1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, and the rapper was the first out gay man to be nominated at the County Music Awards and the first LGBTQ musician to win the MTV Video Music Award for “Song of the Year.” “Old Town Road” broke the record for most time spent at No. This is not the first instance where Lil Nas X has made history because of his single. John claimed the first-ever diamond single in 1997 with the double side of “Something About the Way You Look Tonight” and “Candle in the Wind.” Lil Nas X joins Elton John as the only two gay men to have a Diamond single. “Old Town Road,” which features country legend Billy Ray Cyrus, is the first song to be certified diamond in 2020 and the fastest song in history to do so.
The song has sold ten million units-including both digital downloads and streaming units on Spotify-giving the track diamond status. Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” has reached diamond status, making the Atlanta rapper only the second openly gay man to do so, according to Out.
