It's safe to say this is Ella Langley's year, as her hit single "Choosin' Texas" is proving to be quite unstoppable.
After setting many Billboard Chart records following its Oct. 17, 2025, release as the lead single from her second studio album Dandelion, the song has hit another career milestone.
"Choosin' Texas" was the most-streamed song (by on-demand audio streams), according to data tracking company Luminate. For the first half of 2026, the track brought in 570.9 million streams.
According to Billboard, total on-demand audio streams at midyear increased by 4.8% in the U.S. compared to last year.
Here's the full lineup tracked by Luminate from Jan. 2 through July 2.
2026’s Midyear Top 10 Most Streamed Songs in U.S. (On-Demand Audio)1. Ella Langley, “Choosin’ Texas” (570.9 million)2. Olivia Dean, “Man I Need” (340.2 million)3. Alex Warren, “Ordinary” (322.8 million)4. Ella Langley, “Be Her” (289.1 million)5. Bad Bunny, “DtMF” (284.5 million)6. HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI, “Golden” (282.8 million)7. PinkPantheress with Zara Larsson, “Stateside” (272.4 million)8. Bruno Mars, “I Just Might” (267.3 million)9. Taylor Swift, “The Fate of Ophelia” (255.7 million)10. Olivia Dean, “So Easy (To Fall In Love)” (252.9 million)
Langley also beat out Bad Bunny's DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS for 2026’s Midyear Top 10 Albums in U.S. (by Equivalent Album Units), as Dandelion took the No. 2 spot with 1.638 million, bested only by Morgan Wallen'sI’m the Problem, which took the No. 1 spot with 2.035 million.
The Alabama native is rewriting the history books, as Parade previously reported, she’s become one of only five songs by women without male-billed acts to spend at least 13 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The tune is also the first non-holiday song to hit the milestone since Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together” 21 years ago.
And if you haven't been keeping up, she's also dominating the chart with three songs occupying spots in the top four, with “Choosin’ Texas” at the top, alongside “Be Her” and the Wallen collaboration, “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” putting her in an elite group to command multiple spots of the all-genre chart.
The upbeat heartbreak ballad also spent 11 weeks at the top of iTunes. And in June, it took the coveted spot of being the most-played song on TouchTunes, the popular digital jukebox platform, for the first six months of the year.
As for who is responsible for the megahit that is "Choosin' Texas," it was co-written by Langley, Luke Dick, country hitmaker MirandaLambert and Joybeth Taylor.
The country anthem captures the irresistible pull of the Lone Star State as the “other woman,” blending a tribute to Texas culture with the carefree spirit the state represents.
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