Move over, Mimi. There’s a new diva in town.
It’s not every day an artist can boast about toppling Mariah Carey from her throne, but Ella Langley has earned bragging rights with her hit “Choosin’ Texas.”
With a 23-week reign atop the chart, the song has replaced Carey's “All I Want for Christmas is You” as the longest-running No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, according to Billboard's YouTube channel.
The historic chart success of “Choosin’ Texas” doesn’t end there. It’s also the first song by a woman to simultaneously top the Hot 100, Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts.
Another single, "Loving Life Again," rose four spots to No. 8 on the Country Airplay chart dated Sept. 19, making Langley the first woman this decade with four Top 10 hits
on that chart from one album.
Clearly, fans are choosin' Langley, who will come to the Schottenstein Center on Sept. 25 with openers Kameron Marlowe and Laci Kaye Booth.
Ticket prices start at $165. According to a spokesperson for the Schottenstein Center, few tickets remain.
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Langley swept this year’s ACM Awards, winning all seven of her nominations and setting a record for the most wins by a single artist in one year.
In 2025, she won five awards for a total of 12 in two years, a feat unmatched by any artist in ACM Awards history, according to Billboard.
The 27-year-old singer-songwriter also took home two American Music Awards recently for Best Female Country Artist and Best Country Song.
Langley leads with nine nominations for the upcoming CMA Awards, including Single of the Year for “Choosin’ Texas” and “Be Her.” The latter song peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100, blocked from the top spot by “Choosin’ Texas.”
Other hits by the Alabama-born artist include "You Look Like You Love Me," "Weren't for the Wind," "Bottom of Your Boots" and "Loving Life Again.”
Contact features and entertainment reporter Belinda M. Paschal at bpaschal@dispatch.com.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Before turning 30, Ella Langley has made history. She heads to Columbus
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