Mediabase - Top 40/Mainstream - 2018 Year-End Chart
Nov 18, 2018 22:45:41 GMT -5
Post by Cerebro on Nov 18, 2018 22:45:41 GMT -5
We've made it to the finish line, again. Mediabase's 2018 chart year has wrapped. The chart year started with the Sunday November 19, 2017 chart and ended, last week, with the Sunday November 11, 2018 chart. Mediabase's standard practice, of late, has been to wrap their chart year two Sundays before Thanksgiving. Should they do otherwise, this year, i'll make the necessary adjustments to my numbers.
The usual Mediabase disclaimer...Mediabase counts ALL spins, including recurrent play. A track needs to have spent, at least, one week as a "current" during the chart year period in order to be eligible for inclusion in the year-end rankings. Year-long recurrents don't count, though I have shown where they would have ranked within the top 100, if they did. Artist spin-weighting divides the spins for each song amongst the performers credited on the track, with a greater percentage of the weight given to lead performers over the featured performers.
The usual personal disclaimer...I am only limited to the top 50 currents and recurrents, every week (that's all I can get from All Access). So my spin totals aren't "exact", but they'll certainly be "close enough" the the official Mediabase rankings. For the official rankings, watch this space in the coming weeks: pdf.mediabase.com/YearEnd18/YearEnd.pdf.
I've been tabulating this chart every year, this decade. Here are the rankings from past years:
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017
There'll be some lag with the impending Thanksgiving holiday. But I hope the have my Billboard year-end tabulation up by next weekend.
MEDIABASE - TOP 40/MAINSTREAM - YEAR-END CHART - TOP 100 OF 2018
Rank - Artist - Title - Spins - Peak - Weeks On
001 Dua Lipa - New Rules - 478992 - 1 (5) - 25
002 Ed Sheeran - Perfect - 435588 - 1 (2) - 22
003 Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey - The Middle - 411669 - 1 (6) - 25
004 Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug - Havana - 396066 - 1 (7) - 15
005 Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same - 386211 - 1 (4) - 30
006 Halsey - Bad At Love - 365758 - 2 - 15
007 NF - Let You Down - 358376 - 1 (1) - 22
008 Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B - Girls Like You - 333565 - 1 (5) - 24
009 Bazzi - Mine - 322700 - 1 (1) - 24
010 Khalid X Normani - Love Lies - 308985 - 1 (2) - 35
011 Marshmello and Anne-Marie - Friends - 303117 - 2 - 26
012 Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line - Meant To Be - 301020 - 2 - 26
013 Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign - Psycho - 300785 - 1 (4) - 25
014 Post Malone - Better Now - 300547 - 1 (2) - 24
015 G-Eazy and Halsey - Him And I - 298304 - 1 (2) - 20
016 Lauv - I Like Me Better - 280396 - 7 - 36
017 Ariana Grande - No Tears Left To Cry - 276589 - 1 (1) - 22
018 Selena Gomez - Back To You - 275931 - 4 - 25
019 Post Malone featuring 21 Savage - Rockstar - 269192 - 5 - 14
020 MAX featuring Gnash - Lights Down Low - 267607 - 7 - 19
021 Bruno Mars and Cardi B - Finesse - 264338 - 1 (1) - 20
022 Imagine Dragons - Thunder - 262939 - 1 (1) - 12
023 Taylor Swift - Delicate - 256028 - 1 (1) - 25
024 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood - 245814 - 1 (5) - 24
025 Charlie Puth - How Long - 245049 - 3 - 16
026 Selena Gomez X Marshmello - Wolves - 242748 - 5 - 18
027 The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar - Pray For Me - 241459 - 3 - 20
028 Drake - God's Plan - 241342 - 3 - 20
029 Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry - 228017 - 4 - 7
030 Cardi B featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin - I Like It - 224974 - 3 - 22
031 Maroon 5 - Wait - 215608 - 5 - 23
032 Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes - 211689 - 3 - 23
033 Shawn Mendes - In My Blood - 204370 - 6 - 20
034 Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still - 190338 - 2 - 7
035 Liam Payne featuring Quavo - Strip That Down - 181178 - 8 - 1
036 Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa - One Kiss - 177173 - 9 - 20
REC Charlie Puth - Attention - 174567
037 Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman - 170379 - 1 (2) - 17
038 Macklemore featuring Kesha - Good Old Days - 166848 - 11 - 18
039 Maroon 5 featuring SZA - What Lovers Do - 163693 - 3 - 9
REC Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back - 146429
040 Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes - 142683 - 6 - 10
REC Niall Horan - Slow Hands - 137751
041 Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid - 1-800-273-8255 - 135637 - 5 - 3
REC Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You - 134397
042 Hailee Steinfeld and Alesso featuring Florida Georgia Line and Watt - Let Me Go - 129465 - 15 - 14
043 Drake - In My Feelings - 124895 - 6 - 18
044 DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper, and Quavo - No Brainer - 124358 - 7 - 16
