A 20-Week Reign on the Hot 100
Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" logged a 20th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the sole longest-leading non-holiday song in the chart's 68-year run. The country track first reached the top of the chart in February and has now passed the 19-week totals previously shared by Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" and Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. With the milestone, "Choosin' Texas" becomes just the second title in Hot 100 history to lead for at least 20 weeks, behind only Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You."
Where It Stands Among All-Time Leaders
The updated all-time list of longest-leading Hot 100 No. 1s now reads: 22 weeks for Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (2019–26); 20 weeks for Langley's "Choosin' Texas" (2026); 19 weeks for Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" (2024); 19 weeks for Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus's "Old Town Road" (2019); 16 weeks for Morgan Wallen's "Last Night" (2023); 16 weeks for Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber's "Despacito" (2017); and 16 weeks for Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men's "One Sweet Day" (1995–96). The only song historically standing between "Choosin' Texas" and the overall mark is Carey's holiday standard, which has returned to No. 1 every Yuletide season since first topping the chart in 2019 and could extend its total later this year.
Langley on the Song's Run
Langley, 27, co-wrote "Choosin' Texas" with Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert and Joybeth Taylor. "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," she told Billboard earlier in 2026. "It keeps giving us a reason to celebrate new milestones." Her other recent Hot 100 entries include "I Can't Love You Anymore" with Morgan Wallen and "Be Her," both of which have spent multiple weeks in the chart's Top 10.
How the Hot 100 Is Compiled
The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, with the sales component reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers. Digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer sites are excluded from chart calculations. Charts dated Sept. 5, 2026, are scheduled to update on Billboard.com on Sept. 1.
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