Dominating every chart out there.
In what seems like one of the greatest success stories in country music history, Ella Langley’s rise to all-genre superstardom has been one to behold over the past two years. If you’ve been paying close attention within the genre over the years, it was more than apparent that the Alabama native was bound to be a star, catching early buzz with tracks like “Country Boy’s Dream Girl,” “paint the town blue” and “That’s Why We Fight” with Koe Wetzel. With that being said, however, I don’t think anyone could have predicted the world-dominating, record-smashing success she’s had recently.
Launching off the success of her Riley Green collaboration, “you look like you love me” throughout 2024 and 2025, as well as other hits such as “weren’t for the wind,” the Alabama native has become nothing short of a phenomenon thanks to the megahit that is “Choosin’ Texas,” And, in turn, she has captured the hearts of nearly everyone in the country and the world over the past year.
Since its release on October 17th, 2025, it is now the longest-running #1 hit in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 with 26 weeks and counting, the only country song by a woman to triple up and go #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100, Hot Country and Country Airplay charts simultaneously. In case that wasn’t enough, thanks to the success of her sophomore album, Dandelion, which debuted at #1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 and sold 169,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in its first week, Langley became just the second woman in history to hold the #1 album and song in the U.S. simultaneously with a country song/album.
Outside of “Choosin’ Texas” and its historic run on the Hot 100, she’s captured other chart records, such as becoming the first woman this century to score 4+ #1 hits from a single album and the fourth artist in history to score 4+ #1 hits in a calendar year on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, as well as surpassing Post Malone as the biggest #1 hit in U.S. Spotify history and more.
This week, Langley has made even more history — this time on the Mediabase country chart.
Yesterday, “Loving Life Again” officially rose to #1 on the alternative country radio chart, becoming her seventh career #1 on Mediabase and the fourth #1 from Dandelion — joining “Choosin’ Texas,” “Be Her” and “I Can’t Love You Anymore” (with Morgan Wallen).
What makes the fourth #1 particularly notable, like Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, Langley now joins Carrie Underwood as the second woman in history to score four chart-toppers with a single album. Underwood became the first to accomplish this back in 2015 with Storyteller.
In case that wasn’t enough, Langley also joins Lainey Wilson as the only two women in history to notch four #1 in a calendar year on Mediabase. Of course, she accomplished this back in 2023 with “Watermelon Moonshine,” “Heart Like a Truck,” “Save Me” (with Jelly Roll) and “Wait in the Truck” (with HARDY).
Finally (and most notably), with “Loving Life Again” going #1 and her collaboration with Koe Wetzel rising to #3 this week, Langley also became the first female artist ever to chart two songs inside the Top 3 in the 41-year history of Mediabase.
With “Jaded” challenging for a #1 spot in the coming weeks, it’s likely that Langley will surpass Wilson, thus setting the record for most #1s in a calendar year for a female artist with five.
“Loving Life Again”
“Jaded”