January 2018 sure feels like a long time
ago
welcome to watchmojo.com moments of 2018
I’m here to make jokes I have no agenda
I’m not trying to get anything
accomplished so everyone that’s here
from Congress you should feel right at
2018 has been an absolute roller coaster
of a year I’ve made a severe and
continuous click the link below to find
our best and worst of 2018 videos for a
look back at all the awesome and crazy
things that happened for this list we’re
looking at events and moments in news
and entertainment that were not only
memorable but also set in motion a
change in the cultural landscape
we’ll be excluding some items that we
think would fit better on our list of
reasons 2018 was the worst do you hear
yeah knee yeah yeah or Laurel yeah yeah
number 10 car DB makes a splash 2017 may
have been the year that car DB first
made it big with the release of her
hugely successful single boudic yellow
but by 2018 she was a full-fledged
member of the celebrity a-list making
appearances at the Met Gala and showing
off some killer pregnancy style because
you look like an aged you doing it
beautiful the female rapper released her
first studio album invasion of privacy
back in April but even before it
actually went on sale she became the
first female artist to have five top-ten
singles on the Billboard Hot R&B hip-hop
chart at the same time the 2018 music
scene would not be what it is without
this powerful performer
[Applause]
number nine the Thai boys soccer team
rescue there were some truly awful news
stories in 2018 but this was one that
the entire world could band together
about in June news broke that a Thai
boys soccer team had gone missing while
exploring a cave in the chengetai
province of Thailand the story became an
international sensation with people
around the world following with bated
breath as the boys were found and a
rescue mission got underway this morning
we made a promise to get nine people out
the governor saying and we did it
against all odds this story had a happy
ending with all 12 of the boys and their
coach making it out of the cage
successfully in early July number 8 the
midterm elections typically when the
midterm elections roll around in the
u.s. they pass without much fanfare with
most people waiting until the
presidential elections to really get
geared up about politics in 2018 however
that all changed when the whole country
and even the rest of the world focused
their attention on the event celebrities
were vocal on social media encouraging
followers to vote and even the
previously apolitical Taylor Swift
chimed in this helped spur a significant
increase in voter turnout with the
highest youth participation in decades
the results included a number of
historic firsts launching a relatively
diverse selection of candidates into the
political spotlight number 7 March for
our lives in the wake of the tragic
Stoneman Douglas high school shooting in
parkland Florida many of the students
who survives the attack mobilized in
what commentators described as the
political quote coming-out party for
Generation Z
on March 24th the student-led
demonstration in Washington DC became
the largest youth led protest since the
Vietnam War with satellite events taking
place around the country six minutes and
20 seconds with an ar-15 and my friend
Carmen would never complain to me about
piano practice many consider it a
tipping point in the gun control debate
with a new generation demanding that
legislation progress with public opinion
number six nike’s colin kaepernick
campaign in the social and political
climate we’re living in brands are
realizing that by getting political they
can have a greater draw NFL player Colin
Kaepernick has been in the news since
2016 when he kicked off the protests
that saw players kneeling during the
national anthem now a controversial
figure he’s been out of a job in the NFL
since 2017 but at the end of August
Nike included Kaepernick in a major ad
campaign prompting much discussion and
leading to the creation of a thousand
memes number five Ariana Grande’s major
year billboard voted ariana grande as
their Woman of the Year and her career
has certainly been on fire in 2018 with
her album sweet nerd topping charts
thanks to hit singles like God is a
woman and no tears left to cry her
personal life also made headlines with
her sudden engagement to Pete Davidson’s
shocking fans and their subsequent
breakup being one of the biggest pop
culture news stories of the last few
months rivaling even Justin Bieber’s
engagement and marriage to Haley Baldwin
Ariana already has another album in the
works for 2019 and the lead single thank
you next has become a huge hit as well
as the perfect modern breakup anthem
number four
Roseanne controversy 2018 is sure been a
whirlwind for Roseanne Barr in March her
show Roseanne went back on the air after
a long hiatus becoming one of the most
watched shows on TV just two months
later though with the show already
renewed for another season Barr posted a
racist tweet comparing African American
Valerie Jarrett to Planet of the Apes
and the Muslim Brotherhood the backlash
