Alabama's Own Ella Langley Rules The Music Charts

OBA Staff • March 10, 2026

Ella Langley tops Hot100 and Country charts

Alabama's Own Ella Langley Rules The Music Charts

The State of Alabama has a new music star topping charts across several genres. Ella Langley is from Hope Hull, Alabama, and the nation is learning her name and music.


Langley occupies the top two spaces on the Country Digital Song Sales chart at the moment. As “Choosin’ Texas” refuses to budge from the peak position, “Be Her” holds at No. 2, its all-time high. The Billboard Hot 100 has her new single at #2 in the nation.


Langley began her rise in 2025 while touring with Riley Green. Her 2024 duet with Riley Green became a viral phenomenon. It earned Platinum certification. In 2026, she launched her own "Dandelion Tour" that concludes in Texas on August 15.

Elizabeth Camille "Ella" Langley was born May 3, 1999, in Hope Hull, Alabama. She was from a musically inclined family in Hope Hull, where she began singing in local Baptist churches at age three. She was homeschooled for six years and later attended Auburn University to study forestry before dropping out to pursue music in Nashville in 2019.


After moving to Nashville, she immersed herself in the songwriting community and eventually signed a publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing in 2021.


Yes, she has been to and performed along the Alabama coast several times. She performed at the "Sand in My Boots" festival in May 2025 and has also played at the Flora-Bama in previous years.


Ella Langley tops Hot100 and Country charts

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