"God's Plan " by Drake came in at number one, spending a total of eleven consecutive weeks at the top position of the Billboard Hot 100 throughout 2018.[ 1] The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan , is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay and streaming . At the end of a year, Billboard will publish an annual list of the 100 most successful songs throughout that year on the Hot 100 chart based on the information. For 2018, the list was published on December 4, calculated with data from December 2, 2017 to November 17, 2018.[ 1]
The top Hot 100 artist of 2018 was Drake ,[ 2] who placed eight songs on the list, including the number-one song of the year, "God's Plan ". Rapper Cardi B also placed eight songs on the list.
The 2018 Billboard Year End list is also notable for being one of five Billboard Year-End lists that featured 14 songs that appeared in the previous year (in this case 2017 's) repeat on this list. With the highest being Camila Cabello 's "Havana ", barely making it onto 2017's list at number 96 and repeating much higher at number 4 in 2018's. Only four more year-end list would repeat the same feat, that being 1997 , 2010 , 2016 and 2022 .
American rapper and singer Post Malone has four songs in the top 40 with "Rockstar " (featuring 21 Savage ) at number 5, "Psycho " (featuring Ty Dolla Sign ) at number 6, "Better Now " at number 13, and "I Fall Apart " at number 39. American rapper Cardi B charted eight songs on the list, tying Drake for the artist with the most songs on the list. In the top 10, two of her number-one hits "I Like It " (with Bad Bunny and J Balvin ) and "Girls Like You " (Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B) are at number 7 and number 10 respectively. American rapper Kendrick Lamar has four songs on the list, three of which are from his soundtrack for the film Black Panther . Migos ' member Offset (pictured ) has five songs on the list, three of which are with the group (excluding "I Get the Bag "), and the other two rank within the top 40, "Taste " with Tyga and "Ric Flair Drip " with Metro Boomin . American pop rock band Imagine Dragons have 4 songs on the list, three of which came from their third studio album Evolve ("Thunder " at number 22, "Whatever It Takes " at number 37, and "Believer " at number 100) and one of which came from their 4th studio album Origins ("Natural " at number 69.) American rapper XXXTentacion charted three songs on the list with his singles, "Sad! " at number 17, "Moonlight " at number 88, and "Changes " at number 94. List of songs on Billboard 's 2018 Year-End Hot 100 chart[ 3] No. Title Artist(s) 1 "God's Plan " Drake 2 "Perfect " Ed Sheeran 3 "Meant to Be " Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line 4 "Havana " Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug 5 "Rockstar " Post Malone featuring 21 Savage 6 "Psycho " Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign 7 "I Like It " Cardi B , Bad Bunny and J Balvin 8 "The Middle " Zedd , Maren Morris and Grey 9 "In My Feelings " Drake 10 "Girls Like You " Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B 11 "Nice for What " Drake 12 "Lucid Dreams " Juice Wrld 13 "Better Now " Post Malone 14 "Finesse " Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B 15 "Boo'd Up " Ella Mai 16 "New Rules " Dua Lipa 17 "Sad! " XXXTentacion 18 "Never Be the Same " Camila Cabello 19 "Love Lies " Khalid and Normani 20 "No Tears Left to Cry " Ariana Grande 21 "Mine " Bazzi 22 "Thunder " Imagine Dragons 23 "Look Alive " BlocBoy JB featuring Drake 24 "Delicate " Taylor Swift 25 "Yes Indeed " Lil Baby and Drake 26 "Friends " Marshmello and Anne-Marie 27 "Bad at Love " Halsey 28 "Taste " Tyga featuring Offset 29 "Let You Down " NF 30 "No Limit " G-Eazy featuring ASAP Rocky and Cardi B 31 "Fefe " 6ix9ine featuring Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz 32 "Tequila " Dan + Shay 33 "Feel It Still " Portugal. The Man 34 "MotorSport " Migos , Nicki Minaj and Cardi B 35 "I Like Me Better " Lauv 36 "Youngblood " 5 Seconds of Summer 37 "Whatever It Takes " Imagine Dragons 38 "Ric Flair Drip " Offset and Metro Boomin 39 "I Fall Apart " Post Malone 40 "Pray for Me " The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar 41 "Back to You " Selena Gomez 42 "Sicko Mode " Travis Scott 43 "Walk It Talk It " Migos featuring Drake 44 "Gucci Gang " Lil Pump 45 "Him & I " G-Eazy and Halsey 46 "In My Blood " Shawn Mendes 47 "All the Stars " Kendrick Lamar and SZA 48 "Stir Fry " Migos 49 "Too Good at Goodbyes " Sam Smith 50 "Love " Kendrick Lamar featuring Zacari 51 "This Is America " Childish Gambino 52 "Nonstop " Drake 53 "Heaven " Kane Brown 54 "Bodak Yellow " Cardi B 55 "Freaky Friday " Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown 56 "Gummo " 6ix9ine 57 "Plug Walk " Rich the Kid 58 "Wait " Maroon 5 59 "Be Careful " Cardi B 60 "Wolves " Selena Gomez and Marshmello 61 "Bartier Cardi " Cardi B featuring 21 Savage 62 "God Is a Woman " Ariana Grande 63 "Big Bank " YG featuring 2 Chainz , Nicki Minaj and Big Sean 64 "Sorry Not Sorry " Demi Lovato 65 "How Long " Charlie Puth 66 "Lights Down Low " Max featuring Gnash 67 "Young Dumb & Broke " Khalid 68 "One Kiss " Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa 69 "Natural " Imagine Dragons 70 "You Make It Easy " Jason Aldean 71 "Shape of You " Ed Sheeran 72 "I Get the Bag " Gucci Mane featuring Migos 73 "No Brainer " DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber , Chance the Rapper and Quavo 74 "Plain Jane " ASAP Ferg featuring Nicki Minaj 75 "Sky Walker " Miguel featuring Travis Scott 76 "Marry Me " Thomas Rhett 77 "Eastside " Benny Blanco , Halsey and Khalid 78 "Call Out My Name " The Weeknd 79 "King's Dead " Jay Rock , Kendrick Lamar , Future and James Blake 80 "Happier " Marshmello and Bastille 81 "Te Boté " Nio García, Darell and Casper Mágico featuring Bad Bunny , Nicky Jam and Ozuna 82 "Simple " Florida Georgia Line 83 "Lemon " N.E.R.D and Rihanna 84 "1-800-273-8255 " Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid 85 "Say Something " Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton 86 "I'm Upset " Drake 87 "Get Along " Kenny Chesney 88 "Moonlight " XXXTentacion 89 "What Lovers Do " Maroon 5 featuring SZA 90 "X " Nicky Jam and J Balvin 91 "Outside Today " YoungBoy Never Broke Again 92 "Trip " Ella Mai 93 "Dura " Daddy Yankee 94 "Changes " XXXTentacion 95 "Mercy " Brett Young 96 "One Number Away " Luke Combs 97 "Powerglide " Rae Sremmurd featuring Juicy J 98 "IDGAF " Dua Lipa 99 "Mi Gente " J Balvin and Willy William featuring Beyoncé 100 "Believer " Imagine Dragons
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