USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
'Choosin' Texas' breaks all-time Hot 100 record
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Ella Langley's “Choosin’ Texas” rewrites the record for the longest run ever achieved atop the Billboard Hot 100 as it scores a 23rd week at No. 1. The smash one-ups the command of

Mariah Carey’s perennial “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which has topped the chart many Yuletide seasons since the classic 1994 carol first led. Here’s an updated look at the longest-leading hits, ranked by most weeks spent at No. 1 on the Hot 100, since the chart began in August 1958: 23 weeks (to date), “Choosin’ Texas,” Ella Langley, 2026; 22, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey, 2019-26; 19, “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey, 2024; 19, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, 2019; 16, “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, 2023; 16, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, 2017; 16, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, 1995-96. “Choosin’ Texas” debuted on the Hot 100 dated Nov. 1, 2025, as Langley’s fifth career entry on the chart. It became her first top 10 in January and initially led in February, on its way to setting multiple chart records. “Choosin’ Texas,” on Sawgod / Columbia Records,

with Triple Tigers having promoted it to country radio, totaled 21.8 million official streams (down 9% week over week), 58.3 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 2%) and 6,000 sold (up 4%) in the United States Sept. 11-17. The track holds for a 23rd week at No. 1 on Streaming Songs and bounds 6-2 for a new high on Radio Songs, as it bullets at its highs in the top 10 on Adult Pop Airplay (No. 4), Pop Airplay (No. 7) and Adult Contemporary (No. 9). It continues for an 18th week atop Digital Song Sales — where it ties BTS’ “Dynamite,” from 2021, and “Butter,” from 2020, for the longest reign in the chart’s history. Stella Lefty’s “Boston” holds at its No. 2 Hot 100 best and Morgan Wallen’s “Been by Now” bumps 4-3, after it debuted at its No. 2 high. Country songs (defined as releases that have hit Hot Country Songs) have now held the Hot 100’s top three, top four or top five 16 times over the chart’s history — with 12 having occurred since July. Ariana Grande’s “Hate That I Made You Love Me” rebounds 5-4 on the Hot 100, after it led in its debut week in June. Tame Impala and Jennie’s “Dracula” lifts a spot back to its No. 5 Hot 100 peak. Taylor Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You” falls 3-6, after it spent its first two weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1 in June. Karol G’s “Bby Wow,” with Judeline and rusowsky, jumps 10-7 a week after it reached the Hot 100’s top 10. Karol G ties her best rank with her second song to make the tier, after “TQG,” with fellow Colombian star Shakira, debuted at its No. 7 peak in March 2023. Olivia Dean’s “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” slips 7-8 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 5, while her “Man I Need” drops 8-9, after reaching at No. 2. Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Langley’s “Be Her” backtracks 9-10, after peaking at No. 2. Jhené´Aiko achieves her first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart as Westside Whimsy debuts atop the tally dated Sept. 26. The set earned 74,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending Sept. 17, according to Luminate. It’s the first R&B album by a woman to lead the chart in 2026, and the first to rank at No. 1 since SZA’s SOS was tops for a 13th and final week in May of 2025. The only other R&B set to hit No. 1 in 2026 was Bruno Mars’ The Romantic (March 14 chart). Westside Whimsy was released on Sept. 11, after it was announced on Sept. 8. The project boasts collaborations with Ab-Soul, Larry June, Kendrick Lamar, Ohma and Tyga. Westside Whimsy marks the singer-songwriter’s sixth top 10 overall on the Billboard 200, dating to her first chart entry and top 10, Sail Out, which debuted and peaked at No. 8 in November 2013. The new set is Aiko’s first full-length studio album since 2020’s Chilombo, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 and was later nominated for album of the year at the Grammy Awards. Of Westwide Whimsy’s 74,000 first-week equivalent album units, SEA units comprise 70,000 (equaling 71.33 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs — it debuts at No. 1 on the Top Streaming Albums chart), album sales comprise 3,500 (it debuts at No. 25 on Top Album Sales; it was only available to purchase digitally, as physical editions are due in January) and TEA units comprise 500. Aiko is the second act in 2026 to wait at least 10 years from a Billboard 200 chart debut to a first No. 1. Aiko went 12 years and 10 months from her debut with Sail Out (Nov. 30, 2013-dated chart) until her first leader. Earlier this year, Megadeth landed its first No. 1 with its self-titled set — nearly 40 years after the metal act’s chart debut in 1986. The last soloist to wait longer for a first No. 1 was Andrea Bocelli in 2018: a little more than 20 years for his first leader, Sì. The last woman to wait longer than Aiko was Solange: 13 years and eight months between her chart debut in February 2003 and her first leader with A Seat at the Table in October 2016. As for the rest of the top 10 on the latest Billboard 200, it’s a quiet week, as Westside Whimsy is the only debuting title in the region. The Nos. 2-8 titles are all former No. 1s: Ella Langley’s Dandelion falling to No. 2 with a little more than 60,000 equivalent album units earned (down 11%). Olivia Rodrigo’s you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love dips 2-3 (60,000, down 7%); Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem is down 3-4 (57,000, down 5%); Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide is a non-mover at No. 5 (46,000, down 1%); Drake’s Iceman rises 9-6 (35,000, down 4%); Ariana Grande’s petal slips a spot to No. 7 (34,000, down 24%); and Rod Wave’s Don’t Look Down falls 7-8 (nearly 34,000, down 20%). Rounding out the top 10: Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving climbs 10-9 (33,000 equivalent album units, down 4%) and Noah Kahan’s Stick Season is up 13-10 (nearly 33,000, down 1%).

