Ella Langley and Megan Moroney Make Billboard Chart History as First Country Women to Top Hot 100 and Billboard 200 Together

Two of the most popular artists in country music right now have cemented themselves in chart history.

While country radio may still be living under a rock and only playing male country artists on the airwaves, Megan Moroney and Ella Langley are standing at the very top of the country music mountain — and last night’s (March 2) Billboard chart updates made that official.

Megan topped the all-genre Billboard 200 Album Chart with her third album, Cloud 9. The record debuted at No. 1 after shifting more than 147,000 units, which, according to Luminate, marks the biggest week for a country album by a woman in nearly two years.

Moroney is now just the fifth female country artist to top the all-genre album chart in the past decade, joining Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Shania Twain, and Beyoncé. Pretty high standards.

Langley, meanwhile, has returned to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with "Choosin' Texas", her first-ever all-genre Hot 100 No. 1.

After topping the charts two weeks ago, she was knocked off the pedestal last week when Swift dropped a physical single version of "Opalite" — anything for another No. 1, hey Taylor. That reign lasted just a week, as Langley stormed back to the summit with her absolutely massive smash hit, marking her first-ever multi-week No. 1.

This is significant, as Moroney and Langley are the first country music women to top both the Billboard Hot 100 and Top 200 Album Charts at the same time in history.

When put into context of the genre at large, there are only four instances where country acts, regardless of gender, have achieved such a feat, with two of those records including Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)". They are as follows:

• Cloud 9 – Megan Moroney & “Choosin’ Texas” – Ella Langley (7th March 2026)
• Beautifully Broken – Jelly Roll & “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey (2§th October 2024)
• F-1 Trillion – Post Malone & “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey (31 August 31 2024)
• Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift & “Last Night” – Morgan Wallen (22 July 2023)
• Hotel California – Eagles & “Southern Nights” – Glen Campbell (30 April 1977)

This is a momentous moment for women in country music and the genre at large.

It not only shows how country music is breaking through mainstream culture in a way not seen since the seventies, but also how female artists are leading the charge in the genre in terms of popularity, commercial success, and chart dominance, setting new standards for both sales and streaming numbers while redefining what it means to be a country star in the 2020s.

Ella and Megan are, without question, heading towards the same notability and relevance as those at the very top - your Morgan Wallen's, Zach Bryan's, Luke Comb's of the world. They are achieving feats that legends of the genre couldn’t, with Ella even breaking past the infamously restrictive gatekeepers of country radio to claim a triple No. 1 on Country Airplay, Hot Country Songs, and the Hot 100.

Right now, the sky is the limit for these two country artists, and there's no doubt they'll break more records along the way.

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