was Swift and almost universal and ABC
canceled the show Barr apologized while
also blaming ambien and people
with quote low IQ you can still see the
Connors on TV just without Roseanne
around the time of this controversy it
seemed like no one was talking about
anything else
number three the royal wedding you’d
think that by 2018 we’d have gotten over
this whole royal obsession but it’s
still going strong even outside the
Commonwealth people can’t help but get
excited about a good old royal wedding
and how can you blame them when the rest
of the news cycle is dominated by so
much negativity sometimes people just
want to see a nice young couple getting
married and a big castle surrounded by
their friends and family and Oprah
Prince Harry and Megan Markel tied the
knot in the spring and by autumn had
already announced that their family
would be growing in 2019 number two this
is America music video the song of the
summer was an unconventional one in 2018
no this is America wasn’t exactly an
upbeat dance hit but it was a political
statement disguised as one the song’s
lyrics subtly tackle issues of racism
and gun violence in the United States
and the visuals are some of the most
poignant we can remember seeing in a
music video the song was hugely
influential with many referring to it as
the release of the year
oh go living them even months after it
debuted the song and music video are
still giving us goosebumps before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
[Music]
she writes that her first sighting of
Donald Trump in 2006 in his hotel suite
in Lake Tahoe was shocking Trump came
swooping in wearing black silk pajamas
and slippers she writes
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
then you’re gonna have a fifty fifty
fifty chance there she liked that one
and she likes that forehand side too
number one Marvel had a year
sadly in 2018 we lost creativeminds
Stanley who was one of the most
influential figures behind Marvel Comics
but this news came at the end of a year
in which Marvel dominated pop culture of
course there was black panther makanda
forever which broke records and exceeded
expectations it was only surpassed at
the box office by one other film
Avengers infinity war black panther was
great and all but there may not have
been any movie moment that was more
heavily discussed than that fan oh snap
and in case you’re one of the three
people who hasn’t seen the movie yet
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
bell to be notified about our latest videos
ago
welcome to watchmojo.com moments of 2018
I’m here to make jokes I have no agenda
I’m not trying to get anything
accomplished so everyone that’s here
from Congress you should feel right at
2018 has been an absolute roller coaster
of a year I’ve made a severe and
continuous click the link below to find
our best and worst of 2018 videos for a
look back at all the awesome and crazy
things that happened for this list we’re
looking at events and moments in news
and entertainment that were not only
memorable but also set in motion a
change in the cultural landscape
we’ll be excluding some items that we
think would fit better on our list of
reasons 2018 was the worst do you hear
yeah knee yeah yeah or Laurel yeah yeah
number 10 car DB makes a splash 2017 may
have been the year that car DB first
made it big with the release of her
hugely successful single boudic yellow
but by 2018 she was a full-fledged
member of the celebrity a-list making
appearances at the Met Gala and showing
off some killer pregnancy style because
you look like an aged you doing it
beautiful the female rapper released her
first studio album invasion of privacy
back in April but even before it
actually went on sale she became the
first female artist to have five top-ten
singles on the Billboard Hot R&B hip-hop
chart at the same time the 2018 music
scene would not be what it is without
this powerful performer
[Applause]
number nine the Thai boys soccer team
rescue there were some truly awful news
stories in 2018 but this was one that
the entire world could band together
about in June news broke that a Thai
boys soccer team had gone missing while
exploring a cave in the chengetai
province of Thailand the story became an
international sensation with people
around the world following with bated
breath as the boys were found and a
rescue mission got underway this morning
we made a promise to get nine people out
the governor saying and we did it
against all odds this story had a happy
ending with all 12 of the boys and their
coach making it out of the cage
successfully in early July number 8 the
midterm elections typically when the
midterm elections roll around in the
u.s. they pass without much fanfare with
most people waiting until the
presidential elections to really get
geared up about politics in 2018 however
that all changed when the whole country
and even the rest of the world focused
their attention on the event celebrities
were vocal on social media encouraging
followers to vote and even the
previously apolitical Taylor Swift
chimed in this helped spur a significant
