Billboard Hot 100: Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ #1 For Historic 18th Consecutive Week

At no point over the last 18 weeks has your fave topped the Billboard Hot 100!

Why?  Because that’s how long newcomer Lil Nas X (born Montero Hill) has dominated the chart with his hit, ‘Old Town Road.’  Last week he rode atop headlines for breaking the 23-year-old Hot 100 record set by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men as their duet hit, ‘One Sweet Day,’ topped the tally for 16 weeks in the mid-90’s (as we reported here).

Now, Hill has much to celebrate as this week he made it that much harder for any of his successors to top his achievement.

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With an 18th week atop the Hot 100 for “Old Town Road,” here’s a look at the 10 longest-leading No. 1s in the chart’s 61-year archives:

Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Date Reached No. 1
18, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 13, 2019
16, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, May 27, 2017
16, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec. 2, 1995
14, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015
14, “I Gotta Feeling,” The Black Eyed Peas, July 11, 2009
14, “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey, June 4, 2005
14, “Candle in the Wind 1997″/”Something About the Way You Look Tonight,” Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
14, “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix),” Los Del Rio, Aug. 3, 1996
14, “I’ll Make Love to You,” Boyz II Men, Aug. 27, 1994
14, “I Will Always Love You,” Whitney Houston, Nov. 28, 1992

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Much like the 17 weeks that preceded it, Hill’s run atop the Billboard Hot 100 this week was aided by an impressive mix of streaming (67.4 million), digital downloads (47,000) and radio airplay (43.8 million impressions).