The following lists the top 100 singles of 1996 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Singles Chart.
# Title Artist Highest pos. reached Weeks at No. 1 1. "Macarena" Los del Río 1 9 2. "Killing Me Softly" Fugees (Refugee Camp) 1 7 3. "Because You Loved Me" Celine Dion 1 3 4. "How Bizarre" OMC 1 5 5. "Wannabe" Spice Girls 1 6 6. "One of Us" Joan Osborne 1 5 7. "Missing" (The Remix EP) Everything but the Girl 2 8. "Return of the Mack" Mark Morrison 2 9. "What's Love Got to Do with It" Warren G 2 10. "You're Makin' Me High" Toni Braxton 2 11. "X-Files Theme" Triple X 2 12. "I Want You" Savage Garden 4 13. "I Love You Always Forever" Donna Lewis 2 14. "Macarena" Los del Mar feat. Pedro Castano 2 15. "Give Me One Reason" Tracy Chapman 3 16. "Boombastic" Shaggy 1 4 17. "Sexual Healing" Max-A-Million 5 18. "Be My Lover" La Bouche 2 19. "Wonderwall" Oasis 1 1 20. "Fastlove" George Michael 1 4 21. "Theme from Mission: Impossible" Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton 2 22. "Just a Girl" No Doubt 3 23. "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" Gina G 5 24. "I'll Be There for You" The Rembrandts 3 25. "Ironic" Alanis Morissette 3 26. "Where Do You Go" No Mercy 2 27. "Runaway" The Corrs 10 28. "Father and Son" Boyzone 2 29. "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" Coolio 12 30. "Spaceman" Babylon Zoo 3 31. "Anything" 3T 5 32. "Children" Robert Miles 5 33. "Nobody Knows" Tony Rich Project 2 34. "California Love" 2Pac 4 35. "Sometimes When We Touch" Newton 5 36. "Let's Make a Night to Remember" Bryan Adams 7 37. "Boom Boom Boom" The Outhere Brothers 2 38. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Deep Blue Something 3 39. "Tha Crossroads" Bone Thugs-n-Harmony 15 40. "One Sweet Day" Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men 2 41. "Diggin' on You" TLC 6 42. "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" Celine Dion 8 43. "Get Down on It" Peter Andre feat. Past to Present 5 44. "Until It Sleeps" Metallica 1 1 45. "That Girl" Maxi Priest feat. Shaggy 7 46. "Mother Mother" Tracy Bonham 5 47. "Sweet Dreams" La Bouche 8 48. "Wrap Me Up" Alex Party 11 49. "I Live for You" Chynna Phillips 9 50. "Blue" LeAnn Rimes 10 51. "I Love to Love" La Bouche 6 52. "Hero of the Day" Metallica 2 53. "Power of a Woman" Eternal 8 54. "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" Monica 7 55. "Tell Me" Groove Theory 6 56. "Glycerine" Bush 5 57. "Don't Stop Movin'" Livin' Joy 6 58. "Peaches" The Presidents of the United States of America 13 59. "Change the World" Eric Clapton 8 60. "Wishes" Human Nature 6 61. "It's Oh So Quiet" Björk 6 62. "Head over Feet" Alanis Morissette 12 63. "Waterfalls" TLC 4 64. "Always Be My Baby" Mariah Carey 17 65. "Beautiful Life" Ace of Base 11 66. "I Feel It" DJ Darren Briais vs. DJ Peewee Ferris 20 67. "'Til You Do Me Right" After 7 16 68. "Hey Lover" LL Cool J 11 69. "Apple Eyes" Swoop 9 70. "In Too Deep" Belinda Carlisle 11 71. "They Don't Care About Us" Michael Jackson 16 72. "To the Moon and Back" Savage Garden 1 1 73. "Who Do U Love" Deborah Cox 11 74. "Lover Lover" Jimmy Barnes 6 75. "How Do U Want It" 2Pac feat. K-Ci & JoJo 24 76. "Naked and Sacred" Chynna Phillips 15 77. "Pepper" Butthole Surfers 15 78. "Movin' Up" Dreamworld 12 79. "Salvation" The Cranberries 8 80. "Let's Groove" CDB 2 81. "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" Bryan Adams 19 82. "Santa Monica" Everclear 25 83. "I Am Blessed" Eternal 14 84. "Who You Are" Pearl Jam 5 85. "Closer to Free" BoDeans 11 86. "Lump" The Presidents of the United States of America 11 87. "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" Shania Twain 5 88. "Not an Addict" K's Choice 22 89. "There's Nothing I Won't Do" JX 26 90. "Jesus to a Child" George Michael 1 2 91. "Kitty" The Presidents of the United States of America 19 92. "Hand in My Pocket" Alanis Morissette 13 93. "Automatic Lover (Call for Love)" Real McCoy 18 94. "1979" The Smashing Pumpkins 16 95. "Un-Break My Heart" Toni Braxton 6 96. "It's Alright" Deni Hines 4 97. "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)" Pet Shop Boys 11 98. "Falling into You" Celine Dion 12 99. "Ready or Not" Fugees 24 100. "How Deep Is Your Love" Take That 12
Peak chart positions from 1996 are from the ARIA Charts, overall position on the End of Year Chart is calculated by ARIA based on the number of weeks and position that the song reached within the Top 50 singles for each week during 1996.
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