2018 in American music

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The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2018 in music in the United States.

Notable events[]

January[]

  • 8 – Zac Brown Band performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" and Kendrick Lamar performed the halftime show at the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship in Atlanta.
  • 19 – Phillip Phillips released his first album in four years, Collateral.
  • 12 – Camila Cabello's debut solo album Camila made her the youngest artist to top the Billboard 200 with a debut set since her boyfriend Shawn Mendes' 2015 debut Handwritten.[1]
  • 26 – In a legal settlement, the music publisher for "We Shall Overcome" agreed that the song is public domain.[2]
  • 28 – The 60th Annual Grammy Awards, hosted by James Corden, took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It was the first time since 2003 that the show took place in New York City. Bruno Mars took home the most awards with six including Album of the Year with 24K Magic.

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February[]

  • 2 – Justin Timberlake released his first album in five years, Man of the Woods.[4]
  • 4 – P!nk performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" and Justin Timberlake performed at halftime at Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.[5][6]
  • 9 – MGMT released their first album in five years, Little Dark Age.[7]
    • Dashboard Confessional released Crooked Shadows, their first studio album in nearly nine years, and also their first release on the Fueled by Ramen label.

March[]

  • 2 – Joan Baez released her first album in ten years, Whistle Down the Wind
    • The Breeders released All Nerve, their first studio album in ten years.
  • 11 – The 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards took place at The Forum in Inglewood, California.
  • 16 – Scotty McCreery released his first album in five years, Seasons Change.[8]
    • Stone Temple Pilots released their second self-titled album, their first studio album in eight years, their first with current vocalist Jeff Gutt and their first since the departures and deaths of former vocalists Scott Weiland and Chester Bennington.[9]

April[]

  • 6 – Thirty Seconds to Mars released their first album in five years, America.[10]
  • 11 – The Music Modernization Act, a bill that would reform how music rates are set & how songwriters and artists are paid, passes the United States House Committee on the Judiciary unanimously 32-0 [11]
  • 13 – John Prine released his first album of original music in thirteen years.
  • 15 – The 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Reba McEntire returned to host for the first time in six years.
    • Cardi B's debut album Invasion of Privacy debuted atop the Billboard 200 setting multiple streaming records among female acts.[12]
  • 20 – A Perfect Circle released their first album in fourteen years, Eat the Elephant.[13]
    • J. Cole released KOD, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, as well as breaking the first day streaming record on Spotify, which was later broke by Post Malone's Beerbongs & Bentleys[14] and Drake's Scorpion.[15]
  • 25 – The Music Modernization Act passes in the United States House of Representatives unanimously 415–0.[16]
  • 27 – Godsmack released their first album in four years, When Legends Rise.
  • 27 – Janelle Monáe released her first album in five years, Dirty Computer.

May[]

June[]

  • 2 – BTS scored a #1 album on the Billboard 200 with Love Yourself 轉 'Tear', making it the highest ranking Asian album on the chart and the first foreign language #1 album since 2006.
  • 8 – Sugarland released their first album in eight years, Bigger.[17]
  • 15 – Christina Aguilera released her first album in six years, Liberation.[18]
  • 18 - Rapper XXXTentacion is murdered in Florida.
  • 29 – Guns N' Roses rereleased Appetite for Destruction with remastered songs.

July[]

  • 2 – Cardi B became the first female rapper to attain multiple number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100.[19]
  • 27 – Daughtry released their first album in five years, Cage to Rattle.[20]

August[]

  • 10 – Jason Mraz released his first album in four years, Know.
    • Nicki Minaj released her first album in four years, Queen.
  • 16 – The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin died at her home in Detroit, Michigan, at the age of 76. The official cause of death was pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type.[21]
  • 20 – The MTV Video Music Awards took place from Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
  • 24 – Alice in Chains released their first album in five years, Rainier Fog.[22]

September[]

  • 7 – Lenny Kravitz released his first album in four years, Raise Vibration.
    • Rapper Mac Miller died in his home at the age of 26. The official cause of death was a drug overdose.
  • 8 – BTS scored their second #1 album on the Billboard 200 with Love Yourself 結 'Answer', making them the only Asian Act to do so.
  • 14 – Carrie Underwood released Cry Pretty, which broke multiple records.[23] She became the first female country artist ever to top the .[24]
    • Tony Bennett released his first collaborative album in four years, Love is Here to Stay with Diana Krall
  • 18 – A modified version of the Music Modernization Act passes the United States Senate unanimously,[25] sending bill back to House.
  • 19 - For their first and only collaboration, Columbia Records releases a single between both deceased rappers Lil Peep and XXXTentacion, Falling Down. This marks XXXTentacion's first single since his untimely murder in June 2018.[26]
  • 21 – Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators released their first album in four years, Living the Dream.
  • 24 – Cardi B extends her record for having the most number-ones for a female rapper (total of 3 so far) with the collaboration Girls Like You with Maroon 5.
  • 25 – Music Modernization Act passes the House unanimously again. Bill sent to President Donald Trump to be signed.[27]
  • 28 – Mudhoney released their first album in five years, Digital Garbage.
    • After a four-year delay, Lil Wayne releases Tha Carter V, which is his first album since being released from Cash Money Records in June 2018.

