Lil Nas X reigns atop of the Official UK Singles Chart with controversial new single ‘Montero (Call Me By Your Name).’
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The 21-year-old performer has nabbed the second British #1 of his career with the song everyone is talking about.
Nas’ first was his breakout smash ‘Old Town Road’ in 2019.
The song’s win was fuelled by streaming, with a meaty piece of that piece being comprised of video views.
6.8 million streams made ‘Montero’ the UK’s most-streamed song of the week, with 2.5 million of that sum being amassed from views from the visual. A visual that depicted Nas drop from heaven into hell by way of a stripper pole and saw him go on to twerk on Satan.
‘Montero’ is the second release of the year to launch at #1, following ‘Drivers License’ by Olivia Rodrigo – which pulled off the feat back in January.
Celebrating the news, Nas tweeted:
MONTERO IS OFFICIALLY NUMBER 1 IN THE UK 🇬🇧! THANK YOU GUYS SO FUCKING MUCH! pic.twitter.com/rHeEBGZRlM
— nope 🏹 (@LilNasX) April 2, 2021
The release also benefitted from ample controversy around Satan Shoes Nas released in partnership with MCSHF. Said sneakers, which have since been pulled after Nike filed a lawsuit, supposedly featured a compartment comprised of human blood.
Sell that music any way one can, ay?
Sell that music any way you can AND that soul.,. if he ever had one to begin with.
Agree they industry not gonna f** wit him do hope he enjoys his number 1 now he is a joke
Shingles Queeef saying someone else has no soul when she don’t even have a body? She’s just a trash bag full of pusss and rancid gravy. Had to snail trail her way to voting booth to vote for her nazi king Trump, a fat orange loser….