Hello There, this is Guillaume. This is a bit outside of what we usually talk about, however, I have been in the music industry for almost a decade and have been quite curious about Lil Nas X.
Here is the full version of the article: What artists can learn from Lil Nas X.
Here is a brief timeline of events:
- Dec 2nd: Viral Tweet about Country Music evolving Ft. teaser.
- Dec 3rd: A 1:53min version of Old Town Road is independently released.
- Dec 16th: Promo Tweet for worldwide release.
- Dec 17th: Old Town Road available everywhere.
- Dec 19th: The release is featured in the top 50 Country on Soundcloud.
- Dec 23rd: Viral Tweet featuring Old Town Road.
- Dec 31st: Lil Nas X featured on ‘Bleacher Report’ by using this tweet.
- Jan 8th: ‘Old Town Road’ reaches 1 Million Overall plays.
- March: Old Town Road enters the Billboard Charts.
- March 22nd: Lil Nas X signs with Columbia Records.
- March 24th: Justin Bieber mentioned Old Town Road on Instagram.
- March 26th: Old Town Road is taken out of the Billboard Charts.
- April 13th: Hits #1 on billboard 100.
- April 29th: First performance with Billy Ray Cyrus.
- April 22nd: When the interview we discuss took place.
- August 19th: Writing day of this article, still #1 on Billboard.
That’s pretty much it, I am not going to rumble on with info you do not care about. However, if you are interested to learn more about what Lil Nas X did to grow since the release of Old Town Road, check out the full article.
Thank you,
Guillaume
Twitter: @GuillaumeBardet
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