# Ten Chart Records Ella Langley Has Broken or Set

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ten-chart-records-ella-langley-has-broken-or-set/
- Published: 2026-07-24T20:16:19+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-24T21:18:27+00:00
- Original publisher: Billboard
- Original article: https://www.billboard.com/lists/ella-langley-chart-records-choosin-texas/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Langley’s hit is approaching a historic Hot 100 record.
- It is country music’s longest female-led Hot 100 chart-topper.
- Her success spans songwriting, singles and album charts.

## Summary

Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” and her album Dandelion have produced a series of notable Billboard chart records, underlining her rapid rise in country and pop music. The song is tied with hits by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston for a major Hot 100 milestone, and could soon surpass them.

- “Choosin’ Texas” is tied for the most Hot 100 weeks at No. 1 by a woman without male-billed acts, excluding holiday songs.
- It became the longest-running Hot 100 No. 1 country title by a woman, overtaking Debby Boone’s “You Light Up My Life”.
- Langley and Megan Moroney were the first women chiefly known as country artists to lead the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 simultaneously.
- Langley has spent 20 weeks at No. 1 on Country Songwriters, surpassing Taylor Swift’s previous record.
- As a songwriter, she is tied with Dolly Parton and Miranda Lambert for the longest Hot 100 No. 1 by a country artist-songwriter.
- Women occupied the top five of Hot Country Songs for a record six consecutive weeks, with Langley holding three positions.

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