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The No. 1s of

2008

Pick a day for its No. 1 song, film, and book — or scan every reign of 2008 below.

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No. 1 songs · Billboard Hot 100

  1. Low
    Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain
    Jan 5, 2008
    10 weeks
  2. Love In This Club
    Usher Featuring Young Jeezy
    Mar 15, 2008
    3 weeks
  3. Bleeding Love
    Leona Lewis
    Apr 5, 2008
    1 week
  4. Touch My Body
    Mariah Carey
    Apr 12, 2008
    2 weeks
  5. Bleeding Love
    Leona Lewis
    Apr 26, 2008
    1 week
  6. Lollipop
    Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major
    May 3, 2008
    1 week
  7. Bleeding Love
    Leona Lewis
    May 10, 2008
    2 weeks
  8. Take A Bow
    Rihanna
    May 24, 2008
    1 week
  9. Lollipop
    Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major
    May 31, 2008
    4 weeks
  10. Viva La Vida
    Coldplay
    Jun 28, 2008
    1 week
  11. I Kissed A Girl
    Katy Perry
    Jul 5, 2008
    7 weeks
  12. Disturbia
    Rihanna
    Aug 23, 2008
    2 weeks
  13. Whatever You Like
    T.I.
    Sep 6, 2008
    3 weeks
  14. So What
    P!nk
    Sep 27, 2008
    1 week
  15. Whatever You Like
    T.I.
    Oct 4, 2008
    2 weeks
  16. Live Your Life
    T.I. Featuring Rihanna
    Oct 18, 2008
    1 week
  17. Womanizer
    Britney Spears
    Oct 25, 2008
    1 week
  18. Whatever You Like
    T.I.
    Nov 1, 2008
    2 weeks
  19. Live Your Life
    T.I. Featuring Rihanna
    Nov 15, 2008
    4 weeks
  20. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
    Beyonce
    Dec 13, 2008
    1 week
  21. Live Your Life
    T.I. Featuring Rihanna
    Dec 20, 2008
    1 week
  22. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
    Beyonce
    Dec 27, 2008
    1 week

No. 1 films · U.S. weekend box office

  1. National Treasure: Book of Secrets
    Jan 6, 2008
    1 weekend
  2. The Bucket List
    Jan 13, 2008
    1 weekend
  3. Cloverfield
    Jan 20, 2008
    1 weekend
  4. Meet the Spartans
    Jan 27, 2008
    1 weekend
  5. Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
    Feb 3, 2008
    1 weekend
  6. Fool's Gold
    Feb 10, 2008
    1 weekend
  7. Jumper
    Feb 17, 2008
    1 weekend
  8. Vantage Point
    Feb 24, 2008
    1 weekend
  9. Semi-Pro
    Mar 2, 2008
    1 weekend
  10. 10,000 BC
    Mar 9, 2008
    1 weekend
  11. Horton Hears a Who!
    Mar 16, 2008
    2 weekends
  12. 21
    Mar 30, 2008
    2 weekends
  13. Prom Night
    Apr 13, 2008
    1 weekend
  14. The Forbidden Kingdom
    Apr 20, 2008
    1 weekend
  15. Baby Mama
    Apr 27, 2008
    1 weekend
  16. Iron Man
    May 4, 2008
    2 weekends
  17. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
    May 18, 2008
    1 weekend
  18. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
    May 26, 2008
    1 weekend
  19. Sex and the City
    Jun 1, 2008
    1 weekend
  20. Kung Fu Panda
    Jun 8, 2008
    1 weekend
  21. The Incredible Hulk
    Jun 15, 2008
    1 weekend
  22. Get Smart
    Jun 22, 2008
    1 weekend
  23. WALL-E
    Jun 29, 2008
    1 weekend
  24. Hancock
    Jul 6, 2008
    1 weekend
  25. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
    Jul 13, 2008
    5 weekends
  26. Tropic Thunder
    Aug 17, 2008
    3 weekends
  27. Bangkok Dangerous
    Sep 7, 2008
    1 weekend
  28. Burn After Reading
    Sep 14, 2008
    1 weekend
  29. Lakeview Terrace
    Sep 21, 2008
    1 weekend
  30. Eagle Eye
    Sep 28, 2008
    1 weekend
  31. Beverly Hills Chihuahua
    Oct 5, 2008
    2 weekends
  32. Max Payne
    Oct 19, 2008
    1 weekend
  33. High School Musical 3: Senior Year
    Oct 26, 2008
    2 weekends
  34. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
    Nov 9, 2008
    1 weekend
  35. Quantum of Solace
    Nov 16, 2008
    1 weekend
  36. Twilight
    Nov 23, 2008
    1 weekend
  37. Four Christmases
    Nov 30, 2008
    2 weekends
  38. The Day the Earth Stood Still
    Dec 14, 2008
    1 weekend
  39. Yes Man
    Dec 21, 2008
    1 weekend
  40. Marley & Me
    Dec 28, 2008
    1 weekend

