Old Town Road, a modern classic hit, and one of the most original genre crossovers in music history, is still making headlines.
Two years since its ground-breaking release, the Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus collab is still breaking records.
According to Billboard, the remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus has become the highest certified song ever by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), reaching 14-times platinum status in the U.S., and moving 14 million in equivalent song units.
Lil Nas X’s #OldTownRoad sets a new RIAA record https://t.co/0TnALMW0ba
— billboard (@billboard) January 10, 2021
Lil Nas celebrated his proud moment online, in his own fashion, posting a photoshopped meme of himself in Nancy Pelosi’s office, using a photo taken during the Capitol siege on Wednesday, with the caption: “OLD TOWN ROAD IS OFFICIALLY 14 TIMES PLATINUM! MOST PLATINUMS FOR ANY SONG EVER! LETS GOOO!”
Country music legend Billy Ray Cyrus also tweeted about the milestone writing, “Incredible. I’m speechless. #OTR is now 14x platinum and the most certified song in music history.”
The viral song displaces “All of Me” by John Legend and “Despacito” by Daddy Yankee, Luis Fonsi, and Justin Bieber, which are both certified 13-times Platinum.
OLD TOWN ROAD IS OFFICIALLY 14 TIMES PLATINUM! MOST PLATINUMS FOR ANY SONG EVER! LETS GOOO! pic.twitter.com/JsqUdIapfQ
— nope (@LilNasX) January 9, 2021
Lil Nas X is keeping busy nowadays as well. The 21-year-old rap star recently gave an update on what he’s got in works:
“My album as a whole. The singles and the music videos that are going to be around them,” he said. “The moments I’m going to create with each one of them. Some features that I’m working on with other artists. I’m just excited about the entire process and even releasing music again.”