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.

Scorpion by Canadian rapper Drake (pictured above) was the most consumed album of 2018–staying atop the Billboard 200 for five consecutive weeks, the longest running number one album of the year.

In 2018, a total of 41 albums claimed the top position of the chart. The year began with Revival, the ninth studio album by 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 American rapper Travis Scott's third studio album Astroworld, and American rapper Lil Wayne’s twelfth studio album Tha Carter V, which moved 537,000 and 480,000 units in their first weeks respectively.^[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

Tha Carter V, the twelfth studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne (pictured above) opened atop the chart with 480,000 units—the third largest week of 2018.

Beerbongs & Bentleys, the third studio album by American rapper Post Malone (pictured above) stayed atop the chart for three consecutive weeks. It became the second most consumed album of 2018.

Astroworld, the third studio album by American rapper Travis Scott (pictured above) topped the chart for three non-consecutive weeks and opened with 537,000 units—the second largest week of 2018.

Key

†	Indicates best-performing album of 2018[5]

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Album- equivalent units	Ref.
January 3	Revival	Eminem	267,000	[6][1]
January 6	Reputation †	Taylor Swift	107,000	[7][8]
January 13	The Greatest Showman	Soundtrack	106,000	[9][10]
January 20			104,000	[11][12]
January 27	Camila	Camila Cabello	119,000	[13][14]
February 3	Mania	Fall Out Boy	130,000	[15][16]
February 10	Culture II	Migos	199,000	[17][18]
February 17	Man of the Woods	Justin Timberlake	293,000	[19][20]
February 24	Black Panther: The Album	Kendrick Lamar / Soundtrack[a]	154,000	[21][22]
March 3			131,000	[23][24]
March 10	This House Is Not for Sale	Bon Jovi	120,000	[25][26]
March 17	Black Panther: The Album	Kendrick Lamar / Soundtrack	76,000	[27][28]
March 24	Bobby Tarantino II	Logic	119,000	[29][30]
March 31	?	XXXTentacion	131,000	[31][32]
April 7	Boarding House Reach	Jack White	124,000	[33][34]
April 14	My Dear Melancholy,	The Weeknd	169,000	[35][36]
April 21	Invasion of Privacy	Cardi B	255,000	[37][38]
April 28	Rearview Town	Jason Aldean	183,000	[39][40]
May 5	KOD	J. Cole	397,000	[41][42]
May 12	Beerbongs & Bentleys	Post Malone	461,000	[43][44]
May 19			193,000	[45][46]
May 26			147,000	[47][48]
June 2	Love Yourself: Tear	BTS	135,000	[49][50]
June 9	Shawn Mendes	Shawn Mendes	182,000	[51][52]
June 16	Ye	Kanye West	208,000	[53][54]
June 23	Come Tomorrow	Dave Matthews Band	292,000	[55][56]
June 30	Youngblood	5 Seconds of Summer	142,000	[57][58]
July 7	Pray for the Wicked	Panic! at the Disco	180,000	[59][60]
July 14	Scorpion	Drake	732,000	[61][62]
July 21			335,000	[63][64]
July 28			260,000	[65][66]
August 4			184,000	[67][68]
August 11			145,000	[69][70]
August 18	Astroworld	Travis Scott	537,000	[71][72]
August 25			205,000	[73][74]
September 1	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	231,000	[75][76]
September 8	Love Yourself: Answer	BTS	185,000	[77][78]
September 15	Kamikaze	Eminem	434,000	[79][80]
September 22	Egypt Station	Paul McCartney	153,000	[81][82]
September 29	Cry Pretty	Carrie Underwood	266,000	[83][84]
October 6	Iridescence	Brockhampton	101,000	[85][86]
October 13	Tha Carter V	Lil Wayne	480,000	[87][88]
October 20	A Star Is Born	Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper / Soundtrack	231,000	[89][90]
October 27			143,000	[91][92]
November 3			109,000	[93][94]
November 10	Sì	Andrea Bocelli	126,000	[95][96]
November 17	Not All Heroes Wear Capes	Metro Boomin	99,000	[97][98]
November 24	Experiment	Kane Brown	124,000	[99][100]
December 1	Delta	Mumford & Sons	230,000	[101][102]
December 8	Astroworld	Travis Scott	71,000	[103][104]
December 15	Championships	Meek Mill	229,000	[105][106]
December 22	Skins	XXXTentacion	132,000	[107][108]
December 29	Dying to Live	Kodak Black	89,000	[109][110]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one

Rank	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	Drake	5
2	Kendrick Lamar[a]	3
	Post Malone
	Travis Scott
	Lady Gaga
	Bradley Cooper
7	Eminem	2
	XXXTentacion
	BTS
10	Taylor Swift	1
	Camila Cabello
	Fall Out Boy
	Migos
	Justin Timberlake
	Bon Jovi
	Logic
	Jack White
	The Weeknd
	Cardi B
	Jason Aldean
	J. Cole
	Shawn Mendes
	Kanye West
	Dave Matthews Band
	5 Seconds of Summer
	Panic! at the Disco
	Ariana Grande
	Paul McCartney
	Carrie Underwood
	Brockhampton
	Lil Wayne
	Andrea Bocelli
	Metro Boomin
	Kane Brown
	Mumford & Sons
	Meek Mill
	Kodak Black

See also

• 2018 in American music
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2018

Notes

1. Kendrick Lamar wasn’t credited by Billboard for his three weeks at number one—as the album was credited as a multi-artist soundtrack.

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