The list of number-one digital songs of 2018 in the United States are based upon the highest-selling downloaded songs ranked in the Digital Song Sales chart, published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based on each single's weekly digital sales, which combines sales of different versions of a song by an act for a summarized figure.
Key
†
Indicates best-performing single of 2018[ 1]
Issue date
Song
Artist(s)
Weekly sales
Ref(s)
January 3
"Perfect " †
Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé
151,000
[ 2]
January 6
163,000
[ 3]
January 13
109,000
[ 4]
January 20
Ed Sheeran
98,000
[ 5]
January 27
82,000
[ 6]
February 3
"God's Plan "
Drake
127,000
[ 7]
February 10
"Say Something "
Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton
98,000
[ 8]
February 17
"God's Plan"
Drake
55,000
[ 9]
February 24
56,000
[ 10]
March 3
81,000
[ 11]
March 10
"Psycho "
Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign
80,000
[ 12]
March 17
"God's Plan"
Drake
57,000
[ 13]
March 24
49,000
[ 14]
March 31
"Found / Tonight"
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt
61,000
[ 15]
April 7
"God's Plan"
Drake
42,000
[ 16]
April 14
48,000
[ 17]
April 21
"Nice for What "
88,000
[ 18]
April 28
"Cry Pretty "
Carrie Underwood
54,000
[ 19]
May 5
"No Tears Left to Cry "
Ariana Grande
100,000
[ 20]
May 12
"Never Be the Same "
Camila Cabello
51,000
[ 21]
May 19
"This Is America "
Childish Gambino
78,000
[ 22]
May 26
50,000
[ 23]
June 2
"Fake Love "
BTS
29,000
[ 24]
June 9
"Psycho"
Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign
31,000
[ 25]
June 16
"Girls Like You "
Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
82,000
[ 26]
June 23
53,000
[ 27]
June 30
52,000
[ 28]
July 7
46,000
[ 29]
July 14
49,000
[ 30]
July 21
"In My Feelings "
Drake
89,000
[ 31]
July 28
115,000
[ 32]
August 4
104,000
[ 33]
August 11
72,000
[ 34]
August 18
58,000
[ 35]
August 25
38,000
[ 36]
September 1
"I Like It "
Cardi B, Bad Bunny , and J Balvin
32,000
[ 37]
September 8
"Idol "
BTS featuring Nicki Minaj
43,000
[ 38]
September 15
"Girls Like You"
Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
32,000
[ 39]
September 22
"Rap Devil "
Machine Gun Kelly
36,000
[ 40]
September 29
"Killshot "
Eminem
38,000
[ 41]
October 6
53,000
[ 42]
October 13
"Shallow "
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
58,000
[ 43]
October 20
71,000
[ 44]
October 27
55,000
November 3
42,000
November 10
36,000
[ 45]
November 17
"Thank U, Next "
Ariana Grande
81,000
[ 46]
November 24
43,000
[ 47]
December 1
"Without Me "
Halsey
37,000
[ 48]
December 8
29,000
[ 49]
December 15
50,000
[ 50]
December 22
37,000
[ 51]
December 29
37,000
[ 52]
^ "Year-End Charts, Hot 100 Songs" . Billboard . 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2019 .
^ Trust, Gary (December 26, 2017). "Ed Sheeran & Beyonce's 'Perfect' Tops Hot 100 for Third Week, G-Eazy's 'No Limit' Hits Top Five" . Billboard . Retrieved December 27, 2017 .
^ Trust, Gary (January 2, 2018). "Cardi B Joins The Beatles & Ashanti With First 3 Hot 100 Hits in Top 10 Simultaneously; Ed Sheeran & Beyonce's 'Perfect' No. 1" . Billboard . Retrieved January 2, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (January 8, 2018). "Ed Sheeran & Beyonce's 'Perfect' No. 1 on Hot 100, Camila Cabello's 'Havana' Back Up to No. 2" . Billboard . Retrieved January 8, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (January 16, 2018). "Ed Sheeran's 'Perfect' Rules Hot 100, Bruno Mars & Cardi B's 'Finesse' Flies to No. 3 & Justin Timberlake's 'Filthy' Debuts at No. 9" . Billboard . Retrieved January 17, 2018 .
