# List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2018

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 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 American rapper Travis Scott's third studio album Astroworld, and American rapper Lil Wayne’s twelfth studio album Tha Carter V, which moved 537,000 and 480,000 units in their first weeks respectively. 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

Key :
| † | Indicates best-performing album of 2018 |
| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Album- equivalent units |
| January 3 | Revival | Eminem | 267,000 |
| January 6 | Reputation † | Taylor Swift | 107,000 |
| January 13 | The Greatest Showman | Soundtrack | 106,000 |
| January 20 | The Greatest Showman | Soundtrack | 104,000 |
| January 27 | Camila | Camila Cabello | 119,000 |
| February 3 | Mania | Fall Out Boy | 130,000 |
| February 10 | Culture II | Migos | 199,000 |
| February 17 | Man of the Woods | Justin Timberlake | 293,000 |
| February 24 | Black Panther: The Album | Kendrick Lamar / Soundtrack | 154,000 |
| March 3 | Black Panther: The Album | Kendrick Lamar / Soundtrack | 131,000 |
| March 10 | This House Is Not for Sale | Bon Jovi | 120,000 |
| March 17 | Black Panther: The Album | Kendrick Lamar / Soundtrack | 76,000 |
| March 24 | Bobby Tarantino II | Logic | 119,000 |
| March 31 | ? | XXXTentacion | 131,000 |
| April 7 | Boarding House Reach | Jack White | 124,000 |
| April 14 | My Dear Melancholy, | The Weeknd | 169,000 |
| April 21 | Invasion of Privacy | Cardi B | 255,000 |
| April 28 | Rearview Town | Jason Aldean | 183,000 |
| May 5 | KOD | J. Cole | 397,000 |
| May 12 | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone | 461,000 |
| May 19 | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone | 193,000 |
| May 26 | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone | 147,000 |
| June 2 | Love Yourself: Tear | BTS | 135,000 |
| June 9 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | 182,000 |
| June 16 | Ye | Kanye West | 208,000 |
| June 23 | Come Tomorrow | Dave Matthews Band | 292,000 |
| June 30 | Youngblood | 5 Seconds of Summer | 142,000 |
| July 7 | Pray for the Wicked | Panic! at the Disco | 180,000 |
| July 14 | Scorpion | Drake | 732,000 |
| July 21 | Scorpion | Drake | 335,000 |
| July 28 | Scorpion | Drake | 260,000 |
| August 4 | Scorpion | Drake | 184,000 |
| August 11 | Scorpion | Drake | 145,000 |
| August 18 | Astroworld | Travis Scott | 537,000 |
| August 25 | Astroworld | Travis Scott | 205,000 |
| September 1 | Sweetener | Ariana Grande | 231,000 |
| September 8 | Love Yourself: Answer | BTS | 185,000 |
| September 15 | Kamikaze | Eminem | 434,000 |
| September 22 | Egypt Station | Paul McCartney | 153,000 |
| September 29 | Cry Pretty | Carrie Underwood | 266,000 |
| October 6 | Iridescence | Brockhampton | 101,000 |
| October 13 | Tha Carter V | Lil Wayne | 480,000 |
| October 20 | A Star Is Born | Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper / Soundtrack | 231,000 |
| October 27 | A Star Is Born | Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper / Soundtrack | 143,000 |
| November 3 | A Star Is Born | Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper / Soundtrack | 109,000 |
| November 10 | Sì | Andrea Bocelli | 126,000 |
| November 17 | Not All Heroes Wear Capes | Metro Boomin | 99,000 |
| November 24 | Experiment | Kane Brown | 124,000 |
| December 1 | Delta | Mumford & Sons | 230,000 |
| December 8 | Astroworld | Travis Scott | 71,000 |
| December 15 | Championships | Meek Mill | 229,000 |
| December 22 | Skins | XXXTentacion | 132,000 |
| December 29 | Dying to Live | Kodak Black | 89,000 |

## Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one :
| Rank | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
| 1 | Drake | 5 |
| 2 | Kendrick Lamar | 3 |
| 2 | Post Malone | 3 |
| 2 | Travis Scott | 3 |
| 2 | Lady Gaga | 3 |
| 2 | Bradley Cooper | 3 |
| 7 | Eminem | 2 |
| 7 | XXXTentacion | 2 |
| 7 | BTS | 2 |
| 10 | Taylor Swift | 1 |
| 10 | Camila Cabello | 1 |
| 10 | Fall Out Boy | 1 |
| 10 | Migos | 1 |
| 10 | Justin Timberlake | 1 |
| 10 | Bon Jovi | 1 |
| 10 | Logic | 1 |
| 10 | Jack White | 1 |
| 10 | The Weeknd | 1 |
| 10 | Cardi B | 1 |
| 10 | Jason Aldean | 1 |
| 10 | J. Cole | 1 |
| 10 | Shawn Mendes | 1 |
| 10 | Kanye West | 1 |
| 10 | Dave Matthews Band | 1 |
| 10 | 5 Seconds of Summer | 1 |
| 10 | Panic! at the Disco | 1 |
| 10 | Ariana Grande | 1 |
| 10 | Paul McCartney | 1 |
| 10 | Carrie Underwood | 1 |
| 10 | Brockhampton | 1 |
| 10 | Lil Wayne | 1 |
| 10 | Andrea Bocelli | 1 |
| 10 | Metro Boomin | 1 |
| 10 | Kane Brown | 1 |
| 10 | Mumford & Sons | 1 |
| 10 | Meek Mill | 1 |
| 10 | Kodak Black | 1 |