What a year it’s been for music.  Halsey told us about being bad at love, Marshmello made us happy, Ariana Grande thanked her exes and Nicki Minaj had Barbie dreams.  But which song topped the charts? The one you listened to the most? The one that everyone was talking about?

 

As Billboard puts it, “Top 40 was a strange place in 2018 – a place where the year’s longest-running Billboard No. 1 hit had two chords and zero choruses or obvious hooks, and other No. 1s included a three-movement psych-rap odyssey, an Afrobeat-trap protest song and an R&B celebrity Burn Book ballad.  The definition of pop music is always changing, but the last 12 months in particular felt like a transition year, a portent of a future where the music mainstream is close to unrecognizable from the perspective of where we were a decade ago.”

 

Below are the 100 top songs of 2018, according to Billboard.

 

100. MAROON 5 FEAT. CARDI B / GIRLS LIKE YOU 

 

99. JESSIE REYEZ / BODY COUNT

 

98. YOUNG FATHERS / IN MY VIEW

 

97. AVRIL LAVIGNE / HEAD ABOVE WATER

 

96. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE / GOLD RUSH

 

95. NICKI MINAJ / BARBIE DREAMS

 

94. MALLRAT / GROCERIES

 

93. LOW / DISARRAY

 

92. BECKY G & NATTI NATASHA / SIN PAJAMA

 

91. SERPENTWITHFEET / BLESS UR HEART

 

90. VALEE FEAT. JEREMIH / WOMP WOMP

 

89. EZRA FURMAN / SUCK THE BLOOD FROM MY WOUND

 

88. MARSHMELLO FEAT. BASTILLE / HAPPIER

 

87. IU / BBIBBI

 

86. RINA SAWAYAMA / CHERRY

 

85. BEBE REXHA / I’M A MESS

 

84. FISHER / LOSING IT

 

83. KHALID FEAT. 6LACK & TY DOLLA $IGN / OTW

 

82. LAUV / I LIKE ME BETTER

 

81. THE INTERRUPTERS / SHE’S KEROSENE

 

80. BLOCBOY JB FEAT. DEAKE / LOOK ALIVE

 

79. SAKIMA FEAT. ROBOKID / APPS

 

78. SHARON VAN ETTEN / COMEBACK KID

 

77. CASPER MAGICO, NIO GARCIA, DARELL, NICKY JAM, BAD BUNNY & OZUNA / TE BOTE (REMIX)

 

76. DEMI LOVATO / SOBER

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75. METRO BOOMIN FEAT. 21 SAVAGE / DON’T COME OUT THE HOUSE

 

74. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FEAT. CHRIS STAPLETON / SAY SOMETHING

 

73. PUSHA T / IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW

 

72. EMPRESS OF . WHEN I’M WITH HIM 

 

71. PARQUET COURTS / WIDE AWAKE 

 

70. POST MALONE / BETTER NOW 

 

69. PENTAGON / SHINE

 

68. KALI UCHIS FEAT. JORJA SMITH / TYRANT

 

67. KANE BROWN / LOST IT

 

66. NICKY JAM & J BALVIN / X

 

65. ARCTIC MONKEYS / FOUR OUT OF FIVE

 

64. J. COLE / K.O.D.

 

63. HAYLEY KIYOKO / CURIOUS

 

62. KANYE WEST / GHOST TOWN

 

61. CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS / DOESN’T MATTER

 

60. MARSHMELLO & ANNE-MARIE / FRIENDS

 

59. CHRIS STAPLETON / BROKEN HALOS

 

58. CARLY RAE JEPSEN / PARTY FOR ONE

 

57. BOYGENIUS / ME AND MY DOG

 

56. BACKSTREET BOYS / DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART

 

55. CARDI B / BE CAREFUL 

 

54. FOSTER THE PEOPLE / SIT NEXT TO ME

 

53. JAMES BAY / PINK LEMONADE

 

52. FLORENCE + THE MACHINE / HUNGER

 

51. MITSKI / NOBODY

 

50.  BILLIE EILISH / YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN

 

49. CHARLIE PUTH FEAT. KEHLANI / DONE FOR ME

 

48. SLIK CITY FEAT. DUA LIPA / ELECTRICITY

 

47. ARIANA GRANDE / BREATHIN’

 

46. LANA DEL REY / MARINERS APARTMENT COMPLEX

 

45. RAE SREMMURD FEAT. JUICY J / POWERGLIDE

 

44. OLD DOMINION / HOTEL KEY

 

43. RED VELVET / BAD BOY

 

42. DRAKE / IN MY FEELINGS

 

41. TEYANA TAYLOR / WTP

 

40. MAC MILLER / SELF CARE

 

39. KHALID & NORMANI / LOVE LIES

 

38. JUICE WRLD / LUCID DREAMS

 

37. THE 1975 / GIVE YOURSELF A TRY

 

36. 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER / YOUNGBLOOD

 

35. TAYLOR SWIFT / DELICATE

 

34. MIGOS / STIR FRY

 

33. PANIC! AT THE DISCO / HIGH HOPES

 

32. LIL BABY & GUNNA / DRIP TOO HARD

 

31. HALSEY / WITHOUT ME

 

30. JAY ROCK, KENDRICK LAMAR, FUTURE & JAMES BLAKE / KING’S DEAD

 

29. KIM PETRAS / HEART TO BREAK

 

28. LIL WAYNE FEAT. SWIZZ BEATZ / UPROAR

 

27. THE CARTERS / APESHIT

 

26. ROBYN / MISSING U

 

25. ROSALIA / MALAMENTE

 

24. SHAWN MENDES / LOST IN JAPAN

 

23. CAMILA CABELLO / NEVER BE THE SAME

 

22. BTS / FAKE LOVE

 

21. DRAKE / GOD’S PLAN

 

20. TYGA FEAT. OFFSET / TASTE

 

19. BRUNO MARS FEAT. CARDI B / FINESSE (REMIX)

 

18. JANELLE MONAE / MAKE ME FEEL

 

17. BAD BUNNY FEAT. DRAKE / MIA

 

16. KING PRINCESS / 1950

 

15. KENDRICK LAMAR & SZA / ALL THE STARS

 

14. ARIANA GRANDE / NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY

 

13. JOHN MAYER / NEW LIGHT

 

12. CALVIN HARRIS & DUA LIPA / ONE KISS

 

11. SHECK WES / MO BAMBA

 

10. ZEDD, MAREN MORRIS & GREY / THE MIDDLE

 

9. KACEY MUSGRAVES / HIGH HORSE

 

8. TROYE SIVAN / MY, MY MY!

 

7. LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER / SHALLOW

 

6. CHILDISH GAMBINO / THIS IS AMERICA

 

5. DRAKE / NICE FOR WHAT

 

4. ARIANA GRANDE / THANK U, NEXT

 

3. ELLA MAI / BOO’D UP

 

2. TRAVIS SCOTT / SICKO MODE

 

1. CARDI B FEAT. J BALVIN & BAD BUNNY / I LIKE IT

 

 

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