List of number-one singles of 2018 (Australia)

The ARIA Singles Chart ranks the best-performing singles in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on the weekly physical and digital sales and streams of singles.^[1] In 2018, 13 singles have claimed the top spot, including Ed Sheeran's "Perfect", which started its peak position in 2017. Six acts, Ariana Grande, Ty Dolla Sign, Childish Gambino, Dean Lewis, George Ezra and Bradley Cooper, reached the top spot for the first time.

Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer earned their second number-one single in 2018 with "Youngblood" which spent eight weeks at number one. They became the first Australians along with Dean Lewis and his song "Be Alright" to reach number one in Australia since 2016.^[2]

American pop singer Ariana Grande earned her first and second number-one singles in 2018 with "No Tears Left to Cry" and "Thank U, Next", the former of which spent one week at number one and the latter which spent six weeks at number one.

American singer Mariah Carey earned her third number-one single with the 1994 single, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" in 2018. It was the first Christmas song to reach number one in Australia in nearly thirty-four years; the last being "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid in January 1985. It was also the oldest song to initially reach number one in the country, taking twenty-four years to reach the top spot. Carey's last number one in Australia was "We Belong Together", which reached number one in 2005.^[3]

ARIA Charts number-one singles of 2018 < 2017 2019 >
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Top Australian singles and albums of 2018
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top 25 singles
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Chart history

Key

†	Indicates the #1 song on ARIA's End of Year Singles Chart of 2018.

Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Ref.
1 January	"Perfect"	Ed Sheeran	[4]
8 January
15 January
22 January
29 January
5 February	"God's Plan"	Drake	[5]
12 February
19 February
26 February
5 March
12 March
19 March
26 March
2 April
9 April
16 April
23 April	"Nice for What"		[6]
30 April	"No Tears Left to Cry"	Ariana Grande	[7]
7 May	"Psycho"	Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign	[8]
14 May	"Nice for What"	Drake	[9]
21 May	"This Is America"	Childish Gambino	[10]
28 May	"Youngblood" †	5 Seconds of Summer	[11]
4 June
11 June
18 June
25 June
2 July
9 July
16 July
23 July	"In My Feelings"	Drake	[12]
30 July
6 August
13 August
20 August	"Be Alright"	Dean Lewis	[13]
27 August
3 September
10 September
17 September
24 September	"Shotgun"	George Ezra	[14]
1 October
8 October
15 October
22 October
29 October	"Shallow"	Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper	[15]
5 November
12 November
19 November	"Thank U, Next"	Ariana Grande	[16]
26 November
3 December
10 December
17 December
24 December
31 December	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	Mariah Carey	[17]

Number-one artists

Position	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	Drake	17
2	5 Seconds of Summer	8
3	Ariana Grande	7
4	Ed Sheeran	5
4	Dean Lewis	5
4	George Ezra	5
5	Lady Gaga	3
5	Bradley Cooper	3
6	Post Malone	1
6	Ty Dolla Sign (as featuring)	1
6	Childish Gambino	1
6	Mariah Carey	1

See also

• 2018 in music
• List of number-one albums of 2018 (Australia)
• List of top 10 singles in 2018 (Australia)

References

1. "Chart FAQs". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
2. @5SOS (26 May 2018). "WE'RE NUMBER 1 IN AUSTRALIA! Thank..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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5. Ryan, Gavin (14 April 2018). "Australian Charts: Drake 'God's Plan' Is No 1 For 11 Week". Noise11. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
6. Ryan, Gavin (21 April 2018). "Australian Charts: Drake Replaces Drake With 'Nice For What'". Noise11. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
7. Ryan, Gavin (28 April 2018). "Australian Charts: Ariana Grande Manchester Tribute Debuts At No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
8. Ryan, Gavin (5 May 2018). "Australian Charts: Post Malone 'Psycho' Is The No 1 Song". Noise11. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
9. Ryan, Gavin (12 May 2018). "Australian Charts: Drake Returns To No 1 Singles Spot". Noise11. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
10. Ryan, Gavin (20 May 2018). "Australian Charts: This Is No 1 This Is America This Is Childish Gambino". Noise11. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
11. Ryan, Gavin (14 July 2018). "Australian Charts: 5 Seconds Of Summer Clock Up 8th Week At Number One". Noise11. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
12. Ryan, Gavin (12 August 2018). "Australian Charts: Drake In My Feelings Stays At No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
13. Ryan, Gavin (17 September 2018). "Australian Charts: Dean Lewis 'Be Alright' Spends 5th Week At No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
14. Ryan, Gavin (21 October 2018). "Australian Charts: George Ezra Spends Five Weeks At No 1 With 'Shotgun'". Noise11. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
15. Ryan, Gavin (10 November 2018). "Australian Charts: Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper 'Shallow' Stays at No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
16. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
17. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.