# List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1978

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1978.
That year, 11 acts first hit number one, such as Player, Yvonne Elliman, Deniece Williams, John Travolta, The Commodores, A Taste of Honey, Exile, Nick Gilder, Anne Murray, Donna Summer, and Chic. Johnny Mathis, previously having hit number one before creating the Hot 100, earns his first number one song on the chart. The Bee Gees and younger sibling Andy Gibb were the only acts to have more than one song hit number one, having three songs and two songs, respectively. Barry Gibb wrote or co-wrote 7 of the number one songs of the year.

## Chart history

Key :
* The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1978 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
An asterisk (*) by date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.
| No. | Issue date | Song | Artist(s) |
| 437 | January 7 | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Bee Gees |
| 438 | January 14 | "Baby Come Back" | Player |
| 438 | January 21 | "Baby Come Back" | Player |
| 438 | January 28 | "Baby Come Back" | Player |
| 439 | February 4 | "Stayin' Alive" | Bee Gees |
| 439 | February 11 | "Stayin' Alive" | Bee Gees |
| 439 | February 18 | "Stayin' Alive" | Bee Gees |
| 439 | February 25 | "Stayin' Alive" | Bee Gees |
| 440 | March 4 | "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" | Andy Gibb |
| 440 | March 11 | "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" | Andy Gibb |
| 441 | March 18 | "Night Fever" | Bee Gees |
| 441 | March 25 | "Night Fever" | Bee Gees |
| 441 | April 1 | "Night Fever" | Bee Gees |
| 441 | April 8 | "Night Fever" | Bee Gees |
| 441 | April 15 | "Night Fever" | Bee Gees |
| 441 | April 22 | "Night Fever" | Bee Gees |
| 441 | April 29 | "Night Fever" | Bee Gees |
| 441 | May 6 | "Night Fever" | Bee Gees |
| 442 | May 13 | "If I Can't Have You" | Yvonne Elliman |
| 443 | May 20 | "With a Little Luck" | Wings |
| 443 | May 27 | "With a Little Luck" | Wings |
| 444 | June 3 | "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" | Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams |
| 445 | June 10 | "You're the One That I Want" | John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John |
| 446 | June 17 | "Shadow Dancing" | Andy Gibb |
| 446 | June 24 | "Shadow Dancing" | Andy Gibb |
| 446 | July 1 | "Shadow Dancing" | Andy Gibb |
| 446 | July 8 | "Shadow Dancing" | Andy Gibb |
| 446 | July 15 | "Shadow Dancing" | Andy Gibb |
| 446 | July 22 | "Shadow Dancing" | Andy Gibb |
| 446 | July 29 | "Shadow Dancing" | Andy Gibb |
| 447 | August 5 | "Miss You" | The Rolling Stones |
| 448 | August 12 | "Three Times a Lady" | Commodores |
| 448 | August 19 | "Three Times a Lady" | Commodores |
| 449 | August 26 | "Grease" | Frankie Valli |
| 449 | September 2 | "Grease" | Frankie Valli |
| 450 | September 9 | "Boogie Oogie Oogie" | A Taste of Honey |
| 450 | September 16 | "Boogie Oogie Oogie" | A Taste of Honey |
| 450 | September 23 | "Boogie Oogie Oogie" | A Taste of Honey |
| 451 | September 30 | "Kiss You All Over" | Exile |
| 451 | October 7 | "Kiss You All Over" | Exile |
| 451 | October 14 | "Kiss You All Over" | Exile |
| 451 | October 21 | "Kiss You All Over" | Exile |
| 452 | October 28 | "Hot Child in the City" | Nick Gilder |
| 453 | November 4 | "You Needed Me" | Anne Murray |
| 454 | November 11 | "MacArthur Park" | Donna Summer |
| 454 | November 18 | "MacArthur Park" | Donna Summer |
| 454 | November 25 | "MacArthur Park" | Donna Summer |
| 455 | December 2 | "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" | Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond |
| 456 | December 9 | "Le Freak" | Chic |
| re | December 16 | "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" | Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond |
| re | December 23 | "Le Freak" | Chic |
| re | December 30* | "Le Freak" | Chic |

## Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one :
| Position | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
| 1 | Bee Gees | 13 |
| 2 | Andy Gibb | 9 |
| 3 | Exile | 4 |
| 4 | Player | 3 |
| 4 | A Taste of Honey | 3 |
| 4 | Donna Summer | 3 |
| 4 | Chic | 3 |
| 8 | Wings | 2 |
| 8 | Commodores | 2 |
| 8 | Frankie Valli | 2 |
| 8 | Barbra Streisand | 2 |
| 8 | Neil Diamond | 2 |
| 13 | Yvonne Elliman | 1 |
| 13 | Johnny Mathis | 1 |
| 13 | Deniece Williams | 1 |
| 13 | John Travolta | 1 |
| 13 | Olivia Newton-John | 1 |
| 13 | The Rolling Stones | 1 |
| 13 | Nick Gilder | 1 |
| 13 | Anne Murray | 1 |