Song ‘nobody’s heard of’ to break chart record set by Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey’s iconic record might be broken by an unexpected song (Picture: Getty)

There are few better signs you’ve made a hit than spending 21 weeks at number one. Although usually, people have heard of the song in question.

Country star Ella Langley has found herself in the slightly bizarre position of being behind one of the biggest chart successes in US history while a baffled corner of the internet asks the same question: who on earth is listening to it?

Her track Choosin’ Texas has now spent a staggering 21 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, making it the second-longest-running number one since the chart began in 1958.

That puts Langley just one week behind Mariah Carey’s festive juggernaut All I Want f...