Ella Langley extends her double-up atop Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart (dated March 21), as “Choosin’ Texas” and “Be Her” remain at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively. She becomes the first woman ever to hold the chart’s top two positions for multiple weeks, surpassing Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, who achieved the feat once each.
“Choosin’ Texas” logs a 16th week at No. 1, earning 22.7 million official U.S. streams, 44.7 million in radio airplay audience and 6,000 sold in the March 6–12 tracking week, according to Luminate. “Be Her,” at its No. 2 high, totaled 12 million streams, 4 million in airplay reach and 2,000 sold.
Langley first held the Hot Country Songs chart’s top two spots a week earlier, becoming just the third woman to hit that mark, after Beyoncé and Taylor Swift. Beyoncé did so in April 2024 when “Texas Hold ’Em” led and “II Most Wanted,” with Miley Cyrus, debuted at No. 2. Swift dominated in October 2012 during the rollout of her album Red, when “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” and the title track ranked Nos. 1 and 2, respectively.
Overall, few artists have managed to lock down both Nos. 1 and 2 simultaneously for multiple weeks, and they’ve done so across very different eras of the chart. Morgan Wallen’s record 25-week streak came last year, in today’s streaming-driven landscape, among an unprecedented 37 total weeks that he’s earned the honor since 2022, far surpassing earlier runs such as Dan + Shay’s eight-week stretch in 2018-19 and Luke Bryan’s six-week streak in 2014.
In earlier eras, the feat was far less common, with just two two-week runs — by Willie Nelson in 1982 and Buck Owens in 1964. That context makes Langley’s current stretch especially notable — not only as the longest by a woman, but as a standout in today’s more robust multimetric environment.
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