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

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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

up 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.