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Ella Langley is celebrating another career-defining moment. Today, it was announced that her buzzed-about hit, “Choosin’ Texas,” has officially climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. This marks the first time she has ever claimed the top spot.
With the achievement, Langley makes history as the first female artist to simultaneously lead the Hot 100, Hot Country Songs, and Country Airplay charts. According to Billboard, only three other songs have previously accomplished the same feat: Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help” featuring Morgan Wallen, and Wallen’s “Last Night.”
Additionally, the song has surpassed 310 million streams worldwide, earning RIAA Platinum certification and reaching No. 1 on the U.S. Spotify Chart, Apple Music’s U.S. Songs Chart, and became the fourth country song by a female lead to top the Billboard Streaming Songs chart list in its 13-year history.
Her latest milestone arrives just days after Langley rallied fans for one final push to help her achieve the historic goal. Taking to social media, she emphasized how close the song was to reaching the top spot and explained to listeners that their help could make all the difference.
“Y’all have put me in a position to do something only a few females in country music have ever done,” she wrote at the time. “I’m being told we’re neck and neck on getting the #1 and if we have one last push on iTunes we might make country music history.”
“Choosin’ Texas” was co-written and produced by Langley with Miranda Lambert, alongside producer Ben West and co-writers Luke Dick and Joybeth Taylor. Lambert can also be heard singing background vocals on track. Throughout the catchy tune, the Alabama native delivers a bittersweet tale of heartbreak, singing from the perspective of someone realizing the man she loves was never really hers as his heart is firmly rooted in Texas, and with someone else.
“She’s from Texas I can tell by the way/ He’s two steppin round the room/ And judgin by the smile that’s written on his face / There’s nothin I can to do/ It doesn’t take a crystal ball to see / A cowboy always finds a way to leave / Drinkin Jack all by myself/ He’s choosin’ Texas I can tell,” she sings on the chorus.
The song serves as the lead single off Langley’s forthcoming sophomore album, Dandelion, which is set to release on April 10.
Looking ahead, Ella Langley is gearing up to hit the road for The Dandelion Tour, which kicks off May 7 in Toledo, OH and includes stops in St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Austin, and more before wrapping in Fort Worth, TX on August 15.
Joining Ella on tour as support across select dates is Kameron Marlowe, Dylan Marlowe, Kaitlin Butts, Gabriella Rose, and Laci Kaye Booth.
Also on the schedule for the year are supporting dates for Eric Church’s Free The Machine Tour, Morgan Wallen’s Still The Problem Tour and several other festival appearances.
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After decades of hit songs and sold-out tours, Luke Bryan says he’s entering a phase of his career that’s less about the grind and more about feeling fulfilled. For him, that means continuing to grow as an artist but doing it on his own terms.
He shared that he has no plans to slow down when it comes to releasing new music, whether that means writing his own songs or cutting tracks from Nashville hitmakers. Now, he finds that it’s less about chasing hits and more about choosing music he’s excited to perform for years to come, all while staying authentic.
“I want to keep pushing myself to be a better singer and a better musician and just make sure from here on out, the rest of my life, when I’m on stage, it’s on my terms and I’m having fun,” he told PEOPLE.
This perspective Bryan has is rooted in gratitude and all the years of showing up it took to be able to enjoy his career with a bit more flexibility and freedom.
He continued, “I don’t want to be going to a photo shoot and complaining about it. I want to try to make sure I’m enjoying every aspect of my career because, thank God, that’s the work I put in to get to this point, to just enjoy the back half of the career.”
A big reason that the Georgia native has been able to remain his true self is because of the time he spends at home with his family when he’s not working.
“What grounds me is my family, my boys. Going back home to the farm, and fishing, and hunting, and golfing and taking the family on all that stuff.”
Back home with his wife, Caroline, and their two sons, Bo, 17, and Tate, 15, life looks pretty normal. And while to the rest of the world he may be a country music sensation, to his boys, he’s just Dad.
“They’ve grown up in this lifestyle, so when I get off the road, they really don’t care where Dad’s been,” he admitted. “They want to go hang with Dad, go get in the woods or do stuff like that, and that keeps me grounded.”
Bryan’s busy schedule is already picking back up for 2026, starting with his role as a judge on American Idol. The show’s newest season just launched on ABC and will run through the spring.
On top of that, the “Love You, Miss You, Mean It,” singer also has announced two tours for the year. He will embark on his 17th annual Farm Tour in May and then shortly after hit the road for his Word On The Street Tour. The trek begins with back-to-back shows on May 29 and 30, 2026, in Gilford, New Hampshire.
More dates can be found HERE.
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