Ella Langley captures her second multiweek No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “Be Her” remains in the top position for a second consecutive week on the chart dated June 13. The track generated 31.9 million audience impressions between May 22 and May 28, marking a 7% increase.
“Be Her” follows “Choosin’ Texas,” Langley’s only other multiweek chart-topper, which led for three nonconsecutive weeks in February and March. That song climbs one position to No. 5 this week with 24.1 million audience impressions.
Langley’s success stretches beyond those two hits. Her collaboration with Morgan Wallen, “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” jumps three places to No. 10 on Country Airplay, earning 18.1 million audience impressions, up 12%. The achievement makes Langley the first female artist ever to have three songs simultaneously inside the chart’s top 10. The only other artist to accomplish the feat is Morgan Wallen, who did so for one week in 2023. The song becomes Langley’s sixth top-10 entry and Wallen’s 24th.
With three Langley tracks competing near the summit of Country Airplay, radio stations continue to embrace all of them. Adams Radio WBTU Fort Wayne, Indiana, program director Randy Alomar says he has no concerns about listener fatigue. “’Choosin’ Texas’ is the biggest song of the year so far and it’s still being played because it’s an absolute monster — on pop stations, too,” he told Billboard, noting that the song has also climbed to No. 6 on Adult Pop Airplay and No. 15 on Pop Airplay.
He further stated, “‘Be Her’ is an amazing follow-up.”
Radio One Houston director of operations Travis Moon, who oversees daily programming for country station KKBQ, echoed that praise. “I’ve not seen ‘love’ scores like this on a female artist since Shania Twain when I was KEEY in Minneapolis, so this is generational stuff,” he said. “She has been a real gift to our format, and I think it’s transformational for all of us. She’s so freaking huge.”
Both “Be Her” and “Choosin’ Texas” continue to receive heavy rotation on KKBQ. “Between research and the fact that four of the top five streaming country songs in Houston are hers, there’s an expectation from my core audience to be playing her a lot,” Moon added. “It’s an Ella-bration in Houston!”
The strong demand for Langley’s music is evident, even as scheduling releases can present challenges. “Timing in terms of releasing these songs is a tough job, and I’m glad I don’t have it,” Alomar said. “Country radio needs Ella and more female superstars just like her.”
Solo female artists have infrequently enjoyed extended runs at No. 1 on Country Airplay. Across the chart’s 36-year history, 58 songs by solo women have spent multiple weeks at the top, representing roughly 13% of all multiweek chart leaders. Those successes have often arrived in distinct eras, from the late-1990s dominance of Shania Twain, Faith Hill, and Jo Dee Messina to Carrie Underwood’s reign during the 2000s, along with a smaller group of standout performers in recent years.