Ella Langley ties Mariah Carey for most weeks at number one
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Country singer Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" has now equalled Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" for the most nonconsecutive weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100, with both songs sitting at 22 weeks. Because Carey's 1994 classic usually only regains the top spot once the Christmas season begins in November, Langley's track is well placed to break the record outright in the coming weeks, potentially becoming the most successful song in Hot 100 history. The milestone underlines a strong run for both the single and country music more broadly this year.
The song, released in October 2025, first topped the chart in February and has held Number One continuously since 4 July, effectively making it the song of the summer. Langley's second album, Dandelion, has also returned to the top of the Billboard albums chart, while she has picked up nine nominations at the upcoming 60th CMA Awards, including Single of the Year and Entertainer of the Year. Country music enjoyed a wider surge in early August, when the genre held all of the Hot 100's top five spots, including songs by Morgan Wallen and Taylor Swift, whose "I Knew It, I Knew You" also reached Number One on country radio for the first time in 13 years.
- Langley's "Choosin' Texas" ties Mariah Carey's record for weeks at Number One
- Song could overtake Carey's Christmas classic before the festive season
- Langley also leads CMA nominations and tops the albums chart
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Ella Langley is a country singer whose single "Choosin' Texas" has become one of the most enduring hits in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, the main US singles chart. The song has now spent 22 weeks at Number One, matching the record long held by Mariah Carey's festive classic "All I Want for Christmas Is You", which typically only returns to the top during the Christmas period each year.
Released in October 2025, "Choosin' Texas" first reached Number One in February and has stayed there continuously since 4 July, making it the defining song of the summer. Because Carey's song usually needs the holiday season to reclaim the top spot, Langley's track has a clear opportunity to overtake it outright in the weeks ahead, which would make it the most successful song in the chart's history.
The milestone comes amid a broader strong year for Langley and for country music generally. Her second album, Dandelion, has returned to the top of the Billboard albums chart, and she has received nine nominations for the upcoming CMA Awards. Country songs have also performed unusually well on the pop charts more widely, with the genre briefly occupying all five of the Hot 100's top positions in August.
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Ella Langley's country breakout hit "Choosin' Texas" has drawn level with Mariah Carey's perennial festive favourite "All I Want for Christmas Is You" atop the Billboard Hot 100, with both songs now sharing the record of 22 non-consecutive weeks at number one. Because Carey's 1994 classic typically returns to the top of the chart each winter, and the festive season is still some way off, Langley appears well placed to overtake it and claim the record outright in the coming weeks.
The milestone caps a long and fitful history behind the Hot 100's longest-running number one. Carey's own "One Sweet Day", her 1995 duet with Boyz II Men, held the mark for 23 years with 16 weeks at the summit before being matched by the Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber remix of "Despacito" in 2017. Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" then pushed the tally to 19 weeks in 2019, a figure equalled by Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" in late 2024. Carey's Christmas standard subsequently reclaimed the outright record during last year's holiday season, only for Langley's single to catch up with it now.
"Choosin' Texas" was released in October 2025 as the lead single from Langley's album Dandelion, entering the Hot 100 the following month and first reaching number one in February. It returned to the top spot on 4 July and has not budged since, effectively making it the song of the summer in the United States. Dandelion has also been riding high on the Billboard albums chart, recently returning to the top there as well.
Coverage of the record-tying feat has also placed it within a wider surge for country music on the American charts. One outlet highlighted that, in early August, country songs occupied the entire top five of the Hot 100, led by "Choosin' Texas" ahead of Morgan Wallen's "Been By Now", Taylor Swift's "I Knew It, I Knew You", the Wallen and Langley duet "I Can't Love You Anymore", and Stella Lefty's "Boston". It also noted that Swift's track had topped country radio for the first time in 13 years and earned her a CMA nomination, while Langley herself picked up nine CMA nominations for this year's ceremony, including Single of the Year and Entertainer of the Year.
Where outlets differ
One report frames the story around country music's broader chart dominance this summer, detailing the all-country top five in early August, Taylor Swift's country radio return and Langley's nine CMA nominations; the other focuses almost entirely on the technical chart history, tracing the record through 'One Sweet Day', 'Despacito', 'Old Town Road' and 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)'.
The two accounts disagree on which Langley album 'Choosin' Texas' comes from: one describes Dandelion as her 'sophomore' (second) album, while the other calls it her third studio album.
One report states Dandelion has just returned to number one on the Billboard albums chart, while the other says it previously spent two weeks at number one back in April, without mentioning a recent return.
One outlet presents Langley overtaking Carey as still hypothetical, contingent on the Christmas hit's usual seasonal revival; the other frames it as highly likely to happen within a week if the current run continues.
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Originally published by Rolling Stone as “Ella Langley Is Coming for Christmas: ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Ties Mariah Carey”.