October[]

  • 5 – Steve Perry released his first solo album in twenty-four years, Traces.
    • Mario released his first album in nine years, Dancing Shadows.
  • 9 – The American Music Awards took place at the Microsoft Theatre. The show shifted from Sunday to Tuesday, and moved up from November to October. Taylor Swift opened up the show performing "I Did Something Bad" and won four awards, making her the most awarded female artist in American Music Awards history surpassing Whitney Houston and the second most awarded overall artist, just behind Michael Jackson.
  • 11 – President Trump signs the Music Modernization Act into law.[28]
  • 26 – The Black Eyed Peas released their first album in eight years, Masters of the Sun Vol. 1. This is their first album without Fergie since her departure from the band in early 2018, and their first album as a trio since their 2000 album Bridging the Gap.

November[]

  • 2 – Pistol Annies released their first albums in five years, Interstate Gospel.[29]
    • Tenacious D released their album in six years, Post Apocalypto.
  • 9 – J Mascis released his first album in four years, Elastic Days.
  • 14 – The 52nd CMA Awards took place live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood was hosting eleventh year in a row.
  • 16 – Mariah Carey released her first album in four years, Caution.[30]
    • The Smashing Pumpkins released Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun., their first studio album to feature co-founder and guitarist James Iha since 2000's Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music. Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, who had left the band in 2009, also makes his return on this album.

December[]

  • 3 – After a ten-year hiatus Hootie & the Blowfish appeared on the Today Show to announce that the band is back together, and will come out with a new album and tour in 2019.[31]
  • 7 – John Mellencamp released his fourth consecutive album in the last four years, Other Peoples Stuff
  • 14 – Bruce Springsteen released his first commercial live album in eleven years Springsteen On Broadway
  • 18 – Chevel Shepherd won the fifteenth season of The Voice. Chris Kroeze was the runner-up. Kirk Jay and Kennedy Holmes finished third and fourth place respectively.
  • 20 – The Recording Industry of America published the year's top certified songs and albums. Eleven albums were certified Platinum during the year, including three multi-Platinum.[32]
  • 21 ��� Reel Big Fish released their first album in six years, Life Suck's Let's Dance.

Bands reformed[]

Bands formed[]

Bands on hiatus[]

  • At the Drive-In
  • Fifth Harmony[33]
  • Hoops
  • Say Anything

Bands disbanded[]

Albums released in 2018[]

January[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
1 POST- Jeff Rosenstock
5 Ephorize Cupcakke Hip hop
12 Wrong Creatures Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Rock
Vale[36] Black Veil Brides Rock
Blue Madonna Børns
Camila[37] Camila Cabello Pop
Encore[38] Anderson East Country
What Happens Next Joe Satriani Instrumental rock
it's not us Umphrey's McGee Rock
19 M A  N   I    A[39] Fall Out Boy Alternative rock
Let the Record Play Moon Taxi
Defy Of Mice & Men
Sweetzerland Manifesto[40] Joe Perry Rock
Collateral Phillip Phillips Pop rock
The House[41] Porches Synth-pop
I Like Fun[42] They Might Be Giants
I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life tUnE-yArDs
26 The Dangerous Summer The Dangerous Summer
  • Alternative rock
  • emo
Culture II Migos
Snares Like a Haircut No Age
Freedom's Goblin Ty Segall
Entertainment Waterparks Rock

February[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
2 Here Come the Runts[43] AWOLNATION Alternative rock
Man of the Woods[4] Justin Timberlake Pop
9 Coma Noir[44] The Atlas Moth Post-metal
Crooked Shadows Dashboard Confessional
  • Emo
  • alternative rock
Sleepwalkers Brian Fallon
  • Alternative rock
  • folk rock
  • punk rock
King Soon Come Foxy Brown Hip hop
Black Panther: The Album
  • Kendrick Lamar
  • various
Little Dark Age MGMT
16 Twin Fantasy (Face to Face) Car Seat Headrest Indie rock
By the Way, I Forgive You [45] Brandi Carlile Pop
Chromance[46] David Cook
Sir Fischerspooner Electroclash
Pop Evil Pop Evil Hard rock
If There Is Light, It Will Find You Senses Fail
  • Emo
  • pop punk
What a Time to Be Alive[47] Superchunk
23 Cry No More Danielle Nicole
41 Reggie and the Full Effect
Loner Caroline Rose
All at Once Screaming Females
The Lost Mile Vertical Horizon Alternative rock

March[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
2 You're Not Alone Andrew W.K. Hard rock
All Nerve[48] The Breeders Alternative rock
Nudes Lucius
Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt Moby Electronica
A Productive Cough[49] Titus Andronicus
3 Clean Soccer Mommy Indie rock
9 Automata I[50] Between the Buried and Me Progressive metal
Francis Trouble Albert Hammond, Jr.
Year of the Tiger[51] Myles Kennedy
  • Americana
  • blues
  • country
  • rock
Silver Lining Jake Miller Pop
Tearing at the Seams[52] Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
The Neighbourhood[53] The Neighbourhood Alternative rock
White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood of Montreal
Get Your Fight On Suicidal Tendencies Rock
16 I'll Be Your Girl[54] The Decemberists Indie rock
Seasons Change[8] Scotty McCreery Country
Bible of Love Snoop Dogg
Stone Temple Pilots[9] Stone Temple Pilots
  • Alternative rock
  • hard rock
? XXXTentacion
  • Trap
  • alternative rock
  • emo hip hop
There's A Riot Going On[55] Yo La Tengo
23 Hard Feelings Blessthefall Metalcore
Space Gun Guided by Voices Lo-Fi
Pilot Hot Mulligan
  • Emo
  • pop punk
Castles Lissie Rock
Beasts of Burgundy Squirrel Nut Zippers
Boarding House Reach Jack White Rock
30 Motel Bouquet Caitlin Canty Americana
Electric Café En Vogue
Off to the Races[56] Jukebox the Ghost
Expectations Hayley Kiyoko Dream pop
Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves Country pop
The Awakening The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Alternative rock

