Sorry, "Old Town Road" fans: A new song has finally climbed to the top of the charts.
According to Billboard, singer-songwriter Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy" took the No. 1 spot this week from Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus, whose hit "Old Town Road" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for a record 19 weeks.
The #Hot100 top 10 (chart dated Aug. 24, 2019) pic.twitter.com/xSbJMKiBnG
— Billboard Charts (@billboardcharts) August 19, 2019
Billboard tweeted that the 17-year-old Eilish, whose song was No. 2 for nine weeks, "is the first artist born in the 2000s to have a No. 1 song on the #Hot100."
.@billieeilish is the first artist born in the 2000s to have a No. 1 song on the #Hot100. She was born on Dec. 18, 2001.
— Billboard Charts (@billboardcharts) August 19, 2019
Lil Nas X, whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill, took to Twitter to congratulate Eilish.
"U deserve this!!" he wrote.
congratulations to billie eilish!! u deserve this!!
— nope (@LilNasX) August 19, 2019
Cyrus echoed the sentiment.
"Well deserved," he tweeted. "Your persistence paid off. Thanks everybody. It was a hell of a ride."
Congratulations @billieeilish Well deserved. Your persistence paid off. Thanks everybody. It was a hell of a ride. pic.twitter.com/vrtNvtitB7
— Billy Ray Cyrus (@billyraycyrus) August 19, 2019
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