USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
'Choosin' Texas' ties all-time Hot 100 record
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Ella Langley's “Choosin’ Texas” claims a 22nd week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, tying the longest run ever achieved atop the chart. The smash matches the command of Mariah Carey's

perennial “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” Two weeks earlier, “Choosin’ Texas” rewrote the record for the most weeks totaled atop the Hot 100 among non-holiday songs, as its 20th week at No. 1 surpassed the reigns of both Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. “Choosin’ Texas” debuted on the Hot 100 dated Nov. 1, 2025; became Langley’s first top 10 in January; and initially led in February, on its way to setting multiple chart records. It crowned the Country Airplay chart for three weeks in February-March and has crossed to pop radio formats, currently ranking in the top 10 on Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay and Adult Contemporary. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has topped the Hot 100 each Yuletide season since the classic 1994 carol initially led in 2019, and could add to its total in the holidays ahead. “Choosin’ Texas,” on Sawgod / Columbia Records, with Triple Tigers having promoted it to country

radio, totaled 24 million official streams, 56.9 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 2% week over week in each metric) and 6,000 sold (down 16%) in the United States Sept. 4-10. The track holds for a 22nd week at No. 1 on Streaming Songs; dips 5-6, after reaching No. 4, on Radio Songs; and rises 4-1 for a 17th week atop Digital Song Sales. Stella Lefty’s “Boston” holds at its No. 2 Hot 100 high; Taylor Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You” keeps at No. 3, after it spent its first two weeks on the chart at No. 1 in June; and Morgan Wallen’s “Been by Now” rebounds 5-4, after it debuted at its No. 2 best. Meanwhile, “I Knew It, I Knew You” leads Radio Songs for a fourth week (64.6 million, down 13%). Karol G’s “BbY WOW,” with Judeline and rusowsky, surges 16-10 on the Hot 100, led by 13.4 million streams (up 14%) and 3.8 million in radio reach (up 78%). Karol G collects her second Hot 100 top 10, after “TQG,” with fellow Colombian star Shakira, debuted at its No. 7 peak in March 2023. Judeline and rusowsky reach the region in their first visits to the chart. Ariana Grande’s “Hate That I Made You Love Me” slips 4-5 on the Hot 100, after it led in its debut week in June. Tame Impala and Jennie’s “Dracula” holds at No. 6 after reaching No. 5 on the Hot 100. Olivia Dean’s “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” is steady at No. 7 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 5, while her “Man I Need” repeats at No. 8, after reaching at No. 2. Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Langley’s “Be Her” rises 10-9, after peaking at No. 2. Ella Langley's Dandelion returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a third nonconsecutive week on top, as the album rises two slots on the Sept. 19-dated chart. The set earned 67,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending Sept. 10, according to Luminate, down less than 1% compared to the previous week. Dandelion debuted at No. 1 on the April 25, 2026-dated chart, spent its first two weeks atop the list and has never left the top five. Of Dandelion’s 67,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 57,000 (down 4%, equaling 60.21 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks; it holds at No. 2 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 9,000 (up 43%, it climbs 21-11 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 1,000 (down 16%). Two former No. 1s follow Langley. Olivia Rodrigo's you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love lifts 4-2 (64,000 equivalent album units, down 4%) and Morgan Wallen's I'm The Problem rises 5-3 (60,000, down less than 1%). Adéla’s PRIMA premieres at No. 4 with 56,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 31,000 (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 25,000 (equaling 25.94 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it debuts at No. 14 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The 22-year-old Slovakian singer-songwriter gained attention in 2023 when she participated in Dream Academy, the reality competition show that eventually launched Katseye. While she was one of the first contestants eliminated from the program, she would drop her debut single “Homewrecked” in 2024, and then “Superscar” soon after. In 2025, she signed to Capitol Records and launched her first EP, The Provocateur. She made her Billboard Hot 100 debut in August with the PRIMA track “Ain’t in LA,” which has scaled to No. 57 as of the Sept. 19-dated chart. Noah Kahan’s chart-topping The Great Divide is up a notch to No. 5 on the latest Billboard 200 (47,000 equivalent album units, down 12%). Ariana Grande’s former leader petal pushes 15-6 with 44,000 equivalent album units earned (up 36%) following the release of a deluxe digital download edition of the set with bonus live tracks. Rod Wave’s Don’t Look Down falls to No. 7 after debuting atop the chart a week ago. In its second week, the set earned 42,000 equivalent album units (down 57%). Beyoncé’s B’Day returns to the Billboard 200 for the first time since 2008, as the set re-enters the chart at No. 8 following its 20th anniversary deluxe reissue. The album was originally released in 2006, debuted at No. 1 and marked the superstar’s second leader. In the latest tracking week, B’Day earned 38,000 equivalent album units (up 385%). Of that sum, SEA units comprise 22,000 (equaling 22.49 million in on-demand official streams of the set’s songs, it debuts at No. 19 on the nearly three-year-old Top Streaming Albums chart), album sales comprise 16,000 (it reenters at No. 4 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. Drake’s chart-topping ICEMAN falls a rung to No. 9 on the Billboard 200 (36,000 equivalent album units, down 6%) and Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving retreats a spot to No. 10 (34,000, down 8%).

