BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS FOR 2018

Pos. Title-Artist-Peak Month
  1 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS-POST MALONE-MAY                                                                  3130
  2 SCORPION-DRAKE-July                                                                         2358
  3 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN-SOUNDTRACK-JANUARY                                                     2270
  4 ASTROWORLD-TRAVIS SCOTT-August                                                              1990
  5 A STAR IS BORN SOUNDTRACK-LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER-October                                1368
  6 ?-XXXTENTACION-March                                                                        1300
  7 INVASION OF PRIVACY-CARDI B-April                                                           1288
  8 GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE-Juice WRLD-August                                                   1188
  9 THIS ONE???S FOR YOU-Luke Combs-June                                                        1112
 10 CULTURE II-Migos-February                                                                    884
 11 Black Panther:The Album-Soundtrack-February                                                  824
 12 Championships-Meek Mill-December                                                             742
 13 Camila-Camila Cabello-January                                                                532
 14 Sweetener-Ariana Grande-August                                                               456
 15 Harder Than Ever-Lil Baby-May                                                                438
 16 Tha Carter V-Lil Wayne-October                                                               410
 17 Shawn Mendes-Shawn Mendes-June                                                               390
 18 The Beautiful & Damned-G-Eazy-January                                                        388
 19 Kamikaze-Eminem-September                                                                    374
 20 Drip Harder-Lil Baby and Gunna-October                                                       372
 21 Queen-Nicki Minaj-August                                                                     370
 22 KOD-J. Cole-May                                                                              362
 23 Dying To Live-Kodak Black-December                                                           360
 24 Rearview Town-Jason Aldean-April                                                             318
 25 Christmas-Michael Buble-December          (2011)                                             270
 26 Man Of The Woods-Justin Timberlake-February                                                  256
 27 Everything Is Love-The Carters-June                                                          242
 28 My Dear Melancholy,-The Weeknd-April                                                         222
 29 Bobby Tarantino II-Logic-March                                                               216
 30 Christmas Is Here!-Pentatonix-December  (2017)                                               214
 31 Not All Heroes Wear Capes-Metro Boomin'-November                                             196
 32 Ye-Kanye West-June                                                                           196
 33 Pray For The Wicked-Panic! At The Disco-July                                                 190
 34 Huncho Jack,Jack Huncho-Travis Scott and Migos' Quavo-January                                182
 35 The World Is Yours-Rich The Kid-April                                                        180
 36 Dummy Boy-6ix9ines-December                                                                  160
 37 Love Yourself:Tear-BTS-May                                                                   154
 38 Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again-Soundtrack-July                                                 148
 39 Swimming-Mac Miller-August                                                                   144
 40 Trench-twenty one pilots-October                                                             140
 41 Rolling Papers 2-Wiz Khalifa-July                                                            140
 42 Wrld On Drugs-Future & Juice WRLD-October                                                    138
 43 Lil Boat 2-Lil Yachty-March                                                                  138
 44 A Love Letter To You 3-Trippie Redd-November                                                 136
 45 Quavo Huncho-Quavo-October                                                                   136
 46 Luca Brasi 3-Kevin Gates-October                                                             132
 47 Ella Mai-Ella Mai-October                                                                    128
 48 Life's a Trip-Trippie Redd-August                                                            128
 49 Cry Pretty-Carrie Underwood-September                                                        118
 50 Egypt Station-Paul McCartney-September                                                       116
 51 Love Yourself:Answer'-BTS-September                                                          116
 52 Love-Michel Buble-November                                                                   114
 53 Youngblood-5 Seconds of Summer-June                                                          112
 54 Street Gossip-Lil Baby-December                                                              102
 55 Look Up Child-Lauren Daigle-September                                                        100
 56 Greatest Hits-Aretha Franklin-August                  (2012)                                  98 
 57 Die Lit-Playboi Carti-May                                                                     98
 58 Beastmode 2-Future-July                                                                       96
 59 Day69-6ix9ine-March                                                                           96
 60 East Atlanta Love Letter-6LACK-September                                                      94
 61 Songs For The Saints-Kenny Chesney-August                                                     94
 62 Kids See Ghosts-Kids See Ghosts-June                                                          92
 63 Daytona-Pusha T-June                                                                          92
 64 Fifty Shades Freed-Soundtrack-February                                                        92
 65 SR3MM-Rae Sremmurd-May                                                                        90
 66 Stay Dangerous-YG-August                                                                      88
 67 Never Broke Again-YoungBoy-May                                                                86
 68 Aura-Ozuna-September                                                                          84
 69 Life Of A Dark Rose-Lil Skies-January                                                         80
 70 Skins-XXXTentacion-December                                                                   70
 71 A Pentatonix Christmas-Pentatonix-December      (2017)                                        70
 72 Delta-Mumford & Sons-November                                                                 70
 73 Experiment-Kane Brown-November                                                                70
 74 Si-Andrea Bocelli-November                                                                    70
 75 Iridescence-Brockhampton-October                                                              70
 76 Come Tomorrow-Dave Matthews Band-June                                                         70
 77 Boarding House Reach-Jack White-April                                                         70
 78 This House Is Not For Sale-Bon Jovi-March                                                     70
 79 Mania-Fall Out Boy-January                                                                    70
 80 Origins-Imagine Dragons-November                                                              58
 81 YSIV-Logic-October                                                                            58
 82 Bridges-Josh Groban-October                                                                   58
 83 High As Hope-Florence + The Machine-July                                                      58
 84 Graffiti U-Keith Urban-May                                                                    58
 85 America-Thirty Seconds To Mars-April                                                          58
 86 The Greatest Showman:Reimagined-Various Artists-November                                      56
 87 Ballads 1-Joji-November                                                                       56
 88 Anthem Of The Peaceful Army-Greta Van Fleet-October                                           56
