The country-rap smash is spending its 19th week on top of the chart, matching a record set by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus in 2019. By Mesfin Fekadu The mashup of rap and country is a winning formula ...

Back in 2019, nothing was bigger — or more controversial — in country music than Lil Nas X's viral hit, "Old Town Road." Amid all the controversy and hype, Lil Nas X says he felt a little embarrassed ...

Billy Ray Cyrus spent decades as one of country music’s most recognizable voices before finally earning his first No. 1 hit ...

At its juiciest, country music is full of surprises. For example, the success of Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Old Town Road” made the latter want to leave the music industry. Here’s why that didn’t ...

Although Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 100 for a record-breaking 19 weeks in 2019, Dave East said he never liked the song featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. During the apex ...

The new, viral song "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X hit the Billboard charts in three different categories, but this week that changed when Billboard said the song “does not embrace enough of today’s ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...

Over the next few months, the indie song by a little-known artist called Lil Nas X found fans on SoundCloud and music-streaming apps. It even landed, unceremoniously, on several Billboard charts - ...

Before today, Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” was the biggest song in music history in terms of RIAA (Recording Industry Association Of America) certification, sitting at 16-times platinum. Now, though, ...