List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1996
These are the Billboard magazine number one albums of 1996, per the Billboard 200.
Chart history
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Indicates best-selling album of 1996 |
| Issue Date | Album | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| January 6 | Daydream | Mariah Carey |
| January 13 | ||
| January 20 | Waiting to Exhale | Soundtrack |
| January 27 | ||
| February 3 | ||
| February 10 | ||
| February 17 | ||
| February 24 | Jagged Little Pill |
Alanis Morissette |
| March 2 | All Eyez on Me | 2Pac |
| March 9 | ||
| March 16 | Jagged Little Pill |
Alanis Morissette |
| March 23 | ||
| March 30 | ||
| April 6 | Anthology 2 | The Beatles |
| April 13 | Jagged Little Pill |
Alanis Morissette |
| April 20 | ||
| April 27 | ||
| May 4 | Evil Empire | Rage Against the Machine |
| May 11 | Fairweather Johnson | Hootie & the Blowfish |
| May 18 | ||
| May 25 | The Score | Fugees |
| June 1 | ||
| June 8 | ||
| June 15 | ||
| June 22 | Load | Metallica |
| June 29 | ||
| July 6 | ||
| July 13 | ||
| July 20 | It Was Written | Nas |
| July 27 | ||
| August 3 | ||
| August 10 | ||
| August 17 | Beats, Rhymes and Life | A Tribe Called Quest |
| August 24 | Jagged Little Pill |
Alanis Morissette |
| August 31 | ||
| September 7 | ||
| September 14 | No Code | Pearl Jam |
| September 21 | ||
| September 28 | Home Again | New Edition |
| October 5 | Falling into You | Celine Dion |
| October 12 | ||
| October 19 | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana |
| October 26 | Falling into You | Celine Dion |
| November 2 | Recovering the Satellites | Counting Crows |
| November 9 | Best Of – Volume I | Van Halen |
| November 16 | Anthology 3 | The Beatles |
| November 23 | The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory | Makaveli |
| November 30 | Tha Doggfather | Snoop Doggy Dogg |
| December 7 | Razorblade Suitcase | Bush |
| December 14 | ||
| December 21 | Tragic Kingdom | No Doubt |
| December 28 | ||
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See also
- 1996 in music
- List of number-one albums (United States)