Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Breaks All-Time Hot 100 Record With 23rd Week at No. 1

Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” rewrites the record for the longest run ever achieved atop the Billboard Hot 100 as it scores a 23rd week at No. 1. The smash one-ups the command of Mariah Carey’s perennial “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which has topped the chart each Yuletide season since the classic 1994 carol first led.

Here’s an updated look at the longest-leading hits, ranked by most weeks spent at No. 1 on the Hot 100, since the chart began in August 1958:

• 23 weeks (to date), “Choosin’ Texas,” Ella Langley, 2026
• 22, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey, 2019-26
• 19, “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey, 2024
• 19, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, 2019
• 16, “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, 2023
• 16, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, 2017
• 16, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, 1995-96

“Choosin’ Texas” debuted on the Hot 100 dated Nov. 1, 2025, as Langley’s fifth career entry on the chart. It became her first top 10 in January and initially led in February, on its way to setting multiple chart records.

“It feels surreal,” Langley told Billboard News earlier this year of the song’s impact. “I think this has been the biggest moment for me, where I’ve seen where fans can change your career. For so long, you’re like, ‘Alright, one song at a time, one record at a time.’ But with this one song — and they’ve done it continuously for me — but really with ‘Choosin’ Texas’ … man, have they taken ahold of it. It’s wild.”

As for what has helped the song connect so strongly? “I don’t know. I really don’t,” said Langley, who co-penned it with Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert and Joybeth Taylor. “Those of us that wrote it, we talk about that. We love this song. I don’t know if it’s because it’s an honest point of view … but I hear a lot of honest songs all the time, so I don’t know. I tried to add some groove into this record, big singing choruses and big melodic guitar licks that you can remember. I don’t know if it feels nostalgic or sounds like something they hadn’t heard before.”

Read on for details of the entire top 10 on this week’s Hot 100.

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• ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Streams, Airplay & Sales

  “Choosin’ Texas,” on SAWGOD/Columbia Records, with Triple Tigers having promoted it to country radio, totaled 21.8 million official streams (down 9% week over week), 58.3 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 2%) and 6,000 sold (up 4%) in the United States Sept. 11-17.

  The track holds for a 23rd week at No. 1 on Streaming Songs and bounds 6-2 for a new high on Radio Songs, as it bullets at its highs in the top 10 on Adult Pop Airplay (No. 4), Pop Airplay (No. 7) and Adult Contemporary (No. 9). It continues for an 18th week atop Digital Song Sales — where it ties BTS’ “Dynamite,” from 2021, and “Butter,” from 2020, for the longest reign in the chart’s history.

  “Choosin’ Texas” is concurrently No. 1 on the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart for a 41st week; amid that run, it ruled Country Airplay, becoming the third of Langley’s five leaders at the format, for three weeks in February-March.

• The Record Setters

  

  “Choosin’ Texas” takes its place among 10 other songs that established new highs for most weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, dating to the chart’s inaugural leader.

  Here’s a recap of every elite hit that broke those barriers. (Songs that tied existing marks are not listed; every Hot 100 No. 1 of 10 or more weeks is recapped here.) Notably, Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey each boast two songs below, including their classic ballad together.

  First to number of weeks at No. 1: Title, Artist, First week at No. 1:

  • 23: “Choosin’ Texas,” Ella Langley, Feb. 14, 2026
  • 20, 21 & 22: “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey, Dec. 21, 2019
  • 17, 18 & 19: “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 13, 2019
  • 15 & 16: “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec. 2, 1995
  • 14: “I Will Always Love You,” Whitney Houston, Nov. 28, 1992
  • 11, 12 & 13: “End of the Road,” Boyz II Men, Aug. 15, 1992
  • 10: “You Light Up My Life,” Debby Boone, Oct. 15, 1977
  • 7, 8 & 9: “Mack the Knife,” Bobby Darin, Oct. 5, 1959
  • 6: “It’s All in the Game,” Tommy Edwards, Sept. 29, 1958
  • 3, 4 & 5: “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare),” Domenico Modugno, Aug. 18, 1958
  • 1 & 2: “Poor Little Fool,” Ricky Nelson, Aug. 4, 1958

• Rest of Top 10: ‘Dracula’ Rules Radio, Karol G Ties Best Rank

  Stella Lefty’s “Boston” holds at its No. 2 Hot 100 best and Morgan Wallen’s “Been by Now” bumps 4-3, after it debuted at its No. 2 high. Country songs (defined as releases that have hit Hot Country Songs) have now held the Hot 100’s top three, top four or top five 16 times over the chart’s history — with 12 having occurred since July.

  Ariana Grande’s “Hate That I Made You Love Me” rebounds 5-4 on the Hot 100, after it led in its debut week in June.

  Tame Impala and JENNIE’s “Dracula” lifts a spot back to its No. 5 Hot 100 peak. It tops the multimetric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a 37th week and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs for a 19th week and ascends one place to No. 1 on Radio Songs (62.6 million, essentially even), where the acts each lead for the first time.

  Taylor Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You” falls 3-6, after it spent its first two weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1 in June.

  Karol G’s “BbY WOW,” with Judeline and rusowsky, jumps 10-7 a week after it reached the Hot 100’s top 10. Karol G ties her best rank with her second song to make the tier, after “TQG,” with fellow Colombian star Shakira, debuted at its No. 7 peak in March 2023. “BbY WOW” (the first entry on the chart for both Judeline and rusowsky) concurrently leads the multimetric Hot Latin Songs chart for a fifth week.

  Olivia Dean’s “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” slips 7-8 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 5, while her “Man I Need” drops 8-9, after reaching at No. 2.

  Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Langley’s “Be Her” backtracks 9-10, after peaking at No. 2.