List of top 10 singles in 2018 (Ireland)

Dua Lipa's "IDGAF" became the first new number-one single of 2018 and her second number-one single.

This is a list of singles that peaked in the top 10 of the Irish Singles Chart during 2018, as compiled by the Official Charts Company on behalf of the Irish Recorded Music Association. ^[1]

Background

Eighty-eight songs charted in the top 10 in 2018 as of the week ending 28 December. Of these, seventy-six songs reached their peak in 2018. The 2017 Christmas number-one, "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran, remained at number-one for the first three weeks of 2018. The first new number-one single of the year was "IDGAF" by Dua Lipa. Eleven different songs have peaked at number-one in 2018, with Dua Lipa and Ariana Grande (2) having the most songs hit that position.

Chart debuts

Thirty-one artists have achieved their first top 10 single in 2018 (as of week ending 28 December 2018), either as a lead or featured artist. Benny Blanco has had the highest charting debut, reaching number one with Eastside. Cardi B and Bradley Cooper are the only artists to achieve a second top ten entry in their debut year.

Artist	Number of top 10s	First entry	Chart position	Other entries
MK	1	"17"	9	–
Julia Michaels	1	"I Miss You"	3	–
Ina Wroldsen	1	"Breathe"	4	–
Cardi B	3	"Finesse"	5	"Girls Like You", "I Like It"
Dan Caplen	1	"These Days"	2	–
Sigrid	1	"Strangers"	7	–
Ramz	1	"Barking"	8	–
Maren Morris	1	"The Middle"	7	–
Normani [A]	1	"Love Lies"	8	–
XXXTentacion	1	Sad!	10	–
Lil Dicky	1	"Freaky Friday"	3	–
Portugal. The Man	1	"Feel It Still"	10	–
Childish Gambino	1	"This Is America"	2	–
Banx & Ranx	1	"Answerphone"	10	–
Yxng Bane	1			–
Jack & Jack	1	"Rise"	3	–
Bad Bunny	1	"I Like It"	10	–
Dzeko	1	"Jackie Chan"	6	–
Preme	1			–
Benny Blanco	1	"Eastside"	1	–
Loud Luxury	1	"Body"	4	–
Brando	1			–
Dynoro	1	"In My Mind"	5	–
Joyner Lucas	1	"Lucky You"	7	—
Lil Pump	2	"I Love It"	3	"Arms Around You"
Silk City [B]	1	"Electricity"	8	–
Dean Lewis	1	"Be Alright"	8	–
Lil Peep	1	"Falling Down"	8	–
LSD [C]	1	"Thunderclouds"	10	–
Bradley Cooper	2	"Shallow"	1	"I'll Never Love Again"
Maluma	1	"Arms Around You"	8	–
Ava Max	1	"Sweet but Psycho"	8	–
Billie Eilish	1	"When the Party's Over"	10	–

Top-ten singles

Key

•  ◁  – indicates single's top 10 entry was also its chart debut
• (#) – 2018 Year-end top-ten single position and rank ^[2]

Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top ten	Reference
Singles from 2017
1 December	"Anywhere"	Rita Ora	4	12 January	9	[3]
	"17"	MK	9	12 January	2
8 December	"I Miss You"	Clean Bandit (featuring Julia Michaels)	3	12 January	8	[4]
Singles from 2018
19 January	"IDGAF" (#5)	Dua Lipa	1	26 January	13	[5]
	"Never Be the Same"	Camila Cabello	6	19 January	7
	"Breathe"	Jax Jones (featuring Ina Wroldsen)	4	9 February	10
	"Finesse"	Bruno Mars (featuring Cardi B)	5	16 February	5
26 January	"God's Plan" (#3) ◁	Drake	1	2 February	14	[6]
2 February	"These Days" (#4)	Rudimental (featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen)	2	23 February	14	[7]
16 February	"All the Stars"	Kendrick Lamar & SZA	4	16 February	7	[8]
	"Strangers"	Sigrid	7	2 March	5
23 February	"Friends" (#8)	Marshmello & Anne-Marie	3	16 March	15	[9]
2 March	"Psycho" ◁	Post Malone (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)	2	2 March	9	[10]
	"Barking"	Ramz	8	2 March	2
9 March	"The Middle"	Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey	7	16 March	5	[11]
23 March	"Love Lies"	Khalid & Normani	8	20 April	4	[12]
	"Sad!"	XXXTentacion	8	6 July	2
30 March	"This Morning" ◁	Picture This	6	30 March	1	[13]
	"Paradise" (#7)	George Ezra	5	27 April	11
	"Freaky Friday"	Lil Dicky (featuring Chris Brown)	3	20 April	9
6 April	"Call Out My Name" ◁	The Weeknd	5	6 April	1	[14]
	"Feel It Still"	Portugal the Man	10	6 April	1
13 April	"One Kiss" (#2) ◁	Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa	1	13 April	12	[15]
	"Nice for What" ◁	Drake	2	20 April	11
20 April	"Lullaby"	Sigala & Paloma Faith	8	27 April	7	[16]
27 April	"No Tears Left To Cry" (#10) ◁	Ariana Grande	1	27 April	10	[17]
4 May	"Better Now" ◁	Post Malone	4	4 May	9	[18]
	"Paranoid" ◁		7	4 May	1
11 May	"2002" (#6)	Anne-Marie	2	25 May	8	[19]
18 May	"This Is America"	Childish Gambino	2	18 May	2	[20]
1 June	"Solo"	Clean Bandit (featuring Demi Lovato)	1	22 June	10	[21]
	"Answerphone"	Banx & Ranx, Ella Eyre & Yxng Bane	10	1 June	2
8 June	"Back to You"	Selena Gomez	4	15 June	6	[22]
	"I'll Be There"	Jess Glynne	8	8 June	4
15 June	"Shotgun" (#1)	George Ezra	1	29 June	13	[23]
	"Youngblood"	5 Seconds of Summer	4	6 July	10
22 June	"Girls Like You"	Maroon 5 (featuring Cardi B)	5	10 August	11	[24]
6 July	"Don't Matter to Me" ◁	Drake (featuring Michael Jackson)	3	6 July	4	[25]
	"Nonstop" ◁	Drake	5	6 July	1
	"Rise"	Jonas Blue (featuring Jack & Jack)	3	13 July	7
	"I Like It"	Cardi B, Bad Bunny, & J Balvin	10	6 July	1
13 July	"If You're Over Me"	Years & Years	7	13 July	3	[26]
	"Jackie Chan"	Tiësto & Dzeko (featuring Preme & Post Malone)	6	27 July	6
	"In My Feelings" ◁	Drake	2	20 July	9
20 July	"God Is a Woman" ◁	Ariana Grande	4	20 July	8	[27]
3 August	"No Brainer" ◁	DJ Khaled (featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper & Quavo)	4	10 August	8	[28]
10 August	"Eastside"	Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid	1	31 August	10	[29]
	"Body"	Loud Luxury (featuring Brando)	4	24 August	9
24 August	"Breathin" ◁	Ariana Grande	5	24 August	2	[30]
	"Promises" ◁	Calvin Harris & Sam Smith	1	7 September	9
	"In My Mind"	Dynoro & Gigi D'Agostino	5	31 August	7
7 September	"The Ringer" ◁	Eminem	6	7 September	1	[31]
	"Lucky You" ◁	Eminem (featuring Joyner Lucas)	7	7 September	4
14 September	"I Love It" ◁	Kanye West & Lil Pump	2	21 September	7	[32]
	"Happier"	Marshmello (featuring Bastille)	3	12 October	10
	"Electricity" ◁	Silk City & Dua Lipa	6	12 October	9
	"Nina Cried Power" ◁	Hozier (featuring Mavis Staples)	10	14 September	1
21 September	"Be Alright"	Dean Lewis	4	19 October	7	[33]
28 September	"Falling Down"	Lil Peep & XXXTentacion	8	28 September	2	[34]
5 October	"Thunderclouds"	LSD	8	12 October	2	[35]
12 October	"Shallow"	Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper	1	12 October	10	[36]
	"Let You Love Me"	Rita Ora	4	26 October	9
	"All I Am"	Jess Glynne	10	12 October	2
19 October	"Always Remember Us This Way"	Lady Gaga	3	26 October	6	[37]
	"Woman Like Me" ◁	Little Mix (featuring Nicki Minaj)	4	2 November	7
26 October	"Better"	Khalid	8	26 October	1	[38]
	"I'll Never Love Again"	Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper	10	26 October	3
2 November	"Arms Around You" ◁	XXXTentacion & Lil Pump (featuring Maluma & Swae Lee)	8	2 November	1	[39]
9 November	"Thank U, Next" ◁	Ariana Grande	1	9 November	8	[40]
	"Without Me"	Halsey	3	7 December	8
16 November	"Sweet but Psycho"	Ava Max	1	21 December	7	[41]
	"When the Party's Over"	Billie Eilish	7	30 November	5
23 November	"Ruin My Life"	Zara Larsson	5	7 December	4	[42]
30 November	"Thursday"	Jess Glynne	9	7 December	2	[43]
14 December	"Everything or Nothing" ◁	Picture This	7	14 December	1	[44]
21 December	"Imagine" ◁	Ariana Grande	4	21 December	1	[45]

2017 peaks

Main article: List of top 10 singles in 2017 (Ireland)

List of Irish Singles Chart top ten singles in 2018 which peaked in 2017

Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top ten	Reference
10 March	"Perfect" (#9) [D] ◁	Ed Sheeran	1	8 December	22	[46]
4 August	"New Rules"	Dua Lipa	1	18 August	22	[47]
8 September	"Havana"	Camila Cabello (featuring Young Thug)	1	3 November	23	[48]
22 September	"Rockstar" ◁	Post Malone (featuring 21 Savage)	1	20 October	17	[49]
17 November	"Let You Down"	NF	6	8 December	10	[50]
24 November	"Wolves"	Selena Gomez and Marshmello	5	8 December	6	[51]
22 December	"River" ◁	Eminem (featuring Ed Sheeran)	2	22 December	11	[52]

