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Choosin’ Texas unseats All I Want for Christmas as longest-running No 1 song on Billboard Hot 100

The Guardian Australia - Culture · 23 September 2026 at 5:45 am

Choosin’ Texas unseats All I Want for Christmas as longest-running No 1 song on Billboard Hot 100

Ella Langley’s record-breaking song has spent 23 weeks at the top, surpassing Mariah Carey’s holiday anthem Ella Langley’s hit song Choosin’ Texas has made Billboard Hot 100 history, spending 23 weeks on the chart and breaking the record for the longest-running No 1 song in the chart’s 68-year old history.

The track, which was released last October as the lead single on the 27-year-old singer and songwriter’s album Dandelion, has surpassed Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You, which topped the charts for 22 weeks.

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Choosin’ Texas unseats All I Want for Christmas as longest-running No 1 song on Billboard Hot 100

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