{"id":553240,"date":"2026-07-31T15:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T15:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/553240\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T15:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T15:37:12","slug":"ella-langley-misses-out-on-making-history-as-bts-replaces-her-at-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/553240\/","title":{"rendered":"Ella Langley Misses Out On Making History As BTS Replaces Her At No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" top-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785512232_751_0x0.jpg\" alt=\"Stars for Second Harvest with ERNEST &amp; Friends\" data-height=\"2794\" data-width=\"2416\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ella Langley&#8217;s &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221; nearly made history with a. fourteenth week atop Billboard&#8217;s Digital Song Sales chart, but BTS blocks her and scores a new No. 1. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE &#8211; JUNE 02: Ella Langley performs during Stars for Second Harvest with ERNEST &amp; Friends at the Ryman Auditorium on June 02, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/07\/29\/ella-langley-matches-one-of-the-biggest-hits-of-the-past-decade\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/07\/29\/ella-langley-matches-one-of-the-biggest-hits-of-the-past-decade\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Ella Langley\u2019s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ella Langley\u2019s<\/a> \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d has transformed her from a hitmaker in the country world into one of the most exciting new stars in music. Released last fall, the track quickly surged on every Billboard chart on which it appeared, and the tune began dominating several rankings in early 2026. Months later, it has not relented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d is stationary atop the Billboard Hot 100, earning a milestone fifteenth frame as the biggest song in the United States. Even as it fails to lead most of the component tallies that feed into that ranking, it does stand out as the most-streamed track in the nation. On the sales rundown, though, Langley steps aside after nearly passing a trio of decade-defining smashes in the history books.<\/p>\n<p>Ella Langley Falls From No. 1<\/p>\n<p>Only one week ago, <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nUsrYVxrDwI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nUsrYVxrDwI\" aria-label=\"\u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d\">\u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d<\/a> commanded the <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\/\" aria-label=\"Digital Song Sales chart\">Digital Song Sales chart<\/a>. The ranking lists only the bestselling individual tunes in the U.S., counting purchases made solely through platforms such as iTunes.<\/p>\n<p>Last frame, Langley\u2019s smash earned its lucky thirteenth week at No. 1. That run tied \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d with three massive hits \u2013 \u201cLow\u201d by Flo Rida and T-Pain, \u201cUptown Funk\u201d by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars and \u201cCloser\u201d by the Chainsmokers and Halsey \u2013 which also spent 13 periods as the top-selling cut of any style in the country.<\/p>\n<p>BTS Scores a New No. 1 Bestseller<\/p>\n<p>BTS replaces Langley atop the Digital Song Sales chart with \u201cNormal.\u201d The track reenters the ranking at No. 1 and appears on the roster for only the second time.<\/p>\n<p>The K-pop boy band recently chose <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GEk4jHwfFTA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GEk4jHwfFTA\" aria-label=\"\u201cNormal\u201d\">\u201cNormal\u201d<\/a> as the second official single from its comeback album Arirang, following \u201cSwim.\u201d After BTS shared a music video for the tune, fans responded by purchasing the track in enormous numbers \u2013 as they always do for the boy band.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNormal\u201d becomes BTS\u2019s fifteenth No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart. The new victory helps the Grammy-nominated group tie Drake for the third-most champions in the history of the purchase-only tally.<\/p>\n<p>Shakira and Burna Boy Nearly Reach the Summit<\/p>\n<p>Shakira and Burna Boy come even closer than Langley to challenging BTS for the No. 1 space on the Digital Song Sales chart. Their collaboration \u201cDai Dai,\u201d the official song of the recently-concluded World Cup, surges to a new peak of No. 2. The anthem reaches the runner-up rung roughly a month and a half into its time on the ranking. It only recently broke into the top 10, and this week it continues its rapid climb by vaulting from No. 9.<\/p>\n<p>BTS Outsells Ella Langley by a Wide Margin<\/p>\n<p>According to Luminate, \u201cNormal\u201d sold a little less than 21,000 copies during the latest tracking period. The sum gives BTS a comfortable lead over both <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fcnDmrtj6Sk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fcnDmrtj6Sk\" aria-label=\"\u201cDai Dai\u201d\">\u201cDai Dai\u201d<\/a> and \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas.\u201d Shakira and Burna sold nearly 7,200 copies of their World Cup track. That\u2019s a significant increase for the collaboration, which moved only 1,700 downloads one week earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d follows with a little less than 6,900 purchases. Langley\u2019s total is down by only a few hundred copies from the previous frame, and it\u2019s not far from landing in second place.<\/p>\n<p>Ella Langley Continues to Rule Elsewhere<\/p>\n<p>The loss on the Digital Song Sales chart does not prevent \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d from once again standing out as the biggest song in America. The country smash holds at No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Streaming Songs charts during its fortieth week on each ranking. \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d also continues to command the Hot Country Songs and Country Streaming Songs tallies as well.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/07\/29\/ella-langley-matches-one-of-the-biggest-hits-of-the-past-decade\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Ella Langley Matches One Of The Biggest Hits Of The Past Decade\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/07\/29\/ella-langley-matches-one-of-the-biggest-hits-of-the-past-decade\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForbesElla Langley Matches One Of The Biggest Hits Of The Past DecadeBy Hugh McIntyre<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ella Langley&#8217;s &#8220;Choosin&#8217; Texas&#8221; nearly made history with a. fourteenth week atop Billboard&#8217;s Digital Song Sales chart, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[271839,430,204580,250502,12733,226392,226391,253212,204582,253214,253215,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-553240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-bts-digital-song-sales","tag-celebrities","tag-choosin-texas","tag-digital-song-sales","tag-ella-langley","tag-ella-langley-billboard","tag-ella-langley-charts","tag-ella-langley-choosin-texas","tag-ella-langley-choosin-texas-charts","tag-ella-langley-choosin-texas-number-one","tag-ella-langley-choosin-texas-sales","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}