This is a list of the albums ranked number one in the United States during 2018. The top-performing albums and EPs in the United States are ranked in the Billboard 200 chart, which is published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as on-demand streaming and digital sales of its individual tracks.
In 2018, a total of 41 albums claimed the top position of the chart. The year began with Revival, the ninth studio album by an American rapper Eminem, on the first issue dated January 3, 2018, and witnessed the return of Taylor Swift's sixth studio album, Reputation, to the number one spot for a fourth chart-topping week after staying atop the chart for three consecutive weeks in 2017.
Scorpion by Canadian rapper Drake earned 732,000 units in its first week, marking the largest opening week sales of 2018, followed by rapper Travis Scott's third studio album, Astroworld, which moved 537,000 units in its first week. The soundtrack of The Greatest Showman (2017) was the best selling album of 2018, with 1.491 million copies sold. It was the third most consumed album of 2018, with 2.499 million units. Scorpion was the most consumed album of 2018 with 3.905 million units, of which only 330,000 were sales. It was followed by Beerbongs & Bentleys by American singer and rapper Post Malone, which was the second most-consumed album with 3.251 million units. Nevertheless, Reputation was the best performing album of 2018, topping the Billboard 200 year-end chart.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-performing album of 2018 Issue date Album Artist(s) Album-equivalent units Revival Eminem 267,000 Reputation 107,000 The Greatest Showman Soundtrack 106,000 104,000 Camila 119,000 Mania Fall Out Boy 130,000 Culture II Migos 199,000 Man of the Woods 293,000 Black Panther: The Album Kendrick Lamar / Soundtrack 154,000 131,000 This House Is Not for Sale Bon Jovi 120,000 Black Panther: The Album Kendrick Lamar / Soundtrack 76,000 Bobby Tarantino II Logic 119,000 ? XXXTentacion 131,000 Boarding House Reach 124,000 My Dear Melancholy, The Weeknd 169,000 Invasion of Privacy Cardi B 255,000 Rearview Town 183,000 KOD 397,000 Beerbongs & Bentleys Post Malone 461,000 193,000 147,000 Love Yourself: Tear BTS 135,000 Shawn Mendes 182,000 Ye 208,000 Come Tomorrow 292,000 Youngblood 5 Seconds of Summer 142,000 Pray for the Wicked Panic! at the Disco 180,000 Scorpion Drake 732,000 335,000 260,000 184,000 145,000 Astroworld 537,000 205,000 Sweetener 231,000 Love Yourself: Answer BTS 185,000 Kamikaze Eminem 434,000 Egypt Station 153,000 Cry Pretty 266,000 Iridescence Brockhampton 101,000 Tha Carter V Lil Wayne 480,000 A Star Is Born Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper / Soundtrack 231,000 143,000 109,000 Sì 126,000 Not All Heroes Wear Capes Metro Boomin 99,000 Experiment 124,000 Delta Mumford & Sons 230,000 Astroworld Travis Scott 71,000 Championships 229,000 Skins XXXTentacion 132,000 Dying to Live 89,000
See also 2018 in American music List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2018
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