{"id":68499,"date":"2026-07-14T17:56:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/14\/ella-langley-is-about-to-tie-whitney-houston-mariah-carey-on-charts\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T17:56:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:56:38","slug":"ella-langley-is-about-to-tie-whitney-houston-mariah-carey-on-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/14\/ella-langley-is-about-to-tie-whitney-houston-mariah-carey-on-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"Ella Langley Is About to Tie Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey on Charts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhat do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/ella-langley\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ella-langley\" data-tag=\"ella-langley\">Ella Langley<\/a>, Whitney Houston, and Mariah Carey have in common? If \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d holds its seemingly unstoppable momentum on the <em>Billboard<\/em> Hot 100, it will be the number 14: that is, the three artists will tie as the only women to have a song spend 14 weeks on top of the chart. For Carey, it was \u201cWe Belong Together\u201d; for Houston, \u201cI Will Always Love You.\u201d (Only Carey\u2019s consummate holiday classic \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d has reigned longer, with 22 weeks.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tRight now, Langley shares a spot with Brandy and Monica\u2019s \u201cThe Boy Is Mine,\u201d which also reigned for 13 weeks back in 1998 \u2014 and which, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/ella-langley-choosin-texas-video-cameos-you-missed-1235540786\/\">\u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas,\u201d<\/a> is also about two women battling over the same man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tLangley\u2019s success right now isn\u2019t only confined to \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas.\u201d The Alabama-born singer currently holds three of the Top 10 spots on the Hot 100, with \u201cBe Her\u201d at Number Two, and her Morgan Wallen duet \u201cI Can\u2019t Love You Anymore\u201d at Number Four. Langley\u2019s newest single from her second album <em>Dandelion<\/em>, \u201cLoving Life Again,\u201d just impacted country radio with over half of reporting stations signing on to play the tune. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tMeanwhile, she has been using her extended spotlight to help turn the tables for women in country music, making sure to platform her female peers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/ella-langley-dandelion-tour-opening-acts-1235580940\/\">taking primarily women<\/a> \u2014 some not even signed by major labels \u2014 on the road with her this summer.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d has been breaking records constantly, with its biggest feat becoming the first song by a woman to top the Hot 100, Hot Country, and Country Airplay charts, all at the same time. It speaks to Langley\u2019s star power, the song\u2019s endless relatability, and the country\u2019s taste for\u2026well, country music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cEveryone can relate to wanting something that doesn\u2019t want you back, whether it be a relationship or a job,\u201d Langley <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.rollingstone.com\/ella-langley-choosin-texas-interview\/\">told <em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m giving my heart to people a lot. And that\u2019s scary to constantly do, because no one wants their heart broken.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-country\/ella-langley-choosin-texas-may-tie-whitney-houston-1235593283\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do Ella Langley, Whitney Houston, and Mariah Carey have in common? If \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d holds its seemingly unstoppable momentum on the Billboard Hot&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":68500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}