The UK Dance Singles Chart is a weekly music chart compiled in the United Kingdom by the Official Charts Company (OCC) from sales of songs in the dance music genre (house, drum and bass, dubstep, etc.) in record stores and digital downloads. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday with the chart-date given as the following Thursday. [1]
This is a list of the songs which were number one on the UK Dance Singles Chart during 2018.
† | Best-performing dance single of the year |
Chart date (week ending) | Song | Artist(s) | References |
---|---|---|---|
4 January | "Silence" | Marshmello featuring Khalid | [2] |
11 January | [3] | ||
18 January | "17" | MK | [4] |
25 January | [5] | ||
1 February | "Breathe" | Jax Jones featuring Ina Wroldsen | [6] |
8 February | [7] | ||
15 February | [8] | ||
22 February | [9] | ||
1 March | [10] | ||
8 March | [11] | ||
15 March | [12] | ||
22 March | [13] | ||
29 March | "Lullaby" | Sigala and Paloma Faith | [14] |
5 April | [15] | ||
12 April | [16] | ||
19 April | "One Kiss" † | Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa | [17] |
26 April [a] | [18] | ||
3 May [a] | [19] | ||
10 May [a] | [20] | ||
17 May [a] | [21] | ||
24 May [a] | [22] | ||
31 May [a] | [23] | ||
7 June [a] | [24] | ||
14 June [a] | [25] | ||
21 June | [26] | ||
28 June | [27] | ||
5 July | [28] | ||
12 July | [29] | ||
19 July | [30] | ||
26 July | [31] | ||
2 August | [32] | ||
9 August | [33] | ||
16 August | [34] | ||
23 August | "Body" | Loud Luxury featuring Brando | [35] |
30 August | "Promises" | Calvin Harris and Sam Smith | [36] |
6 September | [37] | ||
13 September [a] | [38] | ||
20 September [a] | [39] | ||
27 September [a] | [40] | ||
4 October [a] | [41] | ||
11 October [a] | [42] | ||
18 October | [43] | ||
25 October [a] | [44] | ||
1 November | [45] | ||
8 November | [46] | ||
15 November | [47] | ||
22 November | [48] | ||
29 November | [49] | ||
6 December | [50] | ||
13 December | [51] | ||
20 December | [52] | ||
27 December | [53] |
Position | Artist | Weeks at number one |
---|---|---|
1 | Calvin Harris | 36 |
2 | Jax Jones | 8 |
3 | Sigala | 3 |
4 | Marshmello | 2 |
4 | MK | 2 |
5 | Loud Luxury | 1 |
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