increase in voter turnout with the
highest youth participation in decades
the results included a number of
historic firsts launching a relatively
diverse selection of candidates into the
political spotlight number 7 March for
our lives in the wake of the tragic
Stoneman Douglas high school shooting in
parkland Florida many of the students
who survives the attack mobilized in
what commentators described as the
political quote coming-out party for
Generation Z
on March 24th the student-led
demonstration in Washington DC became
the largest youth led protest since the
Vietnam War with satellite events taking
place around the country six minutes and
20 seconds with an ar-15 and my friend
Carmen would never complain to me about
piano practice many consider it a
tipping point in the gun control debate
with a new generation demanding that
legislation progress with public opinion
number six nike’s colin kaepernick
campaign in the social and political
climate we’re living in brands are
realizing that by getting political they
can have a greater draw NFL player Colin
Kaepernick has been in the news since
2016 when he kicked off the protests
that saw players kneeling during the
national anthem now a controversial
figure he’s been out of a job in the NFL
since 2017 but at the end of August
Nike included Kaepernick in a major ad
campaign prompting much discussion and
leading to the creation of a thousand
memes number five Ariana Grande’s major
year billboard voted ariana grande as
their Woman of the Year and her career
has certainly been on fire in 2018 with
her album sweet nerd topping charts
thanks to hit singles like God is a
woman and no tears left to cry her
personal life also made headlines with
her sudden engagement to Pete Davidson’s
shocking fans and their subsequent
breakup being one of the biggest pop
culture news stories of the last few
months rivaling even Justin Bieber’s
engagement and marriage to Haley Baldwin
Ariana already has another album in the
works for 2019 and the lead single thank
you next has become a huge hit as well
as the perfect modern breakup anthem
number four
Roseanne controversy 2018 is sure been a
whirlwind for Roseanne Barr in March her
show Roseanne went back on the air after
a long hiatus becoming one of the most
watched shows on TV just two months
later though with the show already
renewed for another season Barr posted a
racist tweet comparing African American
Valerie Jarrett to Planet of the Apes
and the Muslim Brotherhood the backlash
was Swift and almost universal and ABC
canceled the show Barr apologized while
also blaming ambien and people
with quote low IQ you can still see the
Connors on TV just without Roseanne
around the time of this controversy it
seemed like no one was talking about
anything else
number three the royal wedding you’d
think that by 2018 we’d have gotten over
this whole royal obsession but it’s
still going strong even outside the
Commonwealth people can’t help but get
excited about a good old royal wedding
and how can you blame them when the rest
of the news cycle is dominated by so
much negativity sometimes people just
want to see a nice young couple getting
married and a big castle surrounded by
their friends and family and Oprah
Prince Harry and Megan Markel tied the
knot in the spring and by autumn had
already announced that their family
would be growing in 2019 number two this
is America music video the song of the
summer was an unconventional one in 2018
no this is America wasn’t exactly an
upbeat dance hit but it was a political
statement disguised as one the song’s
lyrics subtly tackle issues of racism
and gun violence in the United States
and the visuals are some of the most
poignant we can remember seeing in a
music video the song was hugely
influential with many referring to it as
the release of the year
oh go living them even months after it
debuted the song and music video are
still giving us goosebumps before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
[Music]
she writes that her first sighting of
Donald Trump in 2006 in his hotel suite
in Lake Tahoe was shocking Trump came
swooping in wearing black silk pajamas
and slippers she writes
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
then you’re gonna have a fifty fifty
fifty chance there she liked that one
and she likes that forehand side too
number one Marvel had a year
sadly in 2018 we lost creativeminds
Stanley who was one of the most
influential figures behind Marvel Comics
but this news came at the end of a year
in which Marvel dominated pop culture of
course there was black panther makanda
forever which broke records and exceeded
expectations it was only surpassed at
the box office by one other film
Avengers infinity war black panther was
great and all but there may not have
been any movie moment that was more
heavily discussed than that fan oh snap
and in case you’re one of the three
people who hasn’t seen the movie yet
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
bell to be notified about our latest videos
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