Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Soars to No. 1 on Songs of the Summer Chart in Week 2

The first two weeks of Billboard ’s Songs of the Summer chart this year have brought two No. 1s.

Ella Langley ’s “Choosin’ Texas” rises a spot to No. 1 on Songs of the Summer (dated June 13), after Drake’s “Janice STFU,” now at No. 2, led upon the chart’s annual return a week earlier.

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It’s the first time since 2020 that a title hasn’t ruled Songs of the Summer from start to finish. That year, Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s “Rain on Me” topped the season’s first chart and Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” featuring Beyoncé, was No. 1 in week two, before DaBaby’s “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, led the rest of the way.

Since then, each Songs of the Summer winner by September was the only song to lead each season: BTS’ “Butter” in 2021; Harry Styles’ “As It Was” in 2022; Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” in 2023; Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” featuring Wallen, in 2024; and Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” last year .

The 20-position Songs of the Summer running tally tracks the most popular hits based on cumulative performance on the weekly streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Billboard Hot 100 chart from Memorial Day through Labor Day (this year encompassing charts dated June 6 through Sept. 12, 2026). At the end of the season, the top song of the summer will be revealed.

Also notably, “Choosin’ Texas” is No. 1 on Songs of the Summer even though it hasn’t topped the Hot 100 in each of the summer survey’s first two weeks. Still, its No. 2 rank the past two weeks on the Hot 100 — after it dominated for 10 weeks starting in February — give it the edge over “Janice STFU,” at No. 3 on the Hot 100 a week after it added its second week at No. 1.

Meanwhile, Grande’s new Hot 100 leader , “Hate That I Made You Love Me,” enters Songs of the Summer at No. 10. (All the songs above it benefit from two weeks of chart activity.)

Check out the top 10 summer songs every year throughout the Hot 100’s history (from the chart’s start in 1958); the top 500 Greatest of All Time Songs of the Summer; and the latest Songs of the Summer chart in its entirety.

_Originally reported by [Billboard](https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/ella-langley-choosin-texas-songs-of-the-summer-chart-week-2-1236268178/)._