Ella Langley commands the top two spots on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart dated March 14, as “Choosin’ Texas” logs a 15th week at No. 1 and “Be Her” rises to No. 2.
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The leader drew 21.9 million official U.S. streams, 44.1 million in radio airplay audience and 6,000 sold in the Feb. 27–March 5 tracking week, according to Luminate. “Be Her” tallied 11.8 million streams, 29.2 million in radio reach and 2,000 sold after debuting three weeks ago at No. 3, marking Langley’s seventh Hot Country Songs top 10 and extending a remarkable run for the Alabama native, whose second LP, Dandelion, which includes both songs, is due April 10.
“Choosin’ Texas” has produced a string of milestones already. In February, it became the first song to simultaneously top Country Airplay, Hot Country Songs and the all-genre Billboard Hot 100. It returned to the Hot 100’s summit as Megan Moroney debuted at No. 1 on Top Country Albums with Cloud 9 (March 7), marking the first time that two women who primarily record country music have led the charts in the same week.
The song has also made history on Country Airplay, returning to No. 1 after a three-week absence — the longest gap before reclaiming the crown since the ranking began in 1990.
With Langley now holding the top two positions on Hot Country Songs, she becomes just the third woman to do so, joining Beyoncé and Taylor Swift. Beyoncé met the mark in April 2024 during the first chart week for her album Cowboy Carter, when “Texas Hold ’Em” led and “II Most Wanted,” with Miley Cyrus, debuted at No. 2. Swift took the top two in October 2012 during the rollout of her album Red, when “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” claimed No. 1 and the title track debuted at No. 2.
Overall, Langley becomes the ninth artist to control the chart’s top two positions at once. The list is rounded out by solo men Buck Owens, Willie Nelson, Luke Bryan and Morgan Wallen and duos Florida Georgia Line and Dan + Shay. Across the 64 chart weeks in which an act has held Nos. 1 and 2 simultaneously, Wallen far and away counts the majority with 37. Before 2012, when streaming helped reshape music consumption, the feat happened in only five weeks, thanks to Owens’ pair of hits in 1964 (“Together Again,” “My Heart Skips a Beat”) and Nelson’s early-’80s run (“Always on My Mind,” “Just to Satisfy You” with Waylon Jennings).
