This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot R&B Singles of 1996. The chart is on page 91 of the PDF.
No. Title Artist(s)1 "You're Makin' Me High" / "Let It Flow" Toni Braxton2 "All the Things (Your Man Won't Do)" Joe3 "Tha Crossroads" Bone Thugs-n-Harmony4 "Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)" R. Kelly featuring Ronald Isley5 "Twisted" Keith Sweat6 "How Do U Want It" / "California Love" 2Pac featuring K-Ci & JoJo7 "Only You" 112 featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Mase8 "Sittin' Up in My Room" Brandy9 "Before You Walk Out of My Life" / "Like This and Like That" Monica10 "Touch Me, Tease Me" Case featuring Foxy Brown and Mary J. Blige11 "Why I Love You So Much" / "Ain't Nobody" Monica12 "Kissin' You" Total13 "Not Gon' Cry" Mary J. Blige14 "Lady" D'Angelo15 "One Sweet Day" Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men16 "I Can't Sleep Baby (If I)" R. Kelly17 "You're the One" SWV18 "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" Whitney Houston19 "Always Be My Baby" Mariah Carey20 "Loungin" LL Cool J21 "Soon as I Get Home" Faith Evans22 "No One Else" Total featuring Da Brat23 "Get On Up" Jodeci24 "I Will Survive" Chantay Savage25 "Last Night" Az Yet26 "Get Money" Junior M.A.F.I.A. featuring The Notorious B.I.G.27 "Keep On Keepin' On" MC Lyte featuring Xscape28 "Hey Lover" LL Cool J featuring Boyz II Men29 "No Diggity" Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen30 "Nobody Knows" The Tony Rich Project31 "What Kind of Man Would I Be" Mint Condition32 "Pony" Ginuwine33 "Tell Me" Dru Hill34 "A Thin Line Between Love and Hate" H-Town 35 "Count On Me" Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans36 "If Your Girl Only Knew" Aaliyah37 "Tonite's tha Night" Kris Kross38 "You" Monifah39 "Elevators (Me & You)" Outkast40 "Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check" Busta Rhymes41 "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)" Quad City DJ's42 "Nobody" Keith Sweat43 "Use Your Heart" SWV44 "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" Maxwell45 "The Things That You Do" Gina Thompson featuring Missy Elliott46 "Love U 4 Life" Jodeci47 "5 O'Clock" Nonchalant48 "Doin' It" LL Cool J49 "Hit Me Off" New Edition50 "Where Do U Want Me to Put It" Solo51 "Po Pimp" Do or Die featuring Twista52 "Missing You" Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan53 "Who Can I Run To" Xscape54 "I Miss You (Come Back Home)" Monifah55 "Hay" Crucial Conflict56 "Who Do U Love" Deborah Cox57 "You Remind Me of Something" R. Kelly58 "Do You Want To" / "Can't Hang" Xscape59 "House Keeper" Men of Vizion60 "My Boo" Ghost Town DJ's61 "We Got It" Immature62 "I Like" Montell Jordan featuring Slick Rick63 "Ain't No Nigga" / "Dead Presidents Jay-Z featuring Foxy Brown64 "Ever Since You Went Away" Art n' Soul65 "Renee" Lost Boyz66 "Tell Me" Groove Theory67 "Diggin' on You" TLC68 "Where Ever You Are" Terry Ellis69 "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" Nas70 "Blackberry Molasses" Mista71 "Ain't Nobody" / "Kissing You" Faith Evans72 "Never Too Busy" Kenny Lattimore73 "Your Secret Love" Luther Vandross74 "This Is for the Lover in You" Babyface featuring LL Cool J, Howard Hewett, Jody Watley, and Jeffrey Daniel75 "Fu-Gee-La" Fugees76 "Steelo" 702 featuring Missy Elliott77 "One for the Money" Horace Brown78 "Slow Jams" Quincy Jones featuring Babyface and Tamia with Portrait and Barry White79 "Let's Lay Together" The Isley Brothers80 "Falling" Montell Jordan81 "Me and Those Dreamin' Eyes of Mine" D'Angelo82 "Can't Be Wasting My Time" Mona Lisa featuring Lost Boyz83 "They Don't Care About Us" Michael Jackson84 "You Put a Move on My Heart" Quincy Jones featuring Tamia85 "Cruisin'" D'Angelo86 "Fantasy" Mariah Carey87 "Un-Break My Heart" Toni Braxton88 "Floatin' On Your Love" The Isley Brothers featuring Angela Winbush89 "Don't Wanna Lose You" Lionel Richie90 "Why Does It Hurt So Bad" Whitney Houston91 "Let's Get the Mood Right" Johnny Gill92 "Hooked on You" Silk93 "Please Don't Go" Immature94 "Back to the World" Tevin Campbell95 "In the Hood" Donell Jones96 "Keep Tryin'" Groove Theory97 "Stairway to Heaven" Pure Soul98 "Bow Down" Westside Connection99 "Scarred" Luke featuring Trick Daddy and Verb100 "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" Coolio
See also 1996 in music Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1996 Billboard Year-End Hot Rap Singles of 1996 List of number-one R&B singles of 1996 (U.S.)
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