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Lil Nas X
Solo artist Georgia United States American rapper and singer
Lil Nas X is an artist from Georgia. Lil Nas X has 5 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2021–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #10. The station that charted Lil Nas X most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2021.
Lil Nas X is Montero Lamar Hill, a rapper, singer and songwriter from Georgia and one of pop's great shape-shifters. His 2018 country rap single "Old Town Road" spent a then-record 19 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, and he came out as gay while it was there, the first artist to do so with a number-one record. By 2020 he had two Grammys and a Best New Artist nomination to show for it.
He signed to Columbia, put out the EP 7 with "Panini" and "Rodeo", and then made the leap to a full album. Montero, in 2021, is a brash, glittering, genre-hopping statement, and it earned an Album of the Year nomination. The title track, "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)", a flamenco-tinged slice of defiantly queer pop, went to number one, and so did "Industry Baby" with Jack Harlow, while "Thats What I Want" swapped the beats for strummed guitar and a pop-rock chorus big enough for rock stations to pick it up.
Time named him one of the most influential people in the world in 2021, and in 2022 he became the youngest person honoured by the Songwriters Hall of Fame. That same year he recorded "Star Walkin'", the anthem for the League of Legends Worlds tournament.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Lil Nas X on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montero (Call Me by Your Name) | 2 | #10 | – | 2021 | |
| 2 | Old Town Road | 1 | #239 | – | – | |
| 3 | Thats What I Want | 1 | #29 | – | 2021 | |
| 4 | Star Walkin' (League of Legends Worlds Anthem) | 1 | #49 | – | 2022 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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