April[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
6 Invasion of Privacy Cardi B Hip hop
The Deconstruction Eels Rock
Bark Your Head Off, Dog Hop Along Indie rock
Isolation Kali Uchis R&B
America Thirty Seconds to Mars Alternative
Erase Me Underoath
  • Alternative rock
  • hard rock
The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs Wye Oak Indie rock
13 Rearview Town Jason Aldean Country
Ember[57] Breaking Benjamin
Love Rush Rachael Cantu
Ruiner Nothing,Nowhere
Treehouse[58] Sofi Tukker
Joyride Tinashe
Quinceañera Vendetta Red Alternative rock
20 Family Tree Black Stone Cherry
Kingdom Come Kottonmouth Kings
Vide Noir Lord Huron
Pinkus Abortion Technician Melvins Experimental rock
Volunteer Old Crow Medicine Show Americana
Never Gonna Die Pennywise Punk rock
Eat the Elephant A Perfect Circle
  • Alternative rock
  • alternative metal
  • art rock
The Sciences Sleep Doom metal
27 Critical Equation Dr. Dog Rock
When Legends Rise Godsmack
  • Hard Rock
  • Heavy Metal
Bad Frequencies Hawthorne Heights
Dirty Computer Janelle Monáe
Beerbongs & Bentleys Post Malone Hip hop
Twerp Verse[59] Speedy Ortiz
Megaplex We Are Scientists Indie rock

May[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
3 Thirteen (EP) William Ryan Key Indie pop
4 Dove Belly
All These Hellos Louise Goffin Pop
The Horizon Just Laughed Damien Jurado
Almost Everyday[60] Matt and Kim Indie pop
Attention Attention Shinedown Rock
The Make It All Show Skating Polly Alternative rock
11 7 Beach House Dream pop
Kiss Yr Frenemies Illuminati Hotties
Floating Features La Luz Surf music
Unusual Marian Hill
  • Electronic
  • synth-pop
Voicenotes Charlie Puth Pop
All I See Is War Sevendust Alternative metal
18 Goodbye Sunshine, Hello Nighttime[61] Family of the Year
And Justice For None Five Finger Death Punch Hard rock
Saved[62] Now, Now
Wide Awake! Parquet Courts
Sparkle Hard Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Indie rock
Only For You Nedelle Torrisi Indie rock
25 Black Labyrinth Jonathan Davis
  • Hard rock
  • rock
Push Pull Hoobastank Alternative rock

June[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
1 God's Favorite Customer[63] Father John Misty
Cinematic Owl City
  • Electronic
  • pop
The Future And The Past Natalie Prass
Nightstand Tancred
Ye Kanye West Hip hop
8 The Mountain Dierks Bentley Country
I Hope You're Happy[64] Blue October
  • Rock
  • alternative rock
Artificial Selection Dance Gavin Dance
Come Tomorrow[65] Dave Matthews Band Rock
Kids See Ghosts Kids See Ghosts Hip hop
Bigger[17] Sugarland Country
15 Liberation Christina Aguilera
  • Pop
  • dance
Mixed Reality Gin Blossoms Alternative rock
Sunnyland Mayday Parade Pop punk
While We're at It The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Ska punk
Nasir Nas Hip hop
Post Traumatic Mike Shinoda
Living Proof State Champs
16 Everything Is Love The Carters
22 Dan + Shay Dan + Shay Country
Soldier On Mona Alternative rock
Bad Witch Nine Inch Nails Industrial rock
Pray for the Wicked Panic! at the Disco Pop rock
Expectations Bebe Rexha
  • Pop
  • dance
K.T.S.E. Teyana Taylor R&B
Petaluma This Wild Life
Mindset Vacationer
Kids in the Night Weathers
29 The Gift of Gab E-40 Hip hop
Fight the Good Fight The Interrupters
Uniform Distortion Jim James Rock

July[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
6 Strings and Bling Nasty C
Sun on The Square The Innocence Mission
I'll tell You What! RP Boo Electronic
Six We the Kings
13 Automata II[66] Between the Buried and Me Progressive metal
Ordinary Corrupt Human Love Deafheaven
  • Black metal
  • heavy metal
Lamp Lit Prose Dirty Projectors
Composure Real Friends
  • Pop punk
  • emo
Everyday Life, Everyday People Slightly Stoopid
20 Dictator Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway
  • Rock
  • alternative metal
Hive Mind The Internet
Take Me to the Disco Meg Myers
25 MxPx MxPx Punk rock
27 Songs For The Saints Kenny Chesney Country
Cage to Rattle[20] Daughtry
Lifers Cody Jinks
  • Country
31 Mutations The Pink Spiders Garage rock

