The 2018 Spotify Hip-Hop Year-End Chart

[mako]

Due to loneliness and boredom, I've compiled a year-end list for hip-hop songs on Spotify. 
This was all hand-crafted carefully and precisely by tracking the top hip-hop songs every week and putting it in a chart on Crownnote.

(Note: The positions of the songs here are different from the ones listed on the official Spotify YE Chart because my chart isn't counted by streams, it is counted by Crownnote points. I've listed them from #1 to #40 each week to determine each song's points. And I'm also pretty sure Spotify's tracking period is from January to October only)

Position. Song Points (Peak, Weeks On)

1. God's Plan 1955(1, 40)
2. Sad! 1656 (1, 43)
3. Lucid Dreams 1544 (1, 33)
4. Sicko Mode 1505 (1, 21)
5. Rockstar 1333 (1, 43)
6. Psycho 1304 (2, 37)
7. Better Now 1208 (1, 35)
8. Nice For What 1166 (1, 25)
9. Moonlight 1097 (3, 37)
10. In My Feelings 1051 (1, 22)
11. Look Alive 1042 (3, 32)
12. I Like It 1023 (3, 36)
13. Mo Bamba 992 (1, 19)
14. Yes Indeed 909 (2, 33)
15. Nonstop 888 (1, 26)
16. Ric Flair Drip 842 (4, 30)
17. Fefe 841 (2, 23)
18. Taste 823 (4, 31)
19. Jocelyn Floress 822 (4, 39)
20. All The Stars 742 (2, 20)
21. Drip Too Hard 718 (1, 15)
22. Stir Fry 687 (2, 22)
23. Zeze 672 (1, 11)
24. f**k Love 613 (10, 32)
25. All Girls Are The Same 571 (13, 28)
26. Sunflower 567 (1, 10)
27. Candy Paint 532 (7, 25)
28. Plug Walk 531 (5, 21)
29. Walk It Talk It 509 (5, 22)
30. King's Dead 498 (6, 20)
31. I Love It 479 (1, 11)
32. Wake Up In The Sky 441  (6, 15)
33. XO Tour Llif3 436 (8, 20)
34. Bartier Cardi 430 (3, 13)
35. Falling Down 427 (1, 14)
36. No Limit 412 (2, 10)
37. Pick It Up 395 (10, 16)
38. This Is America 394 (1, 10)
39. I'm Upset 391 (4, 14)
40. Pray For Me 377 (3, 11)
41. Love. 356 (7, 13)
42. Lucky You 351 (1, 9)
43. Japan 348 (11, 17)
44. Powerglide 348 (13, 16)
45. Leave Me Alone 346 (7,10)
46. Big Bank 340 (18, 18)
47. All Mine 323 (1, 9)
48. Bad! 319 (1, 7)
49. Ball For Me 319 (9, 15)
50. Freaky Friday 315 (6, 12)
51. Narcos 304 (3, 10)
52. Betrayed 298 (15, 14)
53. Never Recover 297 (3, 11)
54. Let You Down 293 (9, 12)
55. Him & I 293 (5, 10)
56. Congratulations 292 (17, 15)
57. Bank Account 283 (11, 14)
58. Humble. 280 (16, 14)
59. Sky Walker 277 (13, 12)
60. Lean Wit Me 276 (20, 15)
61. Stargazing 270 (3, 9)
62. No Brainer 261 (4, 9)
63. Praise The Lord (Da Shine) 256 (11, 13)
64. Arms Around You 255 (6, 9)
65. Nowadays 252 (21, 13)
66. Noticed 250 (15, 12)
67. MotorSport 246 (7, 10)
68. Plain Jane 246 (17, 12)
69. Going Bad 236 (2, 4) lmao
70. Codeine Dreaming 234 (8, 9)
71. Don't Matter To Me 232 (2, 6)
72. Jackie Chan 229 (15, 11)
73. OTW 227 (19, 12)
74. Paranoid 225 (3, 7)
75. Fine China 223 (6, 9)
76. Wasted 223 (14, 11)
77. Mona Lisa 212 (1, 5)
78. Armed And Dangerous 204 (7, 7)
79. Everyday 201 (6, 8)
80. Money 200 (11, 9)
81. New Patek 198 (4, 8)
82. KOD 197 (2, 7)
83. River 194 (12, 9)
84. Spoil My Night 189 (4, 7)
85. Bodak Yellow 187 (20, 10)
86. Bounce Out With That 187 (20, 10)
87. Playinwitme 187 (22, 10)
88. New Freezer 183 (21, 10)
89. Rich & Sad 181 (5, 7)
90. Topanga 180 (9, 8)
91. No Stylist 179 (15, 9)
92. Be Careful 176 (9, 8)
93. Mob Ties 173 (6, 7)
94. Yosemite 171 (7, 8)
95. Stay 170 (6, 6)
96. 10 Freaky Girls 168 (8, 7)
97. 44 More 165 (8, 6)
98. Gucci Gang 161 (4, 6)
99. Butterfly Effect 160 (25, 9)
100. Roll In Peace 156 (27, 9)
101. Red Roses 156 (25, 9)

