Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Breaks All-Time Hot 100 Record With 23rd Week at No. 1

Ella Langley ’s “Choosin’ Texas” rewrites the record for the longest run ever achieved atop the Billboard Hot 100 as it scores a 23rd week at No.

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The smash one-ups the command of Mariah Carey’s perennial “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which has topped the chart each Yuletide season since the classic 1994 carol first led.

Here’s an updated look at the longest-leading hits, ranked by most weeks spent at No.

1 on the Hot 100, since the chart began in August 1958: 23 weeks (to date), “Choosin’ Texas,” Ella Langley, 2026 22, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey, 2019-26 19, “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey, 2024 19, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat.

Billy Ray Cyrus, 2019 16, “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, 2023 16, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat.

Justin Bieber, 2017 16, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, 1995-96 “Choosin’ Texas” debuted on the Hot 100 dated Nov.

1, 2025, as Langley’s fifth career entry on the chart.

It became her first top 10 in January and initially led in February, on its way to setting multiple chart records .

Related How Ella Langley Navigated The Whirlwind Success Of ‘Choosin’ Texas’ — And Why She Thinks ‘Women Are About To Take Over’ “It feels surreal,” Langley told Billboard News earlier this year of the song’s impact.

“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.” As for what has helped the song connect so strongly? “I don’t know.

I really don’t,” said Langley, who co-penned it with Luke Dick, Miranda Lambert and Joybeth Taylor.