Ella Langley nears 22nd week at No.1

Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” entered the week with a chance to match the longest run ever at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, according to Billboard’s chart history pages and a social post circulated Tuesday. Billboard said on August 31 that the song had reached 20 weeks at No. 1, making it the longest-leading non-holiday hit in the chart’s history. A post on X from chart watcher @reisoverit said Tuesday that the song was on track for a 22nd week at the top, which would pull it level with Mariah Carey’s overall record. Billboard’s published ranking of the longest-leading Hot 100 No. 1s, dated August 31, listed Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” at 22 weeks and Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” at 20. That means any move to 22 would not set a new outright record, but it would create a tie for the longest total stay at No. 1 in the chart’s 68-year history. (billboard.com) ### How close is Langley to the all-time mark? The August 31 Billboard list put “Choosin’ Texas” at 20 weeks at No. 1, behind only Carey’s 22-week total. Billboard also said Langley’s song had already become the sole longest-leading non-holiday No. 1, breaking the 19-week mark previously shared by Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” and Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” (billboard.com) The social claim now in circulation is about a projected 22nd week, not a Billboard-confirmed final chart. Billboard’s most recent published data available in search results still shows the song at 20 weeks for the chart dated September 5, 2026. ### What exactly is the Mariah Carey comparison? Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” holds the overall Hot 100 record with 22 weeks at No. 1, Billboard said in a December 29, 2025 chart report and again in its August 31, 2026 all-time roundup. (billboard.com) Billboard said those 22 weeks were accumulated across multiple holiday seasons beginning in December 2019. Paul Grein wrote for Billboard on September 1 that Carey’s song remained “the only single with a longer run at No. 1” than Langley’s 20-week total. That framing is the basis for the current comparison: total weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, not consecutive weeks, genre, or radio performance alone. (billboard.com) ### When did “Choosin’ Texas” first reach No. 1? Billboard reported on February 9 that “Choosin’ Texas” rose to No. 1 on the Hot 100 for the first time, giving Langley her first leader on the chart. The publication said the single also topped Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay, and that Langley and Miranda Lambert were among its writers and producers. (billboard.com) Billboard’s August 31 all-time list says the song’s first week at No. 1 was on the Hot 100 dated February 14, 2026. That date anchors the run that has carried the track into record territory through late summer. ### Why are people being careful with the 22-week claim? Tuesday’s X post describes what the next chart could show, but Billboard has not yet published a chart article in the search results confirming a 21st or 22nd week. (billboard.com) The verified benchmark remains 20 weeks at No. 1 as of the September 5-dated Hot 100. (billboard.com) Billboard’s next Hot 100 publication will determine whether “Choosin’ Texas” moves into a tie with Carey’s 22-week mark. If that happens, Langley would hold the non-holiday record outright and share the overall record for total weeks at No. 1. (billboard.com 1) (billboard.com 2)