Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” achieves a landmark 20th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 — claiming the sole longest run ever atop the chart for a non-holiday song. The smash first led in February, has already set multiple chart records and is just the second title in the Hot 100’s 68-year history to lead for at least 20 weeks.
Here’s an updated look at the longest-leading hits, ranked by most weeks at No. 1 ever on the Hot 100:
- 22 weeks, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey, 2019-26
- 20, “Choosin’ Texas,” Ella Langley, 2026
- 19, “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey, 2024
- 19, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, 2019
- 16, “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, 2023
- 16, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, 2017
- 16, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, 1995-96
The only song in the way of the run of “Choosin’ Texas” historically, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has ruled the Hot 100 each Yuletide season since the 1994 carol was first No. 1 in 2019, and could add to its total in the holidays ahead.
“We loved the song when we wrote it, but none of us thought that it would be the song to do everything it’s doing,” Langley told Billboard earlier this year of “Choosin’ Texas,” which she cowrote with Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert and Joybeth Taylor. “It keeps giving us a reason to celebrate new milestones.”
Read on for details of the entire top 10 on this week’s Hot 100.
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‘Choosin’ Texas’ Streams, Airplay & Sales
“Choosin’ Texas,” on SAWGOD/Columbia Records, with Triple Tigers having promoted it to country radio, totaled 24.2 million official streams (essentially even week over week), 56.8 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 2%) and 7,000 sold (down 9%) in the United States Aug. 21-27.
Langley’s first Hot 100 leader holds for a 20th week at No. 1 on Streaming Songs; keeps at No. 5, after reaching No. 4, on Radio Songs; and drops six spots to No. 7 after 16 weeks atop Digital Song Sales. It’s just the third song to rule Streaming Songs for at least 20 weeks, joining Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (26) and Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” (20).
Meanwhile, after topping the Country Airplay chart for three weeks in February-March, “Choosin’ Texas” continues crossing over at radio, hitting new highs of No. 4 on Adult Pop Airplay and No. 7 on Pop Airplay.
“Choosin’ Texas” also tops the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart for a 38th week and the Songs of the Summer chart for a 13th week.
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Country Controls Top 4 Again
Stella Lefty’s “Boston” repeats at its No. 2 Hot 100 best, Taylor Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You” is stationary at No. 3, after it spent its first two weeks on the chart at No. 1 in June, and Morgan Wallen’s “Been by Now” holds at No. 4, after it debuted at its No. 2 high.
Country boasts another especially triumphant week, a month after the genre monopolized the entire top five on the Hot 100 for the first time. Of the 13 weeks all-time with country songs at either Nos. 1-3, 1-4 or 1-5, all have occurred since August 2023, powered, in part, by country’s growth in streaming, among other factors.
“I Knew It, I Knew You” concurrently leads Radio Songs for a second week (66.6 million, up 3%).
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Rest of Top 10: Grande & More
Ariana Grande’s “Hate That I Made You Love Me” is a non-mover at No. 5 on the Hot 100, after it led in its debut week in June.
Tame Impala and JENNIE’s “Dracula” rises 8-6 after reaching No. 5 on the Hot 100. It tops the multimetric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a 34th week and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs for a 16th week.
Olivia Dean’s “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” keeps at No. 7 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 5, with her “Man I Need” likewise holding in place at No. 9, after peaking at No. 2.
Wallen and Langley’s “I Can’t Love You Anymore” slides 6-8 on the Hot 100 after hitting No. 4.
Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Langley’s “Be Her” continues at No. 10, after hitting No. 2.
