Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ & All the Hot 100 Hits That Set Records for Most Weeks at No. 1

As previously reported, Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” overhauls the record for the longest No. 1 run ever on the Billboard Hot 100, as it achieves a 23rd week atop the chart (dated Sept. 26). The country crossover smash surpasses Mariah Carey’s perennial “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which has collected 22 weeks at No. 1.

“Choosin’ Texas” takes its place among 10 other hits that established new highs for the most weeks totaled at No. 1 on the Hot 100, dating to the chart’s inaugural leader, Ricky Nelson’s “Poor Little Fool” on the list dated Aug. 4, 1958.

Among other milestones, Debby Boone’s “You Light Up My Life” became the first single ever to rule the Hot 100 for at least 10 weeks and “All I Want for Christmas Is You” became the first 20-week No. 1.

Meanwhile, the record for the most time spent atop the Hot 100 has been rewritten three times since 2019. Before that, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day” solely held or shared the honor the longest, for 23 years, four months and two weeks, dating to March 1996. Thanks to that classic ballad, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” and Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road,” Carey and the vocal group are the only acts that have each overtaken the record more than once.

Below, Billboard runs down every elite hit that, at the time, became the longest-leading title in the Hot 100’s history. (Songs that tied existing marks are not listed; every No. 1 of 10 or more weeks is recapped here.)