Ella Langley tops Hot 100

Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” is No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, stopping a recent run of rapid chart turnover and putting her at the center of the pop conversation this week. The song’s rise marks a notable chart milestone in March 2026. (billboard.com)

Ella Langley’s chart milestone is also her first Hot 100 leader, and the track was co-written and co-produced by Langley and Miranda Lambert while previewing Langley’s sophomore album Dandelion, due April 10, 2026 (billboard.com). For the tracking week Jan. 30–Feb. 5, Luminate/Billboard credited the song with 22.1 million official U.S. streams, 34.4 million radio audience impressions and 12,000 downloads as it entered its 16th week on the Hot 100 after debuting at No. 39 in early November (billboard.com). The single led Streaming Songs (moving 2–1 for a second week), climbed to 14–12 on Radio Songs and rose 3–2 on Digital Song Sales following two weeks at No. 1 on that chart, per Billboard’s chart rundown (billboard.com). Billboard noted the track simultaneously topped the Hot 100, Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts — a triple-chart sweep Billboard identified as notable for a female artist in the current chart era (billboard.com). In late March the song extended its run to a fourth week atop the Hot 100, giving it the most weeks at No. 1 for a woman-led song that also reached No. 1 on Hot Country Songs and surpassing Taylor Swift’s three-week mark from 2012 (billboard.com). That same March update reported the single concurrently ruled Hot Country Songs for its 17th week and counted as the 1,187th chart-topper in Hot 100 history, underscoring the track’s multimetric strength across streaming, sales and radio (billboard.com).

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