{"id":2695,"date":"2026-07-11T23:04:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T18:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autolinkrush.com\/blog\/?p=2695"},"modified":"2026-07-11T23:04:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T18:04:40","slug":"ella-langley-tops-billboard-200-and-artist-100-with-dandelion-15-songs-hit-the-hot-100-at-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autolinkrush.com\/blog\/ella-langley-tops-billboard-200-and-artist-100-with-dandelion-15-songs-hit-the-hot-100-at-once\/","title":{"rendered":"Ella Langley Tops Billboard 200 and Artist 100 With Dandelion \u2014 15 Songs Hit the Hot 100 at Once"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

169,000 equivalent album units \u00b7 Biggest country week by a woman since Beyonc\u00e9 \u00b7 Extended through Oct. 31, 2026 \u00b7 April 25, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ella Langley<\/a> just rewrote the record books \u2014 again. Her sophomore album Dandelion<\/em>, released April 10 via SAWGOD\/Columbia Records, debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 169,000 equivalent album units in its opening week (April 10\u201316), per Luminate. That first-week total marks the biggest opening by a woman’s country album since Beyonc\u00e9’s Cowboy Carter<\/em> in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Langley simultaneously jumps to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 for the first time. She becomes only the sixth woman to lead all three of those tallies in the same tracking week \u2014 joining Taylor Swift, Adele, Beyonc\u00e9, Ariana Grande, and Olivia Rodrigo. An ACM Awards sweep and two American Music Award wins have since confirmed what the charts already said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ella Langley Rules the Billboard Artist 100 \u2014 Only the Fourth Woman Via a Country Album<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ella Langley becomes only the fourth woman to top the Billboard Artist 100 on the back of a country album. Carrie Underwood reached No. 1 in September 2018. Taylor Swift followed via Red (Taylor’s Version)<\/em> and Fearless (Taylor’s Version)<\/em>. Megan Moroney led the tally last month with Cloud 9<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Artist 100 blends album sales, track sales, radio airplay, and streaming into one weekly popularity ranking. Langley outranked every musician in the United States across every genre that week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ella Langley Places 15 <\/strong>Dandelion<\/em><\/strong> Songs on the Hot 100 \u2014 Led by a Seven-Week No. 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ella Langley charts 15 Dandelion<\/em> tracks on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously. “Choosin’ Texas,” the SAWGOD\/Columbia Records single co-written with Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, and Joybeth Taylor, holds No. 1 for its seventh week. Thirteen additional album cuts debut alongside it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Hot 100 snapshot, week dated April 25, 2026:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Position<\/strong><\/td>Song<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
No. 1<\/td>“Choosin’ Texas” (seventh week at No. 1)<\/td><\/tr>
No. 4<\/td>“Be Her” (up from No. 8; new peak)<\/td><\/tr>
No. 20<\/td>“Bottom of Your Boots”<\/td><\/tr>
No. 21<\/td>“Loving Life Again” (up from No. 38; new peak)<\/td><\/tr>
No. 27<\/td>“Dandelion” (up from No. 46; new peak)<\/td><\/tr>
No. 53<\/td>“Broken”<\/td><\/tr>
No. 54<\/td>“We Know Us”<\/td><\/tr>
No. 55<\/td>“You & Me Time”<\/td><\/tr>
No. 62<\/td>“Low Lights”<\/td><\/tr>
No. 63<\/td>“Speaking Terms”<\/td><\/tr>
No. 71<\/td>“Butterfly Season” (with Miranda Lambert)<\/td><\/tr>
No. 75<\/td>“Somethin’ Simple”<\/td><\/tr>
No. 76<\/td>“Last Call for Us”<\/td><\/tr>
No. 80<\/td>“I Gotta Quit”<\/td><\/tr>
No. 83<\/td>“It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels”<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“Be Her” climbs to No. 4 \u2014 a new career peak. “Dandelion” moves 19 positions in a single week. That kind of across-the-board surge signals a fanbase that consumed the whole record, not just the lead single.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ella Langley Becomes the 11th Woman This Century to Top the Billboard 200 With a Country Album<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ella Langley joins a short, historic list. Only ten women \u2014 or all-women acts \u2014 topped the Billboard 200 with a country album before Dandelion<\/em> arrived. That list runs from The Chicks and Faith Hill through Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert, Beyonc\u00e9, and Megan Moroney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Langley’s Dandelion<\/em> follows Moroney’s Cloud 9<\/em> by just 49 days. Two women topped the Billboard 200 with back-to-back country albums in spring 2026 \u2014 a pace the format has never seen before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every country album by a woman to top the Billboard 200 this century:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title<\/strong><\/td>Artist<\/strong><\/td>Peak Date<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Home<\/em><\/td>The Chicks<\/td>Sept. 14, 2002<\/td><\/tr>
