According to both ARIA and Billboard’s chart recap, Ella Langley‘s “Choosin’ Texas” has held the top of the ARIA Singles Chart since mid-May, surrendering the position occasionally but always returning — the chart equivalent of that friend who keeps coming back to a city they swore they were leaving for good. Across the Pacific, the song has also logged 22 weeks atop the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, tying Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” for the longest run in that chart’s history.
The Record in the Room Nobody’s Ignoring
The ARIA all-time benchmark looms large, but the gap between “impossible” and “inevitable” has a way of shrinking week by week.
The ARIA all-time benchmark belongs to Tones And I’s “Dance Monkey,” which spent 24 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1. Langley sits 10 weeks back. According to Billboard’s chart recap, “Choosin’ Texas” would still need to “reach deep” to challenge that record. Ten weeks is real distance. But so was mid-May from September.
This week’s ARIA chart picture, beyond Langley’s continued reign:
- Adéla’s “Nicole Kidman” enters the ARIA Singles Chart at No. 14
- Tame Impala places two tracks simultaneously in the top 40: “Loser” at No. 9 and “Dracula” at No. 21
- Olivia Rodrigo returns to No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart
- Jack Gray’s Swimming In Jeans opens at No. 7 on the albums chart
- Bonobo’s Distance in Static arrives at No. 22
Country’s New Chart Real Estate
What looks like a chart statistic is actually a genre staking its claim on mainstream territory it once had to fight for.
What’s quietly remarkable here isn’t just Langley’s staying power — it’s the geography of it. Country music earning this kind of cross-market dominance, holding Australia while matching the U.S. Hot 100’s all-time endurance record simultaneously, signals a genre that’s stopped asking permission to exist on mainstream charts and started owning them outright.
The rest of the ARIA ecosystem looks genuinely active. Rodrigo’s return to the albums summit, Tame Impala’s double placement, fresh entries from Adéla and Jack Gray — there’s real competition for chart space. One song just keeps absorbing it.
Ten weeks from history. The chart keeps moving, and “Choosin’ Texas” keeps answering. A Langley record-break would mark a watershed moment for country music’s mainstream chart trajectory — and at this pace, that conversation is no longer hypothetical. Worth watching.
