Ella Langley’s“Choosin’Texas”has locked down its 22nd week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, which ties Mariah Carey’s“All I Want for Christmas Is You”for the longest-leading No. 1 in the chart’s history. The Sept. 19-dated chart keeps the song on top, and the run has now outlasted“A Bar Song (Tipsy)”and“Old Town Road,”both of which stalled at 19 weeks.
Langley kept her reaction about as country as it gets. She reposted the chart on Instagram with a two-word caption,“22 weeks,”plus a holding-back-tears smiley and a mind-blown emoji. She also tagged JoyBeth Taylor, Miranda Lambert and Luke Dick, the collaborators who helped bring the song to life.
What makes the milestone so unusual is the company she’s keeping. Carey’s record comes from a holiday song that surges every December, while“Choosin’Texas”has simply stayed put week after week in a normal chart year. Two very different paths to the same number, and now both names sit in the same line of the record book. So we want to hear from you: which 22-week run do you think is the bigger achievement?
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