# List of number-one R&B/hip-hop songs of 2018 (U.S.)

This page lists the songs that reached number-one on the overall Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, the R&B Songs chart (which was created in 2012), the Hot Rap Songs chart, the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, and the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart in 2018. The R&B Songs and Rap Songs charts partly serve as distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

## List of number ones

Key :
| † | Indicates best-charting R&B/Hip-Hop, R&B, Rap and Airplay singles of 2018 |
| Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | Artist | R&B Songs | Artist | Rap Songs | Artist | R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay | Artist |
| January 3 | "Rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | "The Weekend" | SZA | "Rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | "No Limit | G-Eazy featuring ASAP Rocky and Cardi B |
| January 6 | "Rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | "Young Dumb & Broke" | Khalid | "Rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | "Love" | Kendrick Lamar featuring Zacari |
| January 13 | "Rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | "Young Dumb & Broke" | Khalid | "Rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | "No Limit" | G-Eazy featuring ASAP Rocky and Cardi B |
| January 20 | "Finesse" | Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B | "Finesse" † | Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B | "Rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | "No Limit" | G-Eazy featuring ASAP Rocky and Cardi B |
| January 27 | "Rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | "Finesse" † | Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B | "Rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | "Love" | Kendrick Lamar featuring Zacari |
| February 3 | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "Finesse" † | Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "No Limit" | G-Eazy featuring ASAP Rocky and Cardi B |
| February 10 | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "Finesse" † | Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "Love" | Kendrick Lamar featuring Zacari |
| February 17 | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "Finesse" † | Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "Love" | Kendrick Lamar featuring Zacari |
| February 24 | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "Finesse" † | Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "Love" | Kendrick Lamar featuring Zacari |
| March 3 | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "Finesse" † | Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "God's Plan" | Drake |
| March 10 | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "Finesse" † | Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "God's Plan" | Drake |
| March 17 | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "Finesse" † | Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "God's Plan" | Drake |
| March 24 | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "Finesse" † | Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "God's Plan" | Drake |
| March 31 | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "Finesse" † | Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "God's Plan" | Drake |
| April 7 | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "Finesse" † | Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "God's Plan" | Drake |
| April 14 | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "Call Out My Name" | The Weeknd | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "God's Plan" | Drake |
| April 21 | "Nice for What" | Drake | "Freaky Friday" | Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown | "Nice for What" | Drake | "God's Plan" | Drake |
| April 28 | "Nice for What" | Drake | "Freaky Friday" | Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown | "Nice for What" | Drake | "God's Plan" | Drake |
| May 5 | "Nice for What" | Drake | "Freaky Friday" | Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown | "Nice for What" | Drake | "Look Alive" | BlocBoy JB featuring Drake |
| May 12 | "Nice for What" | Drake | "Freaky Friday" | Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown | "Nice for What" | Drake | "Look Alive" | BlocBoy JB featuring Drake |
| May 19 | "This Is America" | Childish Gambino | "Freaky Friday" | Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown | "This Is America" | Childish Gambino | "Nice for What" | Drake |
| May 26 | "This Is America" | Childish Gambino | "Boo'd Up" | Ella Mai | "This Is America" | Childish Gambino | "Nice for What" | Drake |
| June 2 | "Nice for What" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" | Ella Mai | "Nice for What" | Drake | "Nice for What" | Drake |
| June 9 | "Nice for What" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" | Ella Mai | "Nice for What" | Drake | "Nice for What" | Drake |
| June 16 | "Psycho" | Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign | "Boo'd Up" | Ella Mai | "Psycho" | Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign | "Nice for What" | Drake |
| June 23 | "Nice for What" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" | Ella Mai | "Nice for What" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" † | Ella Mai |
| June 30 | "Sad!" | XXXTentacion | "Boo'd Up" | Ella Mai | "Sad!" | XXXTentacion | "Boo'd Up" † | Ella Mai |
| July 7 | "I Like It" | Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin | "Boo'd Up" | Ella Mai | "I Like It" | Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin | "Boo'd Up" † | Ella Mai |
| July 14 | "Nice for What" | Drake | "Don't Matter to Me" | Drake featuring Michael Jackson | "Nice for What" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" † | Ella Mai |
| July 21 | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" | Ella Mai | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" † | Ella Mai |
| July 28 | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" | Ella Mai | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" † | Ella Mai |
| August 4 | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" | Ella Mai | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" † | Ella Mai |
| August 11 | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "No Brainer" | DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" † | Ella Mai |
| August 18 | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" | Ella Mai | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" † | Ella Mai |
| August 25 | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" | Ella Mai | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" † | Ella Mai |
| September 1 | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "No Brainer" | DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" † | Ella Mai |
| September 8 | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "No Brainer" | DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" † | Ella Mai |
| September 15 | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" | Ella Mai | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" † | Ella Mai |
| September 22 | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "No Brainer" | DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" † | Ella Mai |
| September 29 | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "No Brainer" | DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo | "In My Feelings" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" † | Ella Mai |
| October 6 | "Lucid Dreams" | Juice Wrld | "No Brainer" | DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo | "Lucid Dreams" | Juice Wrld | "Boo'd Up" † | Ella Mai |
| October 13 | "Mona Lisa" | Lil Wayne featuring Kendrick Lamar | "Trip" | Ella Mai | "Mona Lisa" | Lil Wayne featuring Kendrick Lamar | "Smile (Living My Best Life)" | Lil Duval featuring Snoop Dogg and Ball Greezy |
| October 20 | "Lucid Dreams" | Juice Wrld | "Trip" | Ella Mai | "Lucid Dreams" | Juice Wrld | "Smile (Living My Best Life)" | Lil Duval featuring Snoop Dogg and Ball Greezy |
| October 27 | "Zeze" | Kodak Black featuring Travis Scott and Offset | "Trip" | Ella Mai | "Zeze" | Kodak Black featuring Travis Scott and Offset | "Smile (Living My Best Life)" | Lil Duval featuring Snoop Dogg and Ball Greezy |
| November 3 | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Trip" | Ella Mai | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Trip" | Ella Mai |
| November 10 | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Trip" | Ella Mai | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Trip" | Ella Mai |
| November 17 | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Trip" | Ella Mai | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Trip" | Ella Mai |
| November 24 | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Trip" | Ella Mai | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Trip" | Ella Mai |
| December 1 | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Trip" | Ella Mai | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Trip" | Ella Mai |
| December 8 | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Trip" | Ella Mai | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Trip" | Ella Mai |
| December 15 | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Trip" | Ella Mai | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Trip" | Ella Mai |
| December 22 | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Trip" | Ella Mai | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Trip" | Ella Mai |
| December 29 | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Trip" | Ella Mai | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Trip" | Ella Mai |