August[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
3 Golden Age Houndmouth
Finding It Hard to Smile lovelytheband
Gutters Middle Class Rut
Swimming Mac Miller Hip hop
To The Sunset Amanda Shires
10 Solarize Capital Cities Indie pop
Shooter Shooter Jennings
Meet Me At The River Dawn Landes
  • Folk
  • Pop
Queen Nicki Minaj Hip hop
Know. Jason Mraz
Jake Shears Jake Shears Pop
Life's a Trip Trippie Redd Hip hop
17 Thank You for Today[67] Death Cab for Cutie
Sweetener Ariana Grande
Be the Cowboy Mitski Indie rock
Cool Patrol Ninja Sex Party Comedy rock
Smote Reverser Oh Sees
  • Garage rock
  • punk rock
All of It Cole Swindell Country
24 Rainier Fog[22] Alice in Chains
Marauder[68] Interpol Indie rock
Performance[69] White Denim Indie rock
Parallel Universe[70] Plain White T's
Sun Machine Rubblebucket Indie pop
31 Is This Thing Cursed? Alkaline Trio
  • Punk rock
  • pop punk
Return of the Trill Bun B Hip hop
Kamikaze Eminem Hip hop
Weed Kitchen Iron & Wine
  • Folk
  • folk rock
Magus Thou Doom metal

September[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
7 Book of Bad Decisions[71] Clutch
Whitey Ford's House of Pain Everlast
Magick Songs JEFF the Brotherhood
Raise Vibration[72] Lenny Kravitz
Adult Contemporary[73] Milo Greene Indie pop
14 Bright to Death Film School Indie rock
Generation Rx[74] Good Charlotte
  • Pop punk
  • alternative rock
Hiding Place Tori Kelly
  • Gospel
  • pop
Palms[75] Thrice Post-hardcore
Cry Pretty[76] Carrie Underwood Country
21 Coordinates (EP)[77] The Band Perry Pop
They Are The Shield Toby Driver
  • Avant Garde
  • pop
Mission Bell William Fitzsimmons Indie folk
Bridges Josh Groban
  • Classical crossover
  • pop
Living the Dream[78] Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators
  • Hard rock
  • heavy metal
Proper Dose The Story So Far Pop punk
Suck It The Supersuckers Rock
28 Detonate Ballyhoo!
  • Alternative rock
  • punk rock
Dancing Queen Cher Pop
The Trip Home The Crystal Method Electronica
Fuzzybrain Dayglow
New York Narcotic The Knocks Electronic
Digital Garbage Mudhoney
  • Alternative rock
  • punk rock
For My Crimes Marissa Nadler
Boom Boom Room (Side B) Palaye Royale
Tha Carter V Lil Wayne

October[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
5 Mi Vida Local Atmosphere Hip hop
Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures[79] Coheed and Cambria Progressive rock
Gold Rush Max Frost
S'Only Natural Hellogoodbye Indie pop
Possible Dust Clouds Kristin Hersh
  • Folk
  • pop
A Star Is Born Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
  • Country
  • rock
  • pop
Malibu Nights LANY
Drip Harder Lil Baby & Gunna
Dancing Shadows Mario
Mercury Retrograde Tantric
Trench[80] Twenty One Pilots
12 In Our Wake[81] Atreyu
Bad Behavior Broncho
Bunny Matthew Dear Electropop
Love Is Magic John Grant
The Atlas Underground Tom Morello
  • Alternative rock
  • rock
  • folk
In the Drink Justin Courtney Pierre Indie rock
Mirror Master Young the Giant
19 Last Building Burning Cloud Nothings Indie rock
Evolution Disturbed
  • Hard rock
  • heavy metal
Anthem of the Peaceful Army[82] Greta Van Fleet
Shake the Spirit[83] Elle King
Fair Enough (EP) Minus the Bear Indie rock
10 Lives Saliva Nu metal
C O M A Sunflower Dead
  • Hard rock
  • heavy metal
Live from the Ryman Jason Isbell
26 Masters of the Sun Vol. 1 The Black Eyed Peas Political hip hop
Southern Ground Sessions (EP) Blackberry Smoke
Goners Laura Gibson
A Legendary Christmas John Legend Christmas
Loverboy/Dog Days Miserable Rock
Christmas Is Here![84] Pentatonix
  • A capella
  • Christmas
9 Saves the Day
  • Pop punk
  • emo

November[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
1 White Bronco Action Bronson Hip hop
2 Winter in the Air David Archuleta Christmas
Cheer Drug Church
  • Punk rock
  • grunge
Fame Mikky Ekko
Interstate Gospel[29] Pistol Annies Country
This Is My Dinner Sun Kil Moon
Poison Swizz Beatz Hip Hop
Post-Apocalypto[85] Tenacious D
9 Neon Future III Steve Aoki Electro house
Experiment Kane Brown Country
Singular Sabrina Carpenter Pop
The Capitol Studios Sessions[86] Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra Jazz
Bought to Rot Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers
String Theory Hanson Orchestral pop
Origins Imagine Dragons Rock
Somewhere At The Bottom Of The River La Dispute
Elastic Days J Mascis
The Messenger Rhett Miller
Take Good Care The Revivalists
  • Rock
  • alternative rock
Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2 Lil Peep Hip hop
The Pimp Tape Too Short Hip hop
16 Upside Down Flowers[87] Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Caution[30] Mariah Carey
In the Future Your Body Will Be the Furthest Thing from Your Mind Failure
Faithful Fairy Harmony Josephine Foster
Acoustic Live Vol 1 Needtobreathe
Circles[88] P.O.D.
  • Christian metal
  • rap metal
  • nu metal
Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. The Smashing Pumpkins
  • Alternative rock
  • rock
23 Solo Anthology The best of Lindsey Buckingham Lindsey Buckingham
  • Rock
  • pop
The Black Light 20th Anniversary Calexico
Origins Dan Reed Network
A Million And One My Brightest Diamond
30 Virtue (EP) William Ryan Key Indie pop
Afterlife Light Years Pop punk
Multisensory Aesthetic Experience Mae
  • Emo
  • pop punk
Baker's Dozen Live At MSG Phish
  • Rock
  • funk
Whole New Life Reverend Horton Heat
  • Rockabilly
  • country
WARM Jeff Tweedy Alternative rock

