Ella Langley tops Hot 100 10 weeks

Ella Langley added another week to one of 2026’s biggest chart runs when “Choosin’ Texas” held at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a 10th straight week, according to Billboard’s May 18 chart report. The song’s streak gives Langley a double-digit stay atop the all-genre chart, a threshold Billboard said only a limited group of songs in Hot 100 history have reached. (billboard.com) Yahoo also reported that the run set a country-music first on the Hot 100. (yahoo.com) The latest chart week also kept Langley in two of the top slots at once. Yahoo reported that “Be Her” was at No. 2, extending a stretch in which Langley has occupied the chart’s top tier with more than one song at a time. (wavy.com) ### How unusual is a 10-week Hot 100 run for a country song? Billboard said “Choosin’ Texas” reached a 10th week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, making it one of the relatively few songs to spend 10 or more weeks atop the chart. Yahoo said no country song had previously led the all-genre Hot 100 for 10 consecutive weeks. (billboard.com) Billboard had already flagged the song’s staying power earlier in its run. In a March chart analysis, the publication said “Choosin’ Texas” had halted a fast-changing period at No. 1, and by May 11 it had reached a ninth week before adding the 10th. (yahoo.com) ### What else is happening on the chart around Langley? Yahoo reported on May 22 that Langley was sitting at both No. 1 and No. 2 on the Hot 100 with “Choosin’ Texas” and “Be Her.” A separate Yahoo report last week said that made her the first woman known primarily for country music to hold the chart’s top two positions simultaneously. (billboard.com) Billboard’s latest chart item also noted other top-10 movement from acts including Olivia Dean and Bruno Mars, but Langley remained the lead story because her song stayed at the summit for a 10th frame. (billboard.com) ### How does this fit with Langley’s awards momentum? The Academy of Country Music said Langley won seven awards at the 61st ACM Awards, the most by any artist that night. The ACM said the total set a record for the most wins in a year by a single artist. The awards result came within days of the latest Hot 100 milestone. ACM’s event page lists the 61st awards in Las Vegas in mid-May, and the winners announcement was published five days before Billboard’s report on the 10th week at No. 1. (yahoo.com) ### What comes next off the chart? WAVY reported on May 22 that Langley will headline the 2027 Patriotic Festival in Virginia Beach. (billboard.com) Riley Green and Bailey Zimmerman are also on the bill for the event’s return to the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. The next public markers for Langley are likely to come from Billboard’s weekly chart updates and from festival announcements tied to the 2027 Virginia Beach date. (acmcountry.com) As of WAVY’s report, Langley was already being billed as one of the headliners for that lineup. (wavy.com) (acmcountry.com)