045 Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess - 119730 - 10 - 20
046 NF - Lie - 118605 - 8 - 25
047 Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams (Forget Me) - 114156 - 7 - 18
048 Drake - Nice For What - 108579 - 12 - 21
REC Bruno Mars - That's What I Like - 107115
049 Dua Lipa - IDGAF - 105417 - 11 - 21
REC Zedd and Alessia Cara - Stay - 104119
050 Khalid - Young, Dumb, And Broke - 100229 - 14 - 18
051 Bryce Vine - Drew Barrymore - 96709 - 15 - 26
052 Taylor Swift featuring Ed Sheeran and Future - End Game - 95251 - 10 - 15
REC Kygo X Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me - 94298
053 Marshmello featuring Bastille - Happier - 92201 - 2 - 12
054 Benny Blanco, Halsey, and Khalid - Eastside - 91351 - 10 - 17
REC The Chainsmokers and Coldplay - Something Just Like This - 88708
055 Imagine Dragons - Natural - 87879 - 11 - 16
056 Demi Lovato - Tell Me You Love Me - 87392 - 17 - 23
057 Kendrick Lamar and SZA - All The Stars - 86919 - 13 - 21
REC Imagine Dragons - Believer - 84094
REC Cheat Codes featuring Demi Lovato - No Promises - 83193
058 Tiësto and Dzeko featuring Preme and Post Malone - Jackie Chan - 79045 - 14 - 20
REC Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber - Despacito - 78471
059 Kygo featuring Miguel - Remind Me To Forget - 75645 - 11 - 16
060 Halsey featuring Big Sean and Stefflon Don - Alone - 74591 - 17 - 19
061 Foster The People - Sit Next To Me - 74351 - 18 - 22
062 Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton - Say Something - 68926 - 13 - 15
063 Lovelytheband - Broken - 66998 - 15 - 17
REC The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey - Closer - 66982
064 Bazzi featuring Camila Cabello - Beautiful - 64862 - 14 - 14
065 Charlie Puth featuring Kehlani - Done For Me - 64562 - 16 - 17
066 Alessia Cara - Growing Pains - 63407 - 12 - 13
067 Meghan Trainor - No Excuses - 58470 - 13 - 13
REC French Montana featuring Swae Lee - Unforgettable - 56903
068 Backstreet Boys - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - 56582 - 16 - 16
069 Charlie Puth - The Way I Am - 54355 - 16 - 14
070 Kesha - Praying - 54337 - 9 - 3
071 Ariana Grande - Breathin' - 54266 - 8 - 11
REC Halsey - Now Or Never - 52864
072 Kendrick Lamar featuring Zacari - LOVE. - 52715 - 19 - 19
073 Sofi Tukker - Best Friend - 51416 - 18 - 14
REC DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You - 50413
074 Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It? - 49980 - 11 - 10
075 Madison Beer - Home With You - 49287 - 18 - 22
REC The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Starboy - 48424
REC Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful - 46936
076 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes - 46878 - 10 - 12
077 Sabrina Carpenter - Almost Love - 46579 - 21 - 18
078 Niall Horan - Too Much To Ask - 45755 - 17 - 11
REC Bruno Mars - 24K Magic - 45275
079 The Chainsmokers featuring Emily Warren - Side Effects - 45087 - 12 - 11
080 Niall Horan - On The Loose - 43807 - 21 - 15
081 N*E*R*D and Rihanna - Lemon - 43375 - 20 - 19
082 P!nk - What About Us - 43021 - 11 - 7
REC Sia - Cheap Thrills - 42459
083 5 Seconds Of Summer - Want You Back - 42450 - 21 - 13
084 Walk The Moon - One Foot - 41634 - 21 - 15
REC Julia Michaels - Issues - 40296
REC DJ Khaled featuring Justing Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper, and Lil' Wayne - I'm The One - 39086
085 Calvin Harris and Sam Smith - Promises - 38961 - 20 - 12
086 J Balvin featuring Willy William and Beyoncé - Mi Gente - 38738 - 16 - 7
REC The Chainsmokers featuring Daya - Don't Let Me Down - 38032
087 Justin Timberlake - Filthy - 36432 - 14 - 8
REC Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj - Side To Side - 36149
REC Twenty One Pilots - Ride - 36138
088 Shawn Mendes featuring Zedd - Lost In Japan - 35317 - 17 - 7
089 Logic and Marshmello - Everyday - 34553 - 21 - 16
REC Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna - This Is What You Came For - 32862
090 Tyga featuring Offset - Taste - 31794 - 23 - 15
REC The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming - 31691
REC DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts - 31516
REC James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go - 30994
091 P!nk - Beautiful Trauma - 30413 - 23 - 16
092 Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran - River - 30031 - 20 - 11
093 Ella Mai - Boo'd Up - 29619 - 25 - 13
REC Clean Bandit and Anne-Marie featuring Sean Paul - Rockabye - 29252
094 Halsey - Without Me - 28582 - 14 - 6
095 Alice Merton - No Roots - 28141 - 26 - 17
REC Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! - 26206
REC Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better - 25808
096 Zayn - Let Me - 25211 - 22 - 10
097 Silk City featuring Dua Lipa - Electricity - 25008 - 19 - 9
098 Jennifer Lopez featuring DJ Khaled and Cardi B - Dinero - 24403 - 23 - 12
