USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
'Choosin' Texas' tallies 14th week at No. 1
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Ella Langley's “Choosin’ Texas” tallies a 14th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 — tying a pair of iconic songs for more historic heights. The single, which first led the Hot 100 in

February, matches Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together” and Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” for the most weeks at No. 1 among non-holiday titles by women with no male-billed acts. Adding in Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” “Choosin’ Texas” ties for the second-longest command among songs by only women. “Choosin’ Texas,” on Sawgod / Columbia Records, with Triple Tigers having overseen promotion of the song to country radio, totaled 24 million official streams (down 4% week over week), 51 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 1%) and 7,000 sold (essentially even) in the United States July 10-16. It holds in place on the three all-genre charts that feed the Hot 100: It’s No. 1 on Streaming Songs for a 15th week; No. 6, after reaching No. 4, on Radio Songs; and No. 1 on Digital Song Sales for a 13th week. When “Choosin’ Texas” notched its 11th week atop the Hot 100, it became the sole longest-leading country title by a

woman (defined as those that have appeared on Hot Country Songs), surpassing Debby Boone’s 1977 smash “You Light Up My Life.” Now, “Choosin’ Texas” equals the run of another song with a famed country pedigree: Dolly Parton wrote fellow 14-week Hot 100 No. 1 “I Will Always Love You,” which, as noted above, led for Whitney Houston in 1992-93. Parton sent two of her versions of the ballad to No. 1 on Hot Country Songs, in 1974 and 1982. Stella Lefty earns her first Hot 100 top 10, as “Boston” surges six spots to No. 6 with 16 million streams (up 7%), 21 million in airplay audience (up 22%) and 2,000 sold (up 12%). On Hot Country Songs, it rebounds to its No. 4 high. Olivia Dean’s “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” becomes the most-heard song on radio, rising a spot to No. 1 on Radio Songs (62.9 million, in line with the previous week). It’s her second leader on the chart, after “Man I Need” was No. 1 for three weeks in February. (The songs have shared space in the top 10 each week since the start of April.) As the tracks mark Dean’s first two Radio Songs hits, she’s the first artist to lead on her first two tries since Lewis Capaldi, who did so with “Someone You Loved” and “Before You Go” in 2019-20, just after Lizzo arrived with the No. 1s “Truth Hurts” and “Good as Hell” in 2019. Before that, Adele became the only artist to take her first three Radio Songs entries to No. 1, in 2011-12: “Rolling in the Deep,” “Someone Like You” and “Set Fire to the Rain.” On the Hot 100, “Man I Need” rises 10-8, after hitting No. 2, and “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” holds at No. 9, after reaching No. 5. Taylor Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You” is No. 2 on the Hot 100 for a fourth consecutive week, after it spent its first two weeks on the chart at No. 1 in June. Ella Langley charts two more songs in the Hot 100’s top 10: “Be Her” holds at No. 3 after reaching No. 2 and “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” with Morgan Wallen, dips to No. 7 from its No. 4 high. Ariana Grande’s “Hate That I Made You Love Me” climbs 6-4 after it led the Hot 100 in its debut week in May. Tame Impala and Jennie’s “Dracula” repeats at its No. 5 Hot 100 best. Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might,” which debuted at No. 1 in January and led for three weeks through March, holds at No. 10. Future achieves his 12th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as his latest studio release, The Real Me, debuts atop the July 25-dated list. With a dozen leaders, Future now solely stands as the rap act with the third-most No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 chart. Among all acts with the most No. 1s, Future pushes ahead of Eminem (with 11), while the only acts with more No. 1s are The Beatles (19), Drake, Taylor Swift (both with 15) and JAY-Z (14). The Real Me launches with 131,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending July 16, according to Luminate, with the lion’s share of that sum driven by streaming activity. Of The Real Me’s 131,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week, SEA units comprise 118,000 (equaling 120.29 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs — it debuts at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 13,000 (it debuts at No. 9 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The Real Me was initially released as a standard widely available 11-track download edition, a 13-track vinyl (across four variants, including two signed editions), a 21-track CD (two editions, including a signed version) and a 22-track download and streaming edition. Five former No. 1s follow Future on the Billboard 200: Olivia Rodrigo’s you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love is a non-mover at No. 2 (96,000 equivalent album units earned, down 7%); Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem is up one to No. 3 (73,000, down 2%); Ella Langley’s Dandelion is down a spot to No. 4 (nearly 73,000, down 4%); Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide steps 6-5 (67,000, up 8%); and Drake’s Iceman falls 5-6 (61,000, down 10%). The Rolling Stones extend their record for the most top 10s on the Billboard 200 albums chart as the band’s latest studio project, Foreign Tongues, debuts at No. 7, marking the legendary act’s 39th top 10. It starts with 53,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 48,500 (it’s No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 4,000 (equaling 4.48 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The set’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across more than a dozen vinyl variants, four CD editions, two download editions and one cassette. Foreign Tongues follows the Stones’ last new studio set, Hackney Diamonds, which debuted and peaked at No. 3 in 2023. The new album was preceded the radio-promoted single “In the Stars,” which has reached No. 14 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart. After the Stones, Barbra Streisand ranks second with 34 Billboard 200 top 10s, followed by Frank Sinatra with 33. Michael Jackson’s chart-topping Thriller is a non-mover on the latest Billboard 200, holding at No. 8 with 41,000 equivalent album units (down 3%). The soundtrack to the hit TV series Heated Rivalry debuts at No. 9 following the release of its CD and vinyl editions on July 9. It debuts with 41,000 equivalent album units earned (all in album sales; it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales). Heated Rivalry marks the first soundtrack from a TV series to debut in the Billboard 200 top 10 in more than a decade. The last was the season-one soundtrack to Fox’s Empire in 2015, which debuted at No. 1. Since Empire, the only other TV series soundtrack to reach the top 10 was the season-two soundtrack of Prime Video’s animated hit Hazbin Hotel, which peaked at No. 8, after debuting at No. 70 a week earlier, in 2025. Closing out the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200 is Morgan Wallen’s former leader One Thing at a Time, rising 11-10 with 37,000 equivalent album units earned (down 2%).

