Ella Langley's 'Choosin' Texas' hits record 23 weeks at No. 1
Ella Langley's country-pop hit "Choosin' Texas" completed a 23rd week at No. 1 on the Hot 100. Billboard says that sets the all-time longevity record for a chart-topper.
Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" spent a 23rd week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated Sept. 26, setting the record for the longest-running No. 1 single in the chart's history.
Billboard reported the country-pop smash passed the prior mark of 22 weeks held by Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You." Deadline and other entertainment wires echoed the same record frame as weekend chart traffic clustered on Langley's run. Streaming, sales, and radio airplay still feed the Hot 100 formula; the song first reached No. 1 in February and has refused to yield the summit through late September — an unusual autumn endurance story rather than a debut-week spike.
Around the rest of the top tier, weekend chart browsers also chased other holdovers and climbers on the official Hot 100 board. Title-level buzz still shifts hourly on social clips, but Billboard's dated chart remains the authoritative weekly ranking for claims about No. 1 longevity. Secondary countdown videos and user playlists are useful discovery tools; they are not the record book.
For listeners, the engage path is simple: the current Hot 100 page on Billboard, official audio and video channels, and radio adds. Record talk is about longevity more than a brand-new release week — a rare September chart story driven by endurance across formats.
Accounts agree on the 23-week No. 1 and the Carey record pass. They differ mainly on how to frame the feat — pure chart history versus a country-crossover cultural moment — not on the underlying tally.
Where outlets agree Billboard and Deadline agree Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" logged a 23rd week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated Sept. 26, passing Mariah Carey's prior longevity record.
Where they differ Chart-beat analysis leans on pure Hot 100 history; broader entertainment wraps also cast the run as a country-crossover cultural story beyond the raw week count.