brown #
= weekly rock chart peak
blue #
= pop chart peak
| 1 | Missing | 1 | Jan 1996 |  |
| Everything But The Girl |
| 2 | Breakfast At Tiffany's | 22 | 2 | Jan 1996 | |
| Deep Blue Something |
| 3 | One Of Us | 10 | 2 | Jan 1996 | |
| Joan Osborne |
| 4 | Anything | 12 | Jan 1996 | |
| 3T |
| 5 | Drown | 5 | Mar 1996 | |
| Son Volt |
| 6 | Feels So Good (Show Me Your Love) | 11 | Mar 1996 | |
| Lina Santiago |
| 7 | I Will Survive (Doin' It My Way) | 29 | Apr 1996 | |
| Chantay Savage |
| 8 | Chains | 18 | May 1996 | |
| Tina Arena |
| 9 | Everything Falls Apart | 4 | 2 | May 1996 | |
| Dog's Eye View |
| 10 | Insensitive | 1 | May 1996 | |
| Jann Arden |
| 11 | Theme From Mission: Impossible | 7 | 5 | Jun 1996 | |
| Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen |
| 12 | Here In Your Bedroom | 4 | 29 | Jun 1996 | |
| Goldfinger |
| 13 | Banditos | 6 | Jun 1996 | |
| The Refreshments |
| 14 | Mother Mother | 1 | 14 | Jun 1996 | |
| Tracy Bonham |
| 15 | Flood | 5 | 18 | Jun 1996 | |
| Jars Of Clay |
| 16 | MacArena (Bayside Boys Mix) | 1 | Jun 1996 | |
| Los Del Rio |
| 17 | Your Loving Arms | 17 | Jun 1996 | |
| Billie Ray Martin |
| 18 | Hay | 25 | Jul 1996 | |
| Crucial Conflict |
| 19 | Sucked Out | 12 | Aug 1996 | |
| Superdrag |
| 20 | Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand | 1 | 4 | Aug 1996 | |
| Primitive Radio Gods |
| 21 | Popular | 6 | 12 | Aug 1996 | |
| Nada Surf |
| 22 | My Boo | 5 | Sep 1996 | |
| Ghost Town DJ's |
| 23 | Ocean | 16 | Oct 1996 | |
| Sebadoh |
| 24 | Birmingham | 14 | Oct 1996 | |
| Amanda Marshall |
| 25 | Mouth | 1 | Oct 1996 | |
| Merril Bainbridge |
| 26 | Novocaine For The Soul | 1 | 24 | Oct 1996 | |
| Eels |
| 27 | Scooby Snacks | 10 | Nov 1996 | |
| Fun Lovin' Criminals |
| 28 | I Luv U Baby | Nov 1996 | |
| The Original |
| 29 | Just Between You And Me | 6 | Dec 1996 | |
| DC Talk |
| 30 | The Distance | 2 | 12 | Dec 1996 | |
| Cake |
| 31 | Tattva | 10 | Dec 1996 | |
| Kula Shaker |