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.
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, 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.
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. 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. Nevertheless, Reputation was the best performing album of 2018, topping the Billboard 200 year-end chart.
Chart history
† | Indicates best-performing album of 2018 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Album- equivalent units |
Ref. |
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January 3 | Revival | Eminem | 267,000 | |
January 6 | Reputation † | Taylor Swift | 107,000 | |
January 13 | The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Various artists | 106,000 | |
January 20 | 104,000 | |||
January 27 | Camila | Camila Cabello | 119,000 | |
February 3 | Mania | Fall Out Boy | 130,000 | |
February 10 | Culture II | Migos | 199,000 | |
February 17 | Man of the Woods | Justin Timberlake | 293,000 | |
February 24 | Black Panther: The Album | Kendrick Lamar and various artists | 154,000 | |
March 3 | 131,000 | |||
March 10 | This House Is Not for Sale | Bon Jovi | 120,000 | |
March 17 | Black Panther: The Album | Kendrick Lamar and various artists | 76,000 | |
March 24 | Bobby Tarantino II | Logic | 119,000 | |
March 31 | ? | XXXTentacion | 131,000 | |
April 7 | Boarding House Reach | Jack White | 124,000 | |
April 14 | My Dear Melancholy, | The Weeknd | 169,000 | |
April 21 | Invasion of Privacy | Cardi B | 255,000 | |
April 28 | Rearview Town | Jason Aldean | 183,000 | |
May 5 | KOD | J. Cole | 397,000 | |
May 12 | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone | 461,000 | |
May 19 | 193,000 | |||
May 26 | 147,000 | |||
June 2 | Love Yourself: Tear | BTS | 135,000 | |
June 9 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | 182,000 | |
June 16 | Ye | Kanye West | 208,000 | |
June 23 | Come Tomorrow | Dave Matthews Band | 292,000 | |
June 30 | Youngblood | 5 Seconds of Summer | 142,000 | |
July 7 | Pray for the Wicked | Panic! at the Disco | 180,000 | |
July 14 | Scorpion | Drake | 732,000 | |
July 21 | 335,000 | |||
July 28 | 260,000 | |||
August 4 | 184,000 | |||
August 11 | 145,000 | |||
August 18 | Astroworld | Travis Scott | 537,000 | |
August 25 | 205,000 | |||
September 1 | Sweetener | Ariana Grande | 231,000 | |
September 8 | Love Yourself: Answer | BTS | 185,000 | |
September 15 | Kamikaze | Eminem | 434,000 | |
September 22 | Egypt Station | Paul McCartney | 153,000 | |
September 29 | Cry Pretty | Carrie Underwood | 266,000 | |
October 6 | Iridescence | Brockhampton | 101,000 | |
October 13 | Tha Carter V | Lil Wayne | 480,000 | |
October 20 | A Star Is Born | Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper | 231,000 | |
October 27 | 143,000 | |||
November 3 | 109,000 | |||
November 10 | Sì | Andrea Bocelli | 126,000 | |
November 17 | Not All Heroes Wear Capes | Metro Boomin | 99,000 | |
November 24 | Experiment | Kane Brown | 124,000 | |
December 1 | Delta | Mumford & Sons | 230,000 | |
December 8 | Astroworld | Travis Scott | 71,000 | |
December 15 | Championships | Meek Mill | 229,000 | |
December 22 | Skins | XXXTentacion | 132,000 | |
December 29 | Dying to Live | Kodak Black | 89,000 |