This is a list of songs that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Digital Track Chart in Japan in 2018.
Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
Jan. 1 | "Mabataki" (瞬き, Blink) | Back Number | [1] |
Jan. 8 | [2] | ||
Jan. 15 | "Hero" | Namie Amuro | [3] |
Jan. 22 | "One Day" | Ryuji Imaichi | [4] |
Jan. 29 | "Here Comes My Love" | Mr. Children | [5] |
Feb. 5 | [6] | ||
Feb. 12 | "Party All Night~Star of Wish~" | Exile | [7] |
Feb. 19 | "Here Comes My Love" | Mr. Children | [8] |
Feb. 26 | "Lemon" | Kenshi Yonezu | [9] |
Mar. 5 | [10] | ||
Mar. 12 | [11] | ||
Mar. 19 | [12] | ||
Mar. 26 | [13] | ||
Apr. 2 | [14] | ||
Apr. 9 | [15] | ||
Apr. 16 | [16] | ||
Apr. 23 | [17] | ||
Apr. 30 | [18] | ||
May 7 | "Play a Love Song" | Hikaru Utada | [19] |
May 14 | "Kiss Is My Life." | SingTuyo (Shingo Katori & Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) | [20] |
May 21 | "Lemon" | Kenshi Yonezu | [21] |
May 28 | [22] | ||
Jun. 4 | Loser | [23] | |
Jun. 11 | "Play a Love Song" | Hikaru Utada | [24] |
Jun. 18 | [25] | ||
Jun. 25 | "Tatakau Senshi-tachi e Ai o Komete" (闘う戦士たちへ愛を込めて) | Southern All Stars | [26] |
Jul. 2 | "Lemon" | Kenshi Yonezu | [27] |
Jul. 9 | [28] | ||
Jul. 16 | [29] | ||
Jul. 23 | "U.S.A." | Da Pump | [30] |
Jul. 30 | [31] | ||
Aug. 6 | "Bōen no March" (望遠のマーチ) | Bump of Chicken | [32] |
Aug. 13 | "U.S.A." | Da Pump | [33] |
Aug. 20 | [34] | ||
Aug. 27 | "Ambivalent" (アンビバレント) | Keyakizaka46 | [35] |
Sept. 3 | "Idea" (アイデア) | Gen Hoshino | [36] |
Sept. 10 | [37] | ||
Sept. 17 | Black Bird | Aimer | [38] |
Sept. 24 | "Ai no Katachi" (アイノカタチ) | Misia | [39] |
Oct. 1 | "Hero" | Namie Amuro | [40] |
Oct. 8 | "Sirius" (シリウス) | Bump of Chicken | [41] |
Oct. 15 | "Lemon" | Kenshi Yonezu | [42] |
Oct. 22 | "Adamas" | LiSA | [43] |
Oct. 29 | "Hanashi ga Shitai yo" (話がしたいよ) | Bump of Chicken | [44] |
Nov. 5 | "Lemon" | Kenshi Yonezu | [45] |
Nov. 12 | "Flamingo" | [46] | |
Nov. 19 | "Old Fashion" (オールドファッション) | Back Number | [47] |
Nov. 28 | [48] | ||
Dec. 3 | [49] | ||
Dec. 10 | "Hanaka Necromancy" (徒花ネクロマンシー) | FranChouChou (フランシュシュ) | [50] |
Dec. 17 | "Flamingo" | Kenshi Yonezu | [51] |
Dec. 24 | [52] | ||
Dec. 31 | "Prologue" (プロローグ) | Uru | [53] |
"A Whole New World" is a song from Disney's 1992 animated feature film Aladdin, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice. A duet originally recorded by singers Brad Kane and Lea Salonga in their respective roles as the singing voices of the main characters Aladdin and Jasmine, the ballad serves as both the film's love and theme song. Lyrically, "A Whole New World" describes Aladdin showing the confined princess a life of freedom and the pair's acknowledgment of their love for each other while riding on a magic carpet. The song garnered an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 65th Academy Awards. "A Whole New World" also won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards, the first and so far only Disney song to win in the category. In the same year, the version sung by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle was also nominated for Record of the Year.
American rock band Bon Jovi has released fifteen studio albums, three live albums, five compilation albums, five EP, sixty-six singles, fourteen video albums, and seventy-one music videos. Bon Jovi has sold over 130 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. As of 2018, the band has sold 21.8 million albums in the US Neilsen SoundScan era. Billboard ranked Bon Jovi as the 45th Greatest Artist of all time, achieving 6 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 & 4 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. According to Recording Industry Association of America, Bon Jovi has sold 34.5 million albums in the United States.
