“If Lil Nas X can’t be on the billboard country list cause it ‘it does not embrace enough elements of today’s country music’ then I want EVERY Post Malone song on the billboard hip hop list taken down immediately,” one person tweeted.īillboard issued a statement to denying race played a factor. If post Malone can be on the hip hop charts should be able to be on the country charts - Chris Daniel March 27, 2019 If Lil Nas X can’t be on the billboard country list cause it 'it does not embrace enough elements of today's country music' then I want EVERY Post Malone song on the billboard hip hop list taken down immediately- YSL IN 7 March 28, 2019 1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart) despite him declaring he is not a hip-hop artist. Others pointed out that artist Post Malone’s music has hit the hip-hop charts (his “Rockstar” featuring rapper 21 Savage peaked at No. “It’s got plenty of ‘country elements’ and its as ‘country’ as anything on country radio, tbh.” It’s got plenty of “country elements” 🤠 and its as “country” as anything on country radio, tbh. billboard top 100 country reviews and feedback will help you decide which is best for you by letting you know which is the best.

“Translation: We can’t have a Black rapper crossing over and topping the charts.”Ĭountry artist Meghan Linsey also spoke up in support of the song being on the country chart.

“So, removed ‘Old Town Road’ from its Hot Country Songs chart because they say the song doesn’t ‘embrace enough elements of today’s country music,’ ” author and talk-show host Bishop Talbert Swan tweeted. Sound racist to me.- jamarr March 28, 2019 Because if not then it’s just racist bs.- Daedelus March 28, 2019Ĭrazy how billboard erase Lil Nas X song from the top country song list. jesozUSzlu- Bishop Talbert Swan March 28, 2019īillboard is a few days early April Fool’s for pulling Lil Nas X from country charts. Translation: We can’t have a Black rapper crossing over and topping the charts. So, removed ‘Old Town Road’ from its Hot Country Songs chart because they say the song doesn’t “embrace enough elements of today’s country music.” Some supporters are seeing both red – and black – with that decision, accusing Billboard of racism. While ‘Old Town Road’ incorporates references to country and cowboy imagery, it does not embrace enough elements of today’s country music to chart in its current version.” “When determining genres, a few factors are examined, but first and foremost is musical composition. “Upon further review, it was determined that ‘Old Town Road’ by Lil Nas X does not currently merit inclusion on Billboard’s country charts,” Billboard said in a statement to Rolling Stone. It quickly raced up the Apple Music and Spotify charts and debuted simultaneously on Billboard’s cross-genre Hot 100, Hot Country Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts.īut according to Rolling Stone magazine, Billboard pulled it from the country charts.

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