Ella Langley extends No.1

Ella Langley kept “Choosin’ Texas” at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a sixth straight week on the chart dated April 18, 2026. (billboard.com) Billboard said the song posted 26.6 million official United States streams, 42.4 million radio audience impressions and 9,000 sales in the April 3-9 tracking week. (billboard.com) The same update pushed Langley’s “Be Her” up four spots to No. 8, giving her a second Hot 100 top 10 at the same time her new album *Dandelion* arrived on April 10. (billboard.com) The Hot 100 is Billboard’s all-genre singles chart, and it combines United States streaming, radio airplay and sales rather than counting only one format. Billboard said digital singles sold through direct-to-consumer sites are excluded. (billboard.com) That formula helps explain why a song can stay on top even as one piece of the mix softens: “Choosin’ Texas” gained 11% in streams and 14% in sales week over week, while radio airplay slipped 2%. (billboard.com) Langley first reached No. 1 in mid-February, when “Choosin’ Texas” became her first Hot 100 leader and the first song by a woman to top the Hot 100, Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts at the same time. (billboard.com) Billboard said “Choosin’ Texas” has now spent 20 weeks at No. 1 on Hot Country Songs, while “Be Her” held at its No. 2 peak on that chart. (billboard.com) Billboard also said Langley became the second woman to place two songs in the top 10 of both the Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs at the same time; Taylor Swift previously did it for one week in October 2012. (billboard.com) Behind the weekly rankings, Billboard said Luminate reviews and authenticates the data used for the charts and removes submissions it deems suspicious or unverifiable before the final rankings are published. (billboard.com) Six weeks at No. 1 now puts “Choosin’ Texas” beyond a one-week crossover and into the kind of run that usually requires streaming scale, radio support and buyers still showing up at once. (billboard.com; billboard.com; billboard.com)