List of number-one digital singles of 2018 (Japan)

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This is a list of songs that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Digital Track Chart in Japan in 2018.

Chart History

Issue dateSongArtist(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. 4Loser [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. 17Black 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]

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