You would think that after cleaning house and winning seven ACM Awards at the 2026 ACM Awards on May 17th, Ella Langley might want to take a break. But she’s not slowing down.
Five Goals Ella Langley Wants to Achieve
During a recent interview with Billboard, Langley answered a question about what her next goals are. “At this point, I’m just gonna start reaching for the stars, literally,” she said, and spit out five examples:
- “[Saturday Night Live]: Musical guest, and then one day, hopefully, host it.”
- “Sell out a stadium. More than one. That’s always been my goal. That’s a big one.”
- “I wanna act. So I’d love to start doing that in the next year.”
- “There’s so many venues that I want to play. I want to headline Red Rocks. I’ve opened Red Rocks, but I’ve never headline Red Rocks.”
- “Have a saxophone in my band”
How Famous Does Ella Langley Want To Be?
Langley tackled that question by saying, “People in the beginning always used to ask me how far you want to take this thing. I guess as far as it lets me go!”
I think it is safe to say that Langley is well on her way to finding out just how far her capabilities can take her.
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If you are like us and shocked that SNL hasn’t come calling yet, maybe this right here can be the manifestation she needs to make that happen in the near future.
The 15 Best Ella Langley Songs
Ella Langley showed up in country music’s mainstream as a dark horse with an unlikely hit: “You Look Like You Love Me,” a Riley Green duet that was catchy as all get-out but featured some unusual (and old-school) stylistic choices like talk-singing.
But it was a smash. And that turned out to be just the beginning of what Langley had to offer. She’s continued to dominate with hits like “Weren’t For the Wind” and the crossover mega-hit “Choosin’ Texas,” becoming one of the most high profile acts in country music and a bonafide star even beyond the genre.
Keep reading for Taste of Country’s countdown of 15 Ella Langley songs that put her on the map, and then rewrote the rules of what traditional country sounds like — and how successful it can be even beyond the genre.
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13 Ella Langley Facts Guaranteed To Shock Her Biggest Fans
Our Ella Langley fact sheet zooms in on the pop-country star who gave her a big break, a surgery that may have changed her voice and the state championship team she was a part of in high school. Plus, did you know she had to fight to record her breakthrough hit the way she wanted to?
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