brown #
= weekly rock chart peak
blue #
= pop chart peak
| 1 | Satellite | 11 | 28 | Feb 1996 |  |
| Dave Matthews Band |
| 2 | Brain Stew/Jaded | 1 | 17 | Feb 1996 | |
| Green Day |
| 3 | Heaven Beside You | 1 | 26 | Feb 1996 | |
| Alice In Chains |
| 4 | Aeroplane | 4 | 29 | Mar 1996 | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 5 | Santa Monica (Watch The World Die) | 1 | 14 | Mar 1996 | |
| Everclear |
| 6 | Killing Me Softly | 1 | Apr 1996 | |
| Fugees Featuring Lauryn Hill |
| 7 | Big Bang Baby | 1 | 14 | Apr 1996 | |
| Stone Temple Pilots |
| 8 | Big Me | 1 | 3 | Apr 1996 | |
| Foo Fighters |
| 9 | Champagne Supernova | 1 | 13 | Apr 1996 | |
| Oasis |
| 10 | So Far Away | 28 | May 1996 | |
| Rod Stewart |
| 11 | Salvation | 1 | 12 | May 1996 | |
| The Cranberries |
| 12 | Too Much | 9 | 27 | May 1996 | |
| Dave Matthews Band |
| 13 | Everything Falls Apart | 4 | 2 | May 1996 | |
| Dog's Eye View |
| 14 | Here In Your Bedroom | 4 | 29 | Jun 1996 | |
| Goldfinger |
| 15 | Mother Mother | 1 | 14 | Jun 1996 | |
| Tracy Bonham |
| 16 | Pretty Noose | 1 | 24 | Jun 1996 | |
| Soundgarden |
| 17 | Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart | 1 | 22 | Jul 1996 | |
| Stone Temple Pilots |
| 18 | Pepper | 1 | 13 | Jul 1996 | |
| Butthole Surfers |
| 19 | Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand | 1 | 4 | Aug 1996 | |
| Primitive Radio Gods |
| 20 | Forever | 6 | Aug 1996 | |
| Mariah Carey |
| 21 | But Anyway | 12 | 24 | Aug 1996 | |
| Blues Traveler |
| 22 | Popular | 6 | 12 | Aug 1996 | |
| Nada Surf |
| 23 | No Woman, No Cry | 7 | Aug 1996 | |
| Fugees |
| 24 | So Much To Say | 10 | 18 | Aug 1996 | |
| Dave Matthews Band |
| 25 | Burden In My Hand | 1 | 20 | Sep 1996 | |
| Soundgarden |
| 26 | Down | 1 | 23 | Sep 1996 | |
| 311 |
| 27 | Head Over Feet | 28 | 1 | Oct 1996 | |
| Alanis Morissette |
| 28 | Spiderwebs | 6 | 20 | Oct 1996 | |
| No Doubt |
| 29 | 6th Avenue Heartache | 4 | 6 | Oct 1996 | |
| The Wallflowers |
| 30 | Novocaine For The Soul | 1 | 24 | Oct 1996 | |
| Eels |
| 31 | Sad Caper | 28 | Oct 1996 | |
| Hootie & The Blowfish |
| 32 | What I Got | 1 | 12 | Nov 1996 | |
| Sublime |
| 33 | I Go Blind | 7 | Nov 1996 | |
| Hootie & The Blowfish |
| 34 | Don't Speak | 3 | 1 | Nov 1996 | |
| No Doubt |
| 35 | Swallowed | 1 | 20 | Nov 1996 | |
| Bush |
| 36 | Betcha By Golly, Wow | 27 | Nov 1996 | |
| Prince |
| 37 | The Distance | 2 | 12 | Dec 1996 | |
| Cake |
| 38 | The Grease Mega-Mix Featuring You're The One I Want, Greased Lightning, Summer Nights | 6 | Dec 1996 | |
| John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John |
| 39 | Fallin' In Love | 26 | Dec 1996 | |
| La Bouche |