She has done it, folks.
As we sit in 2026, it’s hard to argue that there’s a bigger artist, not just in the genre but in music as a whole, than Ella Langely. Launching off the success of her Riley Green collaboration, “you look like you love me” throughout 2024 and 2025, as well as other hits such as “weren’t for the wind,” the Alabama native has become nothing short of a phenomenon thanks to the megahit that is “Choosin’ Texas,” And, in turn, she has captured the hearts of nearly everyone in the country and the world over the past year.
In case you haven’t been keeping up with her and “Choosin’ Texas’” success, it is the longest-running #1 hit by a female artist this century, the only country song by a woman to triple up and go #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100, Hot Country and Country Airplay charts simultaneously and is now officially tied with Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” for the longest-running #1 EVER 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.
The last month has 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.”
Fresh off scoring a staggering NINE nominations at the upcoming 60th annual CMA Awards, becoming the first female artist this decade to capture four Top 10 hits with a single album and returning to #1 on the Billboard 200 with Dandelion for the first time since its April release and snagging Billboard’s Song of the Summer, this week, Choosin’ Texas” remained at #1 for its 22nd frame, garnering 24 million official streams, 56.9 million airplays on radio and 6,000 units sold.
As previously noted, “Choosin’ Texas” is now officially tied with Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” for the longest-running #1 hit in the history of the Hot 100.
Per usual, Langley continues to dominate other Billboard charts as well. This week, the track also topped Streaming Songs (22nd week), Digital Songs Sales (17th week) and Hot Country Songs (40th week), which is now just the third song ever to cross the threshold along with Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” (50 weeks) and Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (45 weeks).
As of this morning, “Choosin’ Texas” is projected to score its record-breaking 23rd frame at #1 next week by nearly 90 points, which will then pass Carey’s record. In case that wasn’t enough, some chart forecasters on X (formerly Twitter), such as Talk of the Charts, project the track may hit as many as 26 weeks atop the Hot 100. Simply put, it’s seemingly pretty inevitable that “Choosin’ Texas” will stand alone as the biggest hit in American history in just one short week (and beyond).
Longest-Running Billboard Hot 100 #1 Hits
T1. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” – Mariah Carey (22 weeks)
T1. “Choosin’ Texas” – Ella Langley (22 weeks)
T2. “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey (19 weeks)
T2. “Old Town Road” – Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus (19 weeks)
3. “Last Night” – Morgan Wallen (16 weeks)
4. “Despacito” – Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber (16 weeks)
5. “One Sweet Day” – Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men (16 weeks)
6. “As It Was” – Harry Styles (15 weeks)
“Choosin’ Texas”
