Choosin’ Texas unseats All I Want for Christmas as longest-running No 1 song on Billboard Hot 100
Ella Langley’s record-breaking song has spent 23 weeks at the top, surpassing Mariah Carey’s holiday anthem
TL;DR
- Ella Langley's "Choosin’ Texas" is the longest-running No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 with 23 weeks.
- It surpassed Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You," which held the record for 22 weeks.
- The song was co-written by Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, and Joybeth Taylor and released in October.
- Langley described the song's success as "surreal" and credited fans for its career-changing impact.
- The song's narrative centers on a narrator watching her partner leave for someone in Texas, with lyrical references to both states and country music elements.
- Songwriters attribute its success to simplicity, familiarity, and a hooky quality developed over years of experience in the Nashville market.