List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1996

Los del Río (pictured) earned their first Hot 100 number-one single with "Macarena", which stayed at the top position for fourteen straight weeks.

The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Published by Billboard magazine, the data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales and airplays. The year started out with "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men and ended with "Un-Break My Heart" by Toni Braxton. There were nine singles that peaked atop the charts, but if "One Sweet Day" is excluded from the count (as the song had its peak in the previous year), the total would be eight, the second lowest for a single year, along with 2005 and 2015. The longest running number-one single of 1996 is "Macarena" (Bayside Boys Mix), which stayed at the top for 14 weeks.

That year, 8 acts earned their first number one song, such as Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, 2Pac, K-Ci & JoJo, Dr. Dre, Roger Troutman, Toni Braxton, Los del Río, and Blackstreet. Mariah Carey, Dr. Dre and Toni Braxton were the only acts to hit number one more than once, with each of them hitting number one twice.

Chart history

Key

The yellow background indicates the #1 song on BillboardTemplate:'s 1996 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

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804	January 6	"One Sweet Day"	Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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805	March 23	"Because You Loved Me"	Céline Dion	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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806	May 4	"Always Be My Baby"	Mariah Carey	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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808	July 13	"How Do U Want It" / "California Love"	2Pac featuring K-Ci & JoJo / featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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809	July 27	"You're Makin' Me High" / "Let It Flow"	Toni Braxton	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
810	August 3	"Macarena" (Bayside Boys Mix)	Los del Río	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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811	November 9	"No Diggity"	Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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812	December 7	"Un-Break My Heart"	Toni Braxton	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one

Position	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	Los Del Rio	14
2	Mariah Carey	13
3	Boyz II Men	11
4	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	8
5	Céline Dion	6
	Dr. Dre
7	Toni Braxton	5
8	Blackstreet	4
9	2Pac	2
	K-Ci & JoJo
	Roger Troutman

See also

• 1996 in music
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1990s

Additional sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (Template:ISBN)
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (Template:ISBN)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties (Template:ISBN)
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.