The Biggest Billboard Texas Hits

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The Biggest Billboard Texas Hits


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“Raisin Cane in Texas,” Gene Watson“Here I Am in Dallas,” Faron Young“Red and Rio Grande,” Doug Supernaw“San Antonio Rose,” Floyd Cramer“Fort Worth, Dallas or Houston,” George Hamilton IV“Somewhere Over Laredo,” Lainey Wilson“Dream On Texas Ladies,” Rex Allen Jr.“She Talked a Lot About Texas,” Cal Smith“Texas in 1880,” Foster & Lloyd“There’s a Girl in Texas,” Trace Adkins“Lone Star Beer and Bob Wills Music,” Red Steagall“A Texas State of Mind,” David Frizzell & Shelly West“T for Texas,” Grandpa Jones“Laredo,” Chris Cagle“Down on the Rio Grande,” Johnny Rodriguez“Texas Size Heartache,” Joe Diffie“She Came From Fort Worth,” Kathy Mattea“God Blessed Texas,” Little Texas“Blame It on Texas,” Mark Chesnutt“Amy’s Back in Austin,” Little Texas“Texas Hold ‘Em,” Beyoncé“Long Long Texas Road,” Roy Drusky“Choosin’ Texas,” Ella Langley“Texas (When I Die),” Tanya Tucker“Stars Over Texas,” Tracy Lawrence“My First Taste of Texas,” Ed Bruce“Amarillo by Morning,” George Strait“Texas in My Rear View Mirror,” Mac Davis“Amarillo Sky,” Jason Aldean“Texas Tornado,” Tracy Lawrence“This Ain’t Dallas,” Hank Williams Jr.“Texas Women,” Hank Williams Jr.“Austin,” Dasha“Cross the Brazos at Waco,” Billy Walker“Galveston,” Glen Campbell“Goin’ Through the Big D,” Mark Chesnutt“Houston Solution,” Ronnie Milsap“San Antonio Stroll,” Tanya Tucker“All My Ex’s Live in Texas,” George Strait“El Paso,” Marty Robbins“Abilene,” George Hamilton IV“El Paso City,” Marty Robbins“Makin’ Up for Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers’ Song),” Crystal Gayle & Gary Morris“Dallas,” Alan Jackson“Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind,” George Strait“If You’re Gonna Play in Texas,” Alabama“Bluest Eyes in Texas,” Restless Heart“Austin,” Blake Shelton“Houston (Means I’m One Day Closer to You),” Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers“Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love),” Waylon Jennings

As Ella Langley‘s “Choosin’ Texas” continues its multi-chart run, now reaching well beyond country, it highlights something the genre has long made clear: Texas isn’t just a backdrop; it’s part of America’s musical DNA. Few places are referenced as consistently, or as specifically, as the Lone Star State, with songs calling out its cities, highways and larger-than-life identity. At a certain point, it’s less trend than pattern. Texas keeps finding its way into the story, no matter the sound.

That influence extends beyond the songs themselves. A quarter of Billboard’s top 20 Greatest of All Time Top Country Artists trace back to Texas, including the list’s leader, George Strait. From Waylon Jennings’ “Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)” to Strait’s own “All My Ex’s Live in Texas,” the theme has held from country music’s earliest eras to the cross-genre landscape of today.

Below, Billboard ranks the 50 biggest Texas-flavored songs — those that namecheck the state or one of its locales — since Hot Country Songs became the genre’s all-encompassing chart in 1958. The countdown, which includes 18 No. 1s (and a leading three by Poteet-born Strait), spans hits from the late ‘50s to four songs, all by women, this decade, making for a trail-worn reminder that some things really do run bigger in Texas.

The Biggest Billboard Texas Hits chart is based on performance on the weekly Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, through the March 28, 2026, ranking. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at lower ranks earning proportionately less. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted to account for different chart turnover rates over various periods.

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