These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1996, per the Billboard 200.
† | Indicates best performing album of 1996 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Sales | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 6 | Daydream | Mariah Carey | Columbia | 759,959 | [1] [2] |
January 13 | 414,000 | [3] [4] | |||
January 20 | Waiting to Exhale | Soundtrack | Arista | 231,000 | [5] [6] |
January 27 | 174,000 | [7] [8] | |||
February 3 | 159,000 | [9] [10] | |||
February 10 | 131,000 | [11] [12] | |||
February 17 | 118,000 | [13] [14] | |||
February 24 | Jagged Little Pill † | Alanis Morissette | Maverick | 132,000 | [15] [16] |
March 2 | All Eyez on Me | 2Pac | Death Row | 566,500 | [17] [18] |
March 9 | 297,000 | [19] [20] | |||
March 16 | Jagged Little Pill † | Alanis Morissette | Maverick | 241,000 | [21] [22] |
March 23 | 251,000 | [23] [24] | |||
March 30 | 233,000 | [25] [26] | |||
April 6 | Anthology 2 | The Beatles | Apple | 441,000 | [27] [28] |
April 13 | Jagged Little Pill † | Alanis Morissette | Maverick | 213,000 | [29] [30] |
April 20 | 254,000 | [31] [32] | |||
April 27 | 200,000 | [33] [34] | |||
May 4 | Evil Empire | Rage Against the Machine | Epic | 249,000 | [35] [36] |
May 11 | Fairweather Johnson | Hootie & the Blowfish | Atlantic | 411,000 | [37] [38] |
May 18 | 259,000 | [39] [40] | |||
May 25 | The Score | Fugees | Ruffhouse | 206,000 | [41] [42] |
June 1 | 189,000 | [43] [44] | |||
June 8 | 180,000 | [45] [46] | |||
June 15 | 179,000 | [47] [48] | |||
June 22 | Load | Metallica | Elektra | 680,000 | [49] [50] |
June 29 | 302,000 | [51] [52] | |||
July 6 | 219,000 | [53] [54] | |||
July 13 | 172,000 | [55] [56] | |||
July 20 | It Was Written | Nas | Columbia | 269,000 | [57] [58] |
July 27 | 161,000 | [59] [60] | |||
August 3 | 144,000 | [61] [62] | |||
August 10 | 132,000 | [63] [64] | |||
August 17 | Beats, Rhymes and Life | A Tribe Called Quest | Jive | 173,000 | [65] [66] |
August 24 | Jagged Little Pill † | Alanis Morissette | Maverick | 121,000 | [67] [68] |
August 31 | 120,000 | [69] [70] | |||
September 7 | 115,000 | [71] [72] | |||
September 14 | No Code | Pearl Jam | Epic | 366,500 | [73] [74] |
September 21 | 146,000 | [75] [76] | |||
September 28 | Home Again | New Edition | MCA | 227,000 | [77] [78] |
October 5 | Falling into You | Celine Dion | 550 Music | 132,000 | [79] [80] |
October 12 | 131,000 | [81] [82] | |||
October 19 | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | DGC | 158,000 | [83] [84] |
October 26 | Falling into You | Celine Dion | 550 Music | 136,000 | [85] [86] |
November 2 | Recovering the Satellites | Counting Crows | Geffen | 160,000 | [87] [88] |
November 9 | Best Of Volume I | Van Halen | Warner Bros | 233,000 | [89] [90] |
November 16 | Anthology 3 | The Beatles | Apple | 236,000 | [91] [92] |
November 23 | The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory | Makaveli | Death Row | 664,000 | [93] [94] |
November 30 | Tha Doggfather | Snoop Doggy Dogg | Death Row | 478,971 | [95] [96] |
December 7 | Razorblade Suitcase | Bush | Trauma | 295,000 | [97] [98] |
December 14 | 200,000 | [99] [100] | |||
December 21 | Tragic Kingdom | No Doubt | Trauma | 229,000 | [101] [102] |
December 28 | 329,000 | [103] [104] |
These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1996, per the Billboard 200.
