Women have spent much of 2026 rewriting Billboard’s country record books. Ella Langley has been at the center of many of those milestones, while Taylor Swift, Stella Lefty and others have contributed to a broader run of new benchmarks on Hot Country Songs.
Now, Langley’s Dandelion, which has spent 13 weeks at No. 1 on Top Country Albums since it debuted in April, has delivered yet another milestone.
With “Choosin’ Texas,” “Be Her” and, on the Aug. 15-dated Country Airplay chart, the Morgan Wallen duet “I Can’t Love You Anymore” each reaching No. 1, Dandelion is just the 13th album by a woman or an act with a woman vocalist to generate at least three leaders since the chart launched in 1990. It’s the first to reach the threshold since Kelsea Ballerini’s The First Time in 2015-16.
Wallen brings some impressive album history of his own to the occasion. His “Don’t We,” which immediately preceded “I Can’t Love You Anymore” atop Country Airplay, became the seventh No. 1 from I’m the Problem, making it the first album to generate seven leaders from an original version. Luke Combs’ What You See Is What You Get also produced seven when counting its original and deluxe editions.
For albums by women, however, even three has become rare. Ten of the 13 qualifying sets arrived between 1992 and 2009. Carrie Underwood leads with three — Some Hearts, Carnival Ride and Play On — while Shania Twain follows with two. Twain’s The Woman in Me remains the only album in the group to produce four Country Airplay No. 1s.
Below, Billboard looks back at the 13 albums and the hits they sent to the top.
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Dandelion, Ella Langley
Country Airplay No. 1s:
- “Choosin’ Texas,” three weeks, beginning Feb. 14, 2026
- “Be Her,” four, June 6, 2026
- “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” with Morgan Wallen, two, Aug. 15, 2026
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The First Time, Kelsea Ballerini
Image Credit: Christopher Polk/Getty Images Country Airplay No. 1s:
- “Love Me Like You Mean It,” one week, July 4, 2015
- “Dibs,” one, March 5, 2016
- “Peter Pan,” one, Sept. 24, 2016
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Need You Now, Lady A
Country Airplay No. 1s:
- “Need You Now,” five weeks, beginning Nov. 28, 2009
- “American Honey,” two, April 24, 2010
- “Our Kind of Love,” two, Sept. 25, 2010
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Play On, Carrie Underwood
Image Credit: Ethan Miller/ACM2009/Getty Image Country Airplay No. 1s:
- “Cowboy Casanova,” one week, Nov. 21, 2009
- “Temporary Home,” one, April 10, 2010
- “Undo It,” one, Aug. 7, 2010
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Love on the Inside, Sugarland
Country Airplay No. 1s:
- “All I Want to Do,” one week, Aug. 16, 2008
- “Already Gone,” one, Jan. 17, 2009
- “It Happens,” two weeks, beginning May 23, 2009
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Carnival Ride, Carrie Underwood
Country Airplay No. 1s:
- “All-American Girl,” two weeks, beginning March 15, 2008
- “Last Name,” one week, June 21, 2008
- “Just a Dream,” two, Nov. 8, 2008
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Some Hearts, Carrie Underwood
Country Airplay No. 1s:
- “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” six weeks, beginning Jan. 21, 2006
- “Before He Cheats,” five, Nov. 11, 2006
- “Wasted,” three, April 21, 2007
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Wide Open Spaces, The Chicks
Image Credit: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Country Airplay No. 1s:
- “There’s Your Trouble,” two weeks, beginning Aug. 8, 1998
- “Wide Open Spaces,” four, Nov. 7, 1998
- “You Were Mine,” two, March 13, 1999
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I’m Alright, Jo Dee Messina
Image Credit: Beth Gwinn/Getty Images Country Airplay No. 1s:
- “Bye Bye,” two weeks, beginning April 18, 1998
- “I’m Alright,” three, Aug. 22, 1998
- “Stand Beside Me,” three, Jan. 30, 1999
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Come On Over, Shania Twain
Country Airplay No. 1s:
- “Love Gets Me Every Time,” five weeks, beginning Nov. 8, 1997
- “Honey, I’m Home,” one week, Oct. 31, 1998
- “You’re Still the One,” one, May 2, 1998
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Did I Shave My Legs for This?, Deana Carter
Country Airplay No. 1s:
- “Strawberry Wine,” two weeks, beginning Nov. 23, 1996
- “We Danced Anyway,” two, March 15, 1997
- “How Do I Get There,” one week, Oct. 18, 1997
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The Woman in Me, Shania Twain
Image Credit: Paul Natkin/Getty Images) Country Airplay No. 1s:
- “Any Man of Mine,” two weeks, beginning May 13, 1995
- “(If You’re Not in It for Love) I’m Outta Here!,” two, Nov. 18, 1995
- “You Win My Love,” two, Feb. 24, 1996
- “No One Needs To Know,” one week, May 11, 1996
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Wynonna, Wynonna Judd
Image Credit: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Country Airplay No. 1s:
- “She Is His Only Need,” one week, April 11, 1992
- “I Saw the Light,” three weeks, beginning July 4, 1992
- “No One Else on Earth,” four, Oct. 24, 1992

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