"The Georgia native rode from unknown teen to superstar singer in one year flat. Last December, he uploaded "Old Town Road" to independent music service Amuse; as spins surged through the spring, Billboard booted the trap-inflected tune from its country charts. By summer, a major label deal and a series of remixes rocketed the song to 1.8 billion spins in the U.S. en route to a record-setting 19 weeks atop the overall singles rankings. That helped Lil Nas X earn an estimated $14 million pretax, lassoing the No. 18 spot on our list of country's top earners this fall." — Forbes