† | Indicates best performing album of 1996 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Sales | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 6 | Daydream | Mariah Carey | Columbia | 759,959 | [1] [2] |
January 13 | 414,000 | [3] [4] | |||
January 20 | Waiting to Exhale | Soundtrack | Arista | 231,000 | [5] [6] |
January 27 | 174,000 | [7] [8] | |||
February 3 | 159,000 | [9] [10] | |||
February 10 | 131,000 | [11] [12] | |||
February 17 | 118,000 | [13] [14] | |||
February 24 | Jagged Little Pill † | Alanis Morissette | Maverick | 132,000 | [15] [16] |
March 2 | All Eyez on Me | 2Pac | Death Row | 566,500 | [17] [18] |
March 9 | 297,000 | [19] [20] | |||
March 16 | Jagged Little Pill † | Alanis Morissette | Maverick | 241,000 | [21] [22] |
March 23 | 251,000 | [23] [24] | |||
March 30 | 233,000 | [25] [26] | |||
April 6 | Anthology 2 | The Beatles | Apple | 441,000 | [27] [28] |
April 13 | Jagged Little Pill † | Alanis Morissette | Maverick | 213,000 | [29] [30] |
April 20 | 254,000 | [31] [32] | |||
April 27 | 200,000 | [33] [34] | |||
May 4 | Evil Empire | Rage Against the Machine | Epic | 249,000 | [35] [36] |
May 11 | Fairweather Johnson | Hootie & the Blowfish | Atlantic | 411,000 | [37] [38] |
May 18 | 259,000 | [39] [40] | |||
May 25 | The Score | Fugees | Ruffhouse | 206,000 | [41] [42] |
June 1 | 189,000 | [43] [44] | |||
June 8 | 180,000 | [45] [46] | |||
June 15 | 179,000 | [47] [48] | |||
June 22 | Load | Metallica | Elektra | 680,000 | [49] [50] |
June 29 | 302,000 | [51] [52] | |||
July 6 | 219,000 | [53] [54] | |||
July 13 | 172,000 | [55] [56] | |||
July 20 | It Was Written | Nas | Columbia | 269,000 | [57] [58] |
July 27 | 161,000 | [59] [60] | |||
August 3 | 144,000 | [61] [62] | |||
August 10 | 132,000 | [63] [64] | |||
August 17 | Beats, Rhymes and Life | A Tribe Called Quest | Jive | 173,000 | [65] [66] |
August 24 | Jagged Little Pill † | Alanis Morissette | Maverick | 121,000 | [67] [68] |
August 31 | 120,000 | [69] [70] | |||
September 7 | 115,000 | [71] [72] | |||
September 14 | No Code | Pearl Jam | Epic | 366,500 | [73] [74] |
September 21 | 146,000 | [75] [76] | |||
September 28 | Home Again | New Edition | MCA | 227,000 | [77] [78] |
October 5 | Falling into You | Celine Dion | 550 Music | 132,000 | [79] [80] |
October 12 | 131,000 | [81] [82] | |||
October 19 | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | DGC | 158,000 | [83] [84] |
October 26 | Falling into You | Celine Dion | 550 Music | 136,000 | [85] [86] |
November 2 | Recovering the Satellites | Counting Crows | Geffen | 160,000 | [87] [88] |
November 9 | Best Of Volume I | Van Halen | Warner Bros | 233,000 | [89] [90] |
November 16 | Anthology 3 | The Beatles | Apple | 236,000 | [91] [92] |
November 23 | The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory | Makaveli | Death Row | 664,000 | [93] [94] |
November 30 | Tha Doggfather | Snoop Doggy Dogg | Death Row | 478,971 | [95] [96] |
December 7 | Razorblade Suitcase | Bush | Trauma | 295,000 | [97] [98] |
December 14 | 200,000 | [99] [100] | |||
December 21 | Tragic Kingdom | No Doubt | Trauma | 229,000 | [101] [102] |
December 28 | 329,000 | [103] [104] |