Call him Drake the dominator. The superstar rapper claimed four of the top 30 most popular songs in a 2018 year-to-date chart created for Variety by BuzzAngle Music, measuring multiple forms of consumption, including audio streams and song sales, to derive a project unit tally. No. 1 on the BuzzAngle Hitmakers ranking is Drake’s “God’s Plan,” kicking off a list dominated even more thoroughly than last year by hip-hop. Of this year’s top 30 songs, only 10 are not of the genre; the highest-ranking single outside of hip-hop is Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect,” at No. 6. (Last year, Sheeran took the top spot with “Shape of You.”) A pure sales chart would tell a slightly less imbalanced story, and Drake’s singular multiplicity of hits this year did tip the scale a bit. But as BuzzAngle tells — or foretells — it, music’s most active consumers are increasingly looking at rock, country, R&B and even pop hits as flavors they can sprinkle into an otherwise primarily hip-hop stew.
| Rank | Title | Total | Label |
| 1. | God’s Plan / Drake | 5,597,814 | Republic |
| 2. | Psycho / Post Malone (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) | 3,142,471 | Republic |
| 3. | Sad! / XXXTentacion | 2,569,613 | Bad Vibes Forever / Caroline |
| 4. | Look Alive / BlocBoy JB (feat. Drake) | 2,483,541 | Warner Bros. |
| 5. | In My Feelings / Drake | 2,447,156 | Republic |
| 6. | Perfect / Ed Sheeran | 2,271,840 | Atlantic |
| 7. | Lucid Dreams / Juice Wrld | 2,209,210 | Interscope |
| 8. | I Fall Apart / Post Malone | 2,156,912 | Republic |
| 9. | Havana / Camila Cabello (feat. Young Thug) | 2,126,654 | Epic |
| 10. | Meant to Be / Bebe Rexha (feat. Florida Georgia Line) | 2,068,936 | Warner Bros. |
| 11. | Better Now / Post Malone | 2,007,818 | Republic |
| 12. | I Like It / Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin | 2,001,090 | Atlantic |
| 13. | Mine / Bazzi | 1,997,962 | Atlantic |
| 14. | Stir Fry / Migos | 1,897,029 | Capitol |
| 15. | The Middle / Zedd & Maren Morris & Grey | 1,793,277 | Interscope |
| 16. | Nice for What / Drake | 1,791,634 | Republic |
| 17. | Sicko Mode / Travis Scott | 1,771,974 | Epic |
| 18. | Girls Like You / Maroon 5 (feat. Cardi B) | 1,736,802 | Interscope |
| 19. | Walk It Talk It / Migos (feat. Drake) | 1,730,836 | Capitol |
| 20. | FEFE / 6ix9ine (feat. Nicki Minaj & Murda Beatz) | 1,706,124 | Strainge Entertainment / Caroline / Capitol |
| 21. | Thunder / Imagine Dragons | 1,671,699 | Interscope |
| 22. | Never Be the Same / Camila Cabello | 1,658,957 | Epic |
| 23. | Nonstop / Drake | 1,644,639 | Republic |
| 24. | Rockstar / Post Malone (feat. 21 Savage) | 1,622,238 | Republic / Caroline / Capitol |
| 25. | Let You Down / NF | 1,616,497 | Real Music / Caroline / Capitol |
| 26. | Heaven / Kane Brown | 1,596,287 | RCA Nashville |
| 27. | Love Lies / Khalid & Normani | 1,593,622 | RCA |
| 28. | Plug Walk / Rich the Kid | 1,566,728 | Interscope |
| 29. | No Limit / G-Eazy (feat. A$AP Rocky & Cardi B) | 1,506,257 | RCA |
| 30. | Bartier Cardi / Cardi B (feat. 21 Savage) | 1,503,233 | Atlantic |
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