The mashup of rap and country is a winning formula: Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" has matched a Billboard record set by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cryus' "Old Town Road." "A Bar Song" is spending its ...

Back in 2019, nothing was bigger — or more controversial — in country music than Lil Nas X's viral hit, "Old Town Road." Amid all the controversy and hype, Lil Nas X says he felt a little embarrassed ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...

"Old Town Road" is one of the biggest country songs of the year, and yet there are a lot of people who don't call it a country song at all. There aren't a lot of songs that combine trap music and ...

At its juiciest, country music is full of surprises. For example, the success of Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Old Town Road” made the latter want to leave the music industry. Here’s why that didn’t ...