The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs in the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each song's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as the amount of airplay received on American radio stations and streaming on online digital music outlets.
During 2018, eleven singles reached number one on the Hot 100; a twelfth single, "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran, solo or duet with Beyoncé, began its run at number one in December 2017. Of those eleven number-one singles, four were collaborations. In total, thirteen acts topped the chart as either lead or featured artists, with nine—Camila Cabello, Young Thug, Childish Gambino, Ty Dolla Sign, XXXTentacion, Bad Bunny, J Balvin, Ariana Grande and Travis Scott—achieving their first Hot 100 number-one single. Drake's "God's Plan" was the longest-running number-one of the year, leading the chart for eleven weeks; it subsequently topped the Billboard Year-End Hot 100. Drake beat the record for most weeks at number one in a year for a single artist, with 29 weeks at number one. XXXTentacion became the first artist to have a posthumous number one since Static Major featured on Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" in 2008 and the first artist to lead the chart with a posthumous number one since The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize" in 1997, and is the eighth overall.
Drake and Cardi B were the only acts to have multiple number-one songs in 2018, with Drake having the most with three and Cardi B with two.
Billboard added a mid-week chart on January 3, 2018, as part of an effort to cut the time between data collection and chart publication. This Wednesday chart is the only mid-week chart in the history of the Hot 100.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-performing song of 2018
Issue date Song Artist(s) 1069January 3 "Perfect" Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé January 6January 13January 20Ed Sheeran1070January 27"Havana"Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug1071February 3"God's Plan" DrakeFebruary 10February 17February 24March 3March 10March 17March 24March 31April 7April 141072April 21 "Nice for What"April 28May 5May 121073May 19"This Is America"Childish GambinoMay 26reJune 2"Nice for What"DrakeJune 91074June 16"Psycho"Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla SignreJune 23"Nice for What"Drake1075June 30"Sad!"XXXTentacion1076July 7"I Like It"Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J BalvinreJuly 14"Nice for What"Drake1077July 21"In My Feelings"July 28August 4August 11August 18August 25September 1September 8September 15September 221078September 29"Girls Like You"Maroon 5 featuring Cardi BOctober 6October 13October 20October 27November 3November 101079November 17"Thank U, Next"Ariana GrandeNovember 24December 11080December 8"Sicko Mode"Travis Scott reDecember 15"Thank U, Next"Ariana GrandeDecember 22December 29
Number-one artists + List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Drake 29 2 Cardi B 8 3 Maroon 5 7 4 Ariana Grande 6 5 Ed Sheeran 4 6 Beyoncé 3 7 Childish Gambino 2 8 Camila Cabello 1 Young Thug Post Malone Ty Dolla Sign XXXTentacion Bad Bunny J Balvin Travis Scott
See also 2018 in American music List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2018 List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2018 Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2018 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 2010s
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