Below is a list from Billboard magazine’s Top ear-End Hot 100 songs for 1996. Chart © by Billboard, a part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. All Rights Reserved. Learn more about Billboard here.
- 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