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Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 Countdown For Aug. 8, 2026 | Billboard News
Billboard's weekly video countdown ran through the top 10 of the Hot 100 chart for the week dated 8 August 2026, highlighting continued strength for Morgan Wallen, Ella Langley and Olivia Dean. A new Morgan Wallen track has entered the top 10, joining his existing collaboration with Ella Langley, while Wallen also lands a second entry higher up the chart. The countdown matters mainly to industry watchers and fans tracking chart momentum among country and pop artists this week.
"Choosin' Texas" holds at No. 1 for a 16th consecutive week, with Morgan Wallen's new song "Been By Now" debuting at No. 2 and Taylor Swift slipping to No. 3. Wallen and Ella Langley's joint track remains at No. 4, followed by "Boston" at No. 5 and "Dracula" holding at No. 6. "So Easy" sits at No. 7, an Ariana track falls to No. 8, "Be Her" drops to No. 9, and "Man, I Need" rounds out the top 10 at No. 10.
In short
- "Choosin' Texas" logs a 16th week atop the Hot 100.
- Morgan Wallen's new song "Been By Now" debuts at No. 2.
- Ella Langley and Olivia Dean also hold strong top-10 positions.
Explained simply
The Billboard Hot 100 ranks songs by their performance in the United States, drawing on measures such as streams, radio play and sales. Its weekly top 10 shows which tracks are reaching the largest audiences and how their positions change over time.
Morgan Wallen is a country singer, while Ella Langley and Taylor Swift also appear among the artists in this chart story. A song can have more than one chart entry when an artist releases several tracks that are performing strongly.
Chart positions are watched by music fans and the recording industry as one measure of a song’s reach. The Hot 100 covers artists across genres, so country and pop songs compete on the same ranking.
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