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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: Max Eisenstat West Hollywood will become even gayer (is that possible?) on August 8 when two of the most respected entertainment publications in the world come together for an incredible gathering. Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter will host their first ever Pride Summit at The 1 Hotel West Hollywood on August 8th, 2019.  The event, in conjunction with Billboard’s annual Pride issue, will feature an array of panels and conversations: bringing LGBTQ+ voices into the songwriters room; emerging queer artists; eradicating homophobia; and...

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”...

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’...

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...

Digital billboards are going up this week A gay couple took out the top spot of a photo competition and will feature on 50 billboards around London. Scott Hamilton submitted a photo to the Love in London competition of him and his partner snuggling on the couch. Aptly titled Snuggle, Hamilton took the photo using a self-timer camera. He was one of 700 entrants in the charity competition, which launched on Valentine’s Day and ran for three weeks. Hamilton said: ‘This competition was...

Republicans aren’t gonna be happy about this one... Republican National Convention-goers are in for a big surprise. Planting Peace, the non-profit organization behind The Equality House, a rainbow-colored house that sits across the street from Westboro Baptist Church, is calling out Donald Trump and the Republican Party in a massive billboard that went up on Thursday in Cleveland, Ohio, where the RNC will take place next week. The billboard, below, shows an illustration of Trump poised to kiss Ted Cruz beside...