Choosin' Texas Sets Hot 100 Record at 23 Weeks

Ella Langley's country single "Choosin' Texas" has become the longest-running No. 1 song in Billboard Hot 100 history, spending 23 weeks atop the all-genre chart and surpassing Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You," which had held the previous record at 22 weeks. The milestone was announced on Tuesday, September 22, 2026. The track, released as a single in October 2025, first reached No. 1 in February 2026 and has since logged multiple stretches at the top, including a current run that began July 4. It was written by Langley with Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick and Joybeth Taylor. Luminate data shows the song generated 911 million on-demand streams in the United States and 1.26 billion globally as of mid-August. Langley's monthly Spotify listeners have grown from under 1 million in early 2023, around the time of her Grand Ole Opry debut, to more than 32 million. Analysts point to the song's cross-genre appeal and its blend of country, disco and soul influences as drivers of its staying power. Nate Sloan, a musicologist at the University of Southern California, described Langley's vocal phrasing as hypnotic, while Charles L.