20th Week at No. 1 on Country Songs

Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” logs a milestone 20th week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. The smash leads the April 18-dated list with 26.6 million official U.S. streams, 42.4 million in radio audience and 9,000 sold in the April 3-9 tracking week, according to Luminate.

The song’s crossover strength continues as well, as it adds a sixth week atop the all-genre Billboard Hot 100. Langley’s much-anticipated sophomore album, Dandelion, arrived April 10.

With 20 weeks at the summit, “Choosin’ Texas” ties for the ninth-longest command since Hot Country Songs became the genre’s main songs ranking in 1958. The run also cements its place further among the biggest hits by women: only Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s record 50-week No. 1 “Meant To Be” and Gabby Barrett’s “I Hope” (27 weeks) have lasted longer in the lead, placing Langley’s hit third all-time among female-led titles.

Here’s a look at every Hot Country Songs No. 1 to spend 20 or more weeks at the summit:

50 weeks, “Meant To Be,” Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line, 2017-18
45 weeks “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey, 2024-25
34 weeks, “Body Like a Back Road,” Sam Hunt, 2017
27 weeks, “I Hope,” Gabby Barrett, 2020-21
25 weeks, “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, 2023
24 weeks, “Fancy Like,” Walker Hayes, 2021-22
24 weeks, “Cruise,” Florida Georgia Line, 2012-13
21 weeks, “10,000 Hours,” Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber, 2019-20
20 weeks (to date), “Choosin’ Texas,” Ella Langley, 2025-26
20 weeks, “What I Want,” Morgan Wallen feat. Tate McRae, 2025
20 weeks, “I Remember Everything,” Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves, 2023

‘Boston’ Launches Lefty

Newcomer Stella Lefty makes her Billboard chart debut as “Boston” opens at No. 29 on Hot Country Songs, led by 3.3 million streams. The 23-year-old has built momentum across streaming and short-form video platforms following the song’s March release. Co-written with New England native Noah Kahan, among others, it also opens at No. 95 on the Hot 100, while Lefty enters Emerging Artists at No. 12.

The singer-songwriter from Chicago has been steadily developing an audience with earlier songs such as “Thinking ’bout You” and “Slow Dancin’.”