^ "Camila Cabello Earns First Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 With 'Havana,' Featuring Young Thug" . Billboard . Retrieved January 22, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (January 29, 2018). "Drake's 'God's Plan' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100" . Billboard . Retrieved January 29, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (February 5, 2018). "Drake's 'God's Plan' Holds at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Justin Timberlake & Chris Stapleton's 'Say Something' Debuts in Top 10" . Billboard . Retrieved February 6, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (February 12, 2018). "Drake's 'God's Plan' Dominates Billboard Hot 100 for Third Week & Three Songs Enter Top 10" . Billboard . Retrieved February 12, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (February 20, 2018). "Drake Tops Billboard Hot 100 With 'God's Plan' & Debuts in Top 10 as Featured on BlocBoy JB's 'Look Alive' " . Billboard . Retrieved February 21, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (February 26, 2018). "Drake Leads Billboard Hot 100 With 'God's Plan' for Fifth Week, Drawing Monstrous 101.7 Million U.S. Streams" . Billboard . Retrieved February 27, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (March 5, 2018). "Drake's 'God's Plan' No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 for Sixth Week, Post Malone's 'Psycho' Debuts at No. 2" . Billboard . Retrieved March 6, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (March 12, 2018). "Drake's 'God's Plan' Rules Billboard Hot 100 for Seventh Week; Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey's 'The Middle' Hits Top 10" . Billboard . Retrieved March 13, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (March 19, 2018). "Drake's 'God's Plan' Tops Billboard Hot 100 for Eighth Week" . Billboard . Retrieved March 20, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (March 26, 2018). "Lin-Manuel Miranda & Ben Platt's 'Found/Tonight' Launches at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales Chart" . Billboard . Retrieved March 26, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (April 2, 2018). "Drake Becomes First Lead Solo Male With Two 10-Week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s, as 'God's Plan' Stays at the Summit" . Billboard . Retrieved April 3, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (April 9, 2018). " 'God's Plan' Becomes Drake's Longest-Leading Hot 100 No. 1, The Weeknd Debuts at No. 4 & Migos Hit Top 10" . Billboard . Retrieved April 11, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (April 16, 2018). "Drake Dethrones Himself Atop Hot 100, as 'Nice for What' Debuts at No. 1, Replacing 'God's Plan' " . Billboard . Retrieved April 17, 2018 .
^ Asker, Jim (April 24, 2018). "Carrie Underwood's 'Cry Pretty' Is First Country No. 1 on Digital Song Sales Chart Since 2014" . Billboard . Retrieved April 24, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (April 30, 2018). "Drake Leads Billboard Hot 100, Ariana Grande Arrives at No. 3 & J. Cole Collects Record Three Debuts in Top 10" . Billboard . Retrieved April 30, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (May 7, 2018). "Drake's 'Nice for What' No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Post Malone's 'Psycho' No. 2 & Camila Cabello's 'Never Be the Same' Hits Top 10" . Billboard . Retrieved May 7, 2018 .
^ "Childish Gambino's 'This Is America' Blasts in at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100" . Billboard . Retrieved May 14, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (May 21, 2018). "Childish Gambino's 'This Is America' Leads Hot 100, & All-Rap Top Four, For Second Week" . Billboard . Retrieved May 22, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (May 29, 2018). "Drake's 'Nice for What' Returns to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Lil Baby, Ella Mai & BTS Earn First Top 10s" . Billboard . Retrieved May 30, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (June 4, 2018). "Drake Tops Hot 100 for Sixth Week With 'Nice for What,' Ties Michael Jackson for Second-Most Weeks at No. 1 Among Solo Males" . Billboard . Retrieved June 5, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (June 11, 2018). "Post Malone's 'Psycho' Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Maroon 5's 'Girls Like You' Leaps to Top Five" . Billboard . Retrieved June 12, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (June 18, 2018). "Drake's 'Nice For What' Returns to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 & Juice WRLD's 'Lucid Dreams' Tops Streaming Songs Chart" . Billboard . Retrieved June 19, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (June 25, 2018). "XXXTentacion's 'Sad!' Vaults From No. 52 to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 Following Rapper/Singer's Death" . Billboard . Retrieved June 25, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (July 2, 2018). "Cardi B Becomes First Female Rapper With Two Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s, as 'I Like It', With Bad Bunny & J Balvin, Follows 'Bodak Yellow' to the Top" . Billboard . Retrieved July 3, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (July 9, 2018). "Drake Claims 7 of Hot 100's Top 10, Breaking the Beatles' Record, As 'Nice For What' Returns to No. 1 For Eighth Week" . Billboard . Retrieved July 10, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (July 16, 2018). "Drake Dethrones Drake Atop Billboard Hot 100 as 'In My Feelings' Replaces 'Nice for What' at No. 1" . Billboard . Retrieved July 17, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (July 23, 2018). "Drake's 'In My Feelings' Tops Billboard Hot 100 for Second Week With Record-Breaking 116.2 Million U.S. Streams" . Billboard . Retrieved July 24, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (July 30, 2018). "Drake Tops Hot 100 For Third Week With 'In My Feelings,' Passes Rihanna For Most Weeks at No. 1 This Decade" . Billboard . Retrieved July 31, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (August 6, 2018). "Drake Dominates Hot 100 for Fourth Week With 'In My Feelings,' DJ Khaled's All-Star 'No Brainer' Debuts at No. 5" . Billboard . Retrieved August 7, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (August 13, 2018). "Drake Rules Billboard Hot 100 for Fifth Week With 'In My Feelings,' Travis Scott Debuts Two Songs in Top 10" . Billboard . Retrieved August 14, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (August 20, 2018). "Drake Leads Billboard Hot 100 for Sixth Week With 'In My Feelings,' Moves Closer to Mark for Most Weeks at No. 1 in a Year" . Billboard . Retrieved August 21, 2018 .
