Ella Langley is not only a singles phenomenon. “Choosin’ Texas” spent an exceptional six weeks atop the Billboard Scorching 100 this yr, however that is not the ultimate phrase on its chart successes for 2026. His album “Dandelion” propelled that track’s ubiquity to a No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart, with 169,000 equal album models in its first week.
It is the crossover nation sensation’s first No. 1 album. His earlier effort for Columbia, “Hungover,” debuted at a lowly No. 80 in August 2024, then took 17 weeks to achieve the highest 40 on the albums chart earlier than lastly peaking at No. 20 final week, as famous by Billboard.
“Choosin’ Texas” has been No. 1 on Spotify’s US Prime 50 in current weeks, indicating that its streaming success has come throughout many various demographics, not simply nation followers, even with its robust conventional nation slant. At present, “Texas” is at No. 2 on the Spotify chart, pushed from the highest spot solely by Olivia Rodrigo’s new single; it is joined within the high 10 by one other track from the brand new album, “Be Right here,” which appears prone to be her subsequent hit.
Breaking down the 169,000 models, 39,000 of them have been album gross sales, that means virtually all the remainder have been as a result of its robust streaming efficiency. Langley’s 120,000 streaming models symbolize 130.46 million on-demand streams for songs from the album, in accordance with Luminate.
Though there are songs from “Dandelion” that might develop into future singles from the album, Langley appeared at a present Saturday night time at Morgan Wallen Stadium and carried out a track with him that they’re about to launch as a duet. This joint track, “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” is ready to be launched this Friday. It hasn’t but been revealed if it would seem on a deluxe version of “Dandelion” or be deliberate for Wallen’s album…or if it would simply be a standalone, non-album monitor.
Billboard reported that “Dandelion’s” debut was the very best for a rustic album by a girl in two years – since Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter.” Nevertheless it’s value noting that this follows one other comparatively new nation artist, Megan Moroney, who scored her first No. 1 album with “Cloud 9” in March. These two are the principle contenders for the Academy of Nation Music Awards (ACM) which is able to happen in Could.
Talking of Wallen, he is at No. 2 on this week’s album chart, as “I am the Drawback” stays robust with 83,000 models.
Behind Wallen at No. 3 is BTS’ “Arirang,” which is in its fourth week on the chart. He spent the primary three settling at #1.
The largest soar was made by Justin Bieber’s “Swag,” which rose from No. 55 to No. 7 because of his extensively considered and mentioned Coachella efficiency in week one, which was largely comprised of songs from his two “Swag” albums. It noticed a 160% improve, to 43,000 equal album models.
The remainder of this week’s album chart noticed Don Toliver at No. 4, Olivia Dean at No. 5, Unhealthy Bunny at No. 6, Luke Combs at No. 8, a sophomore Morgan Wallen album at No. 9, and Sabrina Carpenter at No. 10 (additionally a Coachella-inspired soar into the highest 10.)
Between Langley, Combs and Wallen’s two albums, nation releases account for a formidable 4 spots on this week’s high 10.