"Choosin' Texas' is now the longest non-holiday No. 1 by a solo woman artist on the Billboard Hot 100.
Ella Langley performs at The 61st Academy of Country Music Awards held at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 17, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” is no stranger to breaking chart records, but the yearning country song recently set one of its most significant milestones yet: For the Hot 100 chart dated Aug. 1, “Choosin’ Texas” logged its 15th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, spending the most weeks ever at No. 1 for a non-holiday title by a woman with no co-billed acts.
On the current chart, Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” surpasses Whitney Houston’s 1992 hit “I Will Always Love You” and Mariah Carey’s 2005 smash “We Belong Together.” (Carey still has bragging rights with “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which has spent 22 weeks in the top spot since its 1994 release.)
