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Country ballad "Choosin' Texas" from singer Ella Langley on Tuesday broke the record for most weeks topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, unseating a famed Christmas song by Mariah Carey. The track was released in October and has been number one for 23 weeks in a ranking that includes streaming, radio play, sales and data, the magazine said, adding that its figures are tabulated by the company Luminate. Langley, 27, thus surpa......

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