List of Top 25 singles for 1996 in Australia

These are the Top 25 singles of 1996 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Singles Chart.[1]

Top 25

# Title Artist Highest pos. reached[2] weeks at No. 1 [2]
1. "Macarena" Los del Río 1 9 [3]
2. "Killing Me Softly" Fugees (Refugee Camp) 1 7 [nb 1]
3. "Because You Loved Me" Celine Dion 1 3 [5]
4. "How Bizarre" OMC 1 5 [6]
5. "Wannabe" Spice Girls 1 6 [nb 2]
6. "One of Us" Joan Osborne 1 5 [8]
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" (feat. Pedro Castano) Los del Mar 2[9]
15. "Give Me One Reason" Tracy Chapman 3
16. "Boombastic" Shaggy 1 4 [10]
17. "Sexual Healing" Max-A-Million 5
18. "Be My Lover" La Bouche 2
19. "Wonderwall" Oasis 1 1 [nb 3]
20. "Fastlove" George Michael 1 4 [12]
21. "Mission: Impossible theme" 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

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.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ "Killing Me Softly" a cover of the Roberta Flack song, debuted a #1 in June, 1996 and remained in that spot for seven consecutive weeks.[4]
  2. ^ "Wannabe" entered the charts in September, 1996 and reached #1 in November, 1996 where it remained until the first week in January, 1997. It remained in the charts until April, 1997.[7]
  3. ^ "Wonderwall" entered the charts in December, 1995 and reached #1 in February, 1996. It remained in the charts until May, 1996.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1996". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1996.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-20. 
  2. ^ a b "ARIA Singles Charts". Australian Charts Portal. http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
  3. ^ "ARIA Charts - Macarena". Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Los+del+Rio&titel=Macarena&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
  4. ^ "ARIA Charts - Killing Me Softly". Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Fugees&titel=Killing+Me+Softly&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-02-20. 
  5. ^ "ARIA Charts - Because You Loved Me". Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=C%E9line+Dion&titel=Because+You+Loved+Me&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-02-20. 
  6. ^ "ARIA Charts - How Bizarre". Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=OMC&titel=How+Bizarre&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
  7. ^ "ARIA Charts - Wannabe". Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Spice+Girls&titel=Wannabe&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-02-20. 
  8. ^ "ARIA Charts - One of Us". Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Joan+Osborne&titel=One+Of+Us&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-02-20. 
  9. ^ "ARIA Charts - Macarena". Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Los+Del+Mar+feat%2E+Pedro+Castano&titel=Macarena&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-02-20. 
  10. ^ "ARIA Charts - Boombastic". Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Shaggy&titel=Boombastic&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-02-20. 
  11. ^ "ARIA Charts - Wonderwall". Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Oasis&titel=Wonderwall&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-02-20. 
  12. ^ "ARIA Charts - Fastlove". Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=George+Michael&titel=Fastlove&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-02-20.