December[]

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
7 Superfecta 7horse Rock
Persona Non Grata Authority Zero
This Will All Blow Over In Time Cold War Kids
Everythang's Corrupt Ice Cube Hip hop
Other Peoples Stuff John Mellencamp
  • Pop
  • rock
Damned If You Do Metal Church
  • Hard rock
  • heavy metal
Ticket to L.A. Brett Young Country
10 My Murdered Remains They Might Be Giants Alternative rock
The Escape Team
14 Icy Colors Change Azelia Banks
  • R&B
  • hip hop
  • dance
The Lost Tapes Valerie Carter
Dying To Live Kodak Black
Meet You In The Shadows Outrageous Cherry
  • Pop
  • rock
Springsteen On Broadway Bruce Springsteen
  • Pop
  • rock
Telling All My Secerts Mitchell Tenpenny Country
21 I Am > I Was 21 Savage Hip hop
Hoodie SZN A Boogie wit da Hoodie Hip hop
Championships Meek Mill Hip hop
Am I a Girl Poppy
  • Dance
  • pop
Life Sucks...Let's Dance! Reel Big Fish Ska punk
Bunker Studio Sessions Vérité Indie pop, Electropop
24 X 100pre[89] Bad Bunny
28 Go Dej Go Vol 1 Dej Loaf Hip hop
Apalachain Glasses Malone Hip hop
Erase The Pain Palisades
Sweat Swizz Beatz Hip hop
Tresures from the Temple Thievery Corporation
Call Me - Jazz from the Penthouse Jack Wilson Jazz

Top songs on record[]

See also: List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2018

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs[]

  • "Perfect" – Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé (2 weeks in 2017, 4 weeks in 2018)
  • "Havana" – Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug (1 week)
  • "God's Plan" – Drake (11 weeks)
  • "Nice for What" – Drake (8 weeks)
  • "This Is America" – Childish Gambino (2 weeks)
  • "Psycho" – Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla Sign (1 week)
  • "Sad!" – XXXTentacion (1 week)
  • "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin (1 week)
  • "In My Feelings" – Drake (10 weeks)
  • "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B (7 weeks)
  • "Thank U, Next" – Ariana Grande (6 weeks)
  • "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott (1 week)

Billboard Hot 100 songs which have ranked within the Top 20[]

