Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ extends Hot 100 record with 24th week at No. 1
by The Washington Times AI News Desk · The Washington TimesElla Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” spent a 24th week atop the Billboard Hot 100 on the chart dated Oct. 3, adding to the record for the longest reign at No. 1 in the chart’s history.
The country hit set the mark a week earlier, when it logged its 23rd week at the top and passed Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which had held the record with 22 weeks.
The weeks have not come in one streak. The song debuted on the Hot 100 in November at No. 39, reached the top 10 in January and hit No. 1 for the first time in February, according to Fox News. It has since lost the top spot to a string of superstar releases, including singles from Drake, Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift in late May and June. It returned to No. 1 in late June and has now held the top spot for 14 consecutive weeks.
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Billboard reported that the song drew 22.3 million official U.S. streams and sold 9,000 downloads in the tracking week of Sept. 18-24. It also extended its record for the most weeks at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart, reaching 19. The song has spent 42 weeks atop Hot Country Songs.
Before this run, the longest Hot 100 reigns belonged to Ms. Carey’s holiday standard and to two songs with 19 weeks each: Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” in 2019 and Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” in 2024. Ms. Carey’s “One Sweet Day” held the record at 16 weeks for more than 21 years.
Billboard’s Andrew Unterberger wrote that the song’s endurance reflects a Hot 100 where turnover at the top has slowed sharply, and that few superstar releases arrived over the past three months to challenge it. Unlike “Old Town Road,” he wrote, the song has not been driven by a heavy promotional push from Ms. Langley.
Ms. Langley has said the run is “changing my life.”
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