Women have occupied all five of the top positions on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart for a seventh consecutive week on the Aug. 1-dated list, the longest such run since the chart began in 1980. Ella Langley leads the sweep with three of the five songs, alongside Taylor Swift and newcomer Stella Lefty, marking a striking reversal from late 2024, when women were entirely absent from the top five for 23 straight weeks.

Langley's "Choosin' Texas" tops the list for a 33rd week, backed by 25.3 million US streams and 51.8 million in radio audience, while also leading the all-genre Hot 100 for a 15th week. Her other two entries, "I Can't Love You Anymore" (with Morgan Wallen) and "Be Her", sit at No. 4 and No. 5, with Swift's "I Knew It, I Knew You" at No. 2 and Lefty's "Boston" at No. 3. Previous full sweeps in 1980, 1986, 1998 and 2024 lasted just five weeks combined, and women have held the chart's top spot in 40% of weeks so far this decade, the highest share of any decade since 1980 — though the article notes country radio airplay tells a less balanced story.