List of number-one digital songs of 2018 (U.S.)
The list of number-one digital songs of 2018 in the United States are based upon the highest-selling downloaded songs ranked in the Digital Song Sales chart, published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based on each single's weekly digital sales, which combines sales of different versions of a song by an act for a summarized figure.
Chart history
[edit]† | Indicates best-performing single of 2018[1] |
Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Weekly sales | Ref(s) |
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January 3 | "Perfect" † | Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé | 151,000 | [2] |
January 6 | 163,000 | [3] | ||
January 13 | 109,000 | [4] | ||
January 20 | Ed Sheeran | 98,000 | [5] | |
January 27 | 82,000 | [6] | ||
February 3 | "God's Plan" | Drake | 127,000 | [7] |
February 10 | "Say Something" | Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton | 98,000 | [8] |
February 17 | "God's Plan" | Drake | 55,000 | [9] |
February 24 | 56,000 | [10] | ||
March 3 | 81,000 | [11] | ||
March 10 | "Psycho" | Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign | 80,000 | [12] |
March 17 | "God's Plan" | Drake | 57,000 | [13] |
March 24 | 49,000 | [14] | ||
March 31 | "Found / Tonight" | Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt | 61,000 | [15] |
April 7 | "God's Plan" | Drake | 42,000 | [16] |
April 14 | 48,000 | [17] | ||
April 21 | "Nice for What" | 88,000 | [18] | |
April 28 | "Cry Pretty" | Carrie Underwood | 54,000 | [19] |
May 5 | "No Tears Left to Cry" | Ariana Grande | 100,000 | [20] |
May 12 | "Never Be the Same" | Camila Cabello | 51,000 | [21] |
May 19 | "This Is America" | Childish Gambino | 78,000 | [22] |
May 26 | 50,000 | [23] | ||
June 2 | "Fake Love" | BTS | 29,000 | [24] |
June 9 | "Psycho" | Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign | 31,000 | [25] |
June 16 | "Girls Like You" | Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B | 82,000 | [26] |
June 23 | 53,000 | [27] | ||
June 30 | 52,000 | [28] | ||
July 7 | 46,000 | [29] | ||
July 14 | 49,000 | [30] | ||
July 21 | "In My Feelings" | Drake | 89,000 | [31] |
July 28 | 115,000 | [32] | ||
August 4 | 104,000 | [33] | ||
August 11 | 72,000 | [34] | ||
August 18 | 58,000 | [35] | ||
August 25 | 38,000 | [36] | ||
September 1 | "I Like It" | Cardi B, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin | 32,000 | [37] |
September 8 | "Idol" | BTS featuring Nicki Minaj | 43,000 | [38] |
September 15 | "Girls Like You" | Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B | 32,000 | [39] |
September 22 | "Rap Devil" | Machine Gun Kelly | 36,000 | [40] |
September 29 | "Killshot" | Eminem | 38,000 | [41] |
October 6 | 53,000 | [42] | ||
October 13 | "Shallow" | Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper | 58,000 | [43] |
October 20 | 71,000 | [44] | ||
October 27 | 55,000 | |||
November 3 | 42,000 | |||
November 10 | 36,000 | [45] | ||
November 17 | "Thank U, Next" | Ariana Grande | 81,000 | [46] |
November 24 | 43,000 | [47] | ||
December 1 | "Without Me" | Halsey | 37,000 | [48] |
December 8 | 29,000 | [49] | ||
December 15 | 50,000 | [50] | ||
December 22 | 37,000 | [51] | ||
December 29 | 37,000 | [52] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Year-End Charts, Hot 100 Songs". Billboard. 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
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- ^ Trust, Gary (January 2, 2018). "Cardi B Joins The Beatles & Ashanti With First 3 Hot 100 Hits in Top 10 Simultaneously; Ed Sheeran & Beyonce's 'Perfect' No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (January 8, 2018). "Ed Sheeran & Beyonce's 'Perfect' No. 1 on Hot 100, Camila Cabello's 'Havana' Back Up to No. 2". Billboard. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (January 16, 2018). "Ed Sheeran's 'Perfect' Rules Hot 100, Bruno Mars & Cardi B's 'Finesse' Flies to No. 3 & Justin Timberlake's 'Filthy' Debuts at No. 9". Billboard. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
- ^ "Camila Cabello Earns First Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 With 'Havana,' Featuring Young Thug". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (January 29, 2018). "Drake's 'God's Plan' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (February 5, 2018). "Drake's 'God's Plan' Holds at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Justin Timberlake & Chris Stapleton's 'Say Something' Debuts in Top 10". Billboard. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (February 12, 2018). "Drake's 'God's Plan' Dominates Billboard Hot 100 for Third Week & Three Songs Enter Top 10". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
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- ^ Trust, Gary (March 26, 2018). "Lin-Manuel Miranda & Ben Platt's 'Found/Tonight' Launches at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales Chart". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (April 2, 2018). "Drake Becomes First Lead Solo Male With Two 10-Week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s, as 'God's Plan' Stays at the Summit". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (April 9, 2018). "'God's Plan' Becomes Drake's Longest-Leading Hot 100 No. 1, The Weeknd Debuts at No. 4 & Migos Hit Top 10". Billboard. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (April 16, 2018). "Drake Dethrones Himself Atop Hot 100, as 'Nice for What' Debuts at No. 1, Replacing 'God's Plan'". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
