Riley Green Celebrates Ella Langley's Historic Chart Achievement

Ella Langley has recently touched history-making heights. Her latest single “Choosin' Texas” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Country Airplay Chart, and Hot Country Songs Chart. This makes her the first women to every top all three simultaneously.

Langley had two hits with collaborator and country singer Riley Green. One of those, “Don’t Mind If I Do,” recently hit No. 1.

During a press round ahead of Green’s number one party, he touched on Langley’s recent milestone.

“I feel like it’s so hard for females to get to that level,” he beings. “There’s a ton of talented female artists in our genre. I remember when Lainey was having that moment it was such cool thing to watch because we were on tour with Luke Combs at the time. It’s exciting to see that something like that can happen to someone kind of quickly."

So for this to happen to Langley, he’s nothing but proud.

“I’ve always been such a big fan of Ella,” he says. “Being from Alabama and a small town like me, it’s so cool to see it working. We have a lot of the same influences musically and definitely more traditional in our styles. I think the more success she can have, the easier it makes for me to have success and vice versa.”

Langley continues to release new music ahead of her sophomore album Dandelion, out Apr. 10. “Be Her” is her latest of those as of Friday (Feb. 13), and the singer will be taking her new album out on the road with her for ‘The Dandelion Tour’ come May.

The 15 Best Ella Langley Songs

Ella Langley showed up in country music's mainstream as a dark horse with an unlikely hit: "You Look Like You Love Me," a Riley Green duet that was catchy as all get-out but featured some unusual (and old-school) stylistic choices like talk-singing.

But it was a smash. And that turned out to be just the beginning of what Langley had to offer. She's continued to dominate with hits like "Weren't For the Wind" and the crossover mega-hit "Choosin' Texas," becoming one of the most high profile acts in country music and a bonafide star even beyond the genre.

Keep reading for Taste of Country's countdown of 15 Ella Langley songs that put her on the map, and then rewrote the rules of what traditional country sounds like — and how successful it can be even beyond the genre.

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