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.

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 (pictured) scored three number-one hits with " God's Plan ", " Nice for What ", and " In My Feelings ". He beat the record for most weeks at number one in a year for a single artist, with 29 weeks at number one. "God's Plan" became the longest-running number-one hit of the year and topped the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 of 2018 .
" Havana " became Camila Cabello 's (pictured) first song to top the Hot 100. The same week, her album Camila topped the Billboard 200 .
Cardi B (pictured) scored a second number-one song with " I Like It ", making her the first female rapper to do so. She later scored a third number one with a featuring credit on Maroon 5 's " Girls Like You " extending her own record for most number ones among female rappers.
" This Is America " became Childish Gambino 's (pictured) first song to top the Hot 100.
XXXTentacion (pictured) became the first artist to posthumously top the chart as a lead artist since The Notorious B.I.G. in 1997, with " Sad! " hitting number one following his death .
" Thank U, Next " became Ariana Grande 's (pictured) first song to top the Hot 100.