List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1978 explained

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, having three songs and two songs respectively. Barry Gibb wrote or co-wrote 7 of the number one songs of the year.

Chart history

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The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1978 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.

width=31		Issue date	Song	Artist(s)
437	January 7	"How Deep Is Your Love"	Bee Gees	^[1]
438	January 14	"Baby Come Back"	Player	^[2]
January 21	^[3]
January 28	^[4]
439	February 4	"Stayin' Alive"	Bee Gees	^[5]
February 11	^[6]
February 18	^[7]
February 25	^[8]
440	March 4	"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water"	Andy Gibb	^[9]
March 11	^[10]
441	March 18	"Night Fever"	Bee Gees	^[11]
March 25	^[12]
April 1	^[13]
April 8	^[14]
April 15	^[15]
April 22	^[16]
April 29	^[17]
May 6	^[18]
442	May 13	"If I Can't Have You"	Yvonne Elliman	^[19]
443	May 20	"With a Little Luck"	Wings	^[20]
May 27	^[21]
444	June 3	"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"	Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams	^[22]
445	June 10	"You're the One That I Want"	John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John	^[23]
446	June 17	bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="7"	"Shadow Dancing"	Andy Gibb	^[24]
June 24	^[25]
July 1	^[26]
July 8	^[27]
July 15	^[28]
July 22	^[29]
July 29	^[30]
447	August 5	"Miss You"	The Rolling Stones	^[31]
448	August 12	"Three Times a Lady"	Commodores	^[32]
August 19	^[33]
449	August 26	"Grease"	Frankie Valli	^[34]
September 2	^[35]
450	September 9	"Boogie Oogie Oogie"	A Taste of Honey	^[36]
September 16	^[37]
September 23	^[38]
451	September 30	"Kiss You All Over"	Exile	^[39]
October 7	^[40]
October 14	^[41]
October 21	^[42]
452	October 28	"Hot Child in the City"	Nick Gilder	^[43]
453	November 4	"You Needed Me"	Anne Murray	^[44]
454	November 11	"MacArthur Park"	Donna Summer	^[45]
November 18	^[46]
November 25	^[47]
455	December 2	"You Don't Bring Me Flowers"	Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond	^[48]
456	December 9	"Le Freak"	Chic	^[49]
re	December 16	"You Don't Bring Me Flowers"	Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond	^[50]
re	December 23	"Le Freak"	Chic	^[51]
December 30*	^[52]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one! Position! Artist! Weeks at No. 1

1	Bee Gees	13
2	Andy Gibb	9
3	Exile	4
4	Player	3
	A Taste of Honey
	Donna Summer
	Chic
8	Wings	2
	Commodores
	Frankie Valli
	Barbra Streisand
	Neil Diamond
13	Yvonne Elliman	1
	Johnny Mathis
	Deniece Williams
	John Travolta
	Olivia Newton-John
	The Rolling Stones
	Nick Gilder
	Anne Murray

See also

• 1978 in music
• List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1978
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1970s

Sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

Notes and References

1. Web site: January 7, 1978. .
2. Web site: January 14, 1978. .
3. Web site: January 21, 1978. .
4. Web site: January 28, 1978. .
5. Web site: February 4, 1978. .
6. Web site: February 11, 1978. .
7. Web site: February 18, 1978. .
8. Web site: February 25, 1978. .
9. Web site: March 4, 1978. .
10. Web site: March 11, 1978. .
11. Web site: March 18, 1978. .
12. Web site: March 25, 1978. .
13. Web site: April 1, 1978. .
14. Web site: April 8, 1978. .
15. Web site: April 15, 1978. .
16. Web site: April 22, 1978. .
17. Web site: April 29, 1978. .
18. Web site: May 6, 1978. .
19. Web site: May 13, 1978. .
20. Web site: May 20, 1978. .
21. Web site: May 27, 1978. .
22. Web site: June 3, 1978. .
23. Web site: June 10, 1978. .
24. Web site: June 17, 1978. .
25. Web site: June 24, 1978. .
26. Web site: July 1, 1978. .
27. Web site: July 8, 1978. .
28. Web site: July 15, 1978. .
29. Web site: July 22, 1978. .
30. Web site: July 29, 1978. .
31. Web site: August 5, 1978. .
32. Web site: August 12, 1978. .
33. Web site: August 19, 1978. .
34. Web site: August 26, 1978. .
35. Web site: September 2, 1978. .
36. Web site: September 9, 1978. .
37. Web site: September 16, 1978. .
38. Web site: September 23, 1978. .
39. Web site: September 30, 1978. .
40. Web site: October 7, 1978. .
41. Web site: October 14, 1978. .
42. Web site: October 21, 1978. .
43. Web site: October 28, 1978. .
44. Web site: November 4, 1978. .
45. Web site: November 11, 1978. .
46. Web site: November 18, 1978. .
47. Web site: November 25, 1978. .
48. Web site: December 2, 1978. .
49. Web site: December 9, 1978. .
50. Web site: December 16, 1978. .
51. Web site: December 23, 1978. .
52. Web site: December 30, 1978. .