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It’s almost two years since Lil Nas X first blessed the world with his single hit “Old Town Road”, and the song still breaks records.
According to Billboard, the remix with Billy Ray Cyrus became the highest certified song ever by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which achieved 14 times platinum status in the US, and won 14 million in equal vocal units.
Lil Nas celebrated the great achievement online and posted a meme of himself in Nancy Pelosi’s office with a photo taken during the siege of the Capitol on Wednesday. “THE OLD TOWN ROAD IS OFFICIALLY 14 TIMES PLATINUM! THE MOST PLATINUMS FOR ANY SONG EVER! COME GO!” he wrote.
Cyrus also wrote about the milestone, “Amazing. I’m speechless. #OTR is now 14x platinum and the most certified song in music history.”
The viral song supersedes ‘All of Me’ by John Legend and ‘Despacito’ by Daddy Yankee, Luis Fonsi and Justin Bieber, who are both 13-time platinum certified.
Last month, the rapster Complex gave an update on what he intends to do.
“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 of them. Some features that I work with other artists. I’m just excited about the whole process and even release music again.”
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