Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” rises a spot to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the singer-songwriter’s first leader on the list. Among its writers and producers are Langley and Miranda Lambert, each of whom top the chart for the first time in those fields.
Also notably, the song is the first by a woman to triple up at No. 1 on the Hot 100, Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts. It spends an 11th week atop the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart and its first frame atop the radio-based Country Airplay ranking.
The single previews Langley’s album Dandelion, due April 10.
Meanwhile, Noah Kahan lands his highest-charting Hot 100 hit, and first top 10 debut, with the No. 6 arrival of “The Great Divide” and Bad Bunny’s “DtMF” reenters the chart at No. 10 after his historic night at the Grammy Awards Feb. 1.
Check out the full rundown of this week’s Hot 100 top 10 below.
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‘Choosin Texas’ Streams, Airplay & Sales
“Choosin’ Texas” leads the Hot 100 in its 16th week on the chart (it debuted at No. 39 in early November) with 22.1 million official streams (up 22% week over week), 34.4 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 8%) and 12,000 sold (up 98%) in the United States Jan. 30-Feb. 5.
The single (the 1,187th Hot 100 No. 1 all-time) lifts 2-1 for a second week atop on the Streaming Songs chart; pushes 14-12 on Radio Songs; and climbs 3-2 following two weeks at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales.
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No. 1 Hot 100 & Country
“Choosin’ Texas” becomes the 31st song to have topped both the Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts, dating to 1958, when the Hot 100 originated and Hot Country Songs became the country genre’s singular Billboard chart.
It’s the first song by a woman to triple up at No. 1 on the Hot 100, Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts. Only three titles previously led the lists simultaneously: Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” for seven weeks in 2024; Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” featuring Morgan Wallen, for a week in 2024; and Wallen’s “Last Night,” for eight weeks in 2023. (Plus, Wallen’s “Love Somebody” commanded all three charts in 2024-25, although not at the same time.)
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Langley, Lambert Lead as Writers, Producers
Langley and Miranda Lambert co-wrote “Choosin’ Texas” with Charles Luke Dick and Joybeth Taylor, and co-produced it with Ben West. Each talent tops the Hot 100 for the first time.
Lambert boasts the most prominent chart history among those names, with seven No. 1s among 15 top 10s on Country Airplay, as well as one No. 1 among seven top 10 albums on the Billboard 200, after making her Billboard chart debut in October 2004. She previously reached the Hot 100’s top 10 as a co-writer of Wallen’s “Thought You Should Know” (No. 7, 2023).
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Columbia, Triple Tigers Roar
With “Choosin’ Texas” on SAWGOD/Columbia/Triple Tigers, the SAWGOD imprint and Triple Tigers label each top the Hot 100 for the first time.
Plus, as “Choosin’ Texas” dethrones Harry Styles’ “Aperture,” which debuted atop the Hot 100 a week earlier, Columbia reigns back-to-back with two non-holiday titles for the first time since October 2021, when Adele’s “Easy on Me” succeeded Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow’s “Industry Baby.”
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‘Texas’ Making a State-ment
Thanks to “Choosin’ Texas,” by Hope Hull, Ala.-born Langley and “Texas Hold ‘Em” by Houston’s Beyoncé, Texas has now appeared in the title of two Hot 100 No. 1s, in less than two years. It’s one of three U.S. states in the name of leaders, with three each previously shouting out California and Georgia.
Hot 100 No. 1s With U.S. States in Their Titles:
- “Choosin’ Texas,” Ella Langley, hit No. 1 Feb. 14, 2026
- “Texas Hold ‘Em,” Beyoncé, March 2, 2024
- “California Gurls,” Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg, June 19, 2010
- “How Do U Want It”/“California Love,” 2Pac feat. K-Ci & JoJo, July 13, 1996
- “Hotel California,” Eagles, May 7, 1977
- “Midnight Train to Georgia,” Gladys Knight & the Pips, Oct. 27, 1973
- “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia,” Vicki Lawrence, April 7, 1973
- “Georgia on My Mind,” Ray Charles, Nov. 14, 1960
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‘Great’ Start
Noah Kahan claims his highest-charting Hot 100 hit, and first top 10 debut, as “The Great Divide” bounds in at No. 6. It drew 19.3 million streams and 3.3 million in airplay audience and sold 5,000 in its first week, following its Jan. 30 release.
The singer-songwriter previously hit the Hot 100’ top 10 with “Stick Season” (No. 9, April 2024).
“The Great Divide” concurrently launches as Kahan’s first No. 1 on the multimetric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, among 11 top 10s. It’s the lead single from his album of the same name, due April 24, his first studio LP since Stick Season in 2022.
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Bad Bunny Bounds Back
Bad Bunny’s “DtMF” reenters the Hot 100 at No. 10 after his unprecedented night at the Grammy Awards Feb. 1, when his Debí Tirar Más Fotos became the first Spanish-language set ever to win album of the year.
The song returns with a 177% surge to 15.1 million streams. It peaked at No. 2 in January 2025. On the multimetric Hot Latin Songs chart, it rebounds for a 46th week at No. 1.
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Rest of Top 10: ‘Man I Need’ & More
Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” holds at its No. 2 Hot 100 high, while adding a second week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (66.1 million, up 5%). It’s also up 30% to 16.9 million streams following her Grammy win for best new artist.
Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” rebounds 7-3 on the Hot 100 after 10 weeks at No. 1 beginning last June. After Warren, and Dean, performed on the Grammys as part of the night’s best new artist nominees segment, “Ordinary” sports a 23% gain to 15.5 million streams.
Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might,” which spent its first two weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1 in January, rises 6-4, while ruling the multimetric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs charts for a fourth week each.
HUNTR/X’s “Golden” dips 4-5 on the Hot 100, after eight weeks at No. 1 beginning last August; Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” falls 5-7 after 10 weeks at No. 1 beginning in October; sombr’s “Back to Friends” keeps at No. 8 after reaching No. 7; and Kehlani’s “Folded” holds at No. 9 after hitting No. 6.