099 Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels - I Miss You - 24292 - 28 - 15
100 BTS featuring Desiigner - MIC Drop (Aoki Mix) - 24027 - 24 - 11
THE REST
101 Calvin Harris featuring Kehlani and Lil' Yachty - Faking It - 23230 - 22 - 9
102 Big Boi - All Night - 23131 - 27 - 17
103 Meghan Trainor - Let You Be Right - 23028 - 25 - 12
104 Troye Sivan - My My My! - 22661 - 21 - 10
105 Nicki Minaj featuring Ariana Grande - Bed - 22151 - 19 - 9
106 LSD (Labrinth/Sia/Diplo) - Thunderclouds - 21890 - 22 - 10
107 Weezer - Africa - 20629 - 26 - 10
108 Dennis Lloyd - Nevermind - 20143 - 28 - 13
109 Cheat Codes featuring Fetty Wap - Feels Great - 20032 - 28 - 9
110 Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato - Solo - 20021 - 28 - 12
111 Anne-Marie - 2002 - 19208 - 29 - 10
112 Jack and Jack - Beg - 18553 - 27 - 11
113 In Real Life - Tattoo (How 'Bout You) - 18383 - 28 - 16
114 Travis Scott - Sicko Mode - 17602 - 23 - 10
115 Post Malone - I Fall Apart - 17405 - 27 - 13
116 Jason Derulo X David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj and Willy William - Goodbye - 16957 - 26 - 8
117 Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull - Move To Miami - 16706 - 26 - 11
118 Liam Payne and J Balvin - Familiar - 16622 - 25 - 11
119 Loud Luxury featuring Brando - Body - 16212 - 32 - 14
120 Logic featuring Ryan Tedder - One Day - 15840 - 31 - 10
121 Zedd and Elley Duhé - Happy Now - 15659 - 28 - 9
122 Thirty Seconds To Mars - Walk On Water - 15367 - 29 - 13
123 Why Don't We - Trust Fund Baby - 14760 - 29 - 11
124 AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo - Sober Up - 13425 - 29 - 12
125 Fall Out Boy - Hold Me Tight Or Don't - 13262 - 31 - 14
126 Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne and Macklemore - These Days - 12859 - 26 - 11
127 Kent Jones - Merengue - 12729 - 31 - 13
128 Blackbear - Do Re Mi - 12466 - 24 - 4
129 Post Malone and Swae Lee - Sunflower - 12185 - 18 - 4
130 Daya - New - 12075 - 33 - 9
131 Sam Smith featuring Logic - Pray - 12039 - 30 - 12
132 Camila Cabello - Consequences - 11717 - 21 - 4
133 Kim Petras - Heart To Break - 11617 - 40 - 14
134 Marshmello X Khalid - Silence - 11611 - 32 - 10
135 CNCO and Little Mix - Reggaetón Lento (Bailemos) - 11490 - 35 - 10
136 Cash Cash featuring Abir - Finest Hour - 11371 - 38 - 12
137 BTS - Fake Love - 11270 - 33 - 10
138 G-Eazy featuring Charlie Puth - Sober - 11134 - 31 - 10
139 Noah Cyrus and MAX - Team - 10988 - 36 - 10
140 Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do - 10703 - 30 - 4
141 Cheat Codes and Little Mix - Only You - 10363 - 37 - 11
142 Cardi B - Bodak Yellow (Money Moves) - 10298 - 25 - 4
143 Martin Garrix featuring Khalid - Ocean - 10220 - 37 - 11
144 The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling - 9793 - 28 - 7
145 Justin Timberlake - SoulMate - 9344 - 30 - 6
146 Jonas Blue featuring Jack and Jack - Rise - 9334 - 36 - 9
147 Mike Posner - Song About You - 9264 - 31 - 7
148 Drake featuring Michael Jackson - Don't Matter To Me - 9172 - 26 - 5
149 Fergie - A Little Work - 8820 - 37 - 9
150 Kelly Clarkson - Love So Soft - 8771 - 20 - 3
151 Liam Payne - Bedroom Floor - 8767 - 31 - 7
152 Migos - Stir Fry - 8737 - 35 - 9
153 G-Eazy featuring A$AP Rocky and Cardi B - No Limit - 8657 - 38 - 11
154 Kesha featuring The Dap-Kings Horns - Woman - 8656 - 34 - 8
155 Dan + Shay - Tequila - 8653 - 36 - 8
156 Zayn featuring Sia - Dusk Till Dawn - 8551 - 30 - 6
157 Dean Lewis - Be Alright - 7795 - 31 - 7
158 Nicky Jam X J Balvin - X - 7418 - 37 - 9
159 Miguel featuring Travis Scott - Sky Walker - 7314 - 36 - 11
160 Alessia Cara - Trust My Lonely - 7208 - 30 - 5
161 NOTD featuring Bea Miller - I Wanna Know - 7115 - 44 - 12
162 Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper - Shallow - 7030 - 25 - 4
163 Loote - Your Side Of The Bed - 6959 - 40 - 8
164 The Chainsmokers - Everybody Hates Me - 6894 - 31 - 5
165 Khalid - Better - 6883 - 29 - 4
166 Julia Michaels featuring Trippie Redd - Jump - 6631 - 41 - 9
167 Hayley Kiyoko - Curious - 6592 - 36 - 9
168 Kanye West and Lil' Pump - I Love It - 6371 - 38 - 7
169 LIVVIA featuring Quavo - Catch A Body - 6343 - 37 - 9
170 Lorde - Homemade Dynamite - 6253 - 41 - 8
171 Twenty One Pilots - My Blood - 6060 - 37 - 5
172 Why Don't We - 8 Letters - 5888 - 37 - 6
173 Bülow - Not A Love Song - 5752 - 38 - 9
174 Liam Payne and Rita Ora - For You (Fifty Shades Freed) - 5629 - 35 - 5
175 Alan Walker featuring Noah Cyrus - All Falls Down - 5614 - 40 - 8
176 Eminem featuring Kehlani - Nowhere Fast - 5317 - 41 - 8
177 Lost Kings featuring Sabrina Carpenter - First Love - 5282 - 41 - 9
178 Echosmith - Over My Head - 5226 - 39 - 7
179 AJ Mitchell - Girls - 5182 - 42 - 7
180 Tom Walker - Leave A Light On - 5168 - 41 - 7
181 Logan Henderson - Bite My Tongue - 4926 - 38 - 7
182 David Guetta - Don't Leave Me Alone - 4901 - 41 - 6
183 Machine Gun Kelly, X Ambassadors, and Bebe Rexha - Home - 4860 - 39 - 6
184 Arlissa with Jonas Blue - Hearts Ain't Gonna Lie - 4689 - 40 - 7
