Country Songs Take All Five Slots in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 5 for the First Time in Chart History
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- Country music occupies all five top slots on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in chart history, with six of the top 10 also belonging to the genre
- Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" holds No. 1 for a 16th week, tying it with Wallen's "Last Night," Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's "One Sweet Day," and "Despacito" for fourth place on the all-time weeks-at-No. 1 list
- Morgan Wallen debuts new single "Been by Now" at No. 2, while his duet with Langley, "I Can't Love You Anymore," lands at No. 4
- Taylor Swift's "I Knew It, I Knew You" drops one spot to No. 3, while newcomer Stella Lefty's "Boston" falls two spots to No. 5
- Langley's "Choosin' Texas" needs just one more week at No. 1 to claim outright fourth place; reaching 20 weeks would set the all-time record for a non-holiday song, and 22 would challenge Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas" for the overall record
- Olivia Dean lands two songs in the top 10 ("So Easy (To Fall in Love)" at No. 7 and "Man I Need" at No. 10) while Langley has three, a setup the article frames as a test for whether the Recording Academy can continue excluding country from its general Grammy categories
Why it matters: Country music's six-of-top-10 sweep is unprecedented in Hot 100 history, and Langley's 16-week run at No. 1 puts her within seven weeks of unseating Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas" as the all-time leader. The depth of country dominance — six of the top 10, three Langley tracks — forces a direct question about whether the Recording Academy's general Grammy categories can keep shutting out the genre's biggest hitmaker of the year.
