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  "id": 9158224,
  "title": "Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Finally Breaks Mariah Carey’s All-Time Record for Weeks at No. 1, Eclipsing ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/ella-langleys-choosin-texas-finally-breaks-mariah-careys-all-time",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-22T15:50:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
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    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/news/ella-langley-breaks-record-choosin-texas-weeks-chart-mariah-1236871292/"
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  "summary": "There’s no long tail like a “Choosin’ Texas” long tail. Ella Langley’s smash has just set the all-time record for the most weeks spent by a single at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: 23. That pushes it out of the tie it held last week with Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Consequence",
        "title": "Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” Breaks Hot 100 Record with 23rd Week at No. 1",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/ella-langleys-choosin-texas-breaks-hot-100-record-with-23rd-week-at",
        "published": "2026-09-22T15:55:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Pitchfork",
        "title": "Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” Breaks Record for Most Weeks at No. 1",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/ella-langleys-choosin-texas-breaks-record-for-most-weeks-at-no-1",
        "published": "2026-09-22T15:58:48.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Rolling Stone",
        "title": "Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Is Now the Most Popular Song in Billboard Chart History",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/ella-langleys-choosin-texas-is-now-the-most-popular-song-in-billboard",
        "published": "2026-09-22T16:19:58.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” Is the Longest-Running Number One In Hot 100 History",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/ella-langleys-choosin-texas-is-the-longest-running-number-one-in-hot",
        "published": "2026-09-22T16:25:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Stereogum",
        "title": "Ella Langley Breaks Record For Longest-Running #1 Hit Of All Time",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/ella-langley-breaks-record-for-longest-running-1-hit-of-all-time",
        "published": "2026-09-22T16:44:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NYT Arts",
        "title": "Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Topples Mariah Carey’s Chart Record",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/ella-langleys-choosin-texas-topples-mariah-careys-chart-record",
        "published": "2026-09-22T17:00:20.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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