Lil Nas X has done the impossible, in just eight-month “Old Town Road” has reached Diamond status. The same week he and Billy Ray Cyrus song made it to 13 straight weeks at #1, which is the longest run ever of a hip hop song, Columbia Records confirmed that the song is now Diamond Certified
This makes “Old Town Road” the 30th Song to be certified, Diamond. According to @chartdata,the first to be certified Diamond while still at #1, since Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind 1997.”