{"id":4869,"date":"2026-05-11T18:48:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4869"},"modified":"2026-05-11T18:48:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:48:35","slug":"ella-langley-takes-top-2-on-billboard-hot-100-with-choosin-texas-be-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4869","title":{"rendered":"Ella Langley Takes Top 2 on Billboard Hot 100 with \u2018Choosin\u2019 Texas\u2019 &amp; \u2018Be\u00a0Her\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script>\r\nif( document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ) ) document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ).insertAdjacentHTML( \"beforebegin\", \"<link rel='stylesheet' href='https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/themes\/themify-music\/themify\/themify-builder\/css\/themify-builder-style.css' type='text\/css' \/>\" );\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t\n<p>The former reigns for a ninth week. Plus, Tame Impala &amp; JENNIE&#8217;s &#8220;Dracula&#8221; hits the top 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ella-langley\/\">Ella Langley<\/a>&nbsp;makes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/ella-langley-morgan-wallen-country-chart-records-2020s\/\">more chart history<\/a>&nbsp;as \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d continues for a ninth week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;and \u201cBe Her\u201d ascends to a new No. 2 high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Langley becomes the first woman known for primarily recording country music to claim the Hot 100\u2019s top two spots simultaneously over the chart\u2019s 67-year history. Among all core-country acts, only Morgan Wallen has also achieved the feat, for a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/morgan-wallen-tate-mcrae-what-i-want-hot-100-number-1-debut\/\">week last May<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nUsrYVxrDwI?si=rzaO_f2oM4HH823m\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere in the Hot 100\u2019s top 10, Tame Impala and JENNIE\u2019s \u201cDracula\u201d blasts to No. 10 \u2014 becoming the first top 10 for each act \u2014 and women hold eight spots in the region, marking a run of prominence last linked nearly a dozen years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read on for details of this week\u2019s entire top 10 on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts dated May 16, 2026, will update on&nbsp;Billboard.com&nbsp;tomorrow, May 12. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram. Plus, for all chart rules and explanations, click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/billboard-charts-legend\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4869\" data-postid=\"4869\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4869 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former reigns for a ninth week. Plus, Tame Impala &amp; JENNIE&#8217;s &#8220;Dracula&#8221; hits the top 10. Ella Langley&nbsp;makes&nbsp;more chart history&nbsp;as \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d continues for a ninth week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;Billboard Hot 100&nbsp;and \u201cBe Her\u201d ascends to a new No. 2 high. 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