# Ella Langley’s Choosin’ Texas matches record for most weeks at Hot 100 No. 1

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ella-langleys-choosin-texas-ties-whitney-houston-and-mariah-careys-records-on-billboard-hot-100/
- Published: 2026-07-21T08:32:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-21T14:47:16+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety Music
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/music/news/ella-langley-choosin-texas-ties-whitney-houston-mariah-carey-records-1236816760/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- "Choosin' Texas" ties record for most weeks at Hot 100 No. 1
- Matches Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey's chart longevity marks
- Olivia Dean and Stella Lefty also post notable chart gains

## Summary

Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" has spent a 14th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, equalling the all-time record for weeks atop the chart held jointly by Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" and Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" among female acts without a co-billed male performer (Carey's seasonal "All I Want for Christmas Is You," with roughly 22 weeks spread across seven years, sits outside that comparison). The achievement confirms the song as the year's biggest hit and caps a strong run for Langley, who first reached No. 1 in February and won the Academy of Country Music's female artist of the year award in May.

Along the way, the track overtook Brandy & Monica's "The Boy Is Mine" (13 weeks) and both Destiny's Child's "Independent Women Part I" and Toni Braxton's "Un-Break My Heart" (11 weeks each). For the week of 10-16 July it logged 24 million official streams (down 4% on the week), 51 million radio airplay impressions (up 1%) and 7,000 US sales. Elsewhere on the chart, Stella Lefty earned her first Hot 100 top 10 with "Boston" at No. 6, while British singer Olivia Dean topped the Radio Songs chart with "So Easy (To Fall in Love)," which rose to No. 9 on the Hot 100 and overtook her own "Man I Need," extending a strong run for Dean with both songs having peaked at No. 5.

## Coverage

- [Variety Music: Ella Langley’s Choosin’ Texas matches record for most weeks at Hot 100 No. 1](https://variety.com/2026/music/news/ella-langley-choosin-texas-ties-whitney-houston-mariah-carey-records-1236816760/)
- [Rolling Stone: Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Just Tied ‘I Will Always Love You’](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/ella-langley-choosin-texas-chart-record-whitney-houston-1235596043/)

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