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United Kingdom
Music Week Report (excerpt)
Sienna Spiro reaches nubmer one
Monday, September 14, 2026
by Alan Jones, London
 
In another week of low consumption and tiny margins, Great Expectation climbs 2-1 for Sienna Spiro, to become the first chart-topper for the 20-year-old singer/songwriter from London. The last British female artist to top the chart at a younger age with a solo release was Ella Henderson, 18 when she was

No.1 with Ghost in 2014.(Ghost, incidentally, was replaced at No.1 by Gecko (Overdrive), a collaboration between Dutch DJ Oliver Heldens and British singer Becky Hill, who were 19 and 20 at the time, respectively, but we’re looking here at solo singles, so Hill does not qualify). Trailing former incumbent Choosin’ Texas (1-2, 26,552 sales) by Ella Langley in all of the week’s sales flashes, Great Expectation finally emerged triumphant on consumption of 28,147 units (1,789 digital downloads and 26,358 sales-equivalent streams), an increase of 11.41% week-on-week. Spiro co-wrote Great Expectation with the song’s producers, Omer Fedi and Michael Pollack. Israeli Fedi previously co-wrote and produced Montero (Call Me By Your Name), No.1 for Lil Nas X in 2021; and Unholy, No.1 for Sam Smith & Kim Petras in 2022, while New Yorker Pollack co-wrote Lewis Capaldi’s 2022 No.1, Forget Me and Miley Cyrus’ 2023 No.1, Flowers. Pollack also

