USA. – Ella Langley's smash hit Choosin' Texas has already broken multiple records on the Billboard charts. The song is the longest-running number one by a female country artist on the Billboard Hot 100. Even Beyoncé and Taylor Swift have been dethroned and it has beaten records by Morgan Wallen and Harry Styles. This hit has already achieved more than 1.5 billion global streams, while in the first half of 2026 alone it had more than 570 million on-demand audio streams in the USA.
And there is still no end to the song's success. Choosin' Texas has furthermore recently been named Billboard's Song of the Summer for 2026. The song recently achieved its 21st week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. This places Langley just one week away from the record of 22 weeks held by Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You .
Choosin' Texas is already the longest-running non-Christmas song to hold the top position on the Hot 100. The song has also reached number one on Billboard's Hot Country Songs for 39 weeks. Langley earlier this year set a record on that list when with Choosin' Texas and Be Her she became the first woman to hold the top two positions simultaneously for more than one week. Beyoncé and Taylor Swift have previously each held the top two spots simultaneously only once. The song has moreover had six separate number-one runs on the Hot 100, which beats the previous record of five by Morgan Wallen's Last Night and Harry Styles's As It Was .
Langley's success extends beyond a single hit. Her second album, Dandelion, reached number one on the Billboard 200. With that she also simultaneously held both the number-one album and song in the USA alongside Choosin' Texas , an achievement Billboard described as a special moment in her career. The success has meanwhile also led to recognition at the 2026 CMA Awards. Langley received nine nominations, the most of any artist this year. She is nominated for, among others, Entertainer of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year.
Sources: Radio 88.8, MusicRow.com, Forbes, AP, Sony Music UK
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