The right-wing, anti-taxes, anti-welfare song of the summer has been crowned
, naturally, which suggests that the song’s success is really part of some huge viral movement, with one of Anthony’s managers saying there “wasn’t some big, massive planning team” trying to get the song to catch on, they just had “a few friends” who helped spread it around.
Either way, Anthony is only the sixth artists in the history of the Hot 100 to debut their first solo single at number one, following Zayn, Baauer , Carrie Underwood, Fantasia, and Clay Aiken. Anthony and Baauer are the only two that seemingly came out of nowhere, but it remains to be seen if “Rich Men North Of Richmond” will have the same kind of… lasting cultural impact as “Harlem Shake.”, Anthony said, “the hopelessness and frustration of our times resonate in the response to this song.
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