Ella Langley’s“Choosin’Texas”spent 24 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the longest run in the chart’s history, and it surpassed Mariah Carey’s“All I Want for Christmas Is You”along the way. That run ended this week when Taylor Swift’s“Patient Zero”debuted in the top spot and sent Langley’s song to No. 2.
Swift didn’t stop there. Her tracks“Cleveland!,”“Babylon”and“Pink Clouding,”all from“The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore,”filled out the rest of the top five, giving her a 16th No. 1 single. Only The Beatles and Mariah Carey have more chart-toppers in Hot 100 history.
Amid the chart news, Langley opened up about the pressure of her breakout year, saying she’s never had more opinions aimed at her than in the last year, and that she’s proud of the girl everybody seems to be picking on. Which artist do you think wins this chart showdown, the one with the historic streak or the one with the full top five takeover?
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