Ella Langley And Lainey Wilson Make History By Topping Hot Country Songs And Country Airplay Charts In Same Week

Ella Langley and Lainey Wilson have made a rare dual female impact on the top of the country music charts, with Langley scoring her first No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs with “Choosin’ Texas,” while Wilson claims her fifth No. 1 on Country Airplay with “Somewhere Over Laredo.” Langley’s track, co-written with Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, and Joybeth Taylor, climbed to the top in just six weeks, while Wilson’s song, which interpolates Judy Garland’s Wizard of Oz classic, “Over the Rainbow,” surged to No. 1 on the strength of a 22% increase to reach a radio audience of 28 million. This is only the seventh time since 2012 that solo women have simultaneously led both charts, highlighting a notable moment in country music where female artists dominate both the streaming and radio airplay metrics that these distinct charts measure. The feat was first accomplished in October 2012 when Carrie Underwood’s “Blown Away” topped Country Airplay while Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” led Hot Country Songs. (Billboard)