List of Billboard Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of 2018

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This is a list of songs which reached number one on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 (or Pop Songs) chart in 2018.

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During 2018, a total of 19 singles hit number-one on the charts.

Chart history

Key
Dagger-14-plain.pngIndicates best-performing single of 2018 [1]
Issue dateSongArtist(s)Ref.
January 3"Havana" Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug [2]
January 6 [3]
January 13 [4]
January 20"Perfect" Ed Sheeran [5]
January 27 [6]
February 3"New Rules" Dagger-14-plain.png Dua Lipa [7]
February 10 [8]
February 17 [9]
February 24 [10]
March 3"Perfect"Ed Sheeran [11]
March 10"Let You Down" NF [12]
March 17"Him & I" G-Eazy and Halsey [13]
March 24 [14]
March 31"Finesse" Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B [15]
April 7"The Middle" Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey [16]
April 14 [17]
April 21 [18]
April 28 [19]
May 5 [20]
May 12"Never Be the Same"Camila Cabello [21]
May 19 [22]
May 26 [23]
June 2"The Middle"Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey [24]
June 9 [25]
June 16"Psycho" Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign [26]
June 23 [27]
June 30 [28]
July 7 [29]
July 14"Mine" Bazzi [30]
July 21"No Tears Left to Cry" Ariana Grande [31]
July 28"Delicate" Taylor Swift [32]
August 4"Girls Like You" Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B [33]
August 11 [34]
August 18 [35]
August 25 [36]
September 1 [37]
September 8"Better Now"Post Malone [38]
September 15 [39]
September 22"Love Lies" Khalid and Normani [40]
September 29 [41]
October 6"Youngblood" 5 Seconds of Summer [42]
October 13 [43]
October 20 [44]
October 27 [45]
November 3 [46]
November 10"God Is a Woman"Ariana Grande [47]
November 17"Happier" Marshmello and Bastille [48]
November 24 [49]
December 1 [50]
December 8 [51]
December 15"High Hopes" Panic! at the Disco [52]
December 22 [53]
December 29 [54]

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