2018 had 20 #1's, 19 of them in the top 50. The other one is Mona Lisa at #77

[thegreatdivine]

I believe a bunch of us are hip-hop fans and a year-end list like this makes sense seeing as how hip-hop/rap is now the most dominant genre. This was nice.

[𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿]

Completely surprised This Is America is at #38, then Freaky Friday at #50. I completely expected both of them to be at least higher.

[willapted33]

XO TOUR Llif3 number 33 #longevityking #outstreamedsmallpenisandrihannabeater

[mako]

51-100 now posted!

[𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿]

#56-#58 great songs from 2017! And also #33!

[mako]

2018 #1's

01/04 - 01/18 Post Malone ft. 21 Savage - Rockstar
01/25 - 04/05 Drake - God's Plan
04/12 - 04/26 Drake - Nice For What
05/03 - 05/10 Post Malone - Better Now
05/17 Childish Gambino - This Is America
05/24 - 05/31 Drake - Nice For What
06/07 Kanye West - All Mine
06/14 Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams
06/21 - 06/28 XXXTENTACION - Sad!
07/05 Drake - Nonstop
07/12 - 08/02 Drake - In My Feelings
08/09 Travis Scott - Sicko Mode
08/16 Drake - In My Feelings
08/23 - 08/30 Travis Scott - Sicko Mode
09/06 Eminem ft. Joyner Lucas - Lucky You
09/13 - 09/20 Kanye West, Lil Pump ft. Adele Givens - I Love It
09/27 Lil Peep, XXXTENTACION - Falling Down
10/04 Lil Wayne ft. Kendrick Lamar - Mona Lisa
10/11 Lil Baby, Gunna - Drip Too Hard
10/18 - 10/25 Kodak Black ft. Travis Scott, Offset - Zeze
11/01 - 11/08 Sheck Wes - Mo Bamba
11/15 XXXTENTACION - Bad!
11/22 - 11/29 Sheck Wes - Mo Bamba
12/06 - 12/13 Travis Scott - Sicko Mode
12/20 - 12/27 Swae Lee, Post Malone - Sunflower

[mako]

Top 10 Songs' Chart Runs

1. God's Plan

1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-8-16-5-5-6-6-15-10-14-17-9-11-13-13-13-30-18-18-20-32-30-30-30-X-40-39-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-30-35

2. Sad!

4-4-2-2-3-5-6-15-23-15-15-15-17-21-23-1-1-15-5-4-3-5-14-6-5-6-13-8-8-9-18-11-11-9-9-11-13-12-11-17-14-12-15

3. Lucid Dreams

36-9-3-2-1-2-2-14-3-2-2-3-6-4-4-3-6-5-4-5-11-7-5-7-7-7-8-7-7-9-10-10-12

4. Sicko Mode

1-2-1-1-3-2-2-3-7-2-4-4-3-2-3-2-2-1-1-2-2

5. Rockstar

1-1-1-2-4-4-7-7-9-9-13-13-12-14-21-17-29-11-10-9-10-12-20-21-20-21-X-29-25-23-24-X-30-26-26-39-38-35-36-X-X-37-38-34-X-X-40-X-X-40-36

6. Psycho

2-2-2-3-3-2-3-4-9-2-3-4-5-7-12-8-13-12-34-18-16-16-14-32-19-15-15-30-27-29-32-X-39-36-36-36-X-X-X-X-X-35-34

7. Better Now

1-1-3-4-4-7-3-5-6-30-14-10-9-10-23-11-12-10-17-13-14-15-29-18-17-13-14-15-18-16-17-21-19-16-20

8. Nice For What

1-1-1-7-2-1-1-4-4-8-9-13-7-9-10-12-28-16-17-19-33-33-34-37

9. Moonlight

5-5-7-15-28-38-38-40-40-X-X-X-3-3-21-8-8-8-9-24-13-11-8-16-11-11-13-20-10-8-8-10-12-15-14-15-20-16-15-21

10. In My Feelings 

5-1-1-1-1-2-1-2-4-8-6-7-12-26-20-20-25-24-30-37-34-38

[mako]

Bonus: Latest Chart

crownnote.com/charts/z-from-pulsemusic/hh-top-40-50

[mako]

Here is 101-200 if anyone is interested.