"Umbrella" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna from her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). It features American rapper Jay-Z, who co-wrote the song with its producers Tricky Stewart and Kuk Harrell, with additional writing from The-Dream. The song was originally written with Britney Spears in mind, but her label rejected it. "Umbrella" is a pop, hip hop and R&B song with rock elements, referring to a romantic and platonic relationship and the strength of that relationship.
The discography of Arashi, a Japanese boy band, consists of 17 studio albums, six compilation albums, one extended play, 58 singles, four promotional singles, 25 concert videos and two video albums. Arashi has also released 82 music videos, including "All or Nothing", "Lucky Man", "Mada Minu Sekai e", "P・A・R・A・D・O・X", "Kokoro no Sora", "Don't You Get It", "Mikan", and "5x20".
Japanese boy band NEWS has released ten studio albums, one compilation album, twenty-six singles, and ten concert videos.
"Guts!" is the 43rd single released by Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released on April 30, 2014. "Guts!" was used as the theme song for the drama Yowakutemo Katemasu starring Arashi member Kazunari Ninomiya. It was the sixth best-selling single of the year in Japan, with 604,654 copies. It was certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
Got7, a K-pop boy group based in South Korea, have released five studio albums, fifteen EPs, twenty-two singles, and two box sets. Formed by JYP Entertainment in 2013, Got7 made their debut in January 2014 with the EP Got It?, which debuted at number two on the Gaon Albums Chart. The EP's lead single "Girls Girls Girls" peaked at number 21 on the Gaon Singles Chart. In October 2014, Got7 debuted in Japan with their first Japanese-language release "Around the World", peaking at number three on the Oricon's singles charts. A month later, Got7 returned to Korea to release their first full-length album Identify, and topped the albums chart.
Japanese kawaii metal group Babymetal has released three studio albums, twelve live albums, one compilation album, ten video albums, one EP, thirteen singles, and eighteen music videos. Additionally, the group has released music and footage exclusively for the band's defunct fanclub Babymetal Apocalypse and current fanclub The One. As such, these are not included in the main count and are listed separately.
Astro (Korean: 아스트로) is a South Korean boy band formed by Fantagio that debuted in 2016. The group is composed of six members: MJ, Jinjin, Cha Eun-woo, Moon Bin, Rocky and Yoon San-ha. They debuted with the single "Hide & Seek" from their debut EP Spring Up, and were subsequently named by Billboard as one of the best new K-pop groups of 2016.
South Korean boy group Seventeen has released three studio albums, two reissues, one compilation album, twelve extended plays, and twenty-one singles.
Exo-CBX is the first official sub-unit of South Korean–Chinese boy band Exo. Formed by SM Entertainment in 2016, the group is composed of three Exo members: Chen, Baekhyun, and Xiumin. Their debut extended play Hey Mama! was released on October 31, 2016.
South Korean boy group Monsta X have released nine studio albums, one reissue, ten extended plays, and thirty-eight singles. The group also participated in singing three soundtracks for various K-dramas, one soundtrack for a mobile game, three soundtracks for web based reality shows, and one soundtrack for an animated film.
South Korean girl group Blackpink have released two studio albums, three extended plays, four single albums, and four live albums in total.
The discography of South Korean boy band Pentagon consists of two studio albums, sixteen extended plays and nineteen singles.
Face Yourself is the third Japanese studio album by South Korean boy band BTS released on April 4, 2018, through Virgin Music and Def Jam Recordings. The album contains Japanese versions of songs previously released on the group's second Korean studio album Wings (2016), and the Love Yourself: Her (2017) extended play (EP), as well as three new, original Japanese-language tracks: "Don't Leave Me", "Let Go", and "Crystal Snow". Its debut at number 43 on the Billboard 200 made it the third-highest-charting Japanese album in the history of the chart.
South Korean boy band BTS has released 38 singles as lead artist—three of which are soundtrack appearances, eight singles as a featured artist, two promotional singles, and over 100 other non-single songs.
South Korean girl group (G)I-dle have released one studio album, six extended plays, one single album and eight digital singles. They have also participated in six collaboration songs, two soundtrack contributions and twelve music videos.
South Korean boy band Tomorrow X Together, also known as TXT, has released three studio albums, one reissue, four extended plays, 16 singles—including six soundtrack appearances—and 27 music videos. As of November 2021, the group has sold over 3.3 million albums domestically and is the 10th best-selling Korean act in Gaon chart history within the last ten years.