These are the Billboard magazine's number-one dance songs of 2008 on the Dance Club Songs, the Dance Singles Sales, and the Dance/Mix Show Airplay. The Hot Dance Club Songs was first published in 1976, ranking the most popular songs on dance club based on reports from a national sample of club DJs. The Dance/Mix Show Airplay was first published in 2003, ranking the songs based on dance radio airplay and mix-show plays on top 40 radio and select rhythmic radio as measured by Mediabase.
The first club play number-one song of the year was Dave Gahan's "Kingdom", [1] and it ranked at number 10 on the 2008 Dance Club Play year-end chart. [2] Artists to achieve one number one song on the chart throughout the course of 2008 were Celine Dion with "Taking Chances" which ranked at number 30 on the 2008 year-end list, [3] [4] Mary J. Blige with "Just Fine" which ranked at number 45 on the 2008 year-end list, [5] [6] Mariah Carey with "Touch My Body", [7] [8] and Rihanna with "Disturbia". [9] Bob Sinclar and Steve Edwards topped the chart with "Together", which claimed the number one position on the 2008 year-end chart as the most performed song in dance clubs. [2]
Multiple artists achieved two number-one dance singles throughout the course of 2008. Kimberley Locke topped the chart with "Band of Gold" and "Fall". [10] [11] The former ranked at number 11 on the 2008 year-end chart, [12] while the latter ranked at number 39. [8] Britney Spears achieved two number ones on the chart with "Piece of Me" and "Break the Ice". [13] [14] "Piece of Me" ranked at number 37 on the 2008 year-end chart, while "Break the Ice" ranked at number 42. [6] [8] Madonna and Donna Summer both topped the chart with two songs, and were the only artists in 2008 to have one song each peak at number one for two consecutive weeks. Madonna claimed the number one position twice with the songs "4 Minutes", featuring Justin Timberlake, which spent two consecutive weeks atop the chart, [15] [16] and with "Give It 2 Me". [17] Summer's "Stamp Your Feet" also topped the chart for two consecutive weeks, [18] [19] and with "I'm a Fire". [20] Other artists earning two number ones during 2008 are Yoko Ono, [21] [22] Cyndi Lauper, [23] [24] Erin Hamilton, [25] [26] Moby, [27] [28] and Solange. [29] [30] Natasha Bedingfield earned the most number-ones during 2008, with three: "Love like This", [31] "Pocketful of Sunshine" [32] and "Angel". [33]
| † | Indicates best charting dance club song of 2008 Note: Year-end most popular songs played in dance clubs, compiled from reports from a national sample of club DJs. |
| † | Number-one dance airplay song of the year |
| Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Remixer(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 5 | "Amazing" | Seal | Kaskade; Jacques Lu Cont | [111] |
| January 12 | "In My Arms" | Plumb | Bimbo Jones | |
| January 19 | ||||
| January 26 | "Calabria 2007" | Enur featuring Natasja | Original | |
| February 2 | "What Hurts the Most" | Cascada | Original; Spencer & Hill | |
| February 9 | "Let Me Think About It" | Ida Corr | Fedde le Grand | |
| February 16 | "Anthem" | Filo & Peri featuring Eric Lumiere | Original | |
| February 23 | "Let Me Think About It" | Ida Corr vs. Fedde LeGrande | ||
| March 1 | ||||
| March 8 | ||||
| March 15 | ||||
| March 22 | ||||
| March 29 | "Stars" | Erika Jayne | Moto Blanco | |
| April 5 | "I Can't Help Myself" | Bellatrax featuring Sophia May | Sunfreakz | |
| April 12 | ||||
| April 19 | ||||
| April 26 | "Now You're Gone" | Basshunter featuring DJ Mental Theo's Bazzheads | Fonzerelli | |
| May 3 | ||||
| May 10 | "Bleeding Love" | Leona Lewis | Jason Nevins; Kings of Soul; Moto Blanco; Shapeshifters | |
| May 17 | ||||
| May 24 | ||||
| May 31 | ||||
| June 7 | "4 Minutes" | Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake | Bob Sinclar; Junkie XL; Peter Rauhofer | |
| June 14 | "Pocketful of Sunshine" | Natasha Bedingfield | Johnny Vicious; StoneBridge | |
| June 21 | ||||
| June 28 | "Bleeding Love" | Leona Lewis | ||
| July 5 | "Pocketful of Sunshine" | Natasha Bedingfield | ||
| July 12 | "Give It 2 Me" | Madonna | Fedde le Grand; Paul Oakenfold; Jody den Broeder; Tong & Spoon; Eddie Amador; Bongo Joe | |
| July 19 | "We Break the Dawn" | Michelle Williams featuring Flo Rida | Mr. Mig; Maurice Joshua | |
| July 26 | "I Kissed a Girl" | Katy Perry | Jason Nevins; Dr. Luke; DJ Cobra & Jess Jackson | |
| August 2 | ||||
| August 9 | ||||
| August 16 | ||||
| August 23 | ||||
| August 30 | "Closer" | Ne-Yo | Stonebridge, Norty Cotto | |
| September 6 | "Move for Me" | Kaskade and Deadmau5 | Santiago & Bushido, Rasmus Faber, Mind Electric | |
| September 13 | "Disturbia" | Rihanna | Jody Den Broeder, Craig C, Nique | |
| September 20 | ||||
| September 27 | ||||
| October 4 | ||||
| October 11 | ||||
| October 18 | ||||
| October 25 | "You Make Me Feel" | Annagrace | Bernd Augustinski, Francesco Diaz & Thomas Gold, VooDoo & Serano, John Luniz | |
| November 1 | "Move for Me" | Kaskade and Deadmau5 | ||
| November 8 | "Every Word" | Ercola and Daniella | Wendel Kos | |
| November 15 | ||||
| November 22 | "Feel Your Love" | Kim Sozzi | ||
| December 6 | "So What" | Pink | Bimbo Jones | |
| December 13 | "Behind" | Flanders | Bimbo Jones, Callea | |
| December 20 | ||||
| December 27 | "Miles Away" | Madonna | Thin White Duke, Morgan Page, Johnny Vicious, Rebirth, Aaron LaCrate & Samir B-More |
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