Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” tallies a seventh nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It became her first leader on the chart in mid-February.
Concurrently, parent album Dandelion sprouts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Langley becomes just the second woman to lead the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 simultaneously with country titles (defined as those that have hit Billboard’s Hot Country Songs or Top Country Albums charts). Taylor Swift first doubled up with “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” and Red (Taylor’s Version) on the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 for a week in November 2021. With Swift earning the honor via re-recorded material, Langley is the first woman to claim the mark with all-new music.
Meanwhile, fellow Dandelion track “Be Her” bounds 8-4 for a new Hot 100 high, marking Langley’s second top five hit. She becomes the first woman artist that has primarily recorded country music to chart her initial two top five songs in the region simultaneously.
On the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart, “Choosin’ Texas” reigns for a 21st week and “Be Her” holds at its No. 2 best (with both in the top 10 on Country Airplay). Langley cowrote and coproduced both songs.
“It was such a crazy moment,” the Louisiana native told Billboard about finding out that “Choosin’ Texas” had first topped the Hot 100. “My label called, with my team on speaker, and it was just surreal. We loved the song when we wrote it, but none of us thought that it would be the song to do everything it’s doing. It keeps giving us a reason to celebrate new milestones.”
Read on for details of this week’s Hot 100 top 10, which again features a prominent presence by women artists overall.
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‘Choosin’ Texas’ Streams, Airplay & Sales
“Choosin’ Texas,” on SAWGOD/Columbia Records, with Triple Tigers working promotion to country radio, drew 30.7 million official streams (up 15% week over week) and 42.5 million radio airplay audience impressions (essentially even) and sold 10,000 (up 16%) in the United States April 10-16.
The single continues for an eighth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart; holds at No. 9 after reaching No. 8 on Radio Songs; and keeps at No. 2 after five weeks atop Digital Song Sales.
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Top 10: 8 Women, 7 Songs
Langley leads eight women who claim seven spots in the Hot 100’s top 10.
Along with “Choosin’ Texas” and “Be Her,” Olivia Dean likewise has her first two top 10s in the tier: “Man I Need” ranks at its No. 2 best for a seventh nonconsecutive week and “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” holds at its No. 6 high. They’re joined by HUNTR/X, whose EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI sing “Golden,” steady at No. 7 after eight weeks at No. 1 last August-October; PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson, with “Stateside,” which lifts 9-8 after hitting No. 6, as it rules Hot Dance/Pop Songs for a ninth week; and Kehlani, with “Folded,” up 10-9 also after reaching No. 6.
Women have powered the Hot 100’s top 10 of late, with the last five weeks, dating to the March 28 chart, sporting seven songs each by women. That span includes two Taylor Swift No. 1s: “The Fate of Ophelia” and “Opalite.”
The run marks the best showing for women in the Hot 100’s top 10 since Swift almost single-handedly did even better last fall. She took over the entire top 10 (and top 13) on the Oct. 18, 2025, ranking, as her album The Life of a Showgirl made its chart start, with Sabrina Carpenter featured on the title cut, at No. 8. The following week brought nine entries by women acts, as “Golden” rejoined the top 10 (with only Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” breaking up the all-women alliance that week).
The last five weeks and counting mark the longest streak of seven or more concurrent top 10s by women acts since an eight-week stretch in August-October 2014, which was highlighted by No. 1s for Swift (“Shake It Off”) and Megan Trainor (“All About That Bass”). In that span, women monopolized the top five for a record five consecutive weeks.
In between that run and women’s chart success since October, the Hot 100 dated Nov. 5, 2022, marked the first all-women top 10, thanks to Swift and Lana Del Rey, a feat repeated for a week in December 2023 via Swift, Doja Cat and SZA.
“Seeing women at the top of the charts together is incredible,” Langley further mused to Billboard. “It’s a testament to the stories we’re telling and how they’re resonating with fans. I do hope it keeps opening doors for female artists in the future who’ve been waiting for their turn.”
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Rest of Top 10: Bruno & The Boys
Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might” holds at No. 3 after three weeks atop the Hot 100 in January to mid-March. It leads Radio Songs for a ninth week, with 81.5 million in audience (up 1%), while topping the multimetric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs charts for a 14th week each (as he extends his longest career command on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs).
Warren’s “Ordinary” descends 4-5 on the Hot 100 after 10 weeks at No. 1 last June-August.
Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, BTS’ “Swim” falls 5-10, three weeks after it led in its debut frame. It’s No. 1 for a fourth week on Digital Song Sales (11,000, down 52%).
