Ella Langley Breaks A Historic Tie And Move Up Again On An All-Time Ranking

"Choosin' Texas" is 1 of only 4 songs to walk 17 weeks aliases much astatine No. 1 connected the Billboard Hot 100, and it now sits unsocial successful 4th place. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 29: Ella Langley attends 2026 Billboard Women In Music astatine Hollywood Palladium connected April 29, 2026 successful Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)

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For yet different week, Ella Langley claims the biggest opus successful America. “Choosin’ Texas,” which arrived past fall, is stationary atop the Billboard Hot 100, the ranking of the astir celebrated tracks of immoderate benignant successful the United States. The state smash is acold and distant the biggest deed successful America this year, and each clip it refuses to budge from the apical spot, Langley and her career-making trim make history.

Ella Langley Joins an Extremely Exclusive Group

As of this frame, “Choosin’ Texas” has occupied the Billboard Hot 100’s throne for 17 periods. “Choosin’ Texas” is now 1 of only 4 songs to lead the Billboard Hot 100 for astatine slightest that long. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” holds the all-time record, pinch 22 frames connected apical – astatine slightest for now. That sum will apt summation successful a mates of months erstwhile the vacation staple returns again.

Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus kept “Old Town Road” atop the Billboard Hot 100 for 19 weeks successful 2019. Half a decade later, Shaboozey managed the aforesaid showing pinch his first existent smash, “A Bar Song (Tipsy).”

Ella Langley Breaks a Three-Way Tie

Last week, “Choosin’ Texas” was tied pinch 3 different tracks arsenic the fourth-longest-running No. 1 successful the history of the Billboard Hot 100. Now, Langley claims that grant connected her own.

Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day,” “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber, and Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” are stationary pinch their 16 turns atop the tally. Instead of jointly claiming the fourth-longest reign, those 3 smashes now stock the fifth-longest tenure successful first place.

Ella Langley Rules the Sales and Streaming Charts

The Billboard Hot 100 uses income data, streaming activity and power airplay to show what Americans are listening to, and “Choosin’ Texas” remains enormously successful successful 2 of those areas. The smash is erstwhile again successful power of some the Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales charts.

“Choosin’ Texas” has ne'er reached the highest rung connected the Radio Songs tally, though airplay appears to beryllium playing an important domiciled successful keeping the opus astatine No. 1 connected the Billboard Hot 100.

As it continues its historical run, “Choosin’ Texas” collects a fourteenth framework astatine No. 1 connected the Digital Song Sales roster and a seventeenth successful complaint of the Streaming Songs list. It is already 1 of the longest-running champions successful the history of some tallies, and it whitethorn proceed to change the all-time lists arsenic it sells and streams good week aft week.