101. Red Roses
102. Everybody Dies In Their Nightmares
103. The Ringer
104. The Remedy Of A Broken Heart (Why Am I So In Love)
105. 1-800-273-8255
106. I Get The Bag
107. Whoa (Mind In Awe
108. Shoota
109. Kika
110. Taking A Walk
111. Wanted You
112. Workin Me
113. Watch
114. Bed
115. Don't Cry
116. X
117. Stoopid
118. Apeshit
119. Uproar
120. The Ways
121. Kevin's Heart
122. Yikes
123. Emotionless
124. 92 Explorer
125. Tic Toc
126. Diplomatic Immunity
127. Ghost Town
128. Over Now
129. Don't Come Out The House
130. ATM
131. Goosebumps
132. Zack And Codeine
133. Paramedic!
134. Reel It In
135. Takin' Shots
136. Lemon (Remix)
137. Space Cadet
138. Same Bitches
139. Carousel
140. Elevate
141. Not Alike
142. Nuketown
143. Hope
144. Let It Fly
145. Reborn
146. 66
147. Fall
148. Can't Take A Joke
149. Swish
150. Unforgettable
151. The Way Life Goes
152. Self Care
153. Wake Up
154. Hopeless Romantic
155. I Do
156. Slippery
157. Greatest
158. Big Shot
159. Dedicate
160. Mama
161. Motiv8
162. 1400/999 Freestyle
163. Otherside
164. Can't Say
165. Blue Tint
166. Photograph
167. Can't Be Broken
168. Killshot
169. 1985 (Intro To "The Fall Off')
170. Survival
171. R.I.P. Screw
172. Contra
173. 8 Out Of 10
174. BBO (Bad Bitches Only)
175. Rubbin Off The Paint
176. What About Me
177. Kamikaze
178. Ghostface Killers
179. Wouldn't Leave
180. No Bystanders
181. Drowning
182. Gummo
183. Talk Up
184. Violent Crimes
185. Drip
186. Stop Trying To Be God
187. Wow.
188. Waka
189. 5% Tint
190. Going Down!
191. Barbie Dreams
192. I Might Need Security
193. Sandra's Rose
194. Summer Games
195. Blame It On Me
196. Best Life
197. Notice Me
198. Black Panther
199. Calling My Spirit
200. Bickenhead

There were 349 songs in the top 40 last year.

[mako]

2018 Timeline

January 25
 - Drake starts the year off with a surprise EP "Scary Hours", with "God's Plan" and "Diplomatic Immunity" debuts at #1 and #3 respectively.

February 1
 - Migos releases "Culture II", charting 10 songs in the top 40 and 3 in the top 10 with "Narcos", "Walk It Talk It", and "BBO".

February 15
 - The Black Panther soundtrack is released, debuting 8 songs with 5 songs charting in the top 10.

March 8
 - XXXTENTACION releases "Sad!" where it debuts at #4, and it would go on to be the 2nd biggest hip-hop song in 2018.

March 15
 - Logic releases "Bobby Tarantino II", which debuts 10 songs with 3 songs charting in the top 10 with "Everyday", "44 More" and "Contra".

March 22
 - XXXTENTACION releases "?", which debuts 8 songs with 2 songs charting in the top 10 with "Sad!" and "Moonlight"

April 5
 - Q2 starts
 - The legend Tyler, The Creator debuts "Okra" at #33.

April 12
 - Drake releases "Nice For What" and it debuts at #1, and it would go on to be the 8th biggest hip-hop song in 2018.
 - Cardi B releases "Invasion Of Privacy" which debuts 10 songs with 2 songs charting in the top 10 with "I Like It" and "Be Careful".

