brown #
= weekly rock chart peak
blue #
= pop chart peak
| 26 | The Distance | 2 | 12 | Nov 1996 |  |
| Cake |
| 27 | Bound For The Floor | 2 | Nov 1996 | |
| Local H |
| 28 | Angry Johnny | 1 | Sep 1996 | |
| Poe |
| 29 | Don't Speak | 3 | 1 | Nov 1996 | |
| No Doubt |
| 30 | Champagne Supernova | 1 | 13 | Apr 1996 | |
| Oasis |
| 31 | Pretty Noose | 1 | 24 | Jun 1996 | |
| Soundgarden |
| 32 | All I Know | 3 | Aug 1996 | |
| Screaming Trees |
| 33 | Angels Of The Silences | 1 | Nov 1996 | |
| Counting Crows |
| 34 | King Of New Orleans | 2 | Sep 1996 | |
| Better Than Ezra |
| 35 | Who You Are | 1 | Aug 1996 | |
| Pearl Jam |
| 36 | Where It's At | 5 | 19 | Jul 1996 | |
| Beck |
| 37 | 6th Avenue Heartache | 4 | 6 | Aug 1996 | |
| The Wallflowers |
| 38 | Photograph | 3 | May 1996 | |
| The Verve Pipe |
| 39 | Tonight, Tonight | 3 | 17 | Jul 1996 | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins |
| 40 | Salvation | 1 | 12 | Apr 1996 | |
| The Cranberries |
| 41 | Muzzle | 2 | Nov 1996 | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins |
| 42 | Sister | 5 | Apr 1996 | |
| The Nixons |
| 43 | Follow You Down | 3 | 4 | Mar 1996 | |
| Gin Blossoms |
| 44 | Stinkfist | 7 | Dec 1996 | |
| Tool |
| 45 | Zero | 3 | Apr 1996 | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins |
| 46 | Again | 4 | Jun 1996 | |
| Alice In Chains |
| 47 | What Do I Have To Do? | 4 | Mar 1996 | |
| Stabbing Westward |
| 48 | I Was Wrong | 3 | Oct 1996 | |
| Social Distortion |
| 49 | E-Bow The Letter | 2 | Sep 1996 | |
| R.E.M. |
| 50 | Aeroplane | 4 | 29 | Feb 1996 | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers |