Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” tallies a 17th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, solely claiming the fourth-longest command in the chart’s history. The single, which first led the list back in February, keeps its grip on the Aug. 15-dated chart and now trails only Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (22 weeks), Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” (19 weeks each).
The numbers behind the run are staggering. In the week ending Aug. 6, “Choosin’ Texas” racked up 24.9 million official streams, 54.5 million radio airplay audience impressions and 9,000 sold in the United States, per Luminate. The song, out on SAWGOD/Columbia Records with Triple Tigers handling country radio, also dominates Hot Country Songs for a 35th week — the third-longest reign in that chart’s history — and laps up a 10th week atop the Songs of the Summer chart.
A Rare Chart Double
Langley’s achievement goes well beyond one song. With “Choosin’ Texas” at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and her Morgan Wallen duet “I Can’t Love You Anymore” newly No. 1 on Country Airplay, she becomes just the third artist — and the first woman — to top the two charts simultaneously with different songs since Country Airplay began in January 1990. The only others to pull it off are Morgan Wallen, twice, and Lonestar in 2000.
“Women are about to take over.”
Her dominance arrives in a banner year for the Hot 100: at the midpoint of August, ten songs have risen to No. 1 for the first time since January, a sign of unusual chart turnover. Langley shares that milestone-heavy moment with Ariana Grande, whose new album “petal” launches as her seventh No. 1 on the Billboard 200, with its title track debuting at No. 4 on the Hot 100.
Why It Matters
“Choosin’ Texas” isn’t just a pop-crossover hit — it’s evidence that country music has become the defining sound of the mid-2020s charts. Langley’s unprecedented simultaneous No. 1s across two charts point to a genre that’s no longer a niche, with country acts repeatedly outlasting pop releases at the top. As Langley herself told Billboard, women in the format are poised to lead the next wave. With the song showing little sign of cooling off, the question now is just how far her record-setting run can stretch.