185 Social House featuring Lil' Yachty - Magic In The Hamptons - 4584 - 43 - 7
186 Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel - 4533 - 37 - 7
187 Louis Tomlinson - Miss You - 4484 - 41 - 6
188 Sabrina Carpenter - Why - 4403 - 28 - 2
189 DJ Snake, Selena Gomez, Ozuna, and Cardi B - Taki Taki - 4346 - 33 - 3
190 Gryffin featuring Elley Duhé - Tie Me Down - 4320 - 43 - 6
191 Eminem featuring Beyoncé - Walk On Water - 4256 - 41 - 5
192 Harry Styles - Kiwi - 4185 - 39 - 3
193 Migos featuring Drake - Walk It Talk It - 4138 - 45 - 6
194 BTS featuring Nicki Minaj - Idol - 3695 - 42 - 6
195 Pharrell Williams X Camila Cabello - Sangria Wine - 3638 - 39 - 4
196 Symon - Lonely Girl - 3468 - 47 - 7
197 Childish Gambino - This Is America - 3397 - 46 - 5
198 Years And Years - If You're Over Me - 3368 - 44 - 5
199 Avicii featuring Rita Ora - Lonely Together - 3321 - 44 - 6
200 YG featuring 2 Chainz, Big Sean, and Nicki Minaj - Big Bank - 3175 - 44 - 4
201 Sean Paul and David Guetta featuring Becky G - Mad Love - 2942 - 45 - 6
202 Prettymuch - Summer On You - 2727 - 45 - 5
203 Alex Aiono - Does It Feel Like Falling - 2700 - 45 - 4
204 Lil' Dicky featuring Chris Brown - Freaky Friday - 2539 - 46 - 4
205 Childish Gambino - Summertime Magic - 2459 - 47 - 7
206 MNEK featuring Hailee Steinfeld - Colour - 2370 - 47 - 3
207 Lil' Pump - Gucci Gang - 2121 - 46 - 4
208 Lauv featuring Julia Michaels - There's No Other Way - 2074 - 44 - 3
209 Dillon Francis featuring Lao Ra - White Boi - 2053 - 48 - 3
210 Ellie Goulding X Diplo featuring Swae Lee - Close To Me - 1854 - 40 - 2
211 Steve Aoki featuring BTS - Waste It On Me - 1762 - 41 - 2
212 The Chainsmokers - Sick Boy - 1736 - 44 - 4
213 Yo Gotti featuring Nicki Minaj - Rake It Up - 1725 - 41 - 2
214 Bobby Green featuring Midian - Warrior - 1612 - 47 - 4
215 Elijah Woods X Jamie Fine - Ain't Easy - 1506 - 49 - 2
216 Bad Wolves - Zombie - 1463 - 49 - 2
217 Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next - 1454 - 39 - 1
218 Zara Larsson - Ruin My Life - 1395 - 43 - 1
219 Rita Ora - Let You Love Me - 1358 - 50 - 1
220 The Weeknd - Call Out My Name - 1285 - 47 - 2
221 Bad Bunny featuring Drake - MIA - 1284 - 50 - 1
222 Lukas Graham - Love Someone - 1047 - 47 - 1
223 Justin Timberlake - Supplies - 1030 - 47 - 2
224 Iggy Azalea featuring Quavo - Savior - 953 - 47 - 2
225 The Vamps - Just My Type - 719 - 49 - 1
226 Ne-Yo featuring Stefflon Don and Bebe Rexha - Push Back - 613 - 50 - 1
227 Nina Nesbitt - Loyal To Me - 501 - 50 - 1
228 DVBBS and Blackbear - IDWK - 488 - 49 - 1
229 Keala Settle - This Is Me - 483 - 49 - 1
230 6ix9ine featuring Nicki Minaj - Fefe - 462 - 50 - 1
231 DJ Khaled featuring Jay-Z, Future, and Beyoncé - Top Off - 407 - 45 - 1
232 Linkin Park - One More Light - 386 - 50 - 1
TOP 50 ARTISTS
Rank - Artist - Weighted Spins
01 Post Malone - 840976
02 Camila Cabello - 762693
03 Dua Lipa - 675496
04 Maroon 5 - 663140
05 Halsey - 641074
06 Imagine Dragons - 562507
07 Ariana Grande - 504903
08 Drake - 483613
09 NF - 476981
10 Ed Sheeran - 443354
11 Taylor Swift - 402437
12 Selena Gomez - 398147
13 Bebe Rexha - 392299
14 Bazzi - 381076
15 Cardi B - 381030
16 Marshmello - 378995
17 Charlie Puth - 358623
18 Demi Lovato - 317411
19 Khalid - 305664
20 5 Seconds Of Summer - 288264
21 Lauv - 282263
22 MAX - 240846
23 Shawn Mendes - 236155
24 Kendrick Lamar - 211633
25 Liam Payne - 182953
26 Sam Smith - 172999
27 Anne-Marie - 170767
28 G-Eazy - 166964
29 Logic - 154810
30 Normani - 154493
31 Macklemore - 150806
32 Zedd - 148583
33T Maren Morris - 137222
33T Grey - 137222
35 Bruno Mars - 132169
36 Calvin Harris - 128974
37 The Weeknd - 122015
38 Juice WRLD - 114156
39 Portugal. The Man - 109338
40 Justin Timberlake - 108839
41 Bryce Vine - 96709
42 Niall Horan - 89562
43 Meghan Trainor - 81498
44 Kesha - 78812
45 Alessia Cara - 77397
46 Foster The People - 74351
47 P!nk - 73434
48 Kygo - 68081
49 Lovelytheband - 66998
50 SZA - 59829
"New Rules" earns Dua Lipa a, well deserved, win as the top song of the year. The song was relentless. It debuted way back in August 2017 and spent a total of 38 weeks in the top 50 as well as 22 weeks in the top 10. The latter, all during the 2018 chart year. The song, then, logged considerable recurrent play as it inched, slowly, downward. In fact, it would still be in the top 30, right now, if not for those pesky recurrent rules.
Ed Sheeran is no slouch, either. "Perfect" seemed just as relentless, and it held the top spot through the halfway point of the year. Ed's winnng streak, continues, in that this is the third consecutive year that he has made the top two, in some capacity:
2016: #2 "Love Yourself" (as a songwriter)
2017: #1 "Shape Of You"
2018: #2 "Perfect"
On the artist list, Post Malone wins top honors by a mile. He had five top 50 singles, during the year, as a lead artist and one featured appearance. Not to mention, copious recurrent play. Three of his hits land in the year-end top 20.