 89 Dancing Queen-Cher-October                                                                    56
 90 The Mountain-Dierks Bentley-June                                                              56
 91 Prequelle-Ghost-June                                                                          56
 92 Good Thing-Leon Bridges-May                                                                   56
 93 Eat The Elephant-A Perfect Circle-April                                                       56
 94 Ember-Breaking Benjamin-April                                                                 56
 95 American Utopia-David Byrne-October                                                           56
 96 Memories Don't Die-Tory Lanez-March                                                           56
 97 Common Ground-Above & Beyond-February                                                         56
 98 A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships-The 1975-December                                   54
 99 Love Me Now?-Tory Lanez-November                                                              54
100 Come Over When You're Sober,Pt. 2-Lil Peep-November                                           54
101 The Last Rocket-Takeoff-November                                                              54
102 Evolution-Disturbed-October                                                                   54
103 Zoo-Russ-September                                                                            54
104 Bloom-Troye Sivan-September                                                                   54
105 The Now Now-Gorillaz-July                                                                     54
106 Testing-A$AP Rocky-June                                                                       54
107 And Justice for None-Five Finger Death Punch-May                                              54
108 Voicenotes-Charlie Puth-May                                                                   54
109 Golden Hour-Kacey Musgraves-April                                                             54
110 Evil Genius-Gucci Mane-December                                                               52
111 Caution-Mariah Carey-November                                                                 52
112 Desperate Man-Eric Church-October                                                             52
113 Nasir-Nas-June                                                                                52
114 ATTENTION ATTENTION-Shinedown-May                                                             52
115 The Tree of Forgiveness-John Prine-April                                                      52
116 Firepower-Judas Priest-October                                                                52
117 By the Way,I Forgive You-Brandi Carlile-February                                              52
118 Stokeley-Ski Mask The Slump God-December                                                      50
119 The Beatles (White Album)-The Beatles-November (1968)                                         50
120 Traces-Steve Perry-October                                                                    50
121 Dan + Shay-Dan + Shay-July                                                                    50
122 Liberation-Christina Aguilera-June                                                            50 
123 Dirty Computer-Janelle Monae-May                                                              50
124 Other People's Stuff-John Mellencamp-December                                                 48
125 Burn The Ships-King & Country-October                                                         48
126 All Of It-Cole Swindell-August                                                                48
127 Seasons Change-Scotty McCreery-March                                                          48
128 Suncity-Khalid-October                                                                        46
129 Young Stoner Life:Slime Language-Various Artists-August                                       46
130 Vicious-Halestorm-August                                                                      46
131 Reckless-NAV-May                                                                              46
132 Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino-Arctic Monkeys-May                                            46
133 Free Yourself Up-Lake Street Dive-May                                                         46
134 When Legends Rise-Godsmack-May                                                                46
135 Both Sides Of The Sky-Jimi Hendrix-October                                                    46
136 An American Treasure-Tom Petty-October                                                        44
137 Want to Die in New Orleans-$uicideboy$-September                                              44
138 8 Letters-Why Don't We-September                                                              44
139 Know-Jason Mraz-August                                                                        44
140 Legends Of The Summer-Meek Mill-July                                                          44
141 I'll Be Your Girl-The Decemberists-March                                                      44
142 Cage To Rattle-Daughtry-August                                                                42
143 Appetite for Destruction-Guns N' Roses-July        (1988)                                     42
144 Activated-Tee Grizzley-May                                                                    42
145 Vide Noir-Lord Huron-April                                                                    42
146 PTX Presents:Top Pop,Vol. 1-Pentatonix-April                                                  42
147 Total Xanarchy-Lil Xan-April                                                                  42
148 Nation of Two-Vance Joy-March                                                                 42
149 Now 65-Various Artists-February                                                               42
150 Springsteen On Broadway-Bruce Springsteen-December                                            40
151 Oxnard-Anderson .Paak-December                                                                40
152 Piano & A Microphone 1983-Prince-October                                                      40
153 Love Is Here To Stay-Tony Bennett & Diana Krall-September                                     40
154 Bet On Me-Moneybagg Yo-August                                                                 40
155 Lifers-Cody Jinks-August                                                                      40
156 Bigger-Sugarland-June                                                                         40
157 Love Is Dead-CHVRCHES-June                                                                    40
158 Vacation In Hell-Flatbush Zombies-April                                                       40
159 Tearing At The Seams-Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats-March                              40
160 Simulation Theory-Muse-November                                                               38
161 Walls-Barbra Streisand-November                                                               38
162 Nuthin' 2 Prove-Lil Yachty-November                                                           38
163 Rainier Fog-Alice In Chains-September                                                         38
164 Bad Witch (EP)-Nine Inch Nails-July                                                           38
165 Dex Meets Dexter0Famous Dex-April                                                             38
166 Reset-Moneybagg Yo-November                                                                   36
167 Thank You For Today-Death Cab For Cutie-August                                                36
168 Redemption-Jay Rock-June                                                                      36
169 Dime Trap-T.I.-October                                                                        36
170 Expectations-Bebe Rexha-July                                                                  36
171 Revamp:Reimagining The Songs Of Elton John & Bernie Taupin-Various Artists-April              36
172 The Unheavenly Creatures-Coheed And Cambria-October                                           34
173 4Respect 4Freedom 4Loyalty 4WhatImportant-YoungBoy Never Broke Again-September                34
174 Last Man Standing-Willie Nelson-May                                                           34 
175 Cosmic-Bazzi-April                                                                            34
176 Expectations-Hayley Kiyoko-April                                                              38
177 Ray Ray From Summerhill-YFN Lucci-March                                                       34
178 Planet-Tech N9ne-March                                                                        34
179 Vale-Black Veil Brides-January                                                                34