Ella Langley's Choosin' Texas Tops Billboard for Four Weeks

0:00It's March 26. You're listening to music news today, AI-powered music coverage. I'm Cory with the story. Ella Langley's hit song, Choosing Texas, has now topped the Billboard Hot 100 for a total of four weeks. That puts her ahead of Taylor Swift in a bit of country music history. The track just wrapped up two straight weeks in number one, breaking a recent pattern of constant changes at the top spot. Earlier this year, from early February through mid-March, the Hot 100 saw no-song hold number one for back-to-back weeks over six straight. Charts. That included quick hits from Harry Styles, Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars before Ella's song returned to lead. Fans and chart watchers are buzzing about this shift, with one listener from Washington DC digging into the archives to spot the trend. It's got people talking in mailbags and online, highlighting how fresh faces like Ella are shaking things up in country and pop. Looking deeper, these long streaks of not repeating number ones are rare, but picking

1:02up lately. The recent six-week run matches the longest in over 16 years, back to 2009. Before that, you have to go to 1990 or even the 70s for similar action, with the record being 12 weeks in 1975. This turn overties the songs they're viewing at number one, thanks to huge streaming weeks that fade fast. Events like the Super Bowl or album drops play a role too, as Ella keeps climbing and history keeps evolving, the Hot 100 stays full of surprises.