^ Anderson, Trevor (August 27, 2018). "Drake's 'In My Feelings' Leads Billboard Hot 100 for Seventh Week, Ariana Grande's 'God Is A Woman' Hits Top 10" . Billboard . Retrieved August 28, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (September 4, 2018). "BTS' 'IDOL,' Featuring Nicki Minaj, Debuts at No. 11 on Billboard Hot 100" . Billboard . Retrieved September 4, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (September 10, 2018). "Drake Ties Usher for Most Weeks at No. 1 in a Year On Billboard Hot 100 as 'In My Feelings' Leads for Ninth Week" . Billboard . Retrieved September 11, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (September 18, 2018). "Hot 100 Chart Moves: Machine Gun Kelly's Eminem Diss Track 'Rap Devil' Debuts" . Billboard . Retrieved September 18, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (September 24, 2018). "Eminem & 5SOS New to Top 10" . Billboard . Retrieved September 25, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (October 1, 2018). "Maroon 5 & Cardi B's 'Girls Like You' Holds Atop Hot 100, Juice WRLD's 'Lucid Dreams' Lifts to No. 2" . Billboard . Retrieved October 2, 2018 .
^ Zellner, Xander (October 8, 2018). "Bradley Cooper Scores First Billboard Hot 100 Hit With Lady Gaga Duet 'Shallow' From 'A Star Is Born' " . Billboard . Retrieved October 8, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (October 15, 2018). "Maroon 5 & Cardi B's 'Girls Like You' Tops Hot 100 For Fourth Week, Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper Hit Top 10" . Billboard . Retrieved October 16, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (November 7, 2018). "Lady Gaga's 'Shallow' Is Now Her Longest-Leading No. 1 on Digital Song Sales Chart" . Billboard . Retrieved November 9, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (November 12, 2018). "Ariana Grande Achieves First Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 as 'Thank U, Next' Debuts on Top" . Billboard . Retrieved November 13, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (November 19, 2018). "Ariana Grande's 'Thank U, Next' Tops Hot 100 for Second Week, Panic! at the Disco's 'High Hopes' Hits Top 10" . Billboard . Retrieved November 20, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (November 26, 2018). "Ariana Grande's 'Thank U, Next' Leads Hot 100 for Third Week, Panic! at the Disco Hits New High With 'High Hopes' " . Billboard . Retrieved November 26, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (December 3, 2018). "Travis Scott Scores First Billboard Hot 100 Leader: 'What's More 'Sicko Mode' Than Going No. 1?!' " . Billboard . Retrieved December 3, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (December 10, 2018). "Ariana Grande's 'Thank U, Next' Returns to No. 1 On Hot 100 With Biggest Streaming Week Ever For a Woman" . Billboard . Retrieved December 10, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (December 17, 2018). "Ariana Grande's 'Thank U, Next' Rules Billboard Hot 100 for Fifth Week, Halsey's 'Without Me' Rises to No. 2" . Billboard . Retrieved December 18, 2018 .
^ Trust, Gary (December 24, 2018). "Ariana Grande Tops Billboard Hot 100 for Sixth Week, Andy Williams Makes 'Wonderful' Record Return to Top 10" . Billboard . Retrieved December 25, 2018 .