List of number-one albums of 1996 (Australia)

These are the Australian number one albums of 1996, per Australian Recording Industry Association.

Issue Date Album Artist Weeks at number one (total)
7 January The Memory of Trees Enya 4 weeks
14 January Throwing Copper Live 7 weeks
21 January Throwing Copper Live 7 weeks
28 January Throwing Copper Live 7 weeks
4 February (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis 5 weeks
11 February (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis 5 weeks
18 February (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis 5 weeks
25 February (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis 5 weeks
3 March (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis 5 weeks
10 March Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 10 weeks
17 March Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 10 weeks
24 March Falling into You Celine Dion 4 weeks
31 March Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 10 weeks
7 April Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 10 weeks
14 April Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 10 weeks
21 April Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 10 weeks
28 April Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 10 weeks
5 May Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 10 weeks
12 May To the Faithful Departed The Cranberries 1 week
19 May Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 10 weeks
26 May Older George Michael 1 week
2 June Down on the Upside Soundgarden 1 week
9 June Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 10 weeks
16 June Load Metallica 2 weeks
23 June Load Metallica 2 weeks
30 June Falling into You Celine Dion 4 weeks
7 July Hourly, Daily You Am I 1 week
14 July Falling into You Celine Dion 4 weeks
21 July Recurring Dream Crowded House 10 weeks
28 July Recurring Dream Crowded House 10 weeks
4 August Recurring Dream Crowded House 10 weeks
11 August Recurring Dream Crowded House 10 weeks
18 August Falling into You Celine Dion 4 weeks
25 August Forgiven, Not Forgotten The Corrs 3 weeks
1 September No Code Pearl Jam 2 weeks
8 September No Code Pearl Jam 2 weeks
15 September Forgiven, Not Forgotten The Corrs 3 weeks
22 September New Adventures in Hi-Fi R.E.M. 1 week
29 September Forgiven, Not Forgotten The Corrs 3 weeks
6 October The Very Best of Toni Childs Toni Childs 6 weeks
13 October From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah Nirvana 1 week
20 October The Very Best of Toni Childs Toni Childs 6 weeks
27 October Hits Jimmy Barnes 1 week
3 November The Very Best of Toni Childs Toni Childs 6 weeks
10 November The Very Best of Toni Childs Toni Childs 6 weeks
17 November The Very Best of Toni Childs Toni Childs 6 weeks
24 November The Very Best of Toni Childs Toni Childs 6 weeks
1 December HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I Michael Jackson 3 weeks
8 December Recurring Dream Crowded House 10 weeks
15 December Recurring Dream Crowded House 10 weeks
22 December Recurring Dream Crowded House 10 weeks
29 December Recurring Dream Crowded House 10 weeks

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