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Zach's Year-End Top 100 of 2018

Top 40 Chart Artists of 2018

Based on Crownnotes' chart points system. 100% of a song's points awarded to each lead artist on that song with each featured artist getting 50% points credit. Figured this was a fair way to devise this ranking.

PositionArtistTop Performing Song
1BROCKHAMPTON"1998 TRUMAN"
2Denzel Curry"PERCS | PERCZ"
3Joey Bada$$"Temptation"
4James Bay"Pink Lemonade"
5Drake"Nice for What"
6Kendrick Lamar"King's Dead"
7Nothing But Thieves"Forever & Ever More"
8Hozier"Nina Cried Power"
9Metro Boomin"Ric Flair Drip"
10Anderson .Paak"Bubblin"
11Foster the People"Sit Next to Me"
12Big K.R.I.T."Big K.R.I.T."
13Ariana Grande"No Tears Left to Cry"
14A Tribe Called Quest"We the People..."
15Eminem"Chloraseptic (Remix)"
16Demi Lovato"Solo"
17Daniel Caesar"Get You"
18Offset"Ric Flair Drip"
19Mac Miller"Dang!"
20Lord Huron"The Night We Met"
21Florence + the Machine"Hunger"
22Chronixx"Babylon"
23Frank Ocean"Moon River"
2421 Savage"Ghostface Killers"
25CHVRCHES"Never Say Die"
26J.I.D"SIRENS | Z1RENZ"
27Future"King's Dead"
28Nothing More"Go to War"
29James Blake"King's Dead"
30IDK"No Wave"
31Post Malone"Better Now"
32Panic! at the Disco"Say Amen (Saturday Night)"
33Twenty One Pilots"Jumpsuit"
34SZA"All the Stars"
35Thrice"The Grey"
36Taylor Swift"Delicate"
37Alice Merton"No Roots"
38GoldLink"BLACK BALLOONS | 13LACK 13ALLOONZ"
39Jay Rock"King's Dead"
40Clean Bandit"Solo"

 

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    Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato — Solo cover artwork

    Solo

    Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato

    From the album: What Is Love?

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    Thrice — The Grey cover artwork

    The Grey

    Thrice

    From the album: Palms

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    Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B — Finesse cover artwork

    Finesse

    Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B

    From the album: 24K Magic

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    GoldLink featuring Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy — Crew cover artwork

    Crew

    GoldLink featuring Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy

    From the album: At What Cost

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    BlocBoy JB featuring Drake — Look Alive cover artwork

    Look Alive

    BlocBoy JB featuring Drake

    From the album: Simi

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    Anderson .Paak featuring Kendrick Lamar — Tints cover artwork

    Tints

    Anderson .Paak featuring Kendrick Lamar

    From the album: Oxnard

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    Daniel Caesar featuring Kali Uchis — Get You cover artwork

    Get You

    Daniel Caesar featuring Kali Uchis

    From the album: Freudian

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    Daniel Caesar featuring H.E.R. — Best Part cover artwork

    Best Part

    Daniel Caesar featuring H.E.R.

    From the album: Freudian

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    JID featuring J. Cole — Off Deez cover artwork

    Off Deez

    JID featuring J. Cole

    From the album: DiCaprio 2

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    Bazzi — Mine cover artwork

    Mine

    Bazzi

    From the album: COSMIC

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    J. Cole — ATM cover artwork

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    J. Cole

    From the album: KOD

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      Anderson .Paak featuring Q-Tip — Cheers cover artwork

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      Anderson .Paak featuring Q-Tip

      From the album: Oxnard

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      Saba featuring theMIND

      From the album: CARE FOR ME

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      Travis Scott featuring Drake — SICKO MODE cover artwork

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      From the album: ASTROWORLD

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      Eminem featuring Joyner Lucas — Lucky You cover artwork

      Lucky You

      Eminem featuring Joyner Lucas

      From the album: Kamikaze

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      A$AP Rocky featuring Moby — A$AP Forever cover artwork

      A$AP Forever

      A$AP Rocky featuring Moby

      From the album: TESTING

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2 Comments

Ok so I counted... it looks like there's only 18 songs that made it in both of our charts! I think it would have been more had I considered songs that were released before 2018 like you did. For example, Stir Fry, New Rules, We Find Love, and Ric Flair Drip, to mention a few, are all songs I love but didn't consider because they weren't released in 2018. Overall though, great chart. Nice to see Nice for What and 1998 Truman in the Top 5, and even though it didn't make my list, I'm glad to see Moon River in the Top 10 as well.

Cool chart! Happy new year 2019.