Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ Has Now Been No. 1 on the Hot 100 Longer Than Any Hip-Hop Song in History

Lil Nas X is having one hell of a debut run.

The newly-out rapper’s mega-hit “Old Town Road” is number 1 again on the Billboard Hot 100 for the 13th week, making it the the longest-running hip-hop song to claim the top spot.

Only two other songs, Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road” and Brandy and Monica’s “The Boy Is Mine,” have achieved the same feat of 13 weeks at No. 1.

.@LilNasX's "Old Town Road" is now the longest running Hot 100 #1 hip-hop single of all time (13 weeks; passing "Lose Yourself", "Boom Boom Pow" and "See You Again").

— chart data (@chartdata) July 1, 2019

All songs that have spent 13+ weeks at #1 on the Hot 100:
One Sweet Day
Despacito
I Will Always Love You
I'll Make Love to You
Macarena
Candle in the Wind 1997
We Belong Together
I Gotta Feeling
Uptown Funk
End of the Road
The Boy Is Mine
Old Town Road

— chart data (@chartdata) July 1, 2019

Congrats to Lil Nas X!