"I think Lil Nas X is taking us a little bit further than what we usually see," he says. Trust admits, though, that "Old Town Road" has pushed things to a new level. 1 (tied with the 1995 Mariah Carey / Boyz II Men power ballad "One Sweet Day"), was an international smash on its own, but a remix featuring Justin Bieber helped it take off in the U.S. "But in general if it's similar in lyrics, music and production, they're rolled into one." Which means the combined hundreds of millions of listens from the four versions of "Old Town Road," two of which add new verses by the featured artists, have all been pouring into the same bucket.īillboard charts have seen the power of the remix before: "Despacito," which holds the current record for consecutive weeks at No. "It's case by case," says Billboard senior director of charts Gary Trust, who stressed he was speaking broadly about the decision process. That's because Billboard counts remixes, as long as they meet certain parameters, as a single entity with the original song. Lil Nas X then took the Grammy stage for an electric performance of Rodeo and Old Town Road, featuring special guests Billy Ray Cyrus, Korean nsupergroup BTS, Diplo and Mason Ramsey. But on the Hot 100, you'll only find the song's name once. That's four official versions of "Old Town Road," each of which has been listened to millions of times.
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