Cannot be stopped.
As we sit in 2026, there’s simply no denying that Ella Langley is the hottest star in country music. Launching off the success of her Riley Green collaboration, “you look like you love me” throughout 2024 and 2025, the Alabama native has become nothing short of a phenomenon thanks to the megahit that is “Choosin’ Texas” and, in turn, has captured the hearts of nearly everyone over the past year.
As it stands today, “Choosin’ Texas” is the longest-running #1 hit by a female country artist on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, the only country song by a woman to triple up and go #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100, Hot Country and Country Airplay chart simultaneously and now the third-longest-running hit in U.S. HISTORY.
In case that wasn’t enough, thanks to the success of her sophomore album, Dandelion, which debuted at #1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 and sold 169,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in its first week, Langley became just the second woman in history to hold the #1 album and song in the U.S. simultaneously with a country song/album. Of course, Taylor Swift was the first, going #1 with Red (Taylor’s Version) and “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” back in 2021.
She’d make even more history back on May 18th when “Choosin’ Texas” spent its 10th week at #1 on the Hot 100 and “Be Her” held strong at #2 for a second straight week. In turn, she became the first country artist in history to hold the Top 2 songs in the United States simultaneously for more than one week. This broke her out a tie with Morgan Wallen, who became the first country artist to do so upon the release of I’m The Problem last May, when he owned the top three songs with “What I Want,” “Just in Case” and “I’m the Problem.”
The last three weeks have been particularly historic for Langley and the smash hit. With “Choosin’ Texas” spending its 15th and 16th weeks at #1, it became the longest-running #1 hit by a female artist this CENTURY. In case that wasn’t enough, she helped the genre make history when only country songs made up the Top 5 on the Hot 100 last week, including the likes of Morgan Wallen’s brand-new single, “Been By Now,” Taylor Swift’s return to country music, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” from Toy Story 5, Langley and Wallen’s collaboration, “I Can’t Love You Anymore” and Stella Lefty’s controversial viral hit, “Boston.”
After securing its 17th frame at #1 last week and securing more weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 in 2026 than all other artists COMBINED, this week, Choosin’ Texas” remained at #1 for its 18th frame, garnering 25 million official streams, 54.6 million airplays on radio and 8,000 units sold. She now owns the third-longest-running #1 hit in terms of weeks spent at the top, only behind the likes of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (22 weeks), Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (19 weeks) and Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Old Town Road” (19 weeks).
Langley continues to dominate other Billboard charts as well. This week, the hit song also topped Songs of the Summer (11th week), Digital Song Sales (15th week), Streaming Songs (18th week) and Hot Country Songs (36th week), which is now good for the third-longest in its history.
With “Choosin’ Texas” projected to score its 19th frame at #1 next week by over 110 points, it’s all but guaranteed that she will be able to tie (and potentially pass) Shaboozey for the longest-running country hit on the chart by the end of the month. In turn, she would tie “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and “Old Town Road” for the longest-running non-holiday #1 hit in U.S. history. Simply put, it’s on track to not only become the biggest country song in history, but also one of the biggest hits in American history as well.
Longest-Running Billboard Hot 100 #1 Hits
1. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” – Mariah Carey (22 weeks)
T2. “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey (19 weeks)
T2. “Old Town Road” – Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus (19 weeks)
3. “Choosin’ Texas” – Ella Langley (18 weeks)
4. “Last Night” – Morgan Wallen (16 weeks)
5. “Despacito” – Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber (16 weeks)
6. “One Sweet Day” – Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men (16 weeks)
7. “As It Was” – Harry Styles (15 weeks)
“Choosin’ Texas”
