Ella Langley’s Hot 100 Run

Ella Langley is still sitting at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, with “Choosin’ Texas” leading the chart dated April 25 for a seventh week. (billboard.com, yahoo.com) The run has not been continuous. “Choosin’ Texas” first reached No. 1 on the February 9, 2026 chart, then returned to the top in later stretches in March and April, giving Langley a string of nonconsecutive weeks across the spring. (billboard.com, top40weekly.com) This week brought a second chart jolt. “Be Her” climbed into the Hot 100 top 10 for the April 25 ranking, reaching No. 4 after Langley released her album *Dandelion* on April 10. (msn.com, discogs.com) That kind of surge is often called an album bomb: a new album lands, fans stream multiple tracks at once, and songs beyond the main single jump up the singles chart. *Dandelion* debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, which gave Langley the week’s biggest album launch and fed more streams back into her Hot 100 totals. (yahoo.com, kfdi.com) The overlap is unusual for a country artist on the all-genre chart. Billboard reported that Langley joined Taylor Swift as the only women to top the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 at the same time with country titles. (yahoo.com) The momentum is showing up on country radio too. Billboard said last week that Langley became the first woman to place two solo songs in the Country Airplay top 10 simultaneously, with “Choosin’ Texas” and “Be Her.” (billboard.com) *Dandelion* is Langley’s second studio album and the follow-up to *Hungover* from 2024. The 18-track set was released through SAWGOD and Columbia Records, with “Choosin’ Texas” and “Be Her” both included on the album. (discogs.com, wikipedia.org) For now, the story is simple: one single has kept snapping back to No. 1, and the album that arrived behind it has turned Langley’s spring chart run into a two-song Hot 100 push. (goldderby.com, msn.com)