Ella Langley sings “Choosin’ Texas.”

This song is the longest-running No. 1 hit in U.S. history.

It spent 23 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.

That chart lists all kinds of music.

The old record was 22 weeks.

Mariah Carey held it with “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”

The song also beat records by Shaboozey, Lil Nas X and Whitney Houston.

The song had 911 million streams in the U.S.

It had 1.26 billion streams around the world.

This was true by mid-August.

The group Luminate said this.

Langley started 2023 with under 1 million Spotify listeners each month.

Now she has over 32 million.

Jaime Marconette studies the music business.

He said country fans are getting younger.

They also use streaming more.

Claire Heinichen works for Spotify.

She said the song grew fast and steady.

It moved from the country playlist “Hot Country” to “Today’s Top Hits.”

That is Spotify’s biggest playlist in the world.

It is also on “Mood” and “Moments.”

She said it fits driving, chilling or cookouts.

Nate Sloan studies music.

He said Langley’s voice sounds “like syrup.”

He said it puts listeners in a near-trance.

He said the song mixes disco, rock and soul.

This helps it reach many people.

Professor Charles L. Hughes said it mixes country sounds from the late 1970s and early ’80s.

It also uses modern songwriting.

Both experts said the song is unusual for a hit.

It is specific and calm.

It has no big moments.

Hughes said it continues a tradition.

Women sing country songs about what men do in bars.