Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" Spends 21st Week at No. 1, One Week From Tying All-Time Hot 100 Record
Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" has held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 — the all-genre singles chart that ranks the biggest songs in the US each week — for a 21st week, placing it one week away from tying the longest reign in the chart's history. The record belongs to Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You," which has spent 22 weeks at the top. Billboard
Langley reacted on Tuesday, Sept. 8, reposting Billboard's chart announcement on her Instagram Story. She wrote "Unreal" over the post, tagged her co-writers Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert and Joybeth Taylor, and added a mind-blown emoji alongside a smiley face holding back tears.
"Choosin' Texas" first reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 back in February. It has not relinquished the position since becoming the second song in the chart's history to log 20 or more weeks at the summit. At 21 weeks, it is now the second-longest-running No. 1 in Hot 100 history, behind only Carey's holiday staple. It is also the longest-leading non-holiday hit ever on the chart, having claimed that distinction outright at 20 weeks on Aug. 31. Billboard
The song's latest week at No. 1 was built on 24.5 million official U.S. streams, 58.1 million radio airplay audience impressions and 7,000 sales during the Aug. 28–Sept. 3 tracking period. Radio airplay audience impressions measure the estimated number of listeners who heard the song across all monitored stations in that window.
Beyond the Hot 100, "Choosin' Texas" continues to dominate genre-specific rankings. It spent a 39th week at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart and led the Billboard Streaming Songs chart for a 21st week. The song was also named Billboard's No. 1 song of the summer for 2026 — and for the first time, country tracks took the top three spots on that seasonal list. Billboard
The song's writing credits connect Langley to two established country voices. Miranda Lambert, a Grammy-winning artist with a long chart history of her own, co-wrote the track alongside Luke Dick and Joybeth Taylor. Langley has said the song's title line came from a moment when she and Lambert spotted a kangaroo together. Billboard
For Langley, a country artist whose rise has been tracked chart by chart over the past year, 21 weeks at the top of an all-genre ranking puts her in territory that very few songs have reached. The next chart, dated Sept. 12, will determine whether "Choosin' Texas" ties Carey's record or falls short.