  • "1985" – J. Cole (#20)
  • "A Holly Jolly Christmas" – Burl Ives (#12)
  • "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – Mariah Carey (#6)
  • "All Mine" – Kanye West (#11)
  • "All the Stars" – Kendrick Lamar and SZA (#7)
  • "Apeshit" – The Carters (#13)
  • "ATM" – J. Cole (#6)
  • "Back to You" – Selena Gomez (#18)
  • "Bad!" – XXXTentacion (#16)
  • "Bad at Love" – Halsey (#5)
  • "Ball for Me" – Post Malone feat. Nicki Minaj (#16)
  • "Barbie Dreams" – Nicki Minaj (#18)
  • "Bartier Cardi" – Cardi B feat. 21 Savage (#14)
  • "Be Careful" – Cardi B (#11)
  • "Believer" – Imagine Dragons (#4 in 2017, #16 in 2018)
  • "Better Now" – Post Malone (#3)
  • "Big Bank" – YG feat. 2 Chainz, Big Sean and Nicki Minaj (#16)
  • "Bodak Yellow" – Cardi B (#1 in 2017, #10 in 2018)
  • "Boo'd Up" – Ella Mai (#5)
  • "Breathin" – Ariana Grande (#12)
  • "Call Out My Name" – The Weeknd (#4)
  • "Can't Be Broken" – Lil Wayne (#17)
  • "Can't Take a Joke" – Drake (#18)
  • "Changes" – XXXTentacion (#18)
  • "Chun-Li" – Nicki Minaj (#10)
  • "Dedicate" – Lil Wayne (#14)
  • "Delicate" – Taylor Swift (#12)
  • "Diplomatic Immunity" – Drake (#7)
  • "Don't Cry" – Lil Wayne feat. XXXTentacion (#5)
  • "Don't Matter to Me" – Drake feat. Michael Jackson (#9)
  • "Drip Too Hard" – Lil Baby and Gunna (#4)
  • "Eastside" – Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid (#16)
  • "Elevate" – Drake (#14)
  • "Emotionless" – Drake (#8)
  • "End Game" – Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran and Future (#18)
  • "Fake Love" – BTS (#10)
  • "Fall" – Eminem (#12)
  • "Falling Down" – Lil Peep and XXXTentacion (#13)
  • "Feel It Still" – Portugal. The Man (#4 in 2017, #12 in 2018)
  • "Fefe" – 6ix9ine, Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz (#3)
  • "Filthy" – Justin Timberlake (#9)
  • "Finesse" – Bruno Mars and Cardi B (#3)
  • "Freaky Friday" – Lil Dicky feat. Chris Brown (#8)
  • "Friends" – Marshmello and Anne-Marie (#11)
  • "Ghost Town" – Kanye West (#16)
  • "Girls Like You" – Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B (#1)
  • "God Is a Woman" – Ariana Grande (#8)
  • "God's Plan" – Drake (#1)
  • "Going Bad" – Meek Mill feat. Drake (#6)
  • "Gucci Gang" – Lil Pump (#3 in 2017, #4 in 2018)
  • "Gummo" – 6ix9ine (#12 in 2017, #13 in 2018)
  • "Happier" – Marshmello and Bastille (#3)
  • "Havana" – Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug (#1)
  • "Heaven" – Kane Brown (#15)
  • "High Hopes" – Panic! at the Disco (#5)
  • "Him & I" – G-Eazy and Halsey (#14)
  • "I Fall Apart" – Post Malone (#16)
  • "I Get the Bag" – Gucci Mane feat. Migos (#11 in 2017, #19 in 2018)
  • "I Like It" – Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin (#1)
  • "I Love It" – Kanye West and Lil Pump (#6)
  • "I'm Upset" – Drake (#7)
  • "Idol" – BTS feat. Nicki Minaj (#11)
  • "In My Blood" – Shawn Mendes (#11)
  • "In My Feelings" – Drake (#1)
  • "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" – Andy Williams (#10)
  • "Jingle Bell Rock" – Bobby Helms (#13)
  • "Jocelyn Flores" – XXXTentacion (#19)
  • "Kamikaze" – Eminem (#16)
  • "Kevin's Heart" – J. Cole (#8)
  • "Killshot" – Eminem (#3)
  • "KOD" – J. Cole (#10)
  • "Let It Fly" – Lil Wayne feat. Travis Scott (#10)
  • "Let You Down" – NF (#12)
  • "Lights Down Low" – MAX feat. Gnash (#20)
  • "Look Alive" – BlocBoy JB feat. Drake (#5)
  • "Love" – Kendrick Lamar feat. Zacari (#11)
  • "Love Lies" – Khalid and Normani (#9)
  • "Lucid Dreams" – Juice WRLD (#2)
  • "Lucky You" – Eminem feat. Joyner Lucas (#6)
  • "Meant to Be" – Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line (#2)
  • "Mia" – Bad Bunny feat. Drake (#5)
  • "Mine" – Bazzi (#11)
  • "Mo Bamba" – Sheck Wes (#6)
  • "Mob Ties" – Drake (#13)
  • "Mona Lisa" – Lil Wayne feat. Kendrick Lamar (#2)
  • "Money" – Cardi B (#13)
  • "Moonlight" – XXXTentacion (#13)
  • "Motiv8" – J. Cole (#15)
  • "MotorSport" – Migos, Nicki Minaj and Cardi B (#6 in 2017, #7 in 2018)
  • "Natural" – Imagine Dragons (#13)
  • "Never Be the Same" – Camila Cabello (#6)
  • "Never Recover" – Lil Baby and Gunna feat. Drake (#15)
  • "New Rules" – Dua Lipa (#6)
  • "Nice for What" – Drake (#1)
  • "No Brainer" – DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo (#5)
  • "No Limit" – G-Eazy feat. ASAP Rocky and Cardi B (#4)
  • "No Tears Left to Cry" – Ariana Grande (#3)
  • "Nonstop" – Drake (#2)
  • "Paranoid" – Post Malone (#11)
  • "Perfect" – Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé (#1)
  • "Photograph" – J. Cole (#14)
  • "Plug Walk" – Rich the Kid (#13)
  • "Pray for Me" – The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar (#7)
  • "Psycho" – Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla Sign (#1)
  • "Rap Devil" – Machine Gun Kelly (#13)
  • "Ric Flair Drip" – Offset and Metro Boomin (#13)
  • "Rich & Sad" – Post Malone (#14)
  • "River" – Eminem feat. Ed Sheeran (#11)
  • "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" – Brenda Lee (#11)
  • "Rockstar" – Post Malone feat. 21 Savage (#1 in 2017, #2 in 2018)
  • "Sad!" – XXXTentacion (#1)
  • "Same Bitches" – Post Malone feat. G-Eazy and YG (#20)
  • "Say Something" – Justin Timberlake feat. Chris Stapleton (#9)
  • "Shallow" – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (#5)
  • "Shape of You" – Ed Sheeran (#1 in 2017, #13 in 2018)
  • "Sicko Mode" – Travis Scott (#1)
  • "Sorry Not Sorry" – Demi Lovato (#6 in 2017, #15 in 2018)
  • "Spoil My Night" – Post Malone feat. Swae Lee (#15)
  • "Stargazing" – Travis Scott (#8)
  • "Stay" – Post Malone (#17)
  • "Stir Fry" – Migos (#8)
  • "Sunflower" – Post Malone and Swae Lee (#4)
  • "Survival" – Drake (#17)
  • "Taki Taki" – DJ Snake feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B (#11)
  • "Talk Up" – Drake feat. Jay-Z (#20)
  • "Taste" – Tyga feat. Offset (#8)
  • "Thank U, Next" – Ariana Grande (#1)
  • "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)" – Nat King Cole (#17)
  • "The Middle" – Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey (#5)
  • "The Ringer" – Eminem (#8)
  • "This Is America" – Childish Gambino (#1)
  • "Thunder" – Imagine Dragons (#4)
  • "Too Good at Goodbyes" – Sam Smith (#4 in 2017, #7 in 2018)
  • "Trip" – Ella Mai (#11)
  • "Uproar" – Lil Wayne (#7)
  • "Wake Up in the Sky" – Gucci Mane, Bruno Mars and Kodak Black (#11)
  • "Walk It Talk It" – Migos feat. Drake (#10)
  • "Watch" – Travis Scott feat. Lil Uzi Vert and Kanye West (#16)
  • "What Lovers Do" – Maroon 5 feat. SZA (#9 in 2017, #17 in 2018)
  • "What's Free" – Meek Mill feat. Rick Ross and Jay-Z (#20)
  • "Whatever It Takes" – Imagine Dragons (#12)
  • "Without Me" – Halsey (#2)
  • "Yes Indeed" – Lil Baby and Drake (#6)
  • "Yikes" – Kanye West (#8)
  • "Young Dumb & Broke" – Khalid (#18)
  • "Youngblood" – 5 Seconds of Summer (#7)
  • "Zeze" – Kodak Black feat. Travis Scott and Offset (#2)

Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2018

Deaths[]

  • January 1 – Betty Willis, 76, R&B singer
  • January 2 – Rick Hall, 86, music producer
  • January 3 – Josiah Boyd, 32, heavy metal bassist (A Hill to Die Upon)
  • January 9 – Denise LaSalle, 78, R&B singer
  • January 12 – Danny Woods, 73, soul singer (Chairmen of the Board)[90]
  • January 15 – Edwin Hawkins, 74, gospel singer
  • January 20 – Fredo Santana, 27, rapper
  • January 23 – Lari White, 53, country singer
  • January 26 – Buzz Clifford, 76, pop singer
  • January 28 – Eddie Shaw, 80, blues saxophonist
  • January 30 – Mark Salling, 35, pop singer and actor
  • January 31 – Del Delker, 93, gospel singer
  • February 2 – Dennis Edwards, 74, R&B singer
  • February 3 – Leon Chancler, 65, rock and jazz singer
  • February 7 – Pat Torpey, 64, hard rock drummer and singer
  • February 8 –
    • John Perry Barlow, 70, songwriter
    • Algia Mae Hinton, 88, blues singer
  • February 9 – Craig MacGregor, 68, rock bassist
  • February 11 – Tom Rapp, 70, rock singer
  • February 12 –
    • Vic Damone, 89, singer
    • Daryle Singletary, 46, country singer and songwriter
  • February 13 –
    • Scott Boyer, 70, rock singer and guitarist
    • Billy Johnson, 42, emo and noise rock drummer (Reggie and the Full Effect)
  • February 16 – Barbara Alston, 74, R&B singer (The Crystals)
  • February 19 – Norm Rogers, 69, drummer (The Jayhawks, Cows)
  • March 1 – Bill Burkette, 75, pop singer (The Vogues)
  • March 2 – Brandon Jenkins, 48, red dirt country singer, songwriter
  • March 12 –
    • Nokie Edwards, 82, guitarist
    • Craig Mack, 46, rapper
  • March 13 – Charlie Quintana, 56, rock drummer
  • March 14 – Steve Mandell, 76, bluegrass guitarist and banjoist
  • March 16 – Buell Neidlinger, 82, jazz cellist and bassist
  • March 18 – Killjoy, 48, death metal singer
  • March 19 – Hazel Smith, 83, country singer, songwriter, and journalist[91]
  • March 27 –
  • March 28 – Caleb Scofield, 39, bassist (Cave In, Old Man Gloom and Zozobra)
  • March 30 – Alias, 41, rapper and producer
  • April 1 – Audrey Morris, 89, jazz singer
  • April 4 – Don Cherry, 94, pop singer
  • April 5 – Cecil Taylor, 89, jazz musician
  • April 10 – Yvonne Staples, 80, soul singer (The Staple Singers)
  • April 17 – Randy Scruggs, 64, songwriter
  • April 20 – Avicii, 28, Swedish electronic musician, DJ, and songwriter
  • April 23 – Bob Dorough, 94, jazz singer and pianist
  • April 26 – Charles Neville, 79, R&B and jazz saxophonist
  • April 30 – Tim Calvert, 52, heavy metal guitarist (Forbidden, Nevermore)
  • May 1 – Jabo Starks, 79, funk and R&B drummer
  • May 4 – Tony Kinman, cowpunk singer and bassist (The Dils, Rank and File, Blackbird)
  • May 5 – Dick Williams, 91, pop singer
  • May 7 – Gayle Shepard, 81, pop singer (Shepherd Sisters)
  • May 10 – Ben Graves, 46, horror punk drummer (Murderdolls, Dope)
  • May 11 – Matt Marks, 38, classical keyboardist (Alarm Will Sound)
  • May 13 – Glenn Branca, 69, composer and guitarist
  • May 19 –
    • Reggie Lucas, 65, jazz guitarist and pop songwriter
    • Patricia Morison, 103, actress and show tunes singer
  • May 28 – Josh Martin, 46, grindcore guitarist (Anal Cunt)
  • June 2 – Wayne Secrest (68), bassist (Confederate Railroad)
  • June 3 – Clarence Fountain, 88, gospel singer (The Blind Boys of Alabama)
  • June 4 – Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, 73, spoken word poet
  • June 5 –
    • Jimmy Gonzalez, 67, Tejano singer (Mazz)
    • Ralph Santolla, 51, heavy metal guitarist
  • June 7 – Al Capps, 79, arranger, composer and record producer
  • June 10 – Neal E. Boyd, 42, opera singer
  • June 11 – Wayne Dockery, 76, jazz bassist
  • June 13 – D.J. Fontana, 87, rock and roll drummer
  • June 15 –
    • Nick Knox, 60, drummer
    • Matt Murphy, 88, blues guitarist
  • June 16 – Rebecca Parris, 66, jazz singer
  • June 18 –
    • XXXTentacion, 20, rapper, singer, songwriter
    • Jimmy Wopo, 21, rapper
  • June 19 – Lowrell Simon, 75, singer
  • June 21 – David Corcoran, 64, rock drummer (Duke Jupiter)
  • June 22 – Vinnie Paul, 54, heavy metal drummer (Hellyeah, Pantera, Damageplan)
  • June 24 – George Cameron, 70, drummer (The Left Banke)
  • June 26 – Ed Simmons, 101, classical conductor