Camila Cabello finishes as the Top Female Artist and Maroon 5 as the Top Duo/Group. NF claims the Top New Artist crown.
The usual Mediabase disclaimer...Mediabase counts ALL spins, including recurrent play. A track needs to have spent, at least, one week as a "current" during the chart year period in order to be eligible for inclusion in the year-end rankings. Year-long recurrents don't count, though I have shown where they would have ranked within the top 100, if they did. Artist spin-weighting divides the spins for each song amongst the performers credited on the track, with a greater percentage of the weight given to lead performers over the featured performers.
The usual personal disclaimer...I am only limited to the top 50 currents and recurrents, every week (that's all I can get from All Access). So my spin totals aren't "exact", but they'll certainly be "close enough" the the official Mediabase rankings. For the official rankings, watch this space in the coming weeks: pdf.mediabase.com/YearEnd18/YearEnd.pdf.
I've been tabulating this chart every year, this decade. Here are the rankings from past years:
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017
There'll be some lag with the impending Thanksgiving holiday. But I hope the have my Billboard year-end tabulation up by next weekend.
MEDIABASE - TOP 40/MAINSTREAM - YEAR-END CHART - TOP 100 OF 2018
Rank - Artist - Title - Spins - Peak - Weeks On
001 Dua Lipa - New Rules - 478992 - 1 (5) - 25
002 Ed Sheeran - Perfect - 435588 - 1 (2) - 22
003 Zedd, Maren Morris, and Grey - The Middle - 411669 - 1 (6) - 25
004 Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug - Havana - 396066 - 1 (7) - 15
005 Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same - 386211 - 1 (4) - 30
006 Halsey - Bad At Love - 365758 - 2 - 15
007 NF - Let You Down - 358376 - 1 (1) - 22
008 Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B - Girls Like You - 333565 - 1 (5) - 24
009 Bazzi - Mine - 322700 - 1 (1) - 24
010 Khalid X Normani - Love Lies - 308985 - 1 (2) - 35
011 Marshmello and Anne-Marie - Friends - 303117 - 2 - 26
012 Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line - Meant To Be - 301020 - 2 - 26
013 Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign - Psycho - 300785 - 1 (4) - 25
014 Post Malone - Better Now - 300547 - 1 (2) - 24
015 G-Eazy and Halsey - Him And I - 298304 - 1 (2) - 20
016 Lauv - I Like Me Better - 280396 - 7 - 36
017 Ariana Grande - No Tears Left To Cry - 276589 - 1 (1) - 22
018 Selena Gomez - Back To You - 275931 - 4 - 25
019 Post Malone featuring 21 Savage - Rockstar - 269192 - 5 - 14
020 MAX featuring Gnash - Lights Down Low - 267607 - 7 - 19
021 Bruno Mars and Cardi B - Finesse - 264338 - 1 (1) - 20
022 Imagine Dragons - Thunder - 262939 - 1 (1) - 12
023 Taylor Swift - Delicate - 256028 - 1 (1) - 25
024 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood - 245814 - 1 (5) - 24
025 Charlie Puth - How Long - 245049 - 3 - 16
026 Selena Gomez X Marshmello - Wolves - 242748 - 5 - 18
027 The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar - Pray For Me - 241459 - 3 - 20
028 Drake - God's Plan - 241342 - 3 - 20
029 Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry - 228017 - 4 - 7
030 Cardi B featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin - I Like It - 224974 - 3 - 22
031 Maroon 5 - Wait - 215608 - 5 - 23
032 Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes - 211689 - 3 - 23
033 Shawn Mendes - In My Blood - 204370 - 6 - 20
034 Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still - 190338 - 2 - 7
035 Liam Payne featuring Quavo - Strip That Down - 181178 - 8 - 1
036 Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa - One Kiss - 177173 - 9 - 20
REC Charlie Puth - Attention - 174567
037 Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman - 170379 - 1 (2) - 17
038 Macklemore featuring Kesha - Good Old Days - 166848 - 11 - 18
039 Maroon 5 featuring SZA - What Lovers Do - 163693 - 3 - 9
REC Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back - 146429
040 Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes - 142683 - 6 - 10
REC Niall Horan - Slow Hands - 137751
041 Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid - 1-800-273-8255 - 135637 - 5 - 3
REC Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You - 134397
042 Hailee Steinfeld and Alesso featuring Florida Georgia Line and Watt - Let Me Go - 129465 - 15 - 14
043 Drake - In My Feelings - 124895 - 6 - 18
044 DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper, and Quavo - No Brainer - 124358 - 7 - 16
045 Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess - 119730 - 10 - 20
046 NF - Lie - 118605 - 8 - 25
047 Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams (Forget Me) - 114156 - 7 - 18
048 Drake - Nice For What - 108579 - 12 - 21
REC Bruno Mars - That's What I Like - 107115
049 Dua Lipa - IDGAF - 105417 - 11 - 21
