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Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” rebounds a spot for a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song first led the chart in February and added its second frame on top two weeks ago. Notably, “Choosin’ Texas” ties for the most weeks ever spent atop the Hot 100 for a song by a woman that also hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, matching Taylor Swift’s three-week reign with “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” her first Hot 100 leader, in 2012. “Choosin’ Texas” and “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” stand above three other No. 1 country hits by women that led the Hot 100 for two weeks each: Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em,” in 2024, and Dolly Parton’s “Islands in the Stream,” with Kenny Rogers (1983), and “9 to 5” (1981). Related Hits That Have Topped Both the Billboard Hot 100 & Hot Country Songs Charts Honorable mentions: Parton wrote “I Will Always Love You,” with Whitney Houston’s cover crowning the Hot 100 for 14 weeks in 1992-93; Debby Boone’s “You Light Up My Life” ruled the Hot 100 for 10 weeks and hit No. 4 on Hot Country Songs in 1977; and Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe” led the Hot 100 for four weeks in 1967, although it peaked at No. 17 on Hot Country Songs. “Choosin’ Texas” concurrently tops Hot Country Songs for a 16th week. Also in the Hot 100’s top 10, Harry Styles’ “American Girls” debuts at No. 4 and his former No. 1 “Aperture” surges 29-9. Both are from his new album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., which launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Check out the full rundown of this week’s Hot 100 top 10 below. The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated March 21, 2026) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, March 17. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram. Plus, for all chart rules and explanations, click here. Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published. ‘Choosin Texas’ Streams, Airplay & Sales “Choosin’ Texas,” on SAWGOD/Columbia Records, with Triple Tigers promoting it to country radio, drew 22.7 million official streams (up 4% week over week) and 44.7 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 1%) and sold 6,000 (down 7%) in the United States March 6-12. The single holds at No. 2 on the Streaming Songs chart, after three weeks at No. 1; keeps at its No. 9 high on Radio Songs; and continues for a fifth week at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales. Harry Has 2 in Top 10 Harry Styles’ “American Girls” blasts in at No. 4 and his former leader “Aperture” vaults 29-9. Both are from his album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., which debuts as his fourth No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Related Harry Styles’ ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart “American Girls” marks Styles’ ninth Hot 100 top 10 (further outpacing the six that One Direction, with him as a member, tallied in 2012-15, prior to their 2016 split). It also opens as his third No. 1 on Streaming Songs. “Aperture” debuted atop the Hot 100 in February, becoming his third leader. ‘American’ Hits Styles imports the latest Hot 100 hit with a form of America in its title. “American Girls” joins other such songs that have reached the top five. Here’s the full list: No. 1 (four weeks), “American Pie (Parts I & II),” Don McLean, beginning Jan. 15, 1972 No. 1 (three weeks), “American Woman,” The Guess Who, May 9, 1970 No. 1 (two weeks), “This Is America,” Childish Gambino, May 19, 2018 No. 1 (one week), “We’re an American Band,” Grand Funk, Sept. 29, 1973 No. 2, “Theme From ‘Greatest American Hero’ (Believe It or Not),” Joey Scarbury, Aug. 15, 1981 No. 2, “The All American Boy,” Bill Parsons, Feb. 2, 1959 No. 4, “American Girls,” Harry Styles, March 21, 2026 No. 4, “Cupid’s Chokehold/Breakfast in America,” Gym Class Heroes feat. Patrick Stump, March 31, 2007 No. 4, “God Bless the U.S.A.,” American Idol Finalists, May 3, 2003 No. 4, “Living in America,” James Brown, March 1, 1986 No. 4, “Americans,” Byron MacGregor, Feb. 9, 1974 (Absent from the list above, and as it may come to mind given Styles’ song title: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ 1976 classic “American Girl,” which, perhaps surprisingly, has never appeared on the Hot 100.) Plus, the All-American Rejects, America, the American Breed, the five Americans, and Jay & the Americans have all flown their flags in the Hot 100’s top five. Meanwhile, of the acts with top five Hot 100 hits that reference America in their titles, Styles is the third not from the U.S. The Redditch, Worcestershire, England, native follows The Guess Who and Byron MacGregor, each from Canada. Rest of Top 10: ‘Man I Need’ & More Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” rises a spot back to its No. 2 Hot 100 high. Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might” falls to No. 3 after three nonconsecutive weeks atop the Hot 100 beginning in January. It leads Radio Songs for a third week (76.5 million, up 5%) and the multimetric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs charts for a ninth week each. Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” is steady at No. 5 on the Hot 100 after 10 weeks at No. 1 last June-August. PinkPantheress’ “Stateside,” with Zara Larsson, ascends 7-6 for a new Hot 100 high, as it adds a fourth week at No. 1 on Hot Dance/Pop Songs. Related ‘Golden,’ ‘Shallow,’ ‘Shaft’ & More: All 18 Best Original Song Oscar Winners to Hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 HUNTR/X’s “Golden” lifts 8-7 on the Hot 100 following eight weeks at No. 1 last August-October. Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” climbs 9-8 on the Hot 100, after it began her career-best 10 weeks atop the chart upon its debut in October and led through January, and her “Opalite” falls 6-10, three weeks after it became her 14th leader. 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