Ella Langley isn’t just a singles phenomenon. “Choosin’ Texas” has spent an outstanding six weeks on high of the Billboard Scorching 100 this yr, however that’s hardly the final phrase on her chart successes for 2026. Her “Dandelion” album has ridden the ubiquity of that track to a No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 album chart, with 169,000 equal album items in its first week.
It’s the nation crossover sensation’s first No. 1 album. Her earlier effort for Columbia, “Hungover,” debuted at a lowly No. 80 in August 2024, then took 17 weeks to succeed in the album chart’s high 40 earlier than lastly peaking at No. 20 simply final week, as famous by Billboard.
“Choosin’ Texas” has been No. 1 on the Spotify US Prime 50 as usually as not in latest weeks, indicating that its streaming success has been throughout many various demographics, not simply nation followers, even with its sturdy traditional-country lean. At present “Texas” is at No. 2 on the Spotify chart, pushed out of the highest spot solely by the brand new Olivia Rodrigo single; it’s joined within the high 10 by one other track off the brand new album, “Be Right here,” that appears more likely to be her followup hit.
Breaking down the 169,000 items, 39,000 of these had been in album gross sales, that means virtually all the relaxation was on account of her sturdy streaming efficiency. Langley’s 120,000 streaming items symbolize 130.46 million on-demand streams for the songs on the album, as tallied by Luminate.
Even whereas there are songs from “Dandelion” lined as much as be future singles off the album, Langley appeared at a Morgan Wallen stadium present Saturday evening and carried out a track with him that they’re about to place out as a duet. That joint track, “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” is due out this Friday. It hasn’t but been revealed whether or not it’d seem on a deluxe version of “Dandelion” or be set for Wallen’s album… or whether or not it may simply be a non-album stand-alone observe.
Billboard reported that the debut for “Dandelion” was one of the best for a rustic album by a lady in two years — since Beyonce’s “Cowboy Carter.” Nevertheless it’s notable that it comes on the heels of one other comparatively recent nation artist, Megan Moroney, getting her first No. 1 album with “Cloud 9” in March. These two are main contenders for the Academy of Nation Music Awards (ACMs) developing in Could.
Talking of Wallen, he’s at No. 2 on this week’s album chart, as “I’m the Drawback” stays sturdy with 83,000 items.
Following behind Wallen at No. 3 is BTS‘ “Arirang,” in its fourth week on the chart. It spent the primary three lodged at No. 1.
The largest leap was taken by Justin Bieber’s “Swag,” which rose from No. 55 to No. 7 on the power of his extensively seen and mentioned Coachella week 1 efficiency, which largely consisted of songs from his two “Swag” albums. It noticed a rise of 160%, to 43,000 equal album items.
The rest 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 second Morgan Wallen album at No. 9, and Sabrina Carpenter at No. 10 (additionally a Coachella-inspired leap again into the highest 10.)
Between Langley, Combs and the 2 Wallen albums, nation releases account for a powerful 4 spots on this week’s high 10.