Record Of The Month
While on his international headline tour for his fourth album,
Oliver Tree and five other people died in a helicopter crash in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
Now, some of his songs are experiencing a resurgence on the charts, most notably 'Life Goes On'.

United Kingdom
Music Week Report (excerpt)
'Rein Me In' is a 17th time at the summit
Monday, July 20, 2026
by Alan Jones, London
 
Rein Me In continues to carve its place in chart history, securing its 17th week at No.1 in total and fourth in a row, after England’s elimination from the World Cup on Wednesday (16 July) blunted a surge from Oasis evergreen Wonderwall. As suggested last week, a further tranche of pink 7-inch vinyl

singles helped make Rein Me In safe although it actually managed an increase in consumption in every metric to pull back from the brink of ACR to SCR again, with overall consumption climbing 19.23% to 48,901 units – its highest level for seven weeks. That tally included 3,662 7-inchers, 969 digital downloads and 44,270 sales-equivalent streams - growth of 2004.60%, 141.65% and 9.47% respectively, week-on-week. Now trailing only American crooner Frankie Laine’s 1953 behemoth, I Believe, which spent 18 weeks at the summit, Rein Me In is likely to equal that record a week hence. Rein Me In is in the Top 40 for a record 56th week in a row, and raises its tally of weeks in the Top 10 to 39, including 29 consecutively. The only song to spend more total weeks in the Top 10 is All I Want For Christmas Is You (53 weeks) by Mariah Carey, while the only one to spend more weeks in a row in the Top 10 is I Believe (35 weeks) by Frankie Laine. Ending the week with

