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Ella Langley's Choosin' Texas becomes longest-running number one in US chart history
Ella Langley's country smash Choosin' Texas has overtaken Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You to become the longest-running number one single in US chart history.
Released last October, the bittersweet song details Langley's suspicions that her boyfriend is about to run off with another woman.
It topped the US Billboard chart for the first time in February, and has now spent 23 weeks at number one., external
Choosin' Texas also rose to pole position on the UK singles chart at the start of September, where it replaced Sam Fender and Olivia Dean's Rein Me In.
That song had also spent 23 weeks at number one, making it the UK's longest-running chart-topper.
The immovability of both songs has raised questions about stagnation in the charts, and whether streaming services are doing enough to promote new music.
Langley won seven trophies at this year's Academy of Country Music Awards
Langley's song was written at a writing retreat in 2024, with assistance from country star Miranda Lambert.
Unexpectedly, it started with a discussion about a pet kangaroo Lambert had once owned.
"She told me the story about how she got pulled over [by the police] with a kangaroo in the passenger seat and a dog in the back," Langley explained.