For the entire year 2026 on the chart Billboard Hot Country Songs has only had one number-one hit. Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" began its run at the top in December 2025, and in the months since it first topped the country chart, the career-changing hit hasn't slowed down. Lately, every time "Choosin' Texas" holds the top spot, Langley seems to be making history, and she's doing it again on the latest Hot Country Songs chart.
Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" stayed at number one for 27 weeks.
"Choosin' Texas" has reached the top spot on the Hot Country Songs chart for the twenty-seventh consecutive week. By reaching this impressive milestone, it becomes one of only five songs to do so. "Choosin' Texas" now ties Gabby Barrett's "I Hope" for the fourth-longest run at number one in the chart's multi-decade history. "I Hope" reached the top spot in 2020 and broke its streak the following year.
The song "Choosin' Texas" recently surpassed several country hits.
Just two weeks ago, "Choosin' Texas" tied Morgan Wallen's "Last Night" for No. 1, reaching 25 top spots. The week before, "Choosin' Texas" tied Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise" and singer-songwriter Walker Hayes's "Fancy Like.".
It'll be more than a month before "Choosin' Texas" climbs the all-time charts again... if it ever does. Sam Hunt's "Body Like a Back Road" remains the third-longest-running number one on the Hot Country Songs chart, holding the spot for 34 weeks. Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" remains in second place with 45 stints in the spotlight.
Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line have held this historic position for nearly a decade and will likely continue to challenge for the Hot Country Songs chart's all-time No. 1 spot for years to come. Their cross-genre collaboration "Meant to Be" missed out on becoming the only one-year winner by just two weeks.
The song "Choosin' Texas" conquered four places on the chart Billboard.
"Choosin' Texas" hits number one on four of the 13 charts Billboard , in which it appears. In addition to its spot on the Hot Country Songs chart, the single also leads the Digital Song Sales, Country Streaming Songs, and Country Digital Song Sales charts. Drake's "Janice STFU," which debuted at number one last week, holds the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and Streaming Songs charts, preventing "Choosin' Texas" from reclaiming the top spot, although that could change in a few days.
Ella Langley once again thwarts her claim to first place.
As has been the case for several weeks, "Choosin' Texas" continues to hold off several of Langley's other wildly popular tracks from reaching No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart. "Be Her" and "I Can't Love You Anymore," both featuring Wallen, hold on to No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, reaching their peaks. She now has four songs in the top 10, as "Loving Life Again" holds a strong No. 8 position this week.
Langley currently holds nearly 201,000,000 hits on the Hot Country Songs chart. That's an impressive feat, but she surpassed it when her album debuted. Dandelion . Almost two months after this album entered various ratings Billboard , it continues to perform well, and she has nine Hot Country Songs chart wins.
Here's where all of Ella Langley's songs are charting on the Hot Country Songs chart this week.
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#1 - "Choosing Texas"«
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#2 - "Be Her"«
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#3 - "I Can't Love You Anymore" with Morgan Wallen
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#8 – «Love Life Again»
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No. 12 - "Dandelion"«
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#13 - "The Bottom of Your Shoes"«
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#34 — "Butterfly Season" with Miranda Lambert
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No. 37 - "Broken"«
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#47 - "Time for You and Me"«
FORBES | By Hugh McIntyre. Ella Langley achieved the first-ever country music milestone in 2026.
This article was originally published on Forbes.com.