Ella Langley Ties Mariah Carey For Longest-Running #1 Hit Of All Time

When Ella Langley's crossover country hit "Choosin' Texas" first topped the Billboard Hot 100 way back in February , few envisioned a future in which it surpassed "Old Town Road" and "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" to become the longest-running non-Christmas #1 single. I never thought any song would catch up to the overall record-holder, Mariah Carey's " All I Want For Christmas Is You ." But Langley stormed past Lil Nas X and Shaboozey two weeks ago with a record-breaking 20th week, and now she's tied Carey too. "Choosin' Texas" is officially #1 for a 22nd nonconsecutive week , pulling her even with Carey's Christmas classic.

"All I Want For Christmas Is You" first hit #1 during the 2019 holiday season, 25 years after its original release, thanks to the increasing influence of streaming on the Hot 100. It has spent multiple weeks at #1 around Christmastime every year since, and it will likely log more weeks at the top this December. But Langley's momentum has not waned over the past few months, so it's not hard to envision her padding out a multi-week lead on Carey heading into the holidays. How do we feel about this development, commentariat?

There's one new song in the top 10 this week. Rising to #10 is Karol G’s "BbY WOW" featuring Judeline and rusowsky. Meanwhile, Langley's album Dandelion has returned to #1 on the Billboard 200 for a third nonconsecutive week with 67,000 equivalent units. The album's success is not solely driven by "Choosin' Texas." Dandelion has spawned two more Hot 100 top 10 hits in "Be Her" and the Morgan Wallen duet "I Can't Love You Anymore," and it recently became the first album by a woman with four top 10 hits on the Country Airplay chart, the three aforementioned tracks plus "Loving Life Again."

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