Lil Nas X has made history with his hit record “Old Town Road.” Still reigning the Billboard Hot 100 chart as No. 1, the record has surpassed 10 million units sold in the U.S. “Old Town Road” has become the first song in history to break this record with 10 million units sold, 1.04 million in digital sales, and 1.38 billion streams.
.@LilNasX & @billyraycyrus' "Old Town Road" is now eligible for Diamond in US (10,000,000 units: 1.04m digital sales and 1.38b streams),
It is the first song in history to surpass mark of 10m units sold in US while still standing at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.— Behzad (@BHudsonIFPI) June 30, 2019
Lil Nas X also came out as gay on the last day on World Pride Month, Sunday. The star tweeted, “some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more. but before this month ends i want y’all to listen closely to c7osure. ???”
He linked a video animation to his song “C7osure,” featured on his EP 7.
