List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1978

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1978.

That year, 11 acts first hit number one, such as Player, Yvonne Elliman, Deniece Williams, John Travolta, The Commodores, A Taste of Honey, Exile, Nick Gilder, Anne Murray, Donna Summer, and Chic. Johnny Mathis, previously having hit number one prior to the creation of the Hot 100, earns his first number one song on the chart. The Bee Gees and younger sibling Andy Gibb were the only acts to have more than one song hit number one, with both having two songs. Barry Gibb wrote or co-wrote 7 of the number one songs of the year.

The Bee Gees scored three #1 singles in 1978 with "How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever".
Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1978 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
No. Issue Date Song Artist(s) Ref.
437 January 7 "How Deep Is Your Love" Bee Gees
438 January 14 "Baby Come Back" Player
January 21
January 28
439 February 4 "Stayin' Alive" Bee Gees
February 11
February 18
February 25
440 March 4 "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" Andy Gibb
March 11
441 March 18 "Night Fever" Bee Gees
March 25
April 1
April 8
April 15
April 22
April 29
May 6
442 May 13 "If I Can't Have You" Yvonne Elliman
443 May 20 "With a Little Luck" Wings
May 27
444 June 3 "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams
445 June 10 "You're the One That I Want" John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
446 June 17 "Shadow Dancing" Andy Gibb
June 24
July 1
July 8
July 15
July 22
July 29
447 August 5 "Miss You" The Rolling Stones
448 August 12 "Three Times a Lady" Commodores
August 19
449 August 26 "Grease" Frankie Valli
September 2
450 September 9 "Boogie Oogie Oogie" A Taste of Honey
September 16
September 23
451 September 30 "Kiss You All Over" Exile
October 7
October 14
October 21
452 October 28 "Hot Child in the City" Nick Gilder
453 November 4 "You Needed Me" Anne Murray
454 November 11 "MacArthur Park" Donna Summer
November 18
November 25
455 December 2 "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond
456 December 9 "Le Freak" Chic
re December 16 "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond
re December 23 "Le Freak" Chic
December 30

Sources

  • Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
  • Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
  • Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies (ISBN 0-89820-076-8)
  • Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

See also

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