One hell of a duo.
After what seemed like the better half of two decades of being ignored by the industry, it seems like women in country music are finally getting the recognition that they’ve deserved for so many years. It should go without saying that female star power in the genre at large is at a high that it hasn’t seen in years. Along with all of your mainstream staples, such as Lainey Wilson, Ella Langley, Megan Moroney and other stars such as Miranda Lambert and Kacey Musgraves, we’ve seen a brand-new crop of future stars in the genre, highlighted by the likes of Sierra Ferrell, Kaitlin Butts, Carter Faith, Willow Avalon and more.
Over the past few months, however, it’s become abundantly clear that Langley and Moroney are shaping out to be the biggest pair of female country stars we’ve seen in the genre, arguably since Lambert and Carrie Underwood in the 2000s and 2010s. While they’ve had an incredible amount of buzz over the past two years, in particular, this sentiment was solidified today.
Riding the highs of the release of her junior album, Cloud 9, on February 20th, this afternoon, Moroney scored her first-ever #1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart. Selling over 147,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending Feb. 26, according to Luminate, which “marks the biggest week for a country album by a woman in nearly two years,” the record debuted at #1.
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In turn, Moroney became just fifth female artist in the genre to top the chart in the last 10 years, joining the likes of Carrie Underwood, Shania Twain, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé when she went #1 with her highly-controversial “country” album, COWBOY CARTER.
Langley, on the other hand, simply cannot stop winning with “Choosin’ Texas.” Scoring her first-ever #1 hit on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 back on February 9th, she became just the seventh female artist IN HISTORY to go #1 on chart with a country song. Additionally, she became the first woman ever to triple up and score #1s on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay and Hot 100 chart simultaneously.
After falling to #2 last week, thanks to Taylor Swift’s always-reliable method of reissuing singles on physical media and going #1 with “Opalite,” today, Langley has returned to #1 on the Hot 100 with “Choosin’ Texas.” Of course, this marks the Alabama native’s first-ever multi-week #1 entry on the all-genre chart.
What makes this double up for Langley and Moroney so notable is the fact that they are now the only female country duo in history to top both the Billboard Hot 100 and 200 charts simultaneously, a feat that legends such as Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Shania Twain, Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert and many more all-time greats in the genre have never done.
The fact that two separate country artists, regardless of gender, occupy the top spot on both charts simultaneously is so rare, in fact, that it has only happened five separate times in the history of Billboard. In case you were wondering who was topping the charts the other four times this has happened, here’s a full list.
- Cloud 9 – Megan Moroney & “Choosin’ Texas” – Ella Langley (March 7, 2026)
- Beautifully Broken – Jelly Roll & “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey (October 26, 2024)
- F-1 Trillion – Post Malone & “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey (August 31, 2024)
- Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift & “Last Night” – Morgan Wallen (July 22, 2023)
- Hotel California – Eagles & “Southern Nights” – Glen Campbell (April 30, 1977)
Before you go, fire up their hottest songs at the moment, “Choosin’ Texas” and “Who Hurt You?”
“Choosin’ Texas”
