List of number-one hits of 1978 (Mexico)

This is a list of the songs that reached number one in Mexico in 1978, according to Núcleo Radio Mil as published in the Billboard^[1] and Notitas Musicales^[2] magazines. Also included are the number-one songs according to the Record World magazine.

Chart history (Billboard)

Issue Date	Song	Artist(s)	Label	Ref.
January 13	"Ma Baker"	Boney M./Grupo El Tren	RCA / Orfeón	[3]
January 20				[4]
January 27	"Si tú te vas"	Camilo Sesto	Ariola	[5]
February 3	"Ma Baker"	Boney M./Grupo El Tren	RCA / Orfeón	[6]
February 10	"Si tú te vas"	Camilo Sesto	Ariola	[7]
February 24				[8]
March 3				[9]
March 10	"Amigo"	Roberto Carlos	CBS	[10]
March 17	"Blue Bayou"	Linda Ronstadt	Asylum	[11]
April 7				[12]
April 14				[13]
April 21				[14]
May 5	"Aunque te enamores"	Juan Gabriel	Ariola	[15]
May 19	"Stayin' Alive"	Bee Gees	RSO	[16]
May 26				[17]
June 16	"El negro José"	Los Virtuosos de la Salsa	GAS	[18]
July 21	"Stayin' Alive"	Bee Gees	RSO	[19]
August 4				[20]
August 18				[21]
September 1				[22]
October 13	"Rivers of Babylon"	Boney M.	RCA	[23]

Chart history (Record World)

Issue Date	Popularity		Sales		Ref.
	Song	Artist(s)	Song	Artist(s)
January 7	"Pajarillo"	Napoleón	"Pajarillo"	Napoleón	[24]
January 21	"Son tus perjúmenes, mujer"	Los Alvarado	"Son tus perjúmenes, mujer"	Los Alvarado	[25]
February 25	N/A		"Eres toda una mujer"	Raúl Vale	[26]
March 23	"María José"	Juan Gabriel	"Si tú te vas"	Camilo Sesto	[27]
May 20	"El pasadiscos"	Diego Verdaguer	"El pasadiscos"	Diego Verdaguer	[28]
June 10			"Aunque te enamores"	Juan Gabriel	[29]
July 1	"Aunque te enamores"	Juan Gabriel			[30]
September 2	"Juro que nunca volveré"	Lupita D'Alessio	"Juro que nunca volveré"	Lucha Villa	[31]
September 23					[32]
October 7	"Golondrina de ojos negros"	Rigo Tovar con Mariachi		Lucha Villa/Lupita D'Alessio	[33]
October 28	"Corazón herido"	Aria 8			[34]
November 11	"Juro que nunca volveré"	Lupita D'Alessio			[35]
December 2	"Yo quisiera, señor locutor"	Verónica Castro	"Por muchas razones te quiero"	Palito Ortega	[36]
December 23			"Mi fracaso"	Juan Gabriel	[37]