April 26
 - J. Cole releases "KOD", which debuts 12 songs with 7 songs charting in the top 10 with "KOD", "ATM", "Kevin's Heart", "Motiv8", "Photograph", "1985 (Intro To "The Fall Off")" and "The Cut Off".

May 3
 - Post Malone releases "Beerbongs and Bentleys" which its songs occupied 9 out of 10 spots in the top 10 and 16 of 20 spots in the top 20. It debuted 14 songs.

May 10
 - Childish Gambino releases "This Is America", one of the most viral songs of 2018, which debuts at #4.

May 17
 - Juice WRLD's Lucid Dreams debuts at #36, and it would later go on to be the 3rd biggest song of 2018.

June 7
 - Kanye West releases "Ye", which debuts 7 songs, all of which in the top 20, and 5 of it in the top 10 with "All Mine", "Ghost Town" and "Yikes" in the top 5.

June 14
 - KIDS SEE GHOSTS releases a self-titled album which debuts 7 songs with only 1 charting in the top 10 with "Reborn"

June 23
 - XXXTENTACION tragically passes away which made 8 songs re-enter and "Sad!" rise up to #1.

July 5
 - Q3 starts.
 - Drake releases "Scorpion" which debuts 22 songs with all songs occupying the top 10 and 18 of 20 spots in the top 20.

July 26
 - Chance The Rapper debuts "I Might Need Security" and "65th and Ingleside" at #15 and #30 respectively.

August 9
 - Travis Scott releases "ASTROWORLD", which debuts 16 songs with 7 songs in the top 10 with "Sicko Mode", "Stargazing", "Carousel", "Yosemite", "R.I.P. Screw", "Wake Up", and "No Bystanders".

August 23
 - Sheck Wes releases "Mo Bamba" which debuted at #29. It would be one of the year's most viral hits.

September 6
 - Eminem releases "Kamikaze" which debuts 11 songs with 6 charting in the top 10.

September 13
 - Mac Miller tragically passes away which made 4 songs debut with "Self Care" at #10.

September 20
 - Two devils debut, "New Patek" at #15 and "Rap Devil" at #37.

September 27
 - Another death occurs in the same month with Machine Gun Kelly just getting murdered to death by Eminem's "Killshot", which debuts at #19. (r/murderedbywords)

October 4
 - Q4 starts.
 - Lil Wayne releases "Tha Carter V" which debuts 18 songs with 7 in the top 10.

October 11
 - Lil Baby and Gunna releases "Drip Harder" which debuts 4 songs and "Drip Too Hard" rising up to #1.

October 18
 - Zeze, the #1 song of 2018, debuts at #1.

October 25
 - Future and Juice WRLD release "WRLD on Drugs" which debuts 3 songs with "Fine China" at #6

November 8
 - Metro Boomin releases another album, without warning, for the second time in a row. "Not All Heroes Wear Capes" debuted 6 songs with "10 Freaky Girls" and "Don't Come Out The House" debuting in the top 10.

November 15
 - XXXTENTACION releases his first posthumous solo single with "Bad!", which debuts at #1.
 - Trippie Redd releases "A Love Letter To You 3", which debuts 4 songs with"Topanga" rising up to #9.

November 29
 - 6ix9ine releases "DUMMY BOY", which debuts 4 songs with "Fefe" rising up to #13.

December 6
 - Meek Mill releases "Championships", which debuts 4 songs with "Going Bad" at #2.
 - Ski Mask The Slump God releases "Stokeley", which debuts 3 songs with "Nuketown" at #14.

December 13
 - XXXTENTACION releases his first posthumous album with "Skins". It debuts 5 songs with "Whoa (Mind In Awe)" and "Guardian Angel" in the top 10.

December 27
 - Post Malone releases "Wow.", which debuts at #5.
 - 21 Savage releases "I Am > I Was" which debuts 10 songs with 2 in the top 10 with "A Lot" and "Monster"
 - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie releases "Hoodie SZN", which debuts 4 with "Startender" at #14.

[thegreatdivine]

mako this is very comprehensive and well put together. I know Apple Music has only been up and running for 3 years, but I'd really love it if they could put out year-end figures. Spotify have their wrapped-up thing where artists can view and post their total streams for the year and you'll know how much the most streamed artist pulled. Apple Music really don't put any figures out. Drake has been their most streamed artist for 3 straight years, but we don't know how many streams he pulled for all three years (obviously they posted that he'd surpassed 10 billion streams on their platform in July and they've revealed that artists like Rihanna and Cardi B have all surpassed a billion streams, but I feel like they could do more). Hopefully, things are better next year.

