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List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2018

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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

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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 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 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]

See also

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References

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