Stone charts (stylized “RS Charts”) debuted this week, dated June 21st through...