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Lil Nas Xā€™s ā€˜Old Town Roadā€™ Breaks Streaming Record Set by Drakeā€™s ā€˜In My Feelingsā€™

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A round of matte-black Gucci cowboy hats for the whole bar, and a bunch of baby carrots for the guys in the back! After leaping from No. 15 to No. 1 on its ā€œHot 100ā€ chart last week, Billboard now reports that Lil Nas Xā€™s ā€œOld Town Roadā€ officially had the biggest streaming week of all time. The previous record was set by Drakeā€™s ā€œIn My Feelingsā€ during the week of July 28, 2018, with 116.2 million listens. Lil Nas Xā€™s country-rap fusion track? 143 million streamsĀ in the United States over the course of last week, as reported by Nielsen Music.

Interestingly, per Billboardā€™s rules, both the original song and the Billy Ray Cyrus remix count toward the ā€œOld Town Roadā€ streaming numbers. If Billboard starts counting every version by an older country star toward the songā€™s total, like Keith Urbanā€™s banjo rendition below, Drake will never psychologically recover.

Lil Nas Xā€™s ā€˜Old Town Roadā€™ Breaks Drakeā€™s Streaming Record