1994 peaks

Main article: List of number-one singles of 1994 (Ireland)

List of Irish Singles Chart top ten singles in 2018 which peaked in 1994

Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak (2018)	Peak date	Weeks in top ten	Reference
14 December	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	Mariah Carey	4	21 December	3	[53]

1987 peaks

Main article: List of number-one singles of 1987 (Ireland)

List of Irish Singles Chart top ten singles in 2018 which peaked in 1987

Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak (2018)	Peak date	Weeks in top ten	Reference
14 December	"Fairytale of New York"	The Pogues (featuring Kirsty McColl)	3	21 December	3	[54]

1984 peaks

Main article: List of number-one singles of 1984 (Ireland)

List of Irish Singles Chart top ten singles in 2018 which peaked in 1984

Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak (2018)	Peak date	Weeks in top ten	Reference
28 December	"Last Christmas"	Wham!	7	28 December	1	[55]
	"Do They Know It's Christmas?"	Band Aid	9	28 December	1

1963 peaks

Main article: List of number-one singles of 1963 (Ireland)

List of Irish Singles Chart top ten singles in 2018 which peaked in 1963

Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak (2018)	Peak date	Weeks in top ten	Reference
28 December	"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"	Brenda Lee	10	28 December	1	[56]

2019 peaks

Main article: List of top 10 singles in 2019 (Ireland)

List of Irish Singles Chart top ten singles in 2018 which peaked in 2019

Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top ten (2018)	Reference
26 October	"Sunflower" ◁	Post Malone & Swae Lee	3	4 January	10	[57]
14 December	"Nothing Breaks Like a Heart"	Mark Ronson (featuring Miley Cyrus)	2	11 January	3	[58]

Entries by artist

Post Malone charted the most (6) singles in the top ten in 2018. This coincided with his album, Beerbongs & Bentleys reaching number one on the Irish Albums Chart.

The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2018, including songs that reached their peak in 2017. The figures include both main artists and featured artists. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2018 is also shown.

Entries	Artist	Country of origin	Weeks	Songs
6	Post Malone	United States	37	"Rockstar", "Psycho", "Better Now", Paranoid", "Jackie Chan", "Sunflower"
5	Drake	Canada	39	"God's Plan", "Nice for What", "Don't Matter to Me" "Nonstop", "In My Feelings"
	Ariana Grande	United States	29	"No Tears Left to Cry", "God Is a Woman", "Breathin", "Thank U, Next", "Imagine"
4	Dua Lipa	United Kingdom	36	"New Rules", "IDGAF", "One Kiss", "Electricity"
	Jess Glynne	United Kingdom	22	"These Days", "I'll Be There", "All I Am", "Thursday"
3	Cardi B	United States	17	"Finesse", "Girls Like You", "I Like It"
	Eminem	United States	14	"River", "The Ringer", "Lucky You"
	Marshmello	United States	27	"Wolves", "Friends", "Happier"
	Khalid	United States	15	"Love Lies", "Eastside", "Better"
	Lady Gaga	United States	19	"Shallow", "Always Remember Us This Way", "I'll Never Love Again"
	XXXTentacion	United States	6	"Sad!", "Falling Down", "Arms Around You"
2	Camila Cabello	Cuba	13	"Havana", "Never Be the Same"
	Ed Sheeran	United Kingdom	15	"Perfect", "River"
	Anne-Marie	United Kingdom	23	"Friends", "2002"
	Clean Bandit	United Kingdom	16	"I Miss You", "Solo"
	Selena Gomez	United States	8	"Wolves", "Back to You"
	George Ezra	United Kingdom	24	"Paradise", "Shotgun"
	Calvin Harris	United Kingdom	21	"One Kiss", "Promises"
	Rita Ora	United Kingdom	13	"Anywhere", "Let You Love Me"
	Bradley Cooper	United States	13	"Shallow", "I'll Never Love Again"
	Lil Pump	United States	8	"I Love It", "Arms Around You"
	Swae Lee	United States	11	"Sunflower", "Arms Around You"
	Halsey	United States	18	"Eastside", "Without Me"
	Mark Ronson [E]	United Kingdom	12	"Electricity", "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart"
	Picture This	Ireland	2	"This Morning", "Everything or Nothing"

• ^a Normani previously achieved a top-ten hit while a member of Fifth Harmony, with "Work from Home".
• ^b Silk City member Mark Ronson has previously achieved top-ten hits as a solo artist.
• ^c LSD members Labrinth and Sia have previously achieved top-ten hits as solo artists. Thunderclouds marks the first top-ten hit for Diplo.
• ^d the Beyoncé duet is not credited in the song's entry on the Irish Singles Chart.
• ^e Electricity's entry is credited to Ronson's collaboration with Diplo, Silk City.

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