# @billboard on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd5DOq-l8tE
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71000577-billboard-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-30T00:30:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Billboard (@billboard) — https://gondola.cc/billboard

## Caption

If you’re one of the many people who’ve been expressing their shock the past week or two about Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” becoming the longest-reigning Billboard #Hot100 No. 1 of all time, that’s basically understandable.⁠
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The song is an obvious-sounding hit by a quickly rising star, but did it seem historic right off the bat the way that Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s megastar teamup and 16-week No. 1 “One Sweet Day” did? Or even a tiny bit after the bat, like Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber’s map-expanding 16-week No. 1 “Despacito” did, or Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus’ culture-shifting 19-week No. 1 “Old Town Road” did? Not particularly. ⁠
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So how did this happen? And why has it inspired not just such surprise, but fury among those just learning about “Choosin’ Texas” and its chart dominance these past couple weeks? ⁠
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Billboard takes a closer look at the link in bio.

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