Old Town Road (Remix)

By enlisting country veteran Billy Ray Cyrus, this genre-blurring phenomenon deliberately circumvented Billboard's controversial decision to remove the original track from the country charts. The song's hilariously brief runtime, Nine Inch Nails-sampled banjo beat, and viral TikTok proliferation powered it to a historic nineteen weeks at number one. It permanently altered industry conversations regarding genre classification, internet meme culture, and streaming metrics.