# List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1968

Here are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1968.
That year, 10 acts hit number one for the first time, such as John Fred and His Playboy Band, The Lemon Pipers, Paul Mauriat, Otis Redding, Bobby Goldsboro, Archie Bell & the Drells, Herb Alpert, Hugh Masekela, Jeannie C. Riley, and Marvin Gaye.
Otis Redding, after his death in late 1967, was the first artist to hit number one posthumously. The Beatles were the only group or artist to have more than one #1 song in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968. Their song "Hey Jude" was the best-performing single in 1968, spending a total of nine consecutive weeks atop the chart and tying the record at the time for the most consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, set by "Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith in 1960.

## Chart history

Key :
* The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1968 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
| No. | Issue date | Song | Artist(s) |
| 195 | January 6 | "Hello, Goodbye" | The Beatles |
| 195 | January 13 | "Hello, Goodbye" | The Beatles |
| 196 | January 20 | "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" | John Fred and His Playboy Band |
| 196 | January 27 | "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" | John Fred and His Playboy Band |
| 197 | February 3 | "Green Tambourine" | The Lemon Pipers |
| 198 | February 10 | "Love is Blue" | Paul Mauriat |
| 198 | February 17 | "Love is Blue" | Paul Mauriat |
| 198 | February 24 | "Love is Blue" | Paul Mauriat |
| 198 | March 2 | "Love is Blue" | Paul Mauriat |
| 198 | March 9 | "Love is Blue" | Paul Mauriat |
| 199 | March 16 | "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" | Otis Redding |
| 199 | March 23 | "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" | Otis Redding |
| 199 | March 30 | "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" | Otis Redding |
| 199 | April 6 | "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" | Otis Redding |
| 200 | April 13 | "Honey" | Bobby Goldsboro |
| 200 | April 20 | "Honey" | Bobby Goldsboro |
| 200 | April 27 | "Honey" | Bobby Goldsboro |
| 200 | May 4 | "Honey" | Bobby Goldsboro |
| 200 | May 11 | "Honey" | Bobby Goldsboro |
| 201 | May 18 | "Tighten Up" | Archie Bell & the Drells |
| 201 | May 25 | "Tighten Up" | Archie Bell & the Drells |
| 202 | June 1 | "Mrs. Robinson" | Simon & Garfunkel |
| 202 | June 8 | "Mrs. Robinson" | Simon & Garfunkel |
| 202 | June 15 | "Mrs. Robinson" | Simon & Garfunkel |
| 203 | June 22 | "This Guy's in Love with You" | Herb Alpert |
| 203 | June 29 | "This Guy's in Love with You" | Herb Alpert |
| 203 | July 6 | "This Guy's in Love with You" | Herb Alpert |
| 203 | July 13 | "This Guy's in Love with You" | Herb Alpert |
| 204 | July 20 | "Grazing in the Grass" | Hugh Masekela |
| 204 | July 27 | "Grazing in the Grass" | Hugh Masekela |
| 205 | August 3 | "Hello, I Love You" | The Doors |
| 205 | August 10 | "Hello, I Love You" | The Doors |
| 206 | August 17 | "People Got to Be Free" | The Rascals |
| 206 | August 24 | "People Got to Be Free" | The Rascals |
| 206 | August 31 | "People Got to Be Free" | The Rascals |
| 206 | September 7 | "People Got to Be Free" | The Rascals |
| 206 | September 14 | "People Got to Be Free" | The Rascals |
| 207 | September 21 | "Harper Valley PTA" | Jeannie C. Riley |
| 208 | September 28 | "Hey Jude" | The Beatles |
| 208 | October 5 | "Hey Jude" | The Beatles |
| 208 | October 12 | "Hey Jude" | The Beatles |
| 208 | October 19 | "Hey Jude" | The Beatles |
| 208 | October 26 | "Hey Jude" | The Beatles |
| 208 | November 2 | "Hey Jude" | The Beatles |
| 208 | November 9 | "Hey Jude" | The Beatles |
| 208 | November 16 | "Hey Jude" | The Beatles |
| 208 | November 23 | "Hey Jude" | The Beatles |
| 209 | November 30 | "Love Child" | Diana Ross & the Supremes |
| 209 | December 7 | "Love Child" | Diana Ross & the Supremes |
| 210 | December 14 | "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" | Marvin Gaye |
| 210 | December 21 | "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" | Marvin Gaye |
| 210 | December 28 | "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" | Marvin Gaye |

## Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one :
| Position | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
| 1 | The Beatles | 11 |
| 2 | Paul Mauriat | 5 |
| 2 | Bobby Goldsboro | 5 |
| 2 | The Rascals | 5 |
| 5 | Otis Redding | 4 |
| 5 | Herb Alpert | 4 |
| 7 | Simon & Garfunkel | 3 |
| 7 | Marvin Gaye | 3 |
| 9 | John Fred and His Playboy Band | 2 |
| 9 | Archie Bell & the Drells | 2 |
| 9 | Hugh Masekela | 2 |
| 9 | The Doors | 2 |
| 9 | Diana Ross & the Supremes | 2 |
| 14 | The Lemon Pipers | 1 |
| 14 | Jeannie C. Riley | 1 |