{"id":4928,"date":"2026-08-03T17:02:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4928"},"modified":"2026-08-03T17:02:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:02:59","slug":"ella-langleys-choosin-texas-scores-16th-week-at-no-1-on-hot-100-country-takes-entire-top-5-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4928","title":{"rendered":"Ella Langley\u2019s \u2018Choosin\u2019 Texas\u2019 Scores 16th Week at No. 1 on Hot 100, Country Takes Entire Top 5 for First\u00a0Time"},"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>Langley&#8217;s smash ties for the fourth-longest reign of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ella-langley\/\">Ella Langley<\/a>\u2019s \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d claims a 16th week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>, tying for the fourth-longest command in the chart\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The single, which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/ella-langley-choosin-texas-hot-100-number-one\/\">first hit No. 1<\/a>&nbsp;on the Hot 100 in February, is one of only seven songs to have led for 16 weeks or more. Here\u2019s an updated rundown, ranked by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/hot-100-number-1-songs-on-top-longest\/\">most weeks<\/a>&nbsp;at No. 1, over the chart\u2019s archives, which date to August 1958:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>22 weeks, \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You,\u201d Mariah Carey, 2019-26<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>19, \u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy),\u201d Shaboozey, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>19, \u201cOld Town Road,\u201d Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16, \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas,\u201d Ella Langley, 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16, \u201cLast Night,\u201d Morgan Wallen, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16, \u201cDespacito,\u201d Luis Fonsi &amp; Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16, \u201cOne Sweet Day,\u201d Mariah Carey &amp; Boyz II Men, 1995-96<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hLOheGDwD_0?si=iVLHId3IpeNRE1pB\" 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>Meanwhile, country songs monopolize the Hot 100\u2019s entire top five for the first time ever, thanks to hits by Langley,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/morgan-wallen\/\">Morgan Wallen<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 who debuts at No. 2 with his new single, \u201cBeen by Now\u201d \u2014 a duet by the pair, Taylor Swift and Stella Lefty, adding to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/ella-langley-morgan-wallen-country-chart-records-2020s\/\">records being rewritten<\/a>&nbsp;by the genre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read on for details of the entire top 10 on this week\u2019s 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 Aug. 8, 2026, will update on&nbsp;Billboard.com&nbsp;tomorrow, Aug. 4. 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-4928\" data-postid=\"4928\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4928 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Langley&#8217;s smash ties for the fourth-longest reign of all time. Ella Langley\u2019s \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d claims a 16th week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;Billboard Hot 100, tying for the fourth-longest command in the chart\u2019s history. 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