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- Sep 22, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
'Choosin' Texas' Sets the Record for Most Weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100
- On the Hot 100 dated 26 September 2026, 'Choosin' Texas' scored its 23rd week at No. 1, the longest reign since the chart began in August 1958, one ahead of Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You'[1]
- The song debuted on the Hot 100 dated 1 November 2025, first reached the top 10 in January and first led in February[1]
- Langley co-wrote it with Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert and Joybeth Taylor; it is on SAWGOD/Columbia Records[1]
- In the tracking week of 11-17 September it drew 21.8 million streams, 58.3 million radio audience impressions and 6,000 sales, and spent a 41st week atop Hot Country Songs[1]
- Its 18th week atop Digital Song Sales tied BTS's 'Dynamite' and 'Butter' for that chart's longest reign[1]
- It is the lead single of her No. 1 album Dandelion[4]
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- [1]90%billboard.com/lists/ella-langley-choosin-texas-hot-100-number-one-chart-recordbillboard.com· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Sep 22, 2026 ✓· 28% of score
Billboard's[2][4] report published 22 September 2026: 'Choosin' Texas' 'rewrites the record for the longest run ever achieved atop the Billboard Hot 100 as it scores a 23rd week at No. 1' on the chart dated 26 September.
- [2]90%Billboard Hot 100, week of September 26, 2026billboard.com· Added Sep 27, 2026· 28% of score
Billboard's[1][4] own chart page for the week of 26 September 2026 with 'Choosin' Texas' at No. 1.
- [3]75%Choosin' Texasen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 28% of score
Says the song set the record for the longest-running No. 1 by a country artist and then passed 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' as the longest-reigning chart-topper in Hot 100 history.[1]
- [4]85%Ella Langley's 'Dandelion' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chartbillboard.com· Published Apr 19, 2026· 15% of score
By April 2026 the single had spent six weeks atop the Hot 100 and 20 on Hot Country Songs, as the lead single of Dandelion.[1]
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