This is a list of the number-one songs of 2018 in Panama. The charts are published by Monitor Latino, based on airplay across radio stations in Panama using the Radio Tracking Data, LLC in real time. The chart week runs from Monday to Sunday.
During 2018, twelve singles reached number one in Panama; a thirteenth single, "Mi Gente (Remix)" by J Balvin and Willy William featuring Beyoncé began its run at number one in July 2017. Of those twelve number-one singles, ten were collaborations. In total, twenty-two acts topped the chart as either lead or featured artists, with fourteen—Becky G, Bad Bunny, Demi Lovato, Nicky Jam, Will Smith, Era Istrefi, Anitta, Lalo Ebratt, Trapical, DJ Snake, Selena Gomez, Cardi B, Ozuna and Kenny Man—achieving their first number-one single in Panama.
In Panama, the best-performing single of 2018 was "Dura" by Daddy Yankee. It spent 19 non-consecutive weeks atop the charts, becoming the second longest-running number-one song in the country, behind "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi (2017). With "Dura", Daddy Yankee holds the record as the act with the most cumulative weeks at number one in Panama, with 43 weeks in total.
J Balvin once again became the only act to have multiple number-one singles in Panama. In 2018, J Balvin earned three number-one songs: "X" with Nicky Jam, "No es justo" with Zion & Lennox and "Mocca (Remix)" with Lalo Ebratt. It became the third consecutive year that J Balvin hit a number-one song in the country.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-performing single of 2018 Issue dateSongArtistReference1 January"Mi Gente (Remix)"J Balvin and Willy William featuring Beyoncé8 January"Mayores"Becky G and Bad Bunny15 January"Échame la Culpa"Luis Fonsi and Demi Lovato22 January29 January"Dura" Daddy Yankee5 February12 February19 February26 February5 March12 March19 March26 March2 April9 April16 April23 April30 April7 May14 May21 May28 May4 June"X"Nicky Jam and J Balvin11 June"Live It Up"Nicky Jam featuring Will Smith and Era Istrefi18 June"Dura" Daddy Yankee25 June"X"Nicky Jam and J Balvin2 July9 July"No es justo"J Balvin and Zion & Lennox16 July23 July"Clandestino"Shakira and Maluma30 July"No es justo"J Balvin and Zion & Lennox6 August13 August20 August27 August3 September"Rosas o espinas"Joey Montana10 September17 September24 September1 October"Mala Mía (Remix)"Maluma featuring Becky G and Anitta8 October15 October"Mocca (Remix)"Lalo Ebratt featuring J Balvin and Trapical22 October"Taki Taki"DJ Snake featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B29 October5 November12 November19 November26 November3 December10 December17 December24 December"Ni Gucci Ni Prada"Kenny Man and Sebastián Yatra31 December
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