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The smash becomes the sole longest-leading country song by a woman.
6/29/2026
Ella Langley Caylee Robillard
Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” rebounds a spot for another history-making week atop the Billboard Hot 100.
With an 11th week in command, the song becomes the sole longest-leading Hot 100 No. 1 by a woman with a country hit, defined as those that have hit Billboard’s multimetric Hot Country Songs chart. It breaks out of a tie with Debby Boone’s “You Light Up My Life,” which dominated the Hot 100 for 10 weeks (becoming the first song to reign for double-digit weeks) and reached No. 4 on Hot Country Songs in 1977.
(Also of note, Dolly Parton wrote “ I Will Always Love You,” which Whitney Houston took to No. 1 on the Hot 100 for 14 weeks in 1992-93. Parton sent two versions of the revered ballad to the top of Hot Country Songs, in 1974 and 1982.)
“Choosin’ Texas” tops Hot Country Songs for a 29th week.
The hit adds another unprecedented feat: Langley’s first Hot 100 leader stakes its sixth distinct stay at No. 1, previously leading on charts dated Feb. 14; March 7 and 21-28; April 11-25; and May 9-23. It solely claims the most separate No. 1 stays over a single release cycle, one-upping the five flights for Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” in 2023 and Harry Styles’ “As It Was” in 2022. (Overall, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” leads with eight ascents to No. 1 over 2019-25.)
Amid the No. 1 run on the Hot 100 for the resilient “Choosin’ Texas,” eight other songs have taken turns at the top: Bad Bunny’s “DtMF”; Taylor Swift’s “Opalite;” Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might”; BTS’ “Swim”; Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drop Dead”; Drake’s “Janice STFU”; Ariana Grande’s “Hate That I Made You Love Me”; and Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You.” (The reigns of “Last Night” and “As It Was” were interrupted by six No. 1s each.)
Read on for details of the entire top 10 on this week’s Hot 100.
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‘Choosin’ Texas’ Streams, Airplay & Sales
“Choosin’ Texas,” on SAWGOD/Columbia Records, with Triple Tigers having promoted it to country radio, totaled 25.5 million official streams, 48.2 million radio airplay audience impressions (essentially even in both metrics week over week) and 8,000 sold (up 4%) in the United States June 19-25.
The single rebounds a spot for a 12th week atop the Streaming Songs chart; dips to No. 6 from its No. 4 high on Radio Songs; and rises one place for a 10th week atop Digital Song Sales.
“Choosin’ Texas” also spends a scorching fourth week at No. 1 on the Songs of the Summer chart.
The song received new exposure during the tracking week via Langley’s taped CMA Fest performance that aired June 25 on ABC.
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Rest of Top 10: Older But Still ‘Knew’
Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You” descends to No. 2 after spending its first two weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1. (It has the most total sales for the week: 41,000, with 35,000 from vinyl copies.)
Langley tallies two more songs in the Hot 100’s top 10: “Be Her” rises 5-3 after reaching No. 2 — she also performed it during CMA Fest — and “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” with Wallen, climbs 14-9 after reaching No. 7.
Notably, this week marks the first in the Hot 100’s history in which women hold the top three with country songs, thanks to Langley and Swift.
Two Olivia Rodrigo songs rank in the Hot 100’s top 10: “Stupid Song,” which slips 3-4 in its second week, and “Drop Dead,” down 4-5 after it led in its debut week in early May. The tracks’ parent album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, scores a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Drake’s “Janice STFU” lifts 7-6 after spending its first two weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1 beginning in late May. It notches a sixth week each atop the multimetric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.
Grande’s “Hate That I Made You Love Me” pushes 8-7 three weeks after it debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100.
Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” is up 10-8 on the Hot 100 after reaching No. 2.
Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Tame Impala and JENNIE’s “Dracula” levitates back to its peak (18-10), as it leads the multimetric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a 25th week and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs for a seventh week.
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