List of number one hits in the US (1996)

This is a list of the number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the United States in 1996. That year there were nine number one singles and twenty-two number one albums.

Singles • Albums • Hit parades of the year • Bottom of page

Singles

← 1995 ←	List of number one hits in the US			1997 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 30, 1995 - March 22, 1996 12 weeks (16 total) 16 Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men One Sweet Day Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff , Nathan Morris , Michael McCary, Shawn Stockman , Wanyá Morris - March 23, 1996 - May 3, 1996 6 weeks (6 in total) 6th Celine Dion Because You Loved Me Diane Warren - May 4, 1996 - May 17, 1996 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Mariah Carey Always Be My Baby Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri , Manuel Seal - May 18, 1996 - July 12, 1996 8 weeks (8 in total) 8th Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Tha Crossroads Bryon McCane II , Anthony Henderson , Steven Howse , Steven Howse , Charles Scruggs - July 13, 1996 - July 26, 1996 2 weeks (total 2) 2 2Pac feat. K-Ci & JoJo How Do U Want It Tupac Shakur, Johnny Jackson - July 27, 1996 - August 2, 1996 1 week (total 1) 1 Toni Braxton You're Makin 'Me High Babyface , Bryce Wilson - August 3, 1996 - November 8, 1996 14 weeks (total 14) 14th Los del Río Macarena Antonio Romero Monge, Rafael Ruiz Perdigones - November 9, 1996 - December 6, 1996 4 weeks (4 in total) 4th BLACKstreet feat. Dr. Dre & Queen Pen No Diggity Andre Young - December 7, 1996 - December 27, 1996 3 weeks (total 3) 3 Toni Braxton Un-Break My Heart Diane Warren -
← 1995				→ 1997 →

Albums

← 1995 ←	List of number one albums in the US			1997 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 30, 1995 - January 19, 1996 3 weeks (6 in total) 6th Mariah Carey Daydream - January 20, 1996 - February 23, 1996 5 weeks (total 5) 5 Original soundtrack album Waiting to Exhale - February 24, 1996 - March 1, 1996 1 week (total 3) 3 Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill - March 2, 1996 - March 15, 1996 2 weeks (total 2) 2 2Pac All Eyez on Me - March 16, 1996 - April 5, 1996 3 weeks (6 in total) 6th Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill - April 6, 1996 - April 12, 1996 1 week (total 1) 1 The Beatles Anthology 2 - April 13, 1996 - May 3, 1996 3 weeks (9 in total) 9 Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill - May 4, 1996 - May 10, 1996 1 week (total 1) 1 Rage Against the Machine Evil Empire - May 11, 1996 - May 24, 1996 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Hootie & the Blowfish Fairweather Johnson - May 25, 1996 - June 21, 1996 4 weeks (4 in total) 4th Fugees The Score - June 22, 1996 - July 19, 1996 4 weeks (4 in total) 4th Metallica Load - July 20, 1996 - August 16, 1996 4 weeks (4 in total) 4th Nas It Was Written - August 17, 1996 - August 23, 1996 1 week (total 1) 1 A Tribe Called Quest Beats, Rhymes and Life - August 24, 1996 - September 13, 1996 3 weeks (total of 12) 12 Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill - September 14, 1996 - September 27, 1996 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Pearl Jam No code - September 28, 1996 - October 4, 1996 1 week (total 1) 1 New Edition Home Again - October 5, 1996 - October 18, 1996 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Celine Dion Falling into you - October 19, 1996 - October 25, 1996 1 week (total 1) 1 Nirvana From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah - October 26, 1996 - November 1, 1996 1 week (total 3) 3 Celine Dion Falling into you - November 2, 1996 - November 8, 1996 1 week (total 1) 1 Counting crows Recovering the satellites - November 9, 1996 - November 15, 1996 1 week (total 1) 1 Van Halen Best of - Volume I. - November 16, 1996 - November 22, 1996 1 week (total 1) 1 The Beatles Anthology 3 - November 23, 1996 - November 29, 1996 1 week (total 1) 1 Makaveli The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory - November 30, 1996 - December 6, 1996 1 week (total 1) 1 Snoop Doggy Dogg Tha Doggfather - December 7, 1996 - December 20, 1996 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Bush Razorblade Suitcase - December 21, 1996 - December 27, 1996 1 week (total 1) 1 No doubt Tragic Kingdom -
← 1995				→ 1997 →

Web links

• Chartsurfer.de - Number 1 hits USA (1996)

literature

• Whitburn, Joel (2013). Top Pop Singles: 1955-2012, 14th Edition Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-205-2
• Whitburn, Joel (2010). Top Pop Albums: 1955-2009, 7th Edition Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-183-3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Discogs (Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men - One Sweet Day)
2. ↑ Discogs (Celine Dion - Because You Loved Me)
3. ↑ Discogs (Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby)
4. ↑ Discogs (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Tha Crossroads)
5. ↑ Discogs (2Pac feat. K-Ci & JoJo - How Do U Want It)
6. ↑ Discogs (Toni Braxton - You're Makin 'Me High)
7. ↑ Discogs (Los del Río - Macarena)
8. ↑ Discogs (BLACKstreet feat. Dr. Dre & Queen Pen - No Diggity)
9. ↑ Discogs (Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart)
10. ↑ Discogs (Mariah Carey - Daydream)
11. ↑ Discogs (Original Soundtrack Album - Waiting to Exhale)
12. ↑ Discogs (Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill)
13. ↑ Discogs (The Beatles - Anthology 2)
14. ↑ Discogs (Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire)
15. ↑ Discogs (Hootie & the Blowfish - Fairweather Johnson)
16. ↑ Discogs (Fugees - The Score)
17. ↑ Discogs (Metallica - Load)
18. ↑ Discogs (Nas - It Was Written)
19. ↑ Discogs (A Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhymes and Life)
20. ↑ Discogs (Pearl Jam - No Code)
21. ↑ Discogs (New Edition - Home Again)
22. ↑ Discogs (Celine Dion - Falling into You)
23. ↑ Discogs (Nirvana - From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah)
24. ↑ Discogs (Counting Crows - Recovering the Satellites)
25. ↑ Discogs (Van Halen - Best of - Volume I)
26. ↑ Discogs (The Beatles - Anthology 3)
27. ↑ Discogs (Makaveli - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory)
28. ↑ Discogs (Snoop Doggy Dogg - Tha Doggfather)
29. ↑ Discogs (Bush - Razorblade Suitcase)
30. ↑ Discogs (No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom)

See also: 1996 number one hits in Australia , Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Sweden , Switzerland , Spain , Hungary and the United States Kingdom .