Marissa R. Moss
View all posts by Marissa R. Moss September 14, 2026 Add us as a Google Preferred Source
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Taylor Hill/FilmMagic; Kevin Mazur/WireImage Proof that “Choosin’ Texas” couldn’t be any bigger: It’s now almost as popular as Christmas. Ella Langley’s hit just tied Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” both now holding the record for 22 nonconsecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100. Released in 1994, Carey’s festive tune has received holiday bumps almost every year, but with the Christmas season still two months away (Carey usually “defrosts” in November), it seems quite possible that Langley could pass Carey to become the biggest song in Hot 100 history. Langley’s sophomore LP, Dandelion, also just returned to the top of the Billboard albums charts.
This summer has not just been a banner one for “Choosin’ Texas,” but also for country music on the charts in general. At the beginning of August, the genre claimed all Top Five spots on the Billboard 100: “Choosin’ Texas,” followed by Morgan Wallen’s “Been By Now,” Taylor Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You,” the Wallen-Langley collab “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” and Stella Lefty’s “Boston,” which now holds the Number Two slot for the second consecutive week. Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You,” which scored the superstar her first CMA Award nomination in four years, also just hit Number One on country radio, Swift’s first single to reach that mark in 13 — yes, 13 — years.
