![]() ![]() 1, following Zayn, Baauer, Carrie Underwood, Fantasia and Clay Aiken. He’s just the sixth artist ever to debut a first solo Hot 100 entry at No. 1, first chart appearance: Prior to this week, Oliver Anthony Music had not appeared on any Billboard chart in any form, making him the first such artist ever to debut atop the Hot 100. We all coordinated and Oliver’s following, as well we just tried to push it out there all at once with our little group of friends and that’s how it happened.”įirst No. ![]() I had a few friends who helped us push the song out there, like my friend Josh, who has a page called Country Central. There wasn’t some big, massive planning team around this. “We just knew if we got the video out there, people were going to love the song and it would resonate with a lot of folks. Riffe is also the sole producer of “Richmond,” as well as the co-founder of radiowv, which launched in 2018. “There was not a whole lot of planning involved,” Draven Riffe, Anthony’s co-manager (with Brian Prentice), told Billboard Saturday (Aug. Oliver Anthony’s Manager on the Viral Success of ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ and Bigger Mission… 17, “I am sad to see the world in the state it’s in, with everyone fighting with each other.” 7, “I sit pretty dead center down the aisle on politics and always have.” He added on Facebook Aug. The song has drawn both praise from the right and opposition from the left, with its lyrics referencing “your dollar taxed to no end ’cause of rich men north of Richmond,” as well as “the obese milkin’ welfare.” Stated Anthony in a video posted Aug. (The radiowv recording features simply Anthony’s voice and a Gretsch guitar.) 11 posting on the radiowv YouTube account, which spotlights unsigned Americana and country acts in the Virginia/West Virginia region. The track by the Farmville, Va.-based singer-songwriter and former factory worker, born Christopher Anthony Lunsford (whose stage name honors his grandfather, Oliver Anthony), first drew buzz online, including on TikTok, where he boasts 1.5 million followers, prior to its Aug. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart, and No. Not being promoted to radio, the song also tallied 553,000 radio airplay audience impressions, the bulk on country stations. ![]() 11, “Rich Men North of Richmond” drew 17.5 million streams and sold 147,000 downloads in the tracking week ending Aug. Streams, sales & airplay: Officially released Aug. Here’s a look at the coronation of “Rich Men North of Richmond,” the 1,153rd song to top the Hot 100 over the chart’s 65-year history, and the 69th to debut at No. ![]()
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