Ella Langley Makes History As She Scores The Bestselling Song In America - Again
Ella Langley's song 'Choosin' Texas' has tied the record for the fifth-longest run at number one on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart. Despite the overall decline in digital song purchases, the track has maintained its popularity for 15 weeks.
Why it matters
It highlights shifting trends in music consumption where digital sales are becoming a niche metric compared to streaming.
Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" holds atop Billboard's Digital Song Sales chart for a fifteenth week, tying Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" in the history books. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 29: Ella Langley attends 2026 Billboard Women In Music at Hollywood Palladium on April 29, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)
There was a time when the bestselling song in America could regularly be counted on to sell 50,000, 100,000 or even several hundred thousand copies in a single tracking week. When iTunes first became a game-changer in the music industry, some of the biggest stars would launch new hits with enormous totals, and tracks were known to be downloaded by thousands of fans each frame, even long after their initial heyday.
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