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The Chart Show: Best of 2018

Donald Glover in Childish Gambino's 'This Is America' video.
Donald Glover in Childish Gambino's 'This Is America' video.Donald Glover via YouTube

by Mark Wheat

December 27, 2018

The Top 20 this year is made up of all the songs that got to Number One. The WKS column indicates how many weeks they stayed at the top and the TB column is a tie-breaker, the total of all the other positions they held on the chart. So the smaller the number the better! First Aid Kit are above Brandi at #8 because "The Joke" started it's stay on the Chart in 2017. And Leon is in the basement as "Bet Ain't Worth The Hand" was the only #1 not to stay on the chart for 10 weeks. Brandi Carlile must reign as the Queen of our Chart this year for having 3 songs on. First Aid Kit and Trampled By Turtles are runners up, both having two! Six local entries is very impressive and CHVRCHES are the only non Americans! And reflecting the year in general 8 out of the Top 10 are female fronted acts.

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