Which Lil Nas X song rose to fame after going viral on TikTok in 2019?
Answer
Old Town Road
Which Lil Nas X song rose to fame after going viral on TikTok in 2019? The answer is “Old Town Road.”
Lil Nas X released the country-trap song independently on December 3, 2018. Its breakthrough came through TikTok’s “Yeehaw Challenge,” in which users made short videos using the track. The viral format helped the song enter the Billboard Hot 100 in March 2019 and quickly turned an emerging artist into a mainstream star.
The song’s success accelerated after a remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus was released on April 5, 2019. Billboard later removed it from the Hot Country Songs chart, arguing that it did not fit the chart’s genre criteria, which sparked a major debate about race, genre boundaries and country music.
“Old Town Road” ultimately spent 19 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. A common mix-up is to name “Montero” or “Industry Baby,” other Lil Nas X hits that came later; neither was his 2019 TikTok breakthrough.