[willapted33]

Jan 3, 2019 5:27:49 GMT -5 mako said:

2018 Timeline

August 23
 - Mo Bamba releases "Mo Bamba" 

lmao

[mako]

Jan 3, 2019 7:49:16 GMT -5 willapted33 said:

Jan 3, 2019 5:27:49 GMT -5 mako said:

2018 Timeline

August 23
 - Mo Bamba releases "Mo Bamba" 

lmao

wait what. fixing right now

[Mayman]

I need to make a playlist of this because Spotify has yet to make a 2018 Rap playlist themselves.

[mako]

Jan 3, 2019 10:35:15 GMT -5 Mayman said:

I need to make a playlist of this because Spotify has yet to make a 2018 Rap playlist themselves.

Please do. I'm too lazy to do it

[mako]

Jan 3, 2019 23:34:58 GMT -5 mako said:

Jan 3, 2019 10:35:15 GMT -5 Mayman said:

I need to make a playlist of this because Spotify has yet to make a 2018 Rap playlist themselves.

Please do. I'm too lazy to do it

This just in, I'm currently making the playlists for the top 100 and top 200.

[mako]

The playlist for the top 100

[mako]

The playlist for top 200

[Mayman]

Oh cool, thanks!

[mako]

I know this is is 3 weeks old, but I forgot to post this and I really want to because the guilt might bite me. 

Top Hip-Hop Artists of 2018 (I used a formula similar to georgetherunner314's Top Artists formula back in the 2017 ye predictions)

Artist Points (Most Popular Lead Song)

1. Drake 6996 (God's Plan)
2. Post Malone 5210 (Rockstar)
3. XXXTENTACION 5132 (Sad!)
4. Juice WRLD 2876 (Lucid Dreams)
5. Travis Scott 1979 (Sicko Mode)
6. Migos 1490 (Stir Fry)
7. Cardi B 1413 (I Like It)
8. Kendrick Lamar 1332 (All The Stars)
9. Lil Baby 1139 (Yes Indeed)
10. Sheck Wes 990 (Mo Bamba)
11. 21 Savage 855 (Bank Account)
12. Offset 795 (Ric Flair Drip)
13. BlocBoy JB 781 (Look Alive)
14. Kodak Black 776 (Zeze)
15. 6ix9ine 724 (Fefe)
16. Lil Uzi Vert 722 (XO TOUR Llif3)
17. Rich The Kid 669 (Plug Walk)
18. Famous Dex 645 (Pick It Up)
19. Tyga 617 (Taste)
20. Kanye West 563 (I Love It)
21. Eminem 553 (Lucky You)
22. Metro Boomin 552 (Ric Flair Drip)
23. Lil Pump 496 (I Love It)
24. Gunna 458 (Drip Too Hard)
25. Logic 435 (Everyday)
26. Nicki Minaj 429 (MotorSport)
27. Ty Dolla $ign 402 (OTW)
28. Childish Gambino 394 (This Is America)
29. A$AP Rocky 394 (Praise The Lord)
30. Swae Lee 363 (Sunflower)
31. G-Eazy 352 (No Limit)
32. Flipp Dinero 346 (Leave Me Alone)
33. Bad Bunny 341 (I Like It)
34. Trippie Redd 333 (Topanga)
35. Lil Skies 306 (Nowadays)
36. Lil Xan 298 (Betrayed)
37. NF 293 (Let You Down)
38. Rae Sremmurd 261 (Powerglide)
39. Lil Mosey 250 (Noticed)
40. Gucci Mane 247 (Wake Up In The Sky)
41. A$AP Ferg 246 (Plain Jane)
42. Lil Dicky 236 (Freaky Friday)
43. Future 236 (Fine China)
44. Lil Wayne 218 (Mona Lisa)
45. Lil Peep 213 (Falling Down)
46. Miguel 208 (Sky Walker)
47. J. Cole 197 (KOD)
48. YBN Nahmir 187 (Bounce Out With That)
49. Meek Mill 177 (Going Bad)
50. YG 170 (Big Bank)

Note: this only includes songs in the top 100, if I were include every song, artists who had album bombs this year would've been higher (Travis Scott, J. Cole, Lil Wayne, etc.)