Lil Nas X

He remains an iconoclast through and through whose influence permeates every level of culture.

He made history with his diamond-certified breakout single “Old Town Road,” emerging as the “longest-running number-one song ever on the Billboard Hot 100” and enshrining him as “the only artist to come out as gay while holding the number one spot on the chart.” 

It achieved a 17x-platinum certification, standing out as the second-highest certified single of all-time. Meanwhile, his platinum-certified full-length debut, Montero, bowed at #2 on the Billboard 200 upon release in 2021.

Among dozens of accolades, he has garnered two GRAMMY® Awards, five Billboard Music Awards, two American Music Awards, and earned induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, becoming the youngest honoree of the Hal David Starlight Award.