No. 1 books · NYT fiction best sellers

  1. Double Cross
    James Patterson
    Jan 6, 2008
    1 week
  2. A Thousand Splendid Suns
    Khaled Hosseini
    Jan 13, 2008
    2 weeks
  3. Plum Lucky
    Janet Evanovich
    Jan 27, 2008
    2 weeks
  4. Duma Key
    Stephen King
    Feb 10, 2008
    1 week
  5. The Appeal
    John Grisham
    Feb 17, 2008
    5 weeks
  6. Change of Heart
    Jodi Picoult
    Mar 23, 2008
    3 weeks
  7. Compulsion
    Jonathan Kellerman
    Apr 13, 2008
    1 week
  8. Unaccustomed Earth
    Jhumpa Lahiri
    Apr 20, 2008
    1 week
  9. Where Are You Now?
    Mary Higgins Clark
    Apr 27, 2008
    1 week
  10. Hold Tight
    Harlan Coben
    May 4, 2008
    1 week
  11. The Whole Truth
    David Baldacci
    May 11, 2008
    1 week
  12. Sundays at Tiffany's
    James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet
    May 18, 2008
    1 week
  13. The Host
    Stephenie Meyer
    May 25, 2008
    2 weeks
  14. Odd Hours
    Dean Koontz
    Jun 8, 2008
    1 week
  15. Blood Noir
    Laurell K. Hamilton
    Jun 15, 2008
    1 week
  16. Nothing to Lose
    Lee Child
    Jun 22, 2008
    1 week
  17. Sail
    James Patterson and Howard Roughan
    Jun 29, 2008
    1 week
  18. Fearless Fourteen
    Janet Evanovich
    Jul 6, 2008
    2 weeks
  19. The Last Patriot
    Brad Thor
    Jul 20, 2008
    1 week
  20. Tribute
    Nora Roberts
    Jul 27, 2008
    2 weeks
  21. Moscow Rules
    Daniel Silva
    Aug 10, 2008
    2 weeks
  22. Acheron
    Sherrilyn Kenyon
    Aug 24, 2008
    1 week
  23. Smoke Screen
    Sandra Brown
    Aug 31, 2008
    1 week
  24. The Force Unleashed
    Sean Williams
    Sep 7, 2008
    1 week
  25. Devil Bones
    Kathy Reichs
    Sep 14, 2008
    1 week
  26. Dark Curse
    Christine Feehan
    Sep 21, 2008
    1 week
  27. Anathem
    Neal Stephenson
    Sep 28, 2008
    1 week
  28. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
    David Wroblewski
    Oct 5, 2008
    2 weeks
  29. The Lucky One
    Nicholas Sparks
    Oct 19, 2008
    2 weeks
  30. The Brass Verdict
    Michael Connelly
    Nov 2, 2008
    1 week
  31. Extreme Measures
    Vince Flynn
    Nov 9, 2008
    1 week
  32. The Gate House
    Nelson DeMille
    Nov 16, 2008
    1 week
  33. Divine Justice
    David Baldacci
    Nov 23, 2008
    1 week
  34. The Christmas Sweater
    Glenn Beck
    Nov 30, 2008
    1 week
  35. Cross Country
    James Patterson
    Dec 7, 2008
    2 weeks
  36. Scarpetta
    Patricia Cornwell
    Dec 21, 2008
    2 weeks