- ^ Asker, Jim (April 24, 2018). "Carrie Underwood's 'Cry Pretty' Is First Country No. 1 on Digital Song Sales Chart Since 2014". Billboard. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (April 30, 2018). "Drake Leads Billboard Hot 100, Ariana Grande Arrives at No. 3 & J. Cole Collects Record Three Debuts in Top 10". Billboard. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (May 7, 2018). "Drake's 'Nice for What' No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Post Malone's 'Psycho' No. 2 & Camila Cabello's 'Never Be the Same' Hits Top 10". Billboard. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
- ^ "Childish Gambino's 'This Is America' Blasts in at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (May 21, 2018). "Childish Gambino's 'This Is America' Leads Hot 100, & All-Rap Top Four, For Second Week". Billboard. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (May 29, 2018). "Drake's 'Nice for What' Returns to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Lil Baby, Ella Mai & BTS Earn First Top 10s". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
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- ^ Trust, Gary (June 11, 2018). "Post Malone's 'Psycho' Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Maroon 5's 'Girls Like You' Leaps to Top Five". Billboard. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (June 18, 2018). "Drake's 'Nice For What' Returns to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 & Juice WRLD's 'Lucid Dreams' Tops Streaming Songs Chart". Billboard. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (June 25, 2018). "XXXTentacion's 'Sad!' Vaults From No. 52 to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 Following Rapper/Singer's Death". Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (July 2, 2018). "Cardi B Becomes First Female Rapper With Two Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s, as 'I Like It', With Bad Bunny & J Balvin, Follows 'Bodak Yellow' to the Top". Billboard. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (July 9, 2018). "Drake Claims 7 of Hot 100's Top 10, Breaking the Beatles' Record, As 'Nice For What' Returns to No. 1 For Eighth Week". Billboard. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (July 16, 2018). "Drake Dethrones Drake Atop Billboard Hot 100 as 'In My Feelings' Replaces 'Nice for What' at No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (July 23, 2018). "Drake's 'In My Feelings' Tops Billboard Hot 100 for Second Week With Record-Breaking 116.2 Million U.S. Streams". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (July 30, 2018). "Drake Tops Hot 100 For Third Week With 'In My Feelings,' Passes Rihanna For Most Weeks at No. 1 This Decade". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (August 6, 2018). "Drake Dominates Hot 100 for Fourth Week With 'In My Feelings,' DJ Khaled's All-Star 'No Brainer' Debuts at No. 5". Billboard. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (August 13, 2018). "Drake Rules Billboard Hot 100 for Fifth Week With 'In My Feelings,' Travis Scott Debuts Two Songs in Top 10". Billboard. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (August 20, 2018). "Drake Leads Billboard Hot 100 for Sixth Week With 'In My Feelings,' Moves Closer to Mark for Most Weeks at No. 1 in a Year". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ^ Anderson, Trevor (August 27, 2018). "Drake's 'In My Feelings' Leads Billboard Hot 100 for Seventh Week, Ariana Grande's 'God Is A Woman' Hits Top 10". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (September 4, 2018). "BTS' 'IDOL,' Featuring Nicki Minaj, Debuts at No. 11 on Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (September 10, 2018). "Drake Ties Usher for Most Weeks at No. 1 in a Year On Billboard Hot 100 as 'In My Feelings' Leads for Ninth Week". Billboard. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (September 18, 2018). "Hot 100 Chart Moves: Machine Gun Kelly's Eminem Diss Track 'Rap Devil' Debuts". Billboard. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (September 24, 2018). "Eminem & 5SOS New to Top 10". Billboard. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (October 1, 2018). "Maroon 5 & Cardi B's 'Girls Like You' Holds Atop Hot 100, Juice WRLD's 'Lucid Dreams' Lifts to No. 2". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- ^ Zellner, Xander (October 8, 2018). "Bradley Cooper Scores First Billboard Hot 100 Hit With Lady Gaga Duet 'Shallow' From 'A Star Is Born'". Billboard. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
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- ^ Trust, Gary (November 7, 2018). "Lady Gaga's 'Shallow' Is Now Her Longest-Leading No. 1 on Digital Song Sales Chart". Billboard. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (November 12, 2018). "Ariana Grande Achieves First Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 as 'Thank U, Next' Debuts on Top". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (November 19, 2018). "Ariana Grande's 'Thank U, Next' Tops Hot 100 for Second Week, Panic! at the Disco's 'High Hopes' Hits Top 10". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (November 26, 2018). "Ariana Grande's 'Thank U, Next' Leads Hot 100 for Third Week, Panic! at the Disco Hits New High With 'High Hopes'". Billboard. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (December 3, 2018). "Travis Scott Scores First Billboard Hot 100 Leader: 'What's More 'Sicko Mode' Than Going No. 1?!'". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (December 10, 2018). "Ariana Grande's 'Thank U, Next' Returns to No. 1 On Hot 100 With Biggest Streaming Week Ever For a Woman". Billboard. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (December 17, 2018). "Ariana Grande's 'Thank U, Next' Rules Billboard Hot 100 for Fifth Week, Halsey's 'Without Me' Rises to No. 2". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ Trust, Gary (December 24, 2018). "Ariana Grande Tops Billboard Hot 100 for Sixth Week, Andy Williams Makes 'Wonderful' Record Return to Top 10". Billboard. Retrieved December 25, 2018.