brown #
= weekly rock chart peak
blue #
= pop chart peak
| 1 | Missing | 1 | 1-06-96 |  |
| Everything But The Girl |
| 2 | Time | 1 | 1-20-96 | |
| Hootie & The Blowfish |
| 3 | Be My Lover | 1 | 1-27-96 | |
| La Bouche |
| 4 | Nobody Knows | 1 | 2-10-96 | |
| The Tony Rich Project |
| 5 | Sittin' Up In My Room | 1 | 2-24-96 | |
| Brandy |
| 6 | Ironic | 1 | 1 | 3-02-96 | |
| Alanis Morissette |
| 7 | Always Be My Baby | 1 | 3-16-96 | |
| Mariah Carey |
| 8 | Because You Loved Me | 1 | 3-23-96 | |
| Celine Dion |
| 9 | Killing Me Softly | 1 | 4-20-96 | |
| Fugees Featuring Lauryn Hill |
| 10 | Give Me One Reason | 1 | 5-11-96 | |
| Tracy Chapman |
| 11 | Insensitive | 1 | 5-25-96 | |
| Jann Arden |
| 12 | Sweet Dreams | 1 | 6-01-96 | |
| La Bouche |
| 13 | You Learn | 8 | 1 | 6-15-96 | |
| Alanis Morissette |
| 14 | MacArena (Bayside Boys Mix) | 1 | 6-29-96 | |
| Los Del Rio |
| 15 | You're Makin' Me High | 1 | 7-27-96 | |
| Toni Braxton |
| 16 | Change The World | 1 | 8-03-96 | |
| Eric Clapton |
| 17 | I Love You Always Forever | 1 | 8-10-96 | |
| Donna Lewis |
| 18 | C'mon N' Ride It (The Train) | 1 | 8-17-96 | |
| Quad City DJ's |
| 19 | Twisted | 1 | 9-07-96 | |
| Keith Sweat Featuring Kut Klose |
| 20 | It's All Coming Back To Me Now | 1 | 9-14-96 | |
| Celine Dion |
| 21 | Where Do You Go | 1 | 9-21-96 | |
| No Mercy |
| 22 | Head Over Feet | 28 | 1 | 10-05-96 | |
| Alanis Morissette |
| 23 | Mouth | 1 | 10-19-96 | |
| Merril Bainbridge |
| 24 | If It Makes You Happy | 25 | 1 | 11-02-96 | |
| Sheryl Crow |
| 25 | No Diggity | 1 | 11-09-96 | |
| BLACKstreet Featuring Dr. Dre |
| 26 | Un-Break My Heart | 1 | 11-23-96 | |
| Toni Braxton |
| 27 | Don't Speak | 3 | 1 | 11-30-96 | |
| No Doubt |
| 28 | Don't Let Go (Love) | 1 | 12-14-96 | |
| En Vogue |
| 29 | Nobody | 1 | 12-21-96 | |
| Keith Sweat Featuring Athena Cage |