{"id":509900,"date":"2026-06-20T17:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/509900\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T17:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:06:10","slug":"ella-langley-beats-luke-combs-with-another-week-at-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/509900\/","title":{"rendered":"Ella Langley Beats Luke Combs With Another Week At No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" top-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781975170_761_0x0.jpg\" alt=\"CMA Fest 2025 - Day Four\" data-height=\"3133\" data-width=\"2088\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ella Langley now claims the most weeks at No. 1 on Billboard&#8217;s Country Airplay chart as &#8220;Be Her&#8221; holds on top for a third frame, tying &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas.&#8221; NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE &#8211; JUNE 08: EDITORIAL USE ONLY. Ella Langley performs on the Chevy Riverfront stage during day four of CMA Fest 2025 on June 08, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Danielle Del Valle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Singer-songwriter <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/06\/14\/ella-langley-manages-a-first-for-women-at-country-radio\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/06\/14\/ella-langley-manages-a-first-for-women-at-country-radio\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Ella Langley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ella Langley<\/a> rose all the way to the top spot on Billboard&#8217;s Country Airplay chart for the first time in 2024 alongside Riley Green. The two pushed &#8220;You Look Like You Love Me&#8221; to No. 1 in December of that year. 12 months later, the pair conquered the hugely competitive roster again with &#8220;Don&#8217;t Mind If I Do,&#8221; and she proved herself to be a reliable hitmaker. <\/p>\n<p>While she was already a hitmaker in the country space, Langley&#8217;s career completely changed in late 2025 when she unleashed the blockbuster single &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas.&#8221; That track not only went on to lead the Country Airplay roster, but also the Billboard Hot 100, where it spent 10 weeks running the show. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221; made Langley so popular that anything she released afterward was bound to become a country success story, and follow-up Dandelion single &#8220;Be Her&#8221; likewise topped multiple country charts, including the Country Airplay rundown. As &#8220;Be Her&#8221; earns another stay at the summit of that radio list, Langley pulls out of a tie with another one of country&#8217;s favorite stars, and once again proves that in 2026, she is unbeatable.<\/p>\n<p>Ella Langley Holds at No. 1 With &#8220;Be Her&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Langley&#8217;s <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dg47eNL_Usw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dg47eNL_Usw\" aria-label=\"&quot;Be Her&quot;\">&#8220;Be Her&#8221;<\/a> is comfortable at No. 1 on the <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/country-airplay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/country-airplay\/\" aria-label=\"Country Airplay chart\">Country Airplay chart<\/a> this time around. The single reached the highest space in early June and has now ruled for three consecutive frames.<\/p>\n<p>Ella Langley Now Claims Two Three-Week Leaders<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Be Her&#8221; is Langley&#8217;s second song to rack up three weeks atop the Country Airplay chart in 2026. &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas,&#8221; which launched on the list in November 2025, rose to the throne in February and likewise held on for a trio of periods, which means that the singer-songwriter has now commanded the roster for half a dozen weeks this year.<\/p>\n<p>Ella Langley Passes Luke Combs<\/p>\n<p>As Langley reaches six weeks at No. 1 on the Country Airplay chart in 2026, she becomes the artist with the most time spent at the summit so far this year. Only a few days ago, when &#8220;Be Her&#8221; doubled its turns in the highest rung, Langley matched Luke Combs for the most frames running that roster. His recent champion <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qCbFhjLU-aM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qCbFhjLU-aM\" aria-label=\"&quot;Sleepless in a Hotel Room&quot;\">&#8220;Sleepless in a Hotel Room&#8221;<\/a> climbed to the highest space in mid-April and dominated the ranking for five consecutive weeks. That makes &#8220;Sleepless in a Hotel Room&#8221; the longest-running No. 1 so far this year, though Combs now comes in second place when looking at the ranking of the most successful artists in terms of time spent in the loftiest rung.<\/p>\n<p>Parmalee, Morgan Wallen and Jelly Roll Have Ruled for Multiple Weeks<\/p>\n<p>Another five acts have appeared at No. 1 on the Country Airplay chart more than once this year. Hardy pushed &#8220;Favorite Country Song&#8221; to No. 1 in January, and just like both &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221; and &#8220;Be Her,&#8221; it spent three weeks leading the way. Parmalee kicked off 2026 with two weeks in a row in the highest spot with &#8220;Cowgirl.&#8221; Morgan Wallen&#8217;s &#8220;20 Cigarettes&#8221; accomplished the same feat, only to be replaced by &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas.&#8221; Shaboozey and Jelly Roll waited quite a long time before their collaboration &#8220;Amen&#8221; shot to No. 1, and that team-up managed a pair of frames in the penthouse shortly after &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221; ended its reign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Be Her&#8221; Ties &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Be Her&#8221; is now tied as Langley&#8217;s song with the most weeks at No. 1 on the Country Airplay chart. Both of her most recent leaders, including &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas,&#8221; have topped the tally for three periods, while a pair of duets with Riley Green, &#8220;You Look Like You Love Me&#8221; and &#8220;Don&#8217;t Mind If I Do,&#8221; earned just one stay at the summit in 2024 and 2025, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/06\/14\/ella-langley-manages-a-first-for-women-at-country-radio\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Ella Langley Manages A First For Women At Country Radio\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/06\/14\/ella-langley-manages-a-first-for-women-at-country-radio\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForbesElla Langley Manages A First For Women At Country RadioBy Hugh McIntyre<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ella Langley now claims the most weeks at No. 1 on Billboard&#8217;s Country Airplay chart as &#8220;Be Her&#8221;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[201206,321,217715,9289,201208,201207,213869,217718,217717,217719,217716,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-509900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-be-her","tag-celebrities","tag-country-airplay","tag-ella-langley","tag-ella-langley-billboard","tag-ella-langley-charts","tag-ella-langley-country-airplay-chart","tag-ella-langley-number-one-billboard","tag-ella-langley-number-one-charts","tag-ella-langley-number-one-country-radio","tag-ella-langley-number-one-songs","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}