When presenting the Powerhouse Award on the Billboard Girls in Music occasion, there was no higher recipient than Ella Langley. Touchdown No. 1 hits with “You Look Like You Love Me”, the singer expanded her stardom with “Choosin’ Texas”, which additionally topped the charts. If that wasn’t sufficient, her latest album, Dandelion, introduced Langley to the highest of the Billboard 200. Utterly shocked, Langley lately mentioned her success.
Strolling down the crimson carpet on the occasion, Langley merely soaked within the environment. It wasn’t that way back that she shared Dandelion with followers on April 10. Though loving what she created on the album, she was nonetheless anxious about what followers would say. Nevertheless it didn’t take lengthy earlier than the charts put these emotions to relaxation.
Talking with Billboard about what it meant to obtain the Powerhouse Award, Langley stated, “I really feel prefer it means kicking down all these doorways for thus a few years. It didn’t go to waste. I’m simply excited to be right here with so many ladies that I not solely admire however look as much as. And simply to get to everybody in individual and be within the room with folks I love a lot.”
The One Singer Ella Langley Would Love To Collaborate With
Whereas watching her desires of stardom develop into a actuality, Langley famous that she solely centered on placing out music that she cherished. “I feel you hope for the most effective when you’re placing out music. However for me, I’m simply placing out music that I really like and that I wish to sing each night time. And to see what this file has completed and continues to do blows my thoughts.”
Langley all the time wished for successful track, however even when it got here – she was nonetheless in shock. “I don’t assume you’ll be able to ever anticipate one thing to do what ‘Choosin’ Texas’ has completed. It appears like my birthday nearly.”
Together with her star rising and success opening each door within the business, Langley is rapidly turning into the type of artist who may land nearly any collaboration she desires. So when Billboard requested who she’d most wish to work with, the hitmaker took a second earlier than answering, “Rihanna.”
As for what Langley would ask from Rihanna, she insisted, “All she must do is present up. Simply hang around. Perhaps simply breathe on the observe.”
Now firmly established as certainly one of nation music’s prime stars, Langley has the type of momentum that might flip any dream collaboration into actuality. And constructing a profession that feels limitless, she continues to boost the bar not only for nation music however herself.
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