{"id":4951,"date":"2026-08-31T17:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4951"},"modified":"2026-08-31T17:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T17:00:35","slug":"ella-langleys-choosin-texas-becomes-sole-longest-leading-non-holiday-hot-100-hit-with-20th-week-at-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4951","title":{"rendered":"Ella Langley\u2019s \u2018Choosin\u2019 Texas\u2019 Becomes Sole Longest-Leading Non-Holiday Hot 100 Hit with 20th Week at No.\u00a01"},"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>It becomes just the second song overall to reign for 20 or more weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ella-langley\/\">Ella Langley<\/a>\u2019s \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d achieves a landmark 20th week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 claiming the sole longest run ever atop the chart for a non-holiday song. The smash&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/ella-langley-choosin-texas-hot-100-number-one\/\">first led<\/a>&nbsp;in February, has already set multiple&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/ella-langley-chart-records-choosin-texas\/\">chart records<\/a>&nbsp;and is just the second title in the Hot 100\u2019s 68-year history to lead for at least 20 weeks.<\/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 ever on the Hot 100:<\/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>20, \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas,\u201d Ella Langley, 2026<\/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, \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\/nUsrYVxrDwI?si=12o2vT2PbRdYXzLh\" 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>The only song in the way of the run of \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d historically, Mariah Carey\u2019s \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/mariah-carey-hot-100-christmas-22nd-week\/\">ruled<\/a>&nbsp;the Hot 100 each Yuletide season since the 1994 carol was first No. 1 in 2019, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/ella-langley-choosin-texas-hot-100-record-mariah-carey-1236324952\/\">could add<\/a>&nbsp;to its total in the holidays ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe loved the song when we wrote it, but none of us thought that it would be the song to do everything it\u2019s doing,\u201d Langley&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/awards\/ella-langley-women-in-music-2026-powerhouse-1236222728\/\">told&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;earlier this year of \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas,\u201d which she cowrote with Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert and Joybeth Taylor. \u201cIt keeps giving us a reason to celebrate new \u00admilestones.\u201d<\/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 Sept. 5, 2026, will update on&nbsp;Billboard.com&nbsp;tomorrow, Sept. 1. 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-4951\" data-postid=\"4951\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4951 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It becomes just the second song overall to reign for 20 or more weeks. Ella Langley\u2019s \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d achieves a landmark 20th week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;Billboard Hot 100&nbsp;\u2014 claiming the sole longest run ever atop the chart for a non-holiday song. 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