{"id":4936,"date":"2026-08-10T18:37:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T18:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4936"},"modified":"2026-08-10T18:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T18:39:13","slug":"ella-langleys-choosin-texas-no-1-on-hot-100-for-17th-week-ariana-grande-has-two-in-top-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4936","title":{"rendered":"Ella Langley\u2019s \u2018Choosin\u2019 Texas\u2019 No. 1 on Hot 100 for 17th Week, Ariana Grande has Two in Top\u00a05"},"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>&#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221; is now the sole fourth-longest-leading hit 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 tallies a 17th week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>, solely claiming the fourth-longest command in the chart\u2019s history. The single&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/ella-langley-choosin-texas-hot-100-number-one\/\">first led the list<\/a>&nbsp;in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s an updated look at the longest-leading hits, 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 Hot 100\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>17, \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=9AUrMTBFkmhkIiyj\" 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,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ariana-grande\/\">Ariana Grande<\/a>&nbsp;has two songs in the Hot 100\u2019s top five from her new album,&nbsp;<em>petal<\/em>, which launches as her&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/ariana-grande-petal-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1236312334\/\">seventh No. 1<\/a>&nbsp;on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>. \u201cHate That I Made You Love Me\u201d rebounds 8-2, after it led in its debut week in May, and the set\u2019s title track debuts at No. 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read on for details of the entire top 10, and more honors for Langley and Grande, among others, 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. 15, 2026, will update on&nbsp;Billboard.com&nbsp;tomorrow, Aug. 11. 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-4936\" data-postid=\"4936\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4936 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221; is now the sole fourth-longest-leading hit all-time. Ella Langley\u2019s \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d tallies a 17th week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;Billboard Hot 100, solely claiming the fourth-longest command in the chart\u2019s history. The single&nbsp;first led the list&nbsp;in February. 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