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Limits RegistryElla Langley's 'Choosin' Texas' logged its 23rd week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 2026, passing the 22 holiday-season weeks of Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You', and extended the record to 24 weeks shortly afterward. Before 2026 the longest continuous runs were 19 weeks, by 'Old Town Road' (2019) and 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' (2024).
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Ella Langley's 'Choosin' Texas' logged its 23rd week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 2026, passing the 22 holiday-season weeks of Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You', and extended the record to 24 weeks shortly afterward. Before 2026 the longest continuous runs were 19 weeks, by 'Old Town Road' (2019) and 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' (2024).
The greatest total number of weeks a single song has spent at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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Limits Registry. LR-MOST-WEEKS-AT-NUMBER-ONE-HOT-100. Most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. 2026.