This is a list of the European Music & Media magazine's European Hot 100 Singles and European Top 100 Albums number-ones of 1996.
Issue dateSongArtistAlbumArtist 6 January"Gangsta's Paradise" Coolio featuring L.V.Made in HeavenQueen 13 January 20 January"Earth Song"Michael Jackson 27 January"Gangsta's Paradise"Coolio featuring L.V. 3 February 10 February(What's the Story) Morning Glory?Oasis 17 February 24 February"Spaceman"Babylon Zoo 2 March 9 March 16 March 23 March"Children"Robert Miles 30 MarchMercury FallingSting 6 April 13 AprilFalling Into YouCeline Dion 20 AprilGreatest HitsTake That 27 April 4 May 11 May 18 MayTo the Faithful DepartedThe Cranberries 25 May 1 JuneOlderGeorge Michael 8 June 15 June 22 June"Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)"Los Del Rio 29 JuneLoadMetallica 6 July 13 July 20 July"Killing Me Softly"Fugees 27 JulyThe ScoreFugees 3 August 10 August 17 August 24 August 31 AugustJagged Little PillAlanis Morissette 7 September 14 September"Wannabe"Spice Girls 21 September 28 SeptemberNew Adventures in Hi-FiR.E.M. 5 October 12 October 19 October 26 October 2 NovemberGreatest HitsSimply Red 9 NovemberDance Into the LightPhil Collins 16 November"Say You'll Be There" 23 November 30 November"Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)"Backstreet BoysGreatest HitsSimply Red 7 December"Breathe"The ProdigySpiceSpice Girls 14 December 21 December 28 December"One & One"Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler
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