As streams and sales from the Billy Ray Cyrus version of “Old Town Road” are combined with the original, Lil Nas X’s breakout hit leads this week’s Hot 100 with over 3x the points of runner up “Sunflower” (Post Malone and Swae Lee).
Here’s a list of every Hot 100 #1 hit to have at least 2x the points of the #2 track in any given week since the start of the Soundscan era (November 1991):
Whitney Houston – “I Will Always Love You”
Boyz II Men – “I’ll Make Love to You”
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony – “Tha Crossroads”
Puff Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112 – “I’ll Be Missing You”
Elton John – “Candle in the Wind 1997”
Celine Dion – “My Heart Will Go On”
K-Ci & JoJo – “All My Life”
Brandy & Monica – “The Boy Is Mine”
Aerosmith – “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing”
Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z – “Heartbreaker”
Janet Jackson – “All for You”
Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean – “Hips Don’t Lie”
Justin Timberlake feat. Timbaland – “SexyBack”
Flo Rida – “Right Round”
Baauer – “Harlem Shake”
Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell – “Blurred Lines”
Adele – “Hello”
Ed Sheeran – “Shape of You”
Taylor Swift – “Look What You Made Me Do”
Drake – “God’s Plan”
Drake – “In My Feelings”
Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road“
