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Greta Van Fleet's single "Safari Song" tops the Mainstream Rock chart for one week. It is their second single, as well as their second single to top the chart.[4]
Papa Roach's "Born for Greatness" and Greta Van Fleet's "Safari Song" return to top the Mainstream Rock charts for one and two weeks respectively.[7][8]
Jack White releases his third solo studio album, Boarding House Reach. It tops the Billboard 200 chart, moving 124,000 album equivalent units. It is his third of three solo albums to top the chart.[11]
Breaking Benjamin releases their sixth studio album Ember. It debuts at number 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, moving 88,000 album equivalent units.[12]
A Perfect Circle releases their fourth studio album, and first in 14 years - Eat the Elephant. It debuts at number 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, moving 68,000 album equivalent units.[13]
Lord Huron releases their third studio album, Vide Noir. It debuts at number 9 on the Billboard 200 chart, moving 32,000 album equivalent units.[13]
May
Bad Wolves top the Mainstream Rock chart for three weeks with a cover of The Cranberries's song "Zombie". The cover was originally to feature duet vocals from original singer of the Cranberries Dolores O'Riordan, but they were never recorded due to her death in January 2018.[14] The song was also one of the few hard rock songs to enter the Billboard all-format Hot 100 chart, debuting at number 54, the highest debut of any song for its debut week.[15]
Godsmack's single "Bulletproof" tops the Mainstream Rock chart for one week,[16] their eighth song to top the chart.[17]
Shinedown's single "Devil" tops the Mainstream Rock chart for one week.[18]
Godsmack releases their seventh studio album When Legends Rise. It debuts at number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 40,000 album equivalent units.[19]
Shinedown releases their sixth studio album Attention Attention. It debuts at number 5 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 60,000 album equivalent units.[20]
Arctic Monkeys release their sixth studio album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino. It tops the UK all-format albums chart, selling 86,000 units. It is the band's sixth album in a row to top the UK chart. It debuts at number 8 on the US Billboard 200 chart, moving 47,000 album equivalent units.[22][23]
June
Godsmack's "Bulletproof" returns to number one on the Mainstream Rock chart for 4 weeks.[24]
Weezer's cover of the Toto song "Africa" debuts at number 89 on the Billboard all-format Hot 100 chart, their first song to find crossover success since 2009.[25]
Ghost releases their fourth studio album, Prequelle. It debuts at number 3 on the Billboard 200, selling 66,000 album equivalent units.[26]
Dave Matthews Band releases their ninth studio album, Come Tomorrow, which tops the Billboard 200 chart, their seventh album to do so. It debuts with 292,000 album equivalent units, the biggest rock album debut in four years.[27]
Panic! at the Disco releases their sixth studio album, Pray for the Wicked, which tops the Billboard 200, their second album to do so. The album sells 180,000 album equivalent units, the highest debut for an alternative rock album for the year.[28]
Richard Patrick of the band Filter announced the reformation of the band's original lineup - himself and Brian Liesegang, to record a follow-up to the only album the two had recorded jointly, the band's first album, the platinum selling 1995 album Short Bus.[29]
July
Ghost's single "Rats" tops the Mainstream Rock chart for seven straight weeks.[30][31]
Three Days Grace's single "Infra-Red" tops the Mainstream Rock chart. It is their fourteenth song to do so, more than any other band in the history of the chart, which started in 1981.[36]
Disturbed's single "Are You Ready" tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart for five weeks. It is their eighth song to top the chart, which is the seventh most a band has ever had on the chart at the time. It is also their fifth single in a row to top it, an all-time record shared with Three Days Grace. [38][39]
October
Greta Van Fleet releases their debut album, Anthem of the Peaceful Army. It is the top selling album of the week in the US, selling 80,000 copies. Factoring in streaming, it moves 87,000 album equivalent units, debuting at number 3 on the Billboard 200 chart.[40]
Disturbed releases their seventh studio album, Evolution. It charts directly behind Greta Van Fleet, as the second best selling album of the week, and at number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart, with 65,000 sold and 71,000 album equivalent units.[40]
Three fourths of the original lineup of Static-X announce they have reunited the band after the death of founder and frontman Wayne Static in 2014. The band announced their intention to release a new album in 2019, featuring a mix of vocals recorded by a static prior to his death, and a variety of guest musicians such as David Draiman and Ivan Moody.[41]
November
Greta Van Fleet single “When the Curtain Falls” tops the Billboard Mainstream Rock song chart. It is their third song across three separate album/EPs to do so in a 14 month span.[42]
Disturbed’s “Are You Ready” returns to the top of the Billboard Mainstream Rock songs chart for another two weeks.[43]
December
Godsmack's single "When Legends Rise" tops the Mainstream Rock chart for four weeks, in a run that goes into 2019.[44]