REC Zedd and Alessia Cara - Stay - 104119
050 Khalid - Young, Dumb, And Broke - 100229 - 14 - 18
051 Bryce Vine - Drew Barrymore - 96709 - 15 - 26
052 Taylor Swift featuring Ed Sheeran and Future - End Game - 95251 - 10 - 15
REC Kygo X Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me - 94298
053 Marshmello featuring Bastille - Happier - 92201 - 2 - 12
054 Benny Blanco, Halsey, and Khalid - Eastside - 91351 - 10 - 17
REC The Chainsmokers and Coldplay - Something Just Like This - 88708
055 Imagine Dragons - Natural - 87879 - 11 - 16
056 Demi Lovato - Tell Me You Love Me - 87392 - 17 - 23
057 Kendrick Lamar and SZA - All The Stars - 86919 - 13 - 21
REC Imagine Dragons - Believer - 84094
REC Cheat Codes featuring Demi Lovato - No Promises - 83193
058 Tiësto and Dzeko featuring Preme and Post Malone - Jackie Chan - 79045 - 14 - 20
REC Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber - Despacito - 78471
059 Kygo featuring Miguel - Remind Me To Forget - 75645 - 11 - 16
060 Halsey featuring Big Sean and Stefflon Don - Alone - 74591 - 17 - 19
061 Foster The People - Sit Next To Me - 74351 - 18 - 22
062 Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton - Say Something - 68926 - 13 - 15
063 Lovelytheband - Broken - 66998 - 15 - 17
REC The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey - Closer - 66982
064 Bazzi featuring Camila Cabello - Beautiful - 64862 - 14 - 14
065 Charlie Puth featuring Kehlani - Done For Me - 64562 - 16 - 17
066 Alessia Cara - Growing Pains - 63407 - 12 - 13
067 Meghan Trainor - No Excuses - 58470 - 13 - 13
REC French Montana featuring Swae Lee - Unforgettable - 56903
068 Backstreet Boys - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - 56582 - 16 - 16
069 Charlie Puth - The Way I Am - 54355 - 16 - 14
070 Kesha - Praying - 54337 - 9 - 3
071 Ariana Grande - Breathin' - 54266 - 8 - 11
REC Halsey - Now Or Never - 52864
072 Kendrick Lamar featuring Zacari - LOVE. - 52715 - 19 - 19
073 Sofi Tukker - Best Friend - 51416 - 18 - 14
REC DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You - 50413
074 Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It? - 49980 - 11 - 10
075 Madison Beer - Home With You - 49287 - 18 - 22
REC The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - Starboy - 48424
REC Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful - 46936
076 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes - 46878 - 10 - 12
077 Sabrina Carpenter - Almost Love - 46579 - 21 - 18
078 Niall Horan - Too Much To Ask - 45755 - 17 - 11
REC Bruno Mars - 24K Magic - 45275
079 The Chainsmokers featuring Emily Warren - Side Effects - 45087 - 12 - 11
080 Niall Horan - On The Loose - 43807 - 21 - 15
081 N*E*R*D and Rihanna - Lemon - 43375 - 20 - 19
082 P!nk - What About Us - 43021 - 11 - 7
REC Sia - Cheap Thrills - 42459
083 5 Seconds Of Summer - Want You Back - 42450 - 21 - 13
084 Walk The Moon - One Foot - 41634 - 21 - 15
REC Julia Michaels - Issues - 40296
REC DJ Khaled featuring Justing Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper, and Lil' Wayne - I'm The One - 39086
085 Calvin Harris and Sam Smith - Promises - 38961 - 20 - 12
086 J Balvin featuring Willy William and Beyoncé - Mi Gente - 38738 - 16 - 7
REC The Chainsmokers featuring Daya - Don't Let Me Down - 38032
087 Justin Timberlake - Filthy - 36432 - 14 - 8
REC Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj - Side To Side - 36149
REC Twenty One Pilots - Ride - 36138
088 Shawn Mendes featuring Zedd - Lost In Japan - 35317 - 17 - 7
089 Logic and Marshmello - Everyday - 34553 - 21 - 16
REC Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna - This Is What You Came For - 32862
090 Tyga featuring Offset - Taste - 31794 - 23 - 15
REC The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming - 31691
REC DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts - 31516
REC James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go - 30994
091 P!nk - Beautiful Trauma - 30413 - 23 - 16
092 Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran - River - 30031 - 20 - 11
093 Ella Mai - Boo'd Up - 29619 - 25 - 13
REC Clean Bandit and Anne-Marie featuring Sean Paul - Rockabye - 29252
094 Halsey - Without Me - 28582 - 14 - 6
095 Alice Merton - No Roots - 28141 - 26 - 17
REC Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling! - 26206
REC Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better - 25808
096 Zayn - Let Me - 25211 - 22 - 10
097 Silk City featuring Dua Lipa - Electricity - 25008 - 19 - 9
098 Jennifer Lopez featuring DJ Khaled and Cardi B - Dinero - 24403 - 23 - 12
099 Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels - I Miss You - 24292 - 28 - 15
100 BTS featuring Desiigner - MIC Drop (Aoki Mix) - 24027 - 24 - 11
THE REST
101 Calvin Harris featuring Kehlani and Lil' Yachty - Faking It - 23230 - 22 - 9
102 Big Boi - All Night - 23131 - 27 - 17
