List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2018

This is a list of the albums ranked number one in the United States during 2018. The top-performing albums and EPs in the United States are ranked in the Billboard 200 chart, which is published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as on-demand streaming and digital sales of its individual tracks.

Drake's Scorpion was the most consumed album of 2018, staying atop the Billboard 200 for five consecutive weeks.

In 2018, a total of 41 albums claimed the top position of the chart. The year began with Revival, the ninth studio album by an American rapper Eminem, on the first issue dated January 3, 2018,[1] and witnessed the return of Taylor Swift's sixth studio album, Reputation, to the number one spot for a fourth chart-topping week after staying atop the chart for three consecutive weeks in 2017.[2]

Scorpion by Canadian rapper Drake earned 732,000 units in its first week, marking the largest opening week sales of 2018, followed by rapper Travis Scott's third studio album, Astroworld, which moved 537,000 units in its first week.[3] The soundtrack of The Greatest Showman (2017) was the best selling album of 2018, with 1.491 million copies sold. It was the third most consumed album of 2018, with 2.499 million units. Scorpion was the most consumed album of 2018 with 3.905 million units, of which only 330,000 were sales. It was followed by Beerbongs & Bentleys by American singer and rapper Post Malone, which was the second most-consumed album with 3.251 million units.[4] Nevertheless, Reputation was the best performing album of 2018, topping the Billboard 200 year-end chart.[5]

Chart history

A Star Is Born made Lady Gaga the first female artist to have five number-one albums in the 2010s decade. It was the second best-selling album of 2018.
Post Malone reached the top spot with Beerbongs & Bentleys, which stayed at number one for three consecutive weeks. It became the second most consumed album of 2018.
Camila, the debut album by Camila Cabello, topped the chart the same week its lead single "Havana" topped the Billboard Hot 100.
Key
Indicates best-performing album of 2018[5]
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Album-
equivalent units
Ref.
January 3RevivalEminem267,000[6][1]
January 6ReputationTaylor Swift107,000[7][8]
January 13The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious artists106,000[9][10]
January 20104,000[11][12]
January 27CamilaCamila Cabello119,000[13][14]
February 3ManiaFall Out Boy130,000[15][16]
February 10Culture IIMigos199,000[17][18]
February 17Man of the WoodsJustin Timberlake293,000[19][20]
February 24Black Panther: The AlbumKendrick Lamar and various artists154,000[21][22]
March 3131,000[23][24]
March 10This House Is Not for SaleBon Jovi120,000[25][26]
March 17Black Panther: The AlbumKendrick Lamar and various artists76,000[27][28]
March 24Bobby Tarantino IILogic119,000[29][30]
March 31?XXXTentacion131,000[31][32]
April 7Boarding House ReachJack White124,000[33][34]
April 14My Dear Melancholy,The Weeknd169,000[35][36]
April 21Invasion of PrivacyCardi B255,000[37][38]
April 28Rearview TownJason Aldean183,000[39][40]
May 5KODJ. Cole397,000[41][42]
May 12Beerbongs & BentleysPost Malone461,000[43][44]
May 19193,000[45][46]
May 26147,000[47][48]
June 2Love Yourself: TearBTS135,000[49][50]
June 9Shawn MendesShawn Mendes182,000[51][52]
June 16YeKanye West208,000[53][54]
June 23Come TomorrowDave Matthews Band292,000[55][56]
June 30Youngblood5 Seconds of Summer142,000[57][58]
July 7Pray for the WickedPanic! at the Disco180,000[59][60]
July 14ScorpionDrake732,000[61][62]
July 21335,000[63][64]
July 28260,000[65][66]
August 4184,000[67][68]
August 11145,000[69][70]
August 18AstroworldTravis Scott537,000[71][72]
August 25205,000[73][74]
September 1SweetenerAriana Grande231,000[75][76]
September 8Love Yourself: AnswerBTS185,000[77][78]
September 15KamikazeEminem434,000[79][80]
September 22Egypt StationPaul McCartney153,000[81][82]
September 29Cry PrettyCarrie Underwood266,000[83][84]
October 6IridescenceBrockhampton101,000[85][86]
October 13Tha Carter VLil Wayne480,000[87][88]
October 20A Star Is BornLady Gaga and Bradley Cooper231,000[89][90]
October 27143,000[91][92]
November 3109,000[93][94]
November 10Andrea Bocelli126,000[95][96]
November 17Not All Heroes Wear CapesMetro Boomin99,000[97][98]
November 24ExperimentKane Brown124,000[99][100]
December 1DeltaMumford & Sons230,000[101][102]
December 8AstroworldTravis Scott71,000[103][104]
December 15ChampionshipsMeek Mill229,000[105][106]
December 22SkinsXXXTentacion132,000[107][108]
December 29Dying to LiveKodak Black89,000[109][110]

See also

References