List of number-one songs of 2018 (Panama)

This is a list of the number-one songs of 2018 in Panama. The charts are published by Monitor Latino, based on airplay across radio stations in Panama using the Radio Tracking Data, LLC in real time. The chart week runs from Monday to Sunday.

During 2018, twelve singles reached number one in Panama; a thirteenth single, "Mi Gente (Remix)" by J Balvin and Willy William featuring Beyoncé began its run at number one in July 2017. Of those twelve number-one singles, ten were collaborations. In total, twenty-two acts topped the chart as either lead or featured artists, with fifteen—Becky G, Bad Bunny, Demi Lovato, Nicky Jam, Will Smith, Era Istrefi, Shakira, Anitta, Lalo Ebratt, Trapical, DJ Snake, Selena Gomez, Cardi B, Ozuna and Kenny Man—achieving their first number-one single in Panama.

In Panama, the best-performing single of 2018 was "Dura" by Daddy Yankee. It spent 19 non-consecutive weeks atop the charts, becoming the second longest-running number-one song in the country, behind "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi (2017). With "Dura", Daddy Yankee holds the record as the act with the most cumulative weeks at number one in Panama, with 43 weeks in total.

J Balvin once again became the only act to have multiple number-one singles in Panama. In 2018, J Balvin earned three number-one songs: "X" with Nicky Jam, "No es justo" with Zion & Lennox and "Mocca (Remix)" with Lalo Ebratt. With this achievement, J Balvin extended his own record as the act with the most number-one singles in Panama, earning six songs in total. It also became the third consecutive year that J Balvin hit a number-one song in the country, since the inception of the Panamanian charts in December 2016.

identifies Panamanian musical acts.

Chart history[]

"Dura" by Daddy Yankee (pictured) became the best-performing single of 2018 in Panama, and the second longest-running number-one song spending 19 weeks topping the Panamanian charts. With that song, Daddy Yankee earned the record for the most cumulative weeks at number one in Panama, with 43 weeks in total.

J Balvin (pictured) scored three number-one hits in Panama with "X", "No es justo" and "Mocca (Remix)", extending his own record for being the act with the most number-one singles in Panama.

Shakira (pictured) scored her first number-one song in Panama with "Clandestino".

Key

Indicates best-performing single of 2018[1]

Issue date	Song	Artist	Reference
1 January	"Mi Gente (Remix)"	J Balvin and Willy William featuring Beyoncé	[2]
8 January	"Mayores"	Becky G and Bad Bunny	[3]
15 January	"Échame la Culpa"	Luis Fonsi and Demi Lovato	[4]
22 January			[5]
29 January	"Dura"	Daddy Yankee	[6]
5 February			[7]
12 February			[8]
19 February			[9]
26 February			[10]
5 March			[11]
12 March			[12]
19 March			[13]
26 March			[14]
2 April			[15]
9 April			[16]
16 April			[17]
23 April			[18]
30 April			[19]
7 May			[20]
14 May			[21]
21 May			[22]
28 May			[23]
4 June	"X"	Nicky Jam and J Balvin	[24]
11 June	"Live It Up"	Nicky Jam featuring Will Smith and Era Istrefi	[25]
18 June	"Dura"	Daddy Yankee	[26]
25 June	"X"	Nicky Jam and J Balvin	[27]
2 July			[28]
9 July	"No es justo"	J Balvin and Zion & Lennox	[29]
16 July			[30]
23 July	"Clandestino"	Shakira and Maluma	[31]
30 July	"No es justo"	J Balvin and Zion & Lennox	[32]
6 August			[33]
13 August			[34]
20 August			[35]
27 August			[36]
3 September	"Rosas o espinas"	Joey Montana	[37]
10 September			[38]
17 September			[39]
24 September			[40]
1 October	"Mala Mía (Remix)"	Maluma featuring Becky G and Anitta	[41]
8 October			[42]
15 October	"Mocca (Remix)"	Lalo Ebratt featuring J Balvin and Trapical	[43]
22 October	"Taki Taki"	DJ Snake featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B	[44]
29 October			[45]
5 November			[46]
12 November			[47]
19 November			[48]
26 November			[49]
3 December			[50]
10 December			[51]
17 December			[52]
24 December	"Ni Gucci Ni Prada"	Kenny Man and Sebastián Yatra	[53]
31 December			[54]

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