to-date consumption of 2,041,224 units, Rein Me In has taken 73 weeks from release to topping the two million mark. You might think that would be among the top few tracks of the 2020s – in fact, it is only enough for it to gain a toehold on the Top 100 for the decade to date, at No.99. World Cup fever deepened its hold on the chart this week, but with England eliminated and the competition ending on Sunday, this will be the peak. England’s unofficial anthem, Wonderwall (11-2, 34,790 sales) by Oasis, England’s 1996 official anthem Three Lions (21-3,32,714 sales) by David Baddiel, Frank Skinner & The Lightning Seeds, and the official FIFA 2026 anthem, Dai Dai (13-5, 27,867 sales) by Shakira & Burna Boy, all vault into the Top 10. It represents the highest placing yet for Dai Dai on its seventh week on the list, a return to the Top 10, and its original peak, after a 30-year interval for Wonderwall, and an eight-year high for Three Lions. Further down the chart, Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) surges 42-26 (12,297 sales) for Shakira & Freshlyground, reaching its highest position since its original 2010 No.21 peak. There’s even more Top 40 activity surrounding the World Cup, with re-entries for a trio of fan favourites. They are ACR escapees Vindaloo (No.20, 14,683 units), an unofficial England anthem by Fat Les (Keith Alleb, Damien Hirst, Alex James et al), which peaked at No.2 in 1998 and secures its highest placing since; The Beatles’ 1968 chart-topper Hey Jude (No.24, 12,472 sales), at its highest position since a 1976 reissue, used latterly as a salute to England star Jude Bellingham; and Neil Diamond’s ‘so good’ 1971 No.8 hit Sweet Caroline (No.35, 11,047 sales), which actually serves as a rallying call at any and all major sports events these days. Finally breaching the Top 10 is a song which has switched direction 10 times in the 19 weeks that have elapsed since it debuted at No.53 in March – club cut Talk To You by ANOTR feat 54 Ultra, which catapults 14-4 (30,188 sales). Another dance disc that has taken a long time to fulfil its potential, Free Your Mind jumps 10-7 (26,166 sales) for Prospa & Cloonee. Stuck in its debut position of No.2 on ever declining consumption for the last four weeks, Stupid Song registers a 4.95% uptick but slides to No.6 (27,240 sales). Olivia Rodrigo had two other songs in the Top 10 last week but both dip out – The Cure ebbing 8-11 (21,362 sales) and Drop Dead, which was No.9 last week, falling into ACR and being ‘starred-out’ (10,562 adjusted sales) with its place as Rodrigo’s third eligible track under primary artist rules passing to Honeybee, which debuts at No.30 (12,015 sales), becoming her 19th hit. Top 10 titles not mentioned thus far: Choosin’ Texas (5-8, 26,009 sales) by Ella Langley, Hate That I Made You Love Me (3-9, 24,244 sales) by Ariana Grande and I Knew It, I Knew You (7-10, 21,518 sales) by Taylor Swift. Overall singles consumption is down 0.26% week-on-week to 30,727,727 units, 1.28% below same week 2025 sales of 31,125,308 units. Paid-for sales are down 2.75% week-on-week at 249,004, 12.97% below same week 2025 sales of 266,124. The Rolling Stones have the opposition licked, as they stroll to a No.1 debut with 25th studio album, Foreign Tongues, as the UK albums chart celebrates its 70th anniversary. Racking up first week consumption of 38,016 units (20,891 CDs, 12,825 vinyl albums, 471 cassettes, 2,074 digital downloads and 1,755 sales-equivalent streams), Foreign Tongues is the legendary band’s third consecutive No.1 album, albeit on considerably lower consumption than 2016 blues covers set Blue & Lonesome, which was their first new album in more than a decade, and had first week consumption of 105,830 units; and follow-up Hackney Diamonds, which sprinted to a 72,204 opening frame in 2023. The Stones were also No.1 in September 2020, when the reissued and expanded 1973 album Goats Head Soup topped on sales of 13,107 units. Already the oldest band to have a No.1 album, and the one with the longest span of chart-toppers, they lengthen their lead in both categories. Comprising lead vocalist Sir Mick Jagger, who will be 83 a week on Sunday (July 26), fellow founder member Keith Richards (82) and ‘new boy’ Ronnie Wood (79), who didn’t join until 1975, they are the first group to have a No.1 album with an average age of more than 