co-penned and co-produced Cyrus’ new hit, Bass Persuades – the highest of five new entries this week at No.31 (9,960 sales) – alongside Cyrus herself. The title track of Cyrus’ upcoming 10th album, it is her 33rd Top 75 hit (including one as Hannah Montana) and her 28th Top 40 entry. Spiro’s biggest hit until Great Expectation emerged was Die On This Hill. After peaking at No.9 last November, Die On This Hill eventually hit ACR and exited the Top 75 but rallied on the release of its – and Great Expectations’ – parent album Visitor. Having successfully returned from ACR, it has improved its chart position five weeks in a row, and jumps 13-11 this week on consumption of 15,604 units, just two notches below its peak. It is, of course, her most-consumed title, with a to-date tally of 865,149 units. Her third concurrent hit, and seventh chart entry in total, Pure, holds at its No.36 peak (9,118 sales). Both are also Fedi & Pollack co-writes from the Visitor album. Sparked into life by its use in the box office smash, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Loser has been in the Top 20 for several weeks for Tame Impala, and finally becomes his second Top 10 single, climbing 12-10 (15,756 sales). Training Season’s ongoing viral revival sees Dua Lipa’s 2024 No.4 hit Training Season return to the Top 10 for the first time since, vaulting 18-7 (17,600 sales). The rest of the Top 10: Movin’ To The Sun (3-3, 24,590 sales) by Hugel, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté, Boston (4-4, 23,879 sales) by Stella Lefty, Rein Me In (7-5, 19,219 sales) by Sam Fender & Olivia Dean, The Cure (8-6, 18,936 sales) by Olivia Rodrigo, Man I Need (10-8, 16,917 sales) by Olivia Dean and 9 To 5 (5-9, 16,101 sales) by Dolly Parton. Rein Me In is the most-consumed track for the 11th week in a row, and 21st week in total, with unadjusted consumption of 38,030 units. Overall singles consumption is up 1.56% week-on-week to 29,212,444 units, 2.18% below same week 2025 sales of 29,861,948 units. It is the fifth week in a row they have been below same week 2025 levels. Paid-for sales are down 7.89% week-on-week at 250,232, 6.66% below same week 2025 sales of 268,097. Twenty-two years to the week since they made their first album chart appearance, Kasabian become the second group and fourth act in chart history to debut at No.1 with eight consecutive albums, as their ninth studio set, Act III, opens atop the list on consumption of 14,373 units (8,579 CDs, 4,194 vinyl albums, 711 digital downloads and 889 sales-equivalent streams). Consisting of 13 tracks with a playing time of less than 33 minutes, Act III is the third Kasabian album on which their principal songwriter Sergio Pizzorno – who singlehandedly wrote every song – has also served as lead vocalist, following the 2020 departure of Tom Meighan, who had fronted the group since its formation in Leicester 29 years ago. First week sales of Act III are the lowest for any Kasabian studio effort. Their previous No.1s, their first week sales, and release years are: Empire (109,397, 2006), West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum (98,423, 2008), Velociraptor! (94,088, 2011), 48:13 (70,339, 2014), For Crying Out Loud (52,413, 2017), The Alchemist’s Euphoria (21,548, 2022) and Happenings (19,752, 2024). Their eponymous first album, which debuted and peaked at No.4 in 2004, also had higher first week sales of 36,484 and, despite being their only studio album not to reach No.1, is easily their biggest seller with to-date consumption of 1,114,655, followed by West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum (996,640), Empire (845,440), Velociraptor! (683,533), 48:13 (525,215), For Crying Out Loud (223,022), The Alchemist’s Euphoria (39,068) and Happenings (35,124). A 2010 set – The Albums – housed their first three releases, reached No.22 and has sold 107,122 copies, while double-packs of West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum/Velociraptor!, Kasabian/Empire and Empire/West Ryder Lunatic Asylum have secured sales of 116,989, 23,402 and 15,899 copies, respectively. A 22-year-old singer/songwriter from Bratislava, Adéla is the first Slovakian to chart, and finishes in a commendable second place, with her introductory album Prima on consumption of 12,253 units a mere six weeks after making her singles chart debut with Ain’t In LA. That single surges into the Top 20 this week, while another track from the album, Nicole Kidman, gets a toehold on the Top 75. Had she beaten Kasabian, Adéla would have been the first female soloist from mainland Europe to have a No.1 album since The Netherlands’ Caro Emerald in 2013. There is no singles chart presence for President, nevertheless the much-hyped and publicity-shy masked metal quartet – whose members are rumoured to include Busted alumnus Charlie Simpson – debut at No.5 with their first album, Blood Of Your Empire, on consumption of 10,204 units. One of the best new folk/rock singer/songwriters to emerge in the 2020s, Jamie Webster scores his fourth straight Top 10 album – his entire output - as Running Round The Sun, comprising 12 new self-penned songs, debuts at No.10 (6,912 sales). Webster’s 2020 debut, We Get By, reached No.6, 2022 follow-up Moments reached No.3, and 2024 third album 10 For The People, reached No.2. The rest of the Top 10: You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love (4-3, 10,552 sales) by Olivia Rodrigo, The Essential (5-4, 10,240 sales) by Michael Jackson, Visitor (7-6, 8,164 sales) by Sienna Spiro, The Art Of Loving (8-7, 7,992 sales) by Olivia Dean, 50 Years: Don’t Stop (9-8, 7,394 sales) by Fleetwood Mac and The Highlights (10-9, 6,939 sales) by The Weeknd. Overall album sales are down 1.55% week-on-week to 2,354,723 units, their lowest level for 35 weeks and 3.21% below same week 2025 sales of 2,432,779. Physical product accounts for 291,961 sales, 12.40% of the total.