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, having three songs and two songs respectively. 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".

Chart history

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	^[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	"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

References

1. "January 7, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
2. "January 14, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
3. "January 21, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
4. "January 28, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
5. "February 4, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
6. "February 11, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
7. "February 18, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
8. "February 25, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
9. "March 4, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
10. "March 11, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
11. "March 18, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
12. "March 25, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
13. "April 1, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
14. "April 8, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
15. "April 15, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
16. "April 22, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
17. "April 29, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
18. "May 6, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
19. "May 13, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
20. "May 20, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
21. "May 27, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
22. "June 3, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
23. "June 10, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
24. "June 17, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
25. "June 24, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
26. "July 1, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
27. "July 8, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
28. "July 15, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
29. "July 22, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
30. "July 29, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
31. "August 5, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
32. "August 12, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
33. "August 19, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
34. "August 26, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
35. "September 2, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
36. "September 9, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
37. "September 16, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
38. "September 23, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
39. "September 30, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
40. "October 7, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
41. "October 14, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
42. "October 21, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
43. "October 28, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
44. "November 4, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
45. "November 11, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
46. "November 18, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
47. "November 25, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
48. "December 2, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
49. "December 9, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
50. "December 16, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
51. "December 23, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.
52. "December 30, 1978". Billboard Hot 100.

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.