103 Meghan Trainor - Let You Be Right - 23028 - 25 - 12
104 Troye Sivan - My My My! - 22661 - 21 - 10
105 Nicki Minaj featuring Ariana Grande - Bed - 22151 - 19 - 9
106 LSD (Labrinth/Sia/Diplo) - Thunderclouds - 21890 - 22 - 10
107 Weezer - Africa - 20629 - 26 - 10
108 Dennis Lloyd - Nevermind - 20143 - 28 - 13
109 Cheat Codes featuring Fetty Wap - Feels Great - 20032 - 28 - 9
110 Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato - Solo - 20021 - 28 - 12
111 Anne-Marie - 2002 - 19208 - 29 - 10
112 Jack and Jack - Beg - 18553 - 27 - 11
113 In Real Life - Tattoo (How 'Bout You) - 18383 - 28 - 16
114 Travis Scott - Sicko Mode - 17602 - 23 - 10
115 Post Malone - I Fall Apart - 17405 - 27 - 13
116 Jason Derulo X David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj and Willy William - Goodbye - 16957 - 26 - 8
117 Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull - Move To Miami - 16706 - 26 - 11
118 Liam Payne and J Balvin - Familiar - 16622 - 25 - 11
119 Loud Luxury featuring Brando - Body - 16212 - 32 - 14
120 Logic featuring Ryan Tedder - One Day - 15840 - 31 - 10
121 Zedd and Elley Duhé - Happy Now - 15659 - 28 - 9
122 Thirty Seconds To Mars - Walk On Water - 15367 - 29 - 13
123 Why Don't We - Trust Fund Baby - 14760 - 29 - 11
124 AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo - Sober Up - 13425 - 29 - 12
125 Fall Out Boy - Hold Me Tight Or Don't - 13262 - 31 - 14
126 Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne and Macklemore - These Days - 12859 - 26 - 11
127 Kent Jones - Merengue - 12729 - 31 - 13
128 Blackbear - Do Re Mi - 12466 - 24 - 4
129 Post Malone and Swae Lee - Sunflower - 12185 - 18 - 4
130 Daya - New - 12075 - 33 - 9
131 Sam Smith featuring Logic - Pray - 12039 - 30 - 12
132 Camila Cabello - Consequences - 11717 - 21 - 4
133 Kim Petras - Heart To Break - 11617 - 40 - 14
134 Marshmello X Khalid - Silence - 11611 - 32 - 10
135 CNCO and Little Mix - Reggaetón Lento (Bailemos) - 11490 - 35 - 10
136 Cash Cash featuring Abir - Finest Hour - 11371 - 38 - 12
137 BTS - Fake Love - 11270 - 33 - 10
138 G-Eazy featuring Charlie Puth - Sober - 11134 - 31 - 10
139 Noah Cyrus and MAX - Team - 10988 - 36 - 10
140 Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do - 10703 - 30 - 4
141 Cheat Codes and Little Mix - Only You - 10363 - 37 - 11
142 Cardi B - Bodak Yellow (Money Moves) - 10298 - 25 - 4
143 Martin Garrix featuring Khalid - Ocean - 10220 - 37 - 11
144 The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling - 9793 - 28 - 7
145 Justin Timberlake - SoulMate - 9344 - 30 - 6
146 Jonas Blue featuring Jack and Jack - Rise - 9334 - 36 - 9
147 Mike Posner - Song About You - 9264 - 31 - 7
148 Drake featuring Michael Jackson - Don't Matter To Me - 9172 - 26 - 5
149 Fergie - A Little Work - 8820 - 37 - 9
150 Kelly Clarkson - Love So Soft - 8771 - 20 - 3
151 Liam Payne - Bedroom Floor - 8767 - 31 - 7
152 Migos - Stir Fry - 8737 - 35 - 9
153 G-Eazy featuring A$AP Rocky and Cardi B - No Limit - 8657 - 38 - 11
154 Kesha featuring The Dap-Kings Horns - Woman - 8656 - 34 - 8
155 Dan + Shay - Tequila - 8653 - 36 - 8
156 Zayn featuring Sia - Dusk Till Dawn - 8551 - 30 - 6
157 Dean Lewis - Be Alright - 7795 - 31 - 7
158 Nicky Jam X J Balvin - X - 7418 - 37 - 9
159 Miguel featuring Travis Scott - Sky Walker - 7314 - 36 - 11
160 Alessia Cara - Trust My Lonely - 7208 - 30 - 5
161 NOTD featuring Bea Miller - I Wanna Know - 7115 - 44 - 12
162 Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper - Shallow - 7030 - 25 - 4
163 Loote - Your Side Of The Bed - 6959 - 40 - 8
164 The Chainsmokers - Everybody Hates Me - 6894 - 31 - 5
165 Khalid - Better - 6883 - 29 - 4
166 Julia Michaels featuring Trippie Redd - Jump - 6631 - 41 - 9
167 Hayley Kiyoko - Curious - 6592 - 36 - 9
168 Kanye West and Lil' Pump - I Love It - 6371 - 38 - 7
169 LIVVIA featuring Quavo - Catch A Body - 6343 - 37 - 9
170 Lorde - Homemade Dynamite - 6253 - 41 - 8
171 Twenty One Pilots - My Blood - 6060 - 37 - 5
172 Why Don't We - 8 Letters - 5888 - 37 - 6
173 Bülow - Not A Love Song - 5752 - 38 - 9
174 Liam Payne and Rita Ora - For You (Fifty Shades Freed) - 5629 - 35 - 5
175 Alan Walker featuring Noah Cyrus - All Falls Down - 5614 - 40 - 8
176 Eminem featuring Kehlani - Nowhere Fast - 5317 - 41 - 8
177 Lost Kings featuring Sabrina Carpenter - First Love - 5282 - 41 - 9
178 Echosmith - Over My Head - 5226 - 39 - 7
179 AJ Mitchell - Girls - 5182 - 42 - 7
180 Tom Walker - Leave A Light On - 5168 - 41 - 7
181 Logan Henderson - Bite My Tongue - 4926 - 38 - 7
182 David Guetta - Don't Leave Me Alone - 4901 - 41 - 6
183 Machine Gun Kelly, X Ambassadors, and Bebe Rexha - Home - 4860 - 39 - 6
184 Arlissa with Jonas Blue - Hearts Ain't Gonna Lie - 4689 - 40 - 7
185 Social House featuring Lil' Yachty - Magic In The Hamptons - 4584 - 43 - 7
186 Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel - 4533 - 37 - 7