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United Kingdom
Music Week Report (excerpt)
Sienna Spiro holds tight at number one
Monday, September 28, 2026
by Alan Jones, London
 
Women have a vice-like grip on the chart, with Sienna Spiro continuing at the summit, in a top six comprising entirely of tracks by female solo artists for only the third time in chart history. Spiro’s Great Expectation racks up a third consecutive week at No.1, albeit with consumption off 1.16% week-on-week

at 26,900 units (337 digital downloads and 26,563 sales-equivalent streams). That is the lowest level for a No.1 single since Viva La Vida topped the list for Coldplay on consumption of 23,212 copies in June 2008, some 953 weeks ago. Its nearest challenger is still former incumbent Choosin’ Texas, No.2 for the third time (24,534 sales) for Ella Langley, while Stella Lefty’s debut hit, Boston, No.4 for the last four weeks, climbs to a new peak at No.3 (24,228 sales). The highest of three new entries to the Top 10, Nicole Kidman is in a hurry for Slovakian singer Adéla, surging 15-4 (19,188 sales) a fortnight after debuting at No.50. It is her first Top 10 single, and overshadows her debut hit, Ain’t In LA, which returns to its peak (13-12, 16,595 sales). With Dua Lipa’s viral revival Training Season holding at No.5 (19,148 sales) and Olivia Rodrigo’s The Cure repeating at No.6 (18,672 sales), our solo sororal sextet is complete. The first time the top six comprised only

of tracks by female solo artists was on August 18, 2023, when Billie Eilish led the way with Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift, Peggy Gou and two songs from Olivia Rodrigo completing the sextet. A week later, we had the only instance before this week of different female solo artists in each of the top six positions, with Lipa on top followed by Eilish, Rodrigo, Doja Cat, Swift and Gou. It is very unlikely this week’s top six will fill the top six positions a week hence – there are female reinforcements in the form of Patient Zero, Pink Clouding, Cleveland and Babylon – the new additions to Taylor Swift’s The Life Of A Showgirl – but also male contenders in the form of Jamie Miller, whose first hit Babydoll has catapulted 67-46-24-8, increasing consumption 72.22% week-on-week to 18,072 units as it makes its Top 10 debut, and which will undoubtedly make further gains next week; and Sombr, whose My Body Isn’t Ready surges 16-10 (16,755 sales) to become his fifth Top 10 hit. Completing the Top 10: Rein Me In (7-7, 18,492 sales) by Sam Fender & Olivia Dean and Stop The Wedding! (9-9, 17,344 sales) by Ashe. Handicapped by ACR on the main chart, Rein Me In is the most-consumed track for the 14th week in a row, and 23rd week in total, with unadjusted consumption of 36,763 units. Overall singles consumption is up 0.64% week-on-week to 29,635,664 units, 2.89% below same week 2025 sales of 30,517,213 units. Paid-for sales are up 0.70% week-on-week at 247,533, 16.79% below same week 2025 sales of 297,472. Leadership of the album chart changes hands for the 13th week in a row, and Beabadoobee lands the 10th new No.1 album of the year by a female solo artist, as her fourth release, Pylon, makes an electrifying debut atop the chart, on consumption of 21,065 units (9,241 CDs, 6,801 vinyl albums, 2,109 cassettes, 355 digital downloads and 2,559 sales-equivalent streams). It is the second No.1 in a row for the 26-year-old singer/songwriter – real name Beatrice Laus – who also topped with 2024 set, This Is How Tomorrow Moves, on lower first week consumption of 17,202 units. She previously reached No.8 with 2020 debut, Fake It Flowers, and No.4 with 2022 follow-up, Beatopia. This Is How Tomorrow Moves became her biggest-selling album thus far only last week, and now raises its cumulative consumption to 94,207 units, just ahead of Beatopia (93,964 units), with Fake It Flowers on 41,287 units. A Londoner from the age of three, Beabadoobee was born in Iloilo in the Philippines, and is the only Filipino-born artist to top the album chart. She wrote all 14 songs on Pylon, 11 of them with co-writers – a contrast to That’s How Tomorrow Moves, where she alone wrote all 14 tracks. She is one of only two female soloists to have an entirely self-written No.1 album in the 2020s – Taylor Swift was the first, with her Taylor’s Version of Speak Now in 2023. His massive legacy as drummer for Queen notwithstanding, Roger Taylor has nevertheless assembled an impressive body of solo work, and racks up his second solo Top 10 album with his seventh solo set, Violence Insane In A Beautiful World (No.6, 7,645 sales). The follow-up to his acclaimed 2021 set, Outsider, which reached No.3, it yet again proves that the sprightly 77-year-old is so much more than a drummer – he also sings, plays multiple guitars and keyboards on the album, and wrote all of the songs himself, aside from a cover of John Lennon’s Jealous Guy. The rest of the Top 10: The Essential (2-2, 9,983 sales) by Michael Jackson, You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love (3-3, 9,682 sales) by Olivia Rodrigo, Visitor (4-4, 8,230 sales) by Sienna Spiro, The Art Of Loving (7-5, 7,766 sales) by Olivia Dean, 50 Years: Don’t Stop (9-7, 7,221 sales) by Fleetwood Mac, Time Flies: 1994-2009 (5-8, 7,006 sales) by Oasis, The Highlights (10-9, 6,947 sales) by The Weeknd and The Great Divide (13-10, 6,026 sales) by Noah Kahan. No.1 last week, Here Because Of Hope slumps to No.82 (2,140 sales) for Ezra Collective, while last week’s No.6, Anatomy Of A Brief Romance by Bloc Party, and last week’s No.8, Bloodletting by Røry, exit the Top 200 on consumption of 426 units and 297 units, respectively. Overall album sales are up 3.17% week-on-week to 2,390,984 units, 5.78% below same week 2025 sales of 2,537,548. Physical product accounts for 292,178 sales, 12.22% of the total.