Lil Nas X's viral Old Town Road has broken the Billboard record set by Mariah Carey's One Sweet Day for most weeks at number one.

The rapper accomplished the feat this week as his country-trap song spends its 17th week on top of the Hot 100 chart.

Carey and Boyz II Men's duet set the record in 1996, and the only song to come close to breaking it was the ubiquitous international hit Despacito, which ...