brown #
= weekly rock chart peak
blue #
= pop chart peak
| 26 | Time | 1 | Jan 1996 |  |
| Hootie & The Blowfish |
| 27 | Where Do You Go | 1 | Sep 1996 | |
| No Mercy |
| 28 | Nobody | 1 | Dec 1996 | |
| Keith Sweat Featuring Athena Cage |
| 29 | You're Makin' Me High | 1 | Jul 1996 | |
| Toni Braxton |
| 30 | One Of Us | 10 | 2 | Jan 1996 | |
| Joan Osborne |
| 31 | Closer To Free | 12 | 2 | Apr 1996 | |
| BoDeans |
| 32 | Twisted | 1 | Sep 1996 | |
| Keith Sweat Featuring Kut Klose |
| 33 | Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand | 1 | 4 | Aug 1996 | |
| Primitive Radio Gods |
| 34 | Sweet Dreams | 1 | Jun 1996 | |
| La Bouche |
| 35 | Wonderwall | 1 | 2 | Feb 1996 | |
| Oasis |
| 36 | Follow You Down | 3 | 4 | Apr 1996 | |
| Gin Blossoms |
| 37 | Wonder | 24 | 4 | Jan 1996 | |
| Natalie Merchant |
| 38 | 1979 | 1 | 3 | Feb 1996 | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins |
| 39 | Everything Falls Apart | 4 | 2 | May 1996 | |
| Dog's Eye View |
| 40 | My Boo | 5 | Sep 1996 | |
| Ghost Town DJ's |
| 41 | Not Gon' Cry | 3 | Mar 1996 | |
| Mary J. Blige |
| 42 | Last Night | 5 | Nov 1996 | |
| Az Yet |
| 43 | Jealousy | 5 | Aug 1996 | |
| Natalie Merchant |
| 44 | When You Love A Woman | 4 | Nov 1996 | |
| Journey |
| 45 | Forever | 6 | Aug 1996 | |
| Mariah Carey |
| 46 | Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) | 21 | 4 | Oct 1996 | |
| John Mellencamp |
| 47 | Old Man & Me (When I Get To Heaven) | 25 | 4 | May 1996 | |
| Hootie & The Blowfish |
| 48 | I Want To Come Over | 19 | 5 | Mar 1996 | |
| Melissa Etheridge |
| 49 | Fastlove | 3 | Jun 1996 | |
| George Michael |
| 50 | Big Me | 1 | 3 | Apr 1996 | |
| Foo Fighters |