187 Louis Tomlinson - Miss You - 4484 - 41 - 6
188 Sabrina Carpenter - Why - 4403 - 28 - 2
189 DJ Snake, Selena Gomez, Ozuna, and Cardi B - Taki Taki - 4346 - 33 - 3
190 Gryffin featuring Elley Duhé - Tie Me Down - 4320 - 43 - 6
191 Eminem featuring Beyoncé - Walk On Water - 4256 - 41 - 5
192 Harry Styles - Kiwi - 4185 - 39 - 3
193 Migos featuring Drake - Walk It Talk It - 4138 - 45 - 6
194 BTS featuring Nicki Minaj - Idol - 3695 - 42 - 6
195 Pharrell Williams X Camila Cabello - Sangria Wine - 3638 - 39 - 4
196 Symon - Lonely Girl - 3468 - 47 - 7
197 Childish Gambino - This Is America - 3397 - 46 - 5
198 Years And Years - If You're Over Me - 3368 - 44 - 5
199 Avicii featuring Rita Ora - Lonely Together - 3321 - 44 - 6
200 YG featuring 2 Chainz, Big Sean, and Nicki Minaj - Big Bank - 3175 - 44 - 4
201 Sean Paul and David Guetta featuring Becky G - Mad Love - 2942 - 45 - 6
202 Prettymuch - Summer On You - 2727 - 45 - 5
203 Alex Aiono - Does It Feel Like Falling - 2700 - 45 - 4
204 Lil' Dicky featuring Chris Brown - Freaky Friday - 2539 - 46 - 4
205 Childish Gambino - Summertime Magic - 2459 - 47 - 7
206 MNEK featuring Hailee Steinfeld - Colour - 2370 - 47 - 3
207 Lil' Pump - Gucci Gang - 2121 - 46 - 4
208 Lauv featuring Julia Michaels - There's No Other Way - 2074 - 44 - 3
209 Dillon Francis featuring Lao Ra - White Boi - 2053 - 48 - 3
210 Ellie Goulding X Diplo featuring Swae Lee - Close To Me - 1854 - 40 - 2
211 Steve Aoki featuring BTS - Waste It On Me - 1762 - 41 - 2
212 The Chainsmokers - Sick Boy - 1736 - 44 - 4
213 Yo Gotti featuring Nicki Minaj - Rake It Up - 1725 - 41 - 2
214 Bobby Green featuring Midian - Warrior - 1612 - 47 - 4
215 Elijah Woods X Jamie Fine - Ain't Easy - 1506 - 49 - 2
216 Bad Wolves - Zombie - 1463 - 49 - 2
217 Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next - 1454 - 39 - 1
218 Zara Larsson - Ruin My Life - 1395 - 43 - 1
219 Rita Ora - Let You Love Me - 1358 - 50 - 1
220 The Weeknd - Call Out My Name - 1285 - 47 - 2
221 Bad Bunny featuring Drake - MIA - 1284 - 50 - 1
222 Lukas Graham - Love Someone - 1047 - 47 - 1
223 Justin Timberlake - Supplies - 1030 - 47 - 2
224 Iggy Azalea featuring Quavo - Savior - 953 - 47 - 2
225 The Vamps - Just My Type - 719 - 49 - 1
226 Ne-Yo featuring Stefflon Don and Bebe Rexha - Push Back - 613 - 50 - 1
227 Nina Nesbitt - Loyal To Me - 501 - 50 - 1
228 DVBBS and Blackbear - IDWK - 488 - 49 - 1
229 Keala Settle - This Is Me - 483 - 49 - 1
230 6ix9ine featuring Nicki Minaj - Fefe - 462 - 50 - 1
231 DJ Khaled featuring Jay-Z, Future, and Beyoncé - Top Off - 407 - 45 - 1
232 Linkin Park - One More Light - 386 - 50 - 1
TOP 50 ARTISTS
Rank - Artist - Weighted Spins
01 Post Malone - 840976
02 Camila Cabello - 762693
03 Dua Lipa - 675496
04 Maroon 5 - 663140
05 Halsey - 641074
06 Imagine Dragons - 562507
07 Ariana Grande - 504903
08 Drake - 483613
09 NF - 476981
10 Ed Sheeran - 443354
11 Taylor Swift - 402437
12 Selena Gomez - 398147
13 Bebe Rexha - 392299
14 Bazzi - 381076
15 Cardi B - 381030
16 Marshmello - 378995
17 Charlie Puth - 358623
18 Demi Lovato - 317411
19 Khalid - 305664
20 5 Seconds Of Summer - 288264
21 Lauv - 282263
22 MAX - 240846
23 Shawn Mendes - 236155
24 Kendrick Lamar - 211633
25 Liam Payne - 182953
26 Sam Smith - 172999
27 Anne-Marie - 170767
28 G-Eazy - 166964
29 Logic - 154810
30 Normani - 154493
31 Macklemore - 150806
32 Zedd - 148583
33T Maren Morris - 137222
33T Grey - 137222
35 Bruno Mars - 132169
36 Calvin Harris - 128974
37 The Weeknd - 122015
38 Juice WRLD - 114156
39 Portugal. The Man - 109338
40 Justin Timberlake - 108839
41 Bryce Vine - 96709
42 Niall Horan - 89562
43 Meghan Trainor - 81498
44 Kesha - 78812
45 Alessia Cara - 77397
46 Foster The People - 74351
47 P!nk - 73434
48 Kygo - 68081
49 Lovelytheband - 66998
50 SZA - 59829
"New Rules" earns Dua Lipa a, well deserved, win as the top song of the year. The song was relentless. It debuted way back in August 2017 and spent a total of 38 weeks in the top 50 as well as 22 weeks in the top 10. The latter, all during the 2018 chart year. The song, then, logged considerable recurrent play as it inched, slowly, downward. In fact, it would still be in the top 30, right now, if not for those pesky recurrent rules.
Ed Sheeran is no slouch, either. "Perfect" seemed just as relentless, and it held the top spot through the halfway point of the year. Ed's winnng streak, continues, in that this is the third consecutive year that he has made the top two, in some capacity:
2016: #2 "Love Yourself" (as a songwriter)
2017: #1 "Shape Of You"
2018: #2 "Perfect"
On the artist list, Post Malone wins top honors by a mile. He had five top 50 singles, during the year, as a lead artist and one featured appearance. Not to mention, copious recurrent play. Three of his hits land in the year-end top 20.
Camila Cabello finishes as the Top Female Artist and Maroon 5 as the Top Duo/Group. NF claims the Top New Artist crown.
