Ella Langley adds her latest week of chart history as “Choosin’ Texas” tallies a 10th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Only 4% of all leaders over the survey’s 67-year archives have reached the milestone — and the achievement is even rarer among country hits.
The song, which tops multimetric Hot Country Songs chart for a 25th week, is one of just four songs to have ruled the Hot 100 for 10 or more weeks and made the Hot Country Songs top five; notably, three have done so in the last three-plus years. Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” led the lists for 19 and 45 weeks, respectively, in 2024-25, following Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” (16 and 25 weeks in 2023). Debby Boone’s “You Light Up My Life” became the first song ever to dominate the Hot 100 for double-digit weeks (10) and hit No. 4 on Hot Country Songs in 1977.
(Honorable mention: 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 beloved ballad to the top of Hot Country Songs, in 1974 and 1982.)
Langley sets another mark on the latest Hot 100: “Be Her” holds at its No. 2 high, making her the first artist known for primarily recording country music ever to claim chart’s the top two spots simultaneously for multiple weeks. Among all core-country acts, she passes Wallen, who doubled up for a week last year.
Among other highlights in the Hot 100’s top 10, Bruno Mars hits a new career radio high with “I Just Might” and Olivia Dean becomes the first British woman ever to chart her first two top five hits in the region together — a feat that among all artists was first earned by The Beatles.
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 promoting it to country radio, totaled 27.8 million official streams (up 4% week over week), 48.1 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 1%) and 7,000 sold (down 11%) in the United States May 8-14.
The single, which became Langley’s first Hot 100 No. 1 in mid-February, logs an 11th week atop the Streaming Songs chart; rises a spot to a new No. 5 best on Radio Songs; and holds for a seventh week atop Digital Song Sales.
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Two-Steppin,’ Two Times
Thanks to “Choosin’ Texas” and “Be Her,” Langley becomes the 20th act to hold Nos. 1 and 2 on the Hot 100 simultaneously. Only four solo women are in the exclusive club, with she and Taylor Swift the only ones to do so as lead artists on both of their respective hits.
Here’s a recap of all the acts that have taken over the Hot 100’s top two, ranked by most occurrences:
- 10 weeks: The Beatles
- 8 weeks: OutKast
- 7 weeks: Drake
- 6 weeks: Justin Bieber, T.I.
- 5 weeks: Ashanti, Iggy Azalea, Bee Gees, Taylor Swift, Pharrell Williams
- 4 weeks: The Black Eyed Peas, Diddy, Nelly
- 3 weeks: 50 Cent, Ja Rule, Kendrick Lamar, Usher
- 2 weeks: Akon, DaBaby, Ella Langley
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Dean Meets The Beatles
Image Credit: Lola Mansell Olivia Dean charts her first two Hot 100 top 10s in the top five for the first time: “Man I Need” rebounds 4-3, after reaching No. 2, and “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” ascends a place to a new No. 5 high.
Dean, from London, becomes the first British woman to place her first two top five Hot 100 hits in the bracket simultaneously. Among all Englishwomen at any career point, she’s the first to manage the accomplishment since Adele with “Easy on Me” and “Oh My God” (the most recent of her six top five hits) in December 2021.
The only British acts overall to each chart their first two top five titles, or more, on the Hot 100 in that range simultaneously? Dean, Herman’s Hermits (for one week in 1965) and The Beatles (eight weeks, 1964). The Peter Noone-fronted Herman’s Hermits did so with “Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat” and “Silhouettes” after the Fab Four initiated the stat with the iconic “I Want To Hold Your Hand” and “She Loves You.”
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Bruno’s Best at Radio
Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might” lifts 5-4 after three weeks atop the Hot 100 between January and March. It leads Radio Songs for a 13th week, with 72.6 million in audience (down 5%), while topping the multimetric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs charts for an 18th week each. Mars extends his longest career command atop Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and rewrites his longest reign on Radio Songs, surpassing his featured turn on Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!” in 2015.
Mars also returns to the Hot 100’s top 10 with “Risk It All” (15-8), which debuted at its No. 4 peak in March. Following the May 8 release of its Spanish version, it’s up 19% to 11.2 million streams, 11% to 38.8 million in radio reach and 70% to 2,000 sold.
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Rest of Top 10: ‘Ordinary’ & More
Alongside Langley, Dean and Mars each infusing the Hot 100’s top 10 with two hits, Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” rises 7-6 after 10 weeks at No. 1 last June-August.
Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drop Dead” dips 3-7 on the Hot 100, three weeks after it debuted at No. 1.
Kehlani’s “Folded” holds at No. 9 after reaching No. 6 on the Hot 100.
Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Tame Impala and JENNIE’s “Dracula” repeats at its No. 10 high, as it leads the multimetric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a 19th week and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs for a third week.
