Top 100 Hits of 1996/Top 100 Songs of 1996
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart for 1996 - the best-performing singles in the United States in 2011. Rankings are based on Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen BDS data. See A Guide to the Billboard Hot 100 for more detailed information. Artists appearing on the chart include Alanis Morissette, Tracy Chapman, LL Cool J, Mary J. Blige, Goo Goo Dolls, Hootie & the Blowfish, Los del Río, Celine Dion, Gin Blossoms, and more. Chart © by Billboard, a part of Penske Media Corporation. All Rights Reserved. NOTE: links go to Apple Music, and you'll also find a link at the bottom of the song or the album the song is on to purchase it from iTunes.
Example: 
- 1. Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix) - Los Del Rio
- 2. One Sweet Day - Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men
- 3. Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion
- 4. Nobody Knows - Tony Rich Project
- 5. Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey
- 6. Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman
- 7. Tha Crossroads - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
- 8. I Love You Always Forever - Donna Lewis
- 9. You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow - Toni Braxton
- 10. Twisted - Keith Sweat
- 11. C'mon N' Ride It (The Train) - Quad City Dj's
- 12. Missing - Everything But The Girl
- 13. Ironic - Alanis Morissette
- 14. Exhale (Shoop Shoop) - Whitney Houston
- 15. Follow You Down/Til I Hear It from You - Gin Blossoms
- 16. Sittin' Up In My Room - Brandy
- 17. How Do U Want It/California Love - 2Pac
- 18. It's All Coming Back to Me Now - Celine Dion
- 19. Change the World - Eric Clapton
- 20. Hey Lover - LL Cool J
- 21. Loungin' - LL Cool J
- 22. Insensitive - Jann Arden
- 23. Be My Lover - La Bouche
- 24. Name - The Goo Goo Dolls
- 25. Who Will Save Your Soul - Jewel
- 26. Where Do You Go - No Mercy
- 27. I Can't Sleep Baby (If I) - R. Kelly
- 28. Counting Blue Cars - Dishwalla
- 29. You Learn/You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
- 30. One of Us - Joan Osborne
- 31. Wonder - Natalie Merchant
- 32. Not Gon' Cry - Mary J. Blige
- 33. Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio
- 34. Only You - 112 featuring The Notorious B.I.G.
- 35. Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) - R. Kelly
- 36. You're the One - SWV
- 37. Sweet Dreams - La Bouche
- 38. Before You Walk Out of My Life / Like This and Like That - Monica
- 39. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something
- 40. 1-2-3-4 (Sumpin' New) - Coolio
- 41. The World I Know - Collective Soul
- 42. No Diggity - BLACKstreet (featuring Dr. Dre)
- 43. Anything - 3T
- 44. 1979 - The Smashing Pumpkins
- 45. Diggin' On You - TLC
- 46. Why I Love You So Much/Ain't Nobody - Monica
- 47. Kissin' You - Total
- 48. Count On Me - Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans
- 49. Fantasy - Mariah Carey
- 50. Time - Hootie and The Blowfish
- 51. You'll See - Madonna
- 52. Last Night - Az Yet
- 53. Mouth - Merril Bainbridge
- 54. The Earth, The Sun, The Rain - Color Me Badd
- 55. All the Things (Your Man Won't Do) - Joe
- 56. Wonderwall - Oasis
- 57. Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check/Everything Remains Raw - Busta Rhymes
- 58. Tell Me - Groove Theory
- 59. Elevators (Me & You) - Outkast
- 60. Hook - Blues Traveler
- 61. Doin It - LL Cool J
- 62. Fastlove - George Michael
- 63. Touch Me Tease Me - Case featuring Foxxy Brown
- 64. Tonite'S Tha Night - Kris Kross
- 65. Children - Robert Mile
- 66. Theme From Mission: Impossible - Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen
- 67. Closer to Free - Bodeans
- 68. Just a Girl - No Doubt
- 69. If Your Girl Only Knew - Aaliyah
- 70. Lady - D'angelo
- 71. Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) - John Mellencamp
- 72. Pony - Ginuwine
- 73. Nobody - Keith Sweat
- 74. Old Man & Me - Fairweather Johnson - Hootie and The Blowfish
- 75. If It Makes You Happy - Sheryl Crow
- 76. As I Lay Me Down - Sophie B. Hawkins
- 77. Keep On, Keepin' On - MC Lyte
- 78. Jealousy - Natalie Merchant
- 79. I Want to Come Over - Melissa Etheridge
- 80. Who Do U Love - Deborah Cox
- 81. Un-Break My Heart - Toni Braxton
- 82. This Is Your Night - Amber
- 83. You Remind Me of Something - R. Kelly
- 84. Runaway - Janet Jackson
- 85. Set U Free - Planet Soul
- 86. Hit Me Off - New Edition
- 87. No One Else - Total
- 88. My Boo - Ghost Town Dj's
- 89. Get Money - Junior M.A.F.I.A.
- 90. That Girl - Maxi Priest featuring Shaggy
- 91. Po Pimp - Do Or Die
- 92. Until It Sleeps - Metallica
- 93. Hay - Crucial Conflict
- 94. Beautiful Life - Ace Of Base
- 95. Back for Good - Take That
- 96. I Got Id / The Long Road - Pearl Jam
- 97. Soon As I Get Home - Faith Evans
- 98. Macarena - Los Del Rio
- 99. Only Wanna Be With You - Hootie and The Blowfish
- 100. Don't Cry - Seal