Country star Ella Langley is making music history with her hit “Choosin’ Texas,” which has become the longest-running No. 1 song in Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The singer-songwriter has so far spent 23 weeks at the top of the all-genre U.S. singles chart, surpassing the previous record of 22 weeks held by Mariah Carey’s holiday classic “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”
“Choosin’ Texas,” released in October 2025, was co-written by Langley, Luke Dick, Joybeth Taylor, and Miranda Lambert. Its success has extended well beyond country radio, with strong streaming, sales, and radio numbers helping keep it at the top of the Hot 100.
“It feels surreal,” the 27-year-old told Billboard in a recent interview. “I think this has been the biggest moment for me, where I’ve seen where fans can change your career.”
“For so long, you’re like, ‘Alright, one song at a time, one record at a time.’ But with this one song—and they’ve done it continuously for me—but really with ‘Choosin’ Texas’ … man, have they taken ahold of it. It’s wild.”
Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” previously held the record after steadily adding weeks at No. 1 during the holiday season. The song, originally released in 1994, first reached the top of the Hot 100 in 2019 and returned to No. 1 during subsequent Christmas seasons.
Langley’s track places her in a group of artists whose songs have dominated the Hot 100 for extended periods. Prior to Carey hitting the 22-week mark, Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” and Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” had each spent 19 weeks at No. 1.
In response to the news, Langley told followers on Instagram that she was struggling to put the achievement into words and thanked listeners for embracing the song.
“Thank you for loving this song, for listening to it,” she said in a video message. “I feel like I just don’t even know what to say at this point. I mean, I’m running out of hyperboles to describe how I feel, so I will just let my dog in the background show you his excitement.”
“It is truly growing an atmosphere for something I’m going to be able to do the rest of my life,” she continued. “And today it doesn’t feel like a real thing. It feels fake and somebody’s going to come in and be like, ‘Ha ha, we’re kidding the whole time.’ It’s just kidding.”
Langley rose to fame in 2023 with her debut extended play, “Excuse the Mess,” and made her Grand Ole Opry debut in Nashville that same year. An extended play includes more songs than a single, but less than a traditional album or CD.
In 2024, she released her first studio album, “Hungover,” and reached chart-topping success with her duet “You Look Like You Love Me” with Riley Green. The song became her first No. 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart and helped establish her as one of country music’s rising stars.
