Billboard magazine compiled the top-performing dance singles in the United States during 1996 on two Hot Dance Music charts: the Club Play and the Maxi-Singles Sales. Premiered in 1976, the Club Play chart ranked the most-played singles on dance club based on reports from a national sample of club DJs. The Maxi-Singles Sales chart was launched in 1985 to compile the best-selling dance singles based on retail sales across the United States.
Charts history
+Issue dateHot Dance Music/Club PlayHot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles SalesSongArtist(s)SongArtist(s)January 6"Beautiful Life"Ace of Base"Missing"Everything But The GirlHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date January 6, 1996January 13"If I Were You"k.d. lang"Fu-Gee-La" (Refugee Camp Remix)FugeesHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date January 13, 1996January 20"Got Myself Together"The Bucketheads"Missing"Everything But The GirlHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date January 20, 1996January 27"Fu-Gee-La" (Refugee Camp Remix)FugeesHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date January 27, 1996February 3"I Found It"Daphne"Missing"Everything But The GirlHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date February 3, 1996February 10"When"SunscreemHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date February 10, 1996February 17"The Lover That You Are"Pulse featuring Antoinette Roberson"Soon As I Get Home"Faith EvansHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date February 17, 1996February 24"Day by Day"DajaeHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date February 24, 1996March 2"Who Do U Love"Deborah Cox"Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)"R. Kelly Featuring Ronald IsleyHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date March 2, 1996March 9"The New Anthem"N-JoiHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date March 9, 1996March 16"Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" / "Everything Remains Raw"Busta RhymesHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date March 16, 1996March 23"Lucky Love"Ace of BaseHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date March 23, 1996March 30"Salva Mea"FaithlessHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date March 30, 1996April 6"Tres Deseos (Three Wishes)"Gloria EstefanHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date April 6, 1996April 13"Hyperballad"BjörkHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date April 13, 1996April 20"The Sound"X-Press 2"Ain't No Nigga" / "Dead Presidents"Jay-Z Featuring Foxxy BrownHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date April 20, 1996April 27Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date April 27, 1996May 4"Make the World Go Round"Sandy BHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date May 4, 1996May 11Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date May 11, 1996May 18"Sunday Afternoons"Vanessa DaouHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date May 18, 1996May 25"One More Try"Kristine W"Get Money"Junior M.A.F.I.A. Featuring The Notorious B.I.G.Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date May 25, 1996June 1"America (I Love America)"Full IntentionHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date June 1, 1996June 8Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date June 8, 1996June 15"Children"Robert MilesHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date June 15, 1996June 22"Wrong"Everything but the Girl"How Do U Want It" / "California Love"2Pac Featuring K-Ci & JoJoHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date June 22, 1996June 29Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date June 29, 1996July 6Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date July 6, 1996July 13"Before"Pet Shop BoysHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date July 13, 1996July 20Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date July 20, 1996July 27"Professional Widow"Tori AmosHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date July 27, 1996August 3Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date August 3, 1996August 10"Keep on Jumpin'"Martha Wash and Jocelyn BrownHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date August 10, 1996August 17"You're Makin' Me High"Toni BraxtonHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date August 17, 1996August 24"Only You"112 Featuring The Notorious B.I.G.Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date August 24, 1996August 31"Stand Up"Love Tribe"Hit Me Off"New EditionHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date August 31, 1996September 7"You Got to Pray"Joi CardwellHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date September 7, 1996September 14Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date September 14, 1996September 21"Killing Me Softly with His Song"Roberta Flack"Fired Up!"Funky Green DogsHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date September 21, 1996September 28"How Do U Want It" / "California Love"2Pac Featuring K-Ci & JoJoHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date September 28, 1996October 5"Two to Tango"Vanessa DaouHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date October 5, 1996October 12Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date October 12, 1996October 19"No Diggity"BLACKstreet (Featuring Dr. Dre)Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date October 19, 1996October 26"Stomp"Quincy Jones featuring the Cast of StompHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date October 26, 1996November 2"Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?"Meshell NdegeocelloHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date November 2, 1996November 9"No Frills Love"Jennifer Holliday"Street Dreams"NasHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date November 9, 1996November 16"Land of the Living"Kristine WHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date November 16, 1996November 23"Where Do You Go"No MercyHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date November 23, 1996November 30"The Child (Inside)"Qkumba ZooHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date November 30, 1996December 7"One and One"Robert Miles"Un-Break My Heart"Toni BraxtonHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date December 7, 1996December 14"Sugar Is Sweeter"C. J. BollandHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date December 14, 1996December 21"Un-Break My Heart"Toni BraxtonHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date December 21, 1996December 28Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date December 28, 1996
See also 1996 in music List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1996
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