# List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2018

The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs in the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each song's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as the amount of airplay received on American radio stations and streaming on online digital music outlets.
During 2018, eleven singles reached number one on the Hot 100; a twelfth single, "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran, solo or duet with Beyoncé, began its run at number one in December 2017. Of those eleven number-one singles, four were collaborations. In total, thirteen acts topped the chart as either lead or featured artists, with nine—Camila Cabello, Young Thug, Childish Gambino, Ty Dolla Sign, XXXTentacion, Bad Bunny, J Balvin, Ariana Grande and Travis Scott—achieving their first Hot 100 number-one single. Drake's "God's Plan" was the longest-running number-one of the year, leading the chart for eleven weeks; it subsequently topped the Billboard Year-End Hot 100. Drake beat the record for most weeks at number one in a year for a single artist, with 29 weeks at number one. XXXTentacion became the first artist to have a posthumous number one since Static Major featured on Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" in 2008 and the first artist to lead the chart with a posthumous number one since The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize" in 1997, and is the eighth overall.
Drake and Cardi B were the only acts to have multiple number one songs in 2018, with Drake having the most with three and Cardi B with two.
Billboard added a mid-week chart on January 3, 2018, as part of an effort to cut the time between data collection and chart publication. This Wednesday chart is the only mid-week chart in the history of the Hot 100.

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Indicates best-performing song of 2018 |
| No. | Issue date | Song | Artist(s) |
| 1069 | January 3 | "Perfect" | Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé |
| 1069 | January 6 | "Perfect" | Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé |
| 1069 | January 13 | "Perfect" | Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé |
| 1069 | January 20 | "Perfect" | Ed Sheeran |
| 1070 | January 27 | "Havana" | Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug |
| 1071 | February 3 | "God's Plan" † | Drake |
| 1071 | February 10 | "God's Plan" † | Drake |
| 1071 | February 17 | "God's Plan" † | Drake |
| 1071 | February 24 | "God's Plan" † | Drake |
| 1071 | March 3 | "God's Plan" † | Drake |
| 1071 | March 10 | "God's Plan" † | Drake |
| 1071 | March 17 | "God's Plan" † | Drake |
| 1071 | March 24 | "God's Plan" † | Drake |
| 1071 | March 31 | "God's Plan" † | Drake |
| 1071 | April 7 | "God's Plan" † | Drake |
| 1071 | April 14 | "God's Plan" † | Drake |
| 1072 | April 21 | "Nice for What" | Drake |
| 1072 | April 28 | "Nice for What" | Drake |
| 1072 | May 5 | "Nice for What" | Drake |
| 1072 | May 12 | "Nice for What" | Drake |
| 1073 | May 19 | "This Is America" | Childish Gambino |
| 1073 | May 26 | "This Is America" | Childish Gambino |
| re | June 2 | "Nice for What" | Drake |
| re | June 9 | "Nice for What" | Drake |
| 1074 | June 16 | "Psycho" | Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign |
| re | June 23 | "Nice for What" | Drake |
| 1075 | June 30 | "Sad!" | XXXTentacion |
| 1076 | July 7 | "I Like It" | Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin |
| re | July 14 | "Nice for What" | Drake |
| 1077 | July 21 | "In My Feelings" | Drake |
| 1077 | July 28 | "In My Feelings" | Drake |
| 1077 | August 4 | "In My Feelings" | Drake |
| 1077 | August 11 | "In My Feelings" | Drake |
| 1077 | August 18 | "In My Feelings" | Drake |
| 1077 | August 25 | "In My Feelings" | Drake |
| 1077 | September 1 | "In My Feelings" | Drake |
| 1077 | September 8 | "In My Feelings" | Drake |
| 1077 | September 15 | "In My Feelings" | Drake |
| 1077 | September 22 | "In My Feelings" | Drake |
| 1078 | September 29 | "Girls Like You" | Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B |
| 1078 | October 6 | "Girls Like You" | Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B |
| 1078 | October 13 | "Girls Like You" | Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B |
| 1078 | October 20 | "Girls Like You" | Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B |
| 1078 | October 27 | "Girls Like You" | Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B |
| 1078 | November 3 | "Girls Like You" | Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B |
| 1078 | November 10 | "Girls Like You" | Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B |
| 1079 | November 17 | "Thank U, Next" | Ariana Grande |
| 1079 | November 24 | "Thank U, Next" | Ariana Grande |
| 1079 | December 1 | "Thank U, Next" | Ariana Grande |
| 1080 | December 8 | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott |
| re | December 15 | "Thank U, Next" | Ariana Grande |
| re | December 22 | "Thank U, Next" | Ariana Grande |
| re | December 29 | "Thank U, Next" | Ariana Grande |

## Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one :
| Position | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
| 1 | Drake | 29 |
| 2 | Cardi B | 8 |
| 3 | Maroon 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Ariana Grande | 6 |
| 5 | Ed Sheeran | 4 |
| 6 | Beyoncé | 3 |
| 7 | Childish Gambino | 2 |
| 8 | Camila Cabello | 1 |
| 8 | Young Thug | 1 |
| 8 | Post Malone | 1 |
| 8 | Ty Dolla Sign | 1 |
| 8 | XXXTentacion | 1 |
| 8 | Bad Bunny | 1 |
| 8 | J Balvin | 1 |
| 8 | Travis Scott | 1 |