Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' Is The Highest Platinum-Selling Single In U.S. History

OLD TOWN ROAD IS OFFICIALLY 14 TIMES PLATINUM! MOST PLATINUMS FOR ANY SONG EVER! LETS GOOO! pic.twitter.com/JsqUdIapfQ

— nope (@LilNasX) January 9, 2021

Incredible. I’m speechless. #OTR is now 14x platinum and the most certified song in music history. Thank YOU! @LilNasX @YoungKio @Dopebyaccident @theRonPerry @ColumbiaRecords @bolooki pic.twitter.com/qXGJ1ytvLe

— Billy Ray Cyrus (@billyraycyrus) January 9, 2021

He also dropped his highly-anticipated children’s book earlier this month, as Blavity previously reported. 'C’ is for Country was published by Random House Books.

As the rapper continues to ride the stardom wave, he's also becoming more comfortable with taking control of his narrative. Lil Nas X, who came out as gay in 2019 via Twitter, has been determined to take his life to the “next level," according to Blavity.

He stated he owed his decision to live in his truth to Tyler the Creator and Frank Ocean.

“I think artists like Frank in general and, like, Tyler and whatever, they made it easier for me to be where I am, comfortably,” Lil Nas X said before complimenting Ocean’s earlier work. “Also, ‘Provider’ was a very special song to me during this relationship I was in.”