  • June 27 – Steve Soto, 54, punk rock guitarist
  • June 29 – Eugene Pitt, 80, doo-wop singer (The Jive Five)
  • June 30 – Dean Webb, 81, mandolinist (The Dillards)
  • July 2 –
    • Henry Butler, 68, jazz pianist
    • Bill Watrous, 79, jazz trombonist
  • July 3 – Richard Swift, 41, singer songwriter
  • July 6 – Vince Martin, 81, folk singer
  • July 7 – Brett Hoffman, 51, heavy metal singer
  • July 8 – Tab Hunter, 86, actor and pop singer
  • July 15 – Theryl DeClouet, 66, jazz funk and R&B singer
  • July 27 – Mark Shelton, 60, heavy metal guitarist (Manilla Road)
  • August 2 – Neil Argo, 71, film and television composer
  • August 4 — Lorrie Collins, 76, singer and guitarist (The Collins Kids)
  • August 14 – Jill Janus, 42, heavy metal singer
  • August 16 – Aretha Franklin, 76, R&B/soul singer, and songwriter
  • August 17 – Danny Pearson, 65, soul singer
  • August 20 – Eddie Willis, 82, R&B/soul guitarist (The Funk Brothers)
  • August 22 –
    • Ed King, 68, guitarist, bassist (Strawberry Alarm Clock, Lynyrd Skynyrd)
    • Lazy Lester, 85, blues singer and guitarist
  • August 24 – DJ Ready Red, hip hop DJ (Geto Boys)
  • August 25 – Kyle Pavone, 28, heavy metal singer (We Came as Romans)
  • August 29 – Tony Camillo, 90, record producer and arranger (Bazuka)
  • September 1 – Randy Weston, 92, jazz pianist
  • September 4 – Don Gardner, 87, R&B Singer-Songwriter
  • September 5 – Nasty Savage, 50 thrash metal bass player
  • September 7 – Mac Miller, 26, rapper and singer[92]
  • September 8 – Chelsi Smith, 43, beauty pageant winner and singer
  • September 10 – Johnny Strike, 70, punk singer and guitarist (Crime)
  • September 14 – Max Bennett, 90, jazz and pop bassist
  • September 16 – Big Jay McNeely, 91, saxophonist
  • September 28 – Marty Balin, 76, founder of Jefferson Starship and solo artist
  • September 29 – Otis Rush, 84, blues singer and guitarist
  • October 1 – Jerry Gonzalez, 69 Latin jazz trumpeter
  • October 3 – John Von Ohlen, 77, jazz drummer
  • October 4 – Hamiet Bluiett, 78, jazz saxophonist
  • October 5 – Bernadette Carol, 74, pop singer (The Angels)
  • October 8 – Tim Chandler, 48, bass guitarist
  • October 12 – Andrew Goessling, 59, progressive bluegrass musician (Railroad Earth)
  • October 17 – Oil Herbert, 48, metalcore guitarist (All That Remains)
  • October 18 – Randolph Hokanson, 103, classical pianist
  • October 24 –
    • Wah Wah Watson, 67, R&B funk guitarist
    • Tony Joe White, 75, swamp rock singer songwriter and guitarist
  • October 25 – Sonny Fortune, 79, jazz saxophonist
  • October 26 – Baba Oje, 87, rapper and musician (Arrested Development)
  • October 27 –
    • Freddie Hart, 91, country singer
    • Teddy Scott, 82, R&B singer (The G-Clefs)
    • Todd Youth, 47, rock guitarist
  • October 29 –
  • October 30 –
    • Hardy Fox, 73, avant-garde composer (The Residents)
    • Beverly McClellan, 49, blues and folk singer
  • October 31 – Kenny Marks, 67, gospel singer
  • November 1 – Dave Rowland, 74, country singer (Dave & Sugar)
  • November 2 – Roy Hargrove, 49, jazz trumpeter
  • November 3 –
  • November 4 – Josh Fauver, 39, indie rock bassist
  • November 7 – Scott Herrick, pop singer (The Arbors)
  • November 15 – Roy Clark, 85, country singer, songwriter, host of Hee Haw
  • November 17 – Cyril Pahinui, 68, Hawaiian guitarist
  • November 21 – Devin Lima, 41, pop singer (LFO)
  • November 27 – Johnny Maddox, 91, Pianist
  • November 28 – Roger Neumann, 77, jazz saxophonist
  • November 29 – Erik Lindmark, 46, death metal singer and guitarist (Deeds of Flesh)
  • December 1 –
    • Jody Williams, 83, blues musician
    • Calvin Newborn, 85, jazz guitarist
  • December 2 – Perry Robinson, 80, jazz musician
  • December 6 – Ace Cannon, 84, saxophonist
  • December 7 –
    • The Mascara Snake, 70, avant-garde clarinetist
    • Lucas Starr, 34, metalcore and Christian guitarist
  • December 13 – Nancy Wilson, 81, jazz singer
  • December 14 – Joe Osborne, 81, bass guitarist
  • December 15 – Jerry Chesnut, 87, songwriter
  • December 22 – Jimmy Work, 94, country singer-songwriter
  • December 24 –
    • James Calvin Wilsey, 61, rock guitarist
    • Jerry Riopelle, 77, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer

See also[]

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