2018 in music
Who ruled 2018? Drake was Artist of the Year on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart. Every #1 song of 2018, the biggest songs and the top artists.
Billboard Hot 100
| # | Artist | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drake | 282 | 26 | 41 |
| 2 | Post Malone | 223 | 4 | 49 |
| 3 | Cardi B | 155 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Ariana Grande | 142 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Ed Sheeran | 128 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | Imagine Dragons | 126 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Juice WRLD | 113 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Camila Cabello | 110 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Maroon 5 | 106 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Ella Mai | 105 | 0 | 9 |
| First week at #1 | Song | Artist | Weeks at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2018 | Perfect | Ed Sheeran | 3 |
| Jan 27, 2018 | Havana | Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug | 1 |
| Feb 3, 2018 | God's Plan | Drake | 11 |
| Apr 21, 2018 | Nice For What | Drake | 8 |
| May 19, 2018 | This Is America | Childish Gambino | 2 |
| Jun 16, 2018 | Psycho | Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla $ign | 1 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | Sad! | XXXTENTACION | 1 |
| Jul 7, 2018 | I Like It | Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin | 1 |
| Jul 21, 2018 | In My Feelings | Drake | 10 |
| Sep 29, 2018 | Girls Like You | Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B | 7 |
| Nov 17, 2018 | Thank U, Next | Ariana Grande | 6 |
| Dec 8, 2018 | Sicko Mode | Travi$ Scott | 1 |
| # | Song | Artist | Peak | Weeks | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse) | Post Malone & Swae Lee | #1 | 53 | 143.0 |
| 2 | Girls Like You | Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B | #1 | 52 | 136.9 |
| 3 | Without Me | Halsey | #1 | 52 | 131.8 |
| 4 | Happier | Marshmello & Bastille | #2 | 52 | 122.2 |
| 5 | Sicko Mode | Travi$ Scott | #1 | 52 | 121.6 |
| 6 | Better Now | Post Malone | #3 | 52 | 112.5 |
| 7 | Lucid Dreams | Juice WRLD | #2 | 48 | 108.8 |
| 8 | I Like It | Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin | #1 | 51 | 107.5 |
| 9 | God's Plan | Drake | #1 | 36 | 99.7 |
| 10 | High Hopes | Panic! At The Disco | #4 | 52 | 97.2 |
UK Singles Chart
| # | Artist | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drake | 166 | 19 | 30 |
| 2 | George Ezra | 146 | 3 | 28 |
| 3 | Ariana Grande | 127 | 9 | 29 |
| 4 | Post Malone | 115 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Dua Lipa | 110 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Jess Glynne | 98 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Anne-Marie | 86 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Ed Sheeran | 73 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Rita Ora | 72 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Khalid | 71 | 0 | 2 |
| First week at #1 | Song | Artist | Weeks at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2018 | Perfect | Ed Sheeran | 2 |
| Jan 19, 2018 | River | Eminem feat. Ed Sheeran | 1 |
| Jan 26, 2018 | God's Plan | Drake | 9 |
| Mar 30, 2018 | These Days | Rudimental, Glynne & Macklemore | 1 |
| Apr 6, 2018 | Freaky Friday | Lil Dicky feat. Chris Brown | 1 |
| Apr 13, 2018 | Nice For What | Drake | 1 |
| Apr 20, 2018 | One Kiss | Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa | 8 |
| Jun 15, 2018 | I'll Be There | Jess Glynne | 1 |
| Jun 22, 2018 | Solo | Clean Bandit feat. Demi Lovato | 1 |
| Jun 29, 2018 | Shotgun | George Ezra | 4 |
| Jul 13, 2018 | RE3 Lions | Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seed | 1 |
| Jul 20, 2018 | In My Feelings | Drake | 4 |
| Aug 31, 2018 | Eastside | benny blanco, Halsey & Khalid | 1 |
| Sep 7, 2018 | Promises | Calvin Harris & Sam Smith | 6 |
| Oct 12, 2018 | Funky Friday | Dave feat. Fredo | 1 |
| Oct 26, 2018 | Shallow | Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper | 2 |
| Nov 9, 2018 | Thank U, Next | Ariana Grande | 6 |
| Dec 21, 2018 | We Built This City | Ladbaby | 1 |
| Dec 28, 2018 | Sweet But Psycho | Ava Max | 1 |
| # | Song | Artist | Peak | Weeks | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone You Loved | Lewis Capaldi | #1 | 258 | 218.6 |
| 2 | Shotgun | George Ezra | #1 | 134 | 132.5 |
| 3 | This Is Me | Settle & Greatest Showman Ens | #3 | 75 | 92.9 |
| 4 | Shallow | Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper | #1 | 116 | 82.9 |
| 5 | One Kiss | Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa | #1 | 63 | 76.0 |
| 6 | Sweet But Psycho | Ava Max | #1 | 53 | 74.0 |
| 7 | Sunflower | Post Malone feat. Swae Lee | #3 | 68 | 73.4 |
| 8 | These Days | Rudimental, Glynne & Macklemore | #1 | 54 | 66.1 |
| 9 | Paradise | George Ezra | #2 | 53 | 63.8 |
| 10 | Promises | Calvin Harris & Sam Smith | #1 | 41 | 63.5 |
Artist of the Year and the rankings are the ChartReign Power model: the artist with the most chart power over the year, not the most #1s. Crowns are weeks crowned Artist of the Week. How it works