"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.
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