Cry<\/em><\/td>Faith Hill<\/td>Nov. 2, 2002<\/td><\/tr>
Up!<\/em><\/td>Shania Twain<\/td>Dec. 7, 2002<\/td><\/tr>
Fireflies<\/em><\/td>Faith Hill<\/td>Aug. 20, 2005<\/td><\/tr>
All Jacked Up<\/em><\/td>Gretchen Wilson<\/td>Oct. 15, 2005<\/td><\/tr>
Taking the Long Way<\/em><\/td>The Chicks<\/td>June 10, 2006<\/td><\/tr>
Reba Duets<\/em><\/td>Reba McEntire<\/td>Oct. 6, 2007<\/td><\/tr>
Carnival Ride<\/em><\/td>Carrie Underwood<\/td>Nov. 10, 2007<\/td><\/tr>
Fearless<\/em><\/td>Taylor Swift<\/td>Nov. 29, 2008<\/td><\/tr>
Keep on Loving You<\/em><\/td>Reba<\/td>Sept. 5, 2009<\/td><\/tr>
Play On<\/em><\/td>Carrie Underwood<\/td>Nov. 21, 2009<\/td><\/tr>
Speak Now<\/em><\/td>Taylor Swift<\/td>Nov. 13, 2010<\/td><\/tr>
Blown Away<\/em><\/td>Carrie Underwood<\/td>May 19, 2012<\/td><\/tr>
Red<\/em><\/td>Taylor Swift<\/td>Nov. 10, 2012<\/td><\/tr>
Platinum<\/em><\/td>Miranda Lambert<\/td>June 21, 2014<\/td><\/tr>
Now<\/em><\/td>Shania Twain<\/td>Oct. 21, 2017<\/td><\/tr>
Cry Pretty<\/em><\/td>Carrie Underwood<\/td>Sept. 29, 2018<\/td><\/tr>
Fearless (Taylor’s Version)<\/em><\/td>Taylor Swift<\/td>April 24, 2021<\/td><\/tr>
Red (Taylor’s Version)<\/em><\/td>Taylor Swift<\/td>Nov. 27, 2021<\/td><\/tr>
Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)<\/em><\/td>Taylor Swift<\/td>July 22, 2023<\/td><\/tr>
Cowboy Carter<\/em><\/td>Beyonc\u00e9<\/td>April 13, 2024<\/td><\/tr>
Cloud 9<\/em><\/td>Megan Moroney<\/td>March 7, 2026<\/td><\/tr>
Dandelion<\/em><\/td>Ella Langley<\/td>April 25, 2026<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ella Langley’s <\/strong>Dandelion<\/em><\/strong> Now Platinum \u2014 “Choosin’ Texas” Certified 4x Platinum, “Be Her” Makes Radio History<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ella Langley’s Dandelion<\/em> has since been certified Platinum by the RIAA, per the June 22, 2026 tour extension announcement. “Choosin’ Texas,” from SAWGOD\/Columbia Records, now holds 4x Platinum certification. The single became the first song by a woman to simultaneously lead the Billboard Hot 100, the Hot Country Songs tally, and the Country Airplay chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Be Her,” the second Dandelion<\/em>-era single from SAWGOD\/Columbia Records, reached No. 1 at country radio \u2014 the fastest solo female country radio No. 1 in a decade, per the same announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ella Langley’s 2026 Dandelion Tour Extends Through October 31 \u2014 37 Dates, Red Rocks, the Greek Theatre<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ella Langley’s Dandelion Tour now runs 37 headline dates \u2014 21 new shows added June 22 to a sold-out original 16-date leg. The original leg opened with the Ella Langley Toledo concert<\/a> at Huntington Center on May 7 and closes August 15 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new fall leg opens August 20 at Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado hosts Langley on October 7. Two back-to-back nights at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles follow October 13 and 14. The run closes Halloween night at Grand Casino Arena in Saint Paul, Minnesota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ERNEST joins Gabriella Rose<\/a>, Kameron Marlowe, and Laci Kaye Booth as rotating support across the fall leg. New-date presale opened June 25; general on-sale began June 26 at ellalangley.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ella Langley concert tickets<\/a> for the fall extension trade above face value on secondary markets, per SeatGeek data. The full 2026 Dandelion Tour setlist<\/a> continues to evolve as the fall leg builds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chart data per Billboard.com (April 25, 2026) and Luminate. Platinum certifications per RIAA. Tour extension and “Be Her” radio milestone per MusicRow, June 22, 2026. Secondary market data per SeatGeek.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

169,000 equivalent album units \u00b7 Biggest country week by a woman since Beyonc\u00e9 \u00b7 Extended through Oct. 31, 2026 \u00b7 April 25, 2026 Ella Langley just rewrote the record books \u2014 again. Her sophomore album Dandelion, released April 10 via SAWGOD\/Columbia Records, debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 169,000 equivalent album units […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tool-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autolinkrush.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autolinkrush.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autolinkrush.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autolinkrush.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autolinkrush.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/autolinkrush.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2697,"href":"https:\/\/autolinkrush.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2695\/revisions\/2697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autolinkrush.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autolinkrush.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autolinkrush.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autolinkrush.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}