Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” has extended its record with a 27th week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, according to Billboard’s November 9 chart preview. The song holds off both Jennie and Tame Impala’s “Dracula” and the rest of the field on the chart dated November 14, drawing 18.8 million US streams, 53 million in radio audience and 4,000 sales in the tracking week, according to Asia Daily’s report on the Billboard announcement.
The 27th week extends a record that was already historic. No song in the Hot 100’s history, dating back to 1958, had ever spent 26 weeks at number one — and Langley has now added a 27th. The previous record was 22 weeks, held by Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” according to the November 4 reporting on the 26th week. Langley has now beaten that mark by five weeks, and the run shows no sign of ending.
Seven runs to 27 weeks
The song first reached number one in February 2026 and has returned to the top in seven separate runs, topping the chart in nine different calendar months, from February to November, according to the November 4 report. That is itself a record: no song has ever topped the Hot 100 in nine different months.
The song also leads the Hot Country Songs chart, where it had spent 47 weeks at number one as of the chart dated November 7, according to the same report.
A record that keeps growing
Each additional week at number one extends a record that, only a few months ago, seemed unbreakable. Mariah Carey’s 22 weeks stood as the mark for years. Langley passed it, then kept going — 23, 24, 25, 26, and now 27 weeks. The song’s streaming and radio numbers remain strong: 18.8 million streams and 53 million in radio audience in the latest tracking week are the figures of a song still at the centre of American listening, not one fading from it.
The next chart will show whether the run reaches a 28th week. On the current evidence, there is no reason to bet against it.
