The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay and streaming. At the end of a year, Billboard will publish an annual list of the 100 most successful songs throughout that year on the Hot 100 chart based on the information. For 2018, the list was published on December 4, calculated with data from December 2, 2017 to November 17, 2018.
The top Hot 100 artist of 2018 was Drake, who placed eight songs on the list, including the number-one song of the year, "God's Plan". Rapper Cardi B also placed eight songs on the list.
The 2018 Billboard Year End list is also notable for being one of five Billboard Year-End lists that featured 14 songs that appeared in the previous year (in this case 2017's) repeat on this list. With the highest being Camila Cabello's "Havana", barely making it onto 2017's list at number 96 and repeating much higher at number 4 in 2018's. Only four more year-end list would repeat the same feat, that being 1997, 2010, 2016 and 2022.
Year-end list
+ List of songs on Billboard 2018 Year-End Hot 100 chart Title Artist(s)1 "God's Plan" Drake2 "Perfect" Ed Sheeran3 "Meant to Be" Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line4 "Havana" Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug5 "Rockstar" Post Malone featuring 21 Savage6 "Psycho" Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign7 "I Like It" Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin8 "The Middle" Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey9 "In My Feelings" Drake10 "Girls Like You" Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B11 "Nice for What" Drake12 "Lucid Dreams" Juice Wrld13 "Better Now" Post Malone14 "Finesse" Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B15 "Boo'd Up" Ella Mai16 "New Rules" Dua Lipa17 "Sad!" XXXTentacion18 "Never Be the Same" Camila Cabello19 "Love Lies" Khalid and Normani20 "No Tears Left to Cry" Ariana Grande21 "Mine" Bazzi22 "Thunder" Imagine Dragons23 "Look Alive" BlocBoy JB featuring Drake24 "Delicate" Taylor Swift25 "Yes Indeed" Lil Baby and Drake26 "Friends" Marshmello and Anne-Marie27 "Bad at Love" Halsey28 "Taste" Tyga featuring Offset29 "Let You Down" NF30 "No Limit" G-Eazy featuring ASAP Rocky and Cardi B31 "Fefe" 6ix9ine featuring Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz32 "Tequila" Dan + Shay33 "Feel It Still" Portugal. The Man34 "MotorSport" Migos, Nicki Minaj and Cardi B35 "I Like Me Better" Lauv36 "Youngblood" 5 Seconds of Summer37 "Whatever It Takes" Imagine Dragons38 "Ric Flair Drip" Offset and Metro Boomin39 "I Fall Apart" Post Malone40 "Pray for Me" The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar41 "Back to You" Selena Gomez42 "Sicko Mode" Travis Scott43 "Walk It Talk It" Migos featuring Drake44 "Gucci Gang" Lil Pump45 "Him & I" G-Eazy and Halsey46 "In My Blood" Shawn Mendes47 "All the Stars" Kendrick Lamar and SZA48 "Stir Fry" Migos49 "Too Good at Goodbyes" Sam Smith50 "Love" Kendrick Lamar featuring Zacari51 "This Is America" Childish Gambino52 "Nonstop" Drake53 "Heaven" Kane Brown54 "Bodak Yellow" Cardi B55 "Freaky Friday" Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown56 "Gummo" 6ix9ine57 "Plug Walk" Rich the Kid58 "Wait" Maroon 559 "Be Careful" Cardi B60 "Wolves" Selena Gomez and Marshmello61 "Bartier Cardi" Cardi B featuring 21 Savage62 "God Is a Woman" Ariana Grande63 "Big Bank" YG featuring 2 Chainz, Nicki Minaj and Big Sean64 "Sorry Not Sorry" Demi Lovato65 "How Long" Charlie Puth66 "Lights Down Low" Max featuring Gnash67 "Young Dumb & Broke" Khalid68 "One Kiss" Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa69 "Natural" Imagine Dragons70 "You Make It Easy" Jason Aldean71 "Shape of You" Ed Sheeran72 "I Get the Bag" Gucci Mane featuring Migos73 "No Brainer" DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo74 "Plain Jane" ASAP Ferg featuring Nicki Minaj75 "Sky Walker" Miguel featuring Travis Scott76 "Marry Me" Thomas Rhett77 "Eastside" Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid78 "Call Out My Name" The Weeknd79 "King's Dead" Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future and James Blake80 "Happier" Marshmello and Bastille81 "Te Boté" Nio García, Darell and Casper Mágico featuring Bad Bunny, Nicky Jam and Ozuna82 "Simple" Florida Georgia Line83 "Lemon" N.E.R.D and Rihanna84 "1-800-273-8255" Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid85 "Say Something" Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton86 "I'm Upset" Drake87 "Get Along" Kenny Chesney88 "Moonlight" XXXTentacion89 "What Lovers Do" Maroon 5 featuring SZA90 "X" Nicky Jam and J Balvin91 "Outside Today" YoungBoy Never Broke Again92 "Trip" Ella Mai93 "Dura" Daddy Yankee94 "Changes" XXXTentacion95 "Mercy" Brett Young96 "One Number Away" Luke Combs97 "Powerglide" Rae Sremmurd featuring Juicy J98 "IDGAF" Dua Lipa99 "Mi Gente" J Balvin and Willy William featuring Beyoncé100 "Believer" Imagine Dragons
See also 2018 in American music Billboard Year-End Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of 2018 Billboard Year-End Hot Rap Songs of 2018 List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2018 List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2018
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