2008
14 different songs reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2008. The year opened with Low by Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain at the top, and it stayed there longer than anything else that year: 10 weeks.
Prices rose 3.8% over 2007. One dollar in 2008 buys about what $1.50 buys in 2025.
A gallon of regular gas averaged $3.27, up 17% from 2007. In 2025 dollars that is $4.88, against an actual 2025 average of $3.26.
Mailing a letter took a 42¢ stamp (it is 73¢ in 2025), and the federal minimum wage was $6.20 an hour.
Every #1 hit of 2008
| Song | Artist | First week at #1 | Weeks at #1 in 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain | Jan 5 | 10 |
| Love In This Club | Usher Featuring Young Jeezy | Mar 15 | 3 |
| Bleeding Love | Leona Lewis | Apr 5 | 4 |
| Touch My Body | Mariah Carey | Apr 12 | 2 |
| Lollipop | Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major | May 3 | 5 |
| Take A Bow | Rihanna | May 24 | 1 |
| Viva La Vida | Coldplay | Jun 28 | 1 |
| I Kissed A Girl | Katy Perry | Jul 5 | 7 |
| Disturbia | Rihanna | Aug 23 | 2 |
| Whatever You Like | T.I. | Sep 6 | 7 |
| So What | P!nk | Sep 27 | 1 |
| Live Your Life | T.I. Featuring Rihanna | Oct 18 | 6 |
| Womanizer | Britney Spears | Oct 25 | 1 |
| Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) | Beyonce | Dec 13 | 2 |
Weeks are counted within 2008; a song that carried over from 2007 or into 2009 shows only its 2008 weeks.
What things cost in 2008
| Item | 2008 price | In 2025 dollars | Actual 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gallon of regular gas | $3.27 | $4.88 | $3.26 |
| Dozen large eggs | $1.99 | $2.97 | $4.25 |
| Loaf of white bread (per lb) | $1.37 | $2.04 | $1.87 |
| Gallon of whole milk | $3.79 | $5.67 | $4.07 |
| Ground beef (per lb) | $2.34 | $3.50 | $6.09 |
| Whole chicken (per lb) | $1.21 | $1.80 | $2.06 |
| Bacon (per lb) | $3.66 | $5.47 | $7.02 |
| Bananas (per lb) | $0.61 | $0.91 | $0.65 |
| Sugar (per lb) | $0.53 | $0.79 | $1.02 |
| Potatoes (per lb) | $0.63 | $0.94 | $0.96 |
| Flour (per lb) | $0.51 | $0.76 | $0.56 |
| Electricity (per kWh) | $0.12 | $0.18 | $0.18 |
| Federal minimum wage (per hour) | $6.20 | $9.27 | $7.25 |
| Median new home sale price | $229,550 | $343,247 | $415,400 |
| First-class stamp | 42¢ | 63¢ | 73¢ |
Compare 2008 prices with any amount → · Find the #1 song on any day in 2008 →
The internet in 2008
- July 10, 2008The App Store — Apple opens the App Store with about 500 apps. source
- September 2, 2008Google Chrome — Google releases its own web browser. source
See the web as it looked in 2008:
Yahoo! ↗Netscape ↗AOL ↗CNN ↗Amazon ↗Apple ↗Microsoft ↗The White House ↗GeoCities ↗Space Jam ↗eBay ↗Google ↗Napster ↗Wikipedia ↗Myspace ↗Facebook ↗YouTube ↗Twitter ↗
Links open the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine at its capture nearest July 1, 2008.
