Ella Langley makes more chart history as “Choosin’ Texas” continues for a ninth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and “Be Her” ascends to a new No. 2 high.
Langley becomes the first woman known for primarily recording country music to claim the Hot 100’s top two spots simultaneously over the chart’s 67-year history. Among all core-country acts, only Morgan Wallen has also achieved the feat, for a week last May.
Elsewhere in the Hot 100’s top 10, Tame Impala and JENNIE’s “Dracula” blasts to No. 10 — becoming the first top 10 for each act — and women hold eight spots in the region, marking a run of prominence last linked nearly a dozen years ago.
Read on for details of this week’s entire top 10 on the Hot 100.
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‘Choosin’ Texas’ Streams, Airplay & Sales
“Choosin’ Texas,” on SAWGOD/Columbia Records, with Triple Tigers promoting it to country radio, totaled 26.6 million official streams (essentially even week over week), 47.8 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 7%) and 8,000 sold (down 2%) in the United States May 1-7.
The single, which became Langley’s first Hot 100 No. 1 in mid-February, adds a 10th week atop the Streaming Songs chart; holds at its No. 6 best on Radio Songs; and rebounds one place for a sixth week atop Digital Song Sales.
On the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart, “Choosin’ Texas” reigns for a 24th week.
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Two-Steppin’
Below “Choosin’ Texas,” Langley’s follow-up single “Be Her” bursts 5-2 for a new Hot 100 high.
Langley becomes the first woman known for primarily recording country music to hold the Hot 100’s top two spots in a single week. Among all core-country acts, Morgan Wallen previously earned the honor for a week in May 2025.
Overall, Langley is the 27th act overall to double up at Nos. 1 and 2 on the Hot 100; The Beatles initiated the stat in February 1964, while Taylor Swift holds the mark for the most placements from No. 1 on down: 14, for a week in May 2024.
Here’s a rundown of all the artists that have taken over the Hot 100’s top two positions simultaneously, ranked by most times they’ve done so:
- 10 weeks: The Beatles
- 8 weeks: OutKast
- 7 weeks: Drake
- 6 weeks: Justin Bieber, T.I.
- 5 weeks: Ashanti, Iggy Azalea, Bee Gees, Taylor Swift, Pharrell Williams
- 4 weeks: The Black Eyed Peas, Diddy, Nelly
- 3 weeks: 50 Cent, Ja Rule, Kendrick Lamar, Usher
- 2 weeks: Akon, DaBaby
- 1 week: Bad Bunny, Mariah Carey, Future, Ariana Grande, Ella Langley, Metro Boomin, Morgan Wallen, The Weeknd
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Tame Impala & JENNIE’s First Top 10
Image Credit: Hannah Friedland / Sony Music Entertainment Tame Impala and JENNIE jump 18-10 on the Hot 100 with “Dracula.” The song improved to 12.1 million streams (up 5%), 23.1 million in radio reach (up 20%) and 2,000 sold (up 25%) in the tracking week.
“Dracula,” originally released by Tame Impala solo last October — while its duet version arrived in early February — becomes each act’s first Hot 100 top 10. The act’s Kevin Parker previously hit the chart’s top 15 twice as a cowriter and coproducer, of Dua Lipa’s “Houdini” (No. 11, 2023) and Lady Gaga’s “Perfect Illusion” (No. 15, 2016). Similarly, BLACKPINK, with JENNIE as a member, has come close to the top 10, reaching No. 13 in 2020 with “Ice Cream,” with Selena Gomez.
Meanwhile, JENNIE is the second member of BLACKPINK to hit the Hot 100’s top 10 as a soloist, after ROSÉ, whose “APT.,” with Bruno Mars, climbed to No. 3 in February 2025. BLACKPINK becomes just the fifth group with at least two women members that have reached the top 10 solo (and the fourth all-women act; Fleetwood Mac is also in the mix).
Groups with multiple women members that have hit the Hot 100’s top 10 as soloists:
- BLACKPINK: JENNIE, ROSÉ
- Destiny’s Child: Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland
- Fifth Harmony: Camila Cabello, Normani
- Fleetwood Mac: Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks
- Go-Go’s: Belinda Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin
“Dracula” concurrently tops the multimetric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for an 18th week and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs for a second week.
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Rest of Top 10: 7+ Songs by Women for 8th Week
Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drop Dead” rises 4-3 on the Hot 100, two weeks after it debuted at No. 1.
Olivia Dean continues to chart two songs in the Hot 100’s top 10: “Man I Need” falls 3-4, after hitting No. 2, and “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” is steady at its No. 6 high.
Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might” descends 2-5 after three weeks atop the Hot 100 in January to mid-March. It tops Radio Songs for a 12th week, with 76.1 million in audience (down 3%), while leading the multimetric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs charts for a 17th week each. Mars extends his longest career run atop Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and ties his longest command on Radio Songs, following his featured turn on Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!” in 2015.
Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” pushes 8-7 on the Hot 100 after 10 weeks at No. 1 last June-August.
Langley lands a third Hot 100 top 10 for a second week, as “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” with Morgan Wallen, ranks at No. 8 a week after it debuted at No. 7.
Plus, Kehlani’s “Folded” lifts 10-9 after reaching No. 6 on the Hot 100.
For an eighth consecutive week, at least seven songs by women place in the Hot 100’s top 10, a sum up to eight this week. It’s the longest such streak by women acts since a likewise eight-week stretch in August-October 2014, which was highlighted by No. 1s for Taylor Swift and Megan Trainor and featured women monopolizing the top five for a record five consecutive weeks. Before that, women linked a 10-week run with at least seven top 10s each week in June-August 2012.
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