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

Reported by The Guardian World · 2 hours ago · Maya Yang

Ella Langley’s record-breaking song has spent 23 weeks at the top, surpassing Mariah Carey’s holiday anthemElla 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…

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