80. Paul McCartney – who plays bass on Foreign Tongues track Covered In You – and Tom Jones are the only solo acts to have an album of new material top the chart as octogenarians. Twelve of Foreign Tongues’ 14 songs are Jagger/Richard originals, two of which were co-written by producer Andrew Watt, and two more by session musician Matt Clifford, who plays keyboards in their tour band. There’s also a cover of 2007 Amy Winehouse hit, You Know I’m No Good, and Beautiful Delilah, a 1958 song by Chuck Berry, whose Carol, from the same year, was on their first album 62 years ago. Foreign Tongues extends The Rolling Stones’ span of No.1 albums to more than 62 years, and is arguably their 13th No.1 album, following their eponymous debut (1964), The Rolling Stones No.2 (1965), Aftermath (1966), Let It Bleed (1969), Sticky Fingers (1971), Exile On Main Street (1972), Goats Head Soup (1973), Emotional Rescue (1980), Voodoo Lounge (1994), Blue & Lonesome (2016) and Foreign Tongues (2023). With The Rolling Stones replacing 67-year-old Madonna’s Confessions II (1-9, 7,758 sales) at the top, we have the oldest pair of consecutive No.1 artists in the chart’s history. New Jersey rock veterans My Chemical Romance’s fourth and last studio set, Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, racked up impressive first week sales of 32,766 on debut in 2010 – but in those halcyon days that only sufficed for a No.14 placing. Now reissued in an expanded (and slightly late) 15th anniversary deluxe edition, it returns for the first time since, and carves out a new peak of No.2 (16,380 sales), becoming their third Top 10 entry. The band broke up in 2014 and reunited five years later, but have yet to release a new album. Their ongoing tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of their magnum opus, The Black Parade, help that album to levitate 25-21 (4,855 sales) – a 1,005-week high – while their 2014 compilation, May Death Never Stop You: The Greatest Hits, rises 41-33 (3,916 sales), to achieve its highest placing since it debuted at No.15, 642 weeks ago. No.2 in 2006, The Black Parade is their biggest seller (1,211,392 units), followed by second album, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, a 2004 release that peaked at No.9 on reissue last year (644,299 units) with the aforementioned 2014 May Death… compilation, which debuted and peaked at No.15, third (476,156 sales). Boy band December 10, whose formation was documented in 2025 Netflix series Simon Cowell: The Next Act, reached No.68 in February with first single Run My Way. Two further singles have failed to chart but they have been busy drumming up support, with a selection of live shows, including at the O2 Bristol Academy yesterday (July 16), instore photo opportunities at half a dozen HMV shops and more, including multiple formats and lowball pricing, their EP, On Your Side makes a very respectable debut at No.5 (13,035 sales). Bring Me The Horizon score their sixth Top 10 and ninth Top 75 entry with Count Your Blessings: Repented (No.6, 11,327 sales), a completely re-recorded version of their seminal first album, Count Your Blessings, which debuted and peaked at No.93 in 2006. The Sheffield rockers, still comprising 2004 founder members – 39-year-old vocalist and keyboards player Oli Sykes, 40-year-old bassist Matt Kean, 40-year-old drummer Matt Nicholls and 42-year-old lead guitarist Lee Malia – topped the chart with 2019 album Amo and 2021 follow-up Post Human. Their biggest seller, however, is fifth album, That’s The Spirit, which reached No.2 in 2015, and has to-date consumption of 442,686 units. The original Count Your Blessing was certified silver in May, and has to-date consumption of 62,204 units, ranking ninth in their canon. In the top five for 40 weeks in a row since debut last October, Olivia Dean’s The Art Of Loving finally loses its grip, subsiding to No.7 (8,345 sales). The rest of the Top 10: You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love (3-3, 16,350 sales) by Olivia Rodrigo, The Essential (4-4, 16,090 sales) by Michael Jackson, Visitor (2-8, 8,318 sales) by Sienna Spiro and 50 Years: Don’t Stop (8-10, 7,257 sales) by Fleetwood Mac. Overall album sales are down 0.72% week-on-week to 2,403,439 units, 2.95% below same week 2025 sales of 2,476,610. Physical product accounts for 287,802? sales, 11.97% of the total.