This page lists the songs that reached number-one on the overall Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, the R&B Songs chart (which was created in 2012), the Hot Rap Songs chart, the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, and the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart in 2018. The R&B Songs and Rap Songs charts partly serve as distillations of the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
† | Indicates best-charting R&B/Hip-Hop, R&B, Rap and Airplay singles of 2018 |
Issue date | R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | Artist | R&B Songs | Artist | Rap Songs | Artist | R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay | Artist | Refs. | |||
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January 3 | " Rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | " The Weekend" | SZA | "Rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | " No Limit | G-Eazy featuring ASAP Rocky and Cardi B | [1] | |||
January 6 | " Young Dumb & Broke" | Khalid | " Love" | Kendrick Lamar featuring Zacari | [2] | |||||||
January 13 | "No Limit" | G-Eazy featuring ASAP Rocky and Cardi B | [3] | |||||||||
January 20 | " Finesse" | Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B | "Finesse" † | Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B | [4] | |||||||
January 27 | "Rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | "Love" | Kendrick Lamar featuring Zacari | [5] | |||||||
February 3 | " God's Plan" † | Drake | "God's Plan" † | Drake | "No Limit" | G-Eazy featuring ASAP Rocky and Cardi B | [6] | |||||
February 10 | "Love" | Kendrick Lamar featuring Zacari | [7] | |||||||||
February 17 | [8] | |||||||||||
February 24 | [9] | |||||||||||
March 3 | "God's Plan" | Drake | [10] | |||||||||
March 10 | [11] | |||||||||||
March 17 | [12] | |||||||||||
March 24 | [13] | |||||||||||
March 31 | [14] | |||||||||||
April 7 | [15] | |||||||||||
April 14 | " Call Out My Name" | The Weeknd | [16] | |||||||||
April 21 | " Nice for What" | " Freaky Friday" | Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown | "Nice for What" | [17] | |||||||
April 28 | [18] | |||||||||||
May 5 | " Look Alive" | BlocBoy JB featuring Drake | [19] | |||||||||
May 12 | [20] | |||||||||||
May 19 | " This Is America" | Childish Gambino | "This Is America" | Childish Gambino | "Nice for What" | Drake | [21] | |||||
May 26 | " Boo'd Up" | Ella Mai | [22] | |||||||||
June 2 | "Nice for What" | Drake | "Nice for What" | Drake | [23] | |||||||
June 9 | [24] | |||||||||||
June 16 | " Psycho" | Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign | "Psycho" | Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign | [25] | |||||||
June 23 | "Nice for What" | Drake | "Nice for What" | Drake | "Boo'd Up" † | Ella Mai | [26] | |||||
June 30 | " Sad!" | XXXTentacion | "Sad!" | XXXTentacion | [27] | |||||||
July 7 | " I Like It" | Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin | "I Like It" | Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin | [28] | |||||||
July 14 | "Nice for What" | Drake | " Don't Matter to Me" | Drake featuring Michael Jackson | "Nice for What" | Drake | [29] | |||||
July 21 | " In My Feelings" | "Boo'd Up" | Ella Mai | "In My Feelings" | [30] | |||||||
July 28 | [31] | |||||||||||
August 4 | [32] | |||||||||||
August 11 | " No Brainer" |
DJ Khaled featuring
Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo |
[33] | |||||||||
August 18 | "Boo'd Up" | Ella Mai | [34] | |||||||||
August 25 | [35] | |||||||||||
September 1 | "No Brainer" | DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo |
[36] | |||||||||
September 8 | [37] | |||||||||||
September 15 | "Boo'd Up" | Ella Mai | [38] | |||||||||
September 22 | "No Brainer" | DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Quavo |
[39] | |||||||||
September 29 | [40] | |||||||||||
October 6 | " Lucid Dreams" | Juice Wrld | "Lucid Dreams" | Juice Wrld | [41] | |||||||
October 13 | "Mona Lisa" | Lil Wayne featuring Kendrick Lamar | " Trip" | Ella Mai | "Mona Lisa" | Lil Wayne featuring Kendrick Lamar | " Smile (Living My Best Life)" | Lil Duval featuring Snoop Dogg and Ball Greezy | [42] | |||
October 20 | "Lucid Dreams" | Juice Wrld | "Lucid Dreams" | Juice Wrld | [43] | |||||||
October 27 | " Zeze" | Kodak Black featuring Travis Scott and Offset | "Zeze" | Kodak Black featuring Travis Scott and Offset | [44] | |||||||
November 3 | " Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Sicko Mode" | Travis Scott | "Trip" | Ella Mai | [45] | |||||
November 10 | [46] | |||||||||||
November 17 | [47] | |||||||||||
November 24 | [48] | |||||||||||
December 1 | [49] | |||||||||||
December 8 | [50] | |||||||||||
December 15 | [51] | |||||||||||
December 22 | [52] | |||||||||||
December 29 | [53] |