As 2018 comes to a close, let’s take a look back into the year to remember and appreciate what it brought us. It is clearly not possible to include everything that happened, but a good amount of the most-talked about things are included.

Events

• The Royal Wedding
• Hurricane Michael and Hurricane Florence
• US Border Crisis

Top Songs

• God’s Plan by Drake

This song broke an abundance of records, including most Apple Music streams in a day, with 170 million streams, and spending the most weeks at #1 in a year on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

• Thank U, Next by Ariana Grande

• I Like It by Cardi B
• Havana by Camila Cabello

• Mo Bamba by Sheck Wes

Top Movies

• Black Panther

This popular movie became the world’s ninth-highest-grossing film of all time.

• Crazy Rich Asians
• A Quiet Place
• The Hate U Give
• Incredibles 2
• Love, Simon
• Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and The Kissing Booth

Both were Netflix originals that created a craze, especially among teenage girls.

Pop Culture

• In My Feelings challenge
• The Zoom Challenge
• The marriage of Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin
• Absurd internet challenges, such as the Tide Pod challenges

Ones That We Lost

• XXXTentacion

On June 18, 2018 the well-known American rapper was fatally shot multiple times in his car in Deerfield Beach, Florida.

• Aretha Franklin
• Mac Miller
• Avicii
• Stan Lee
• John McCain
• Anthony Bourdain
• Stephen Hawking
• Kate Spade

Sports

• Eagles’ win in the Super Bowl
• Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games
• The Washington Capitals’ win in the Stanley Cup
• France’s win in the FIFA World Cup
• The Golden State Warriors’ win in the NBA Finals