# List of number-one hits of 1996 (Germany)

This is a list of the German Media Control Top100 Singles Chart number-ones of 1996.

## Number-one hits by week

Key :
| † | Indicates best-performing single and album of 1996 |
| Issue date | Song | Artist | Ref. | Album | Artist | Ref. |
| 1 January | No release | No release | No release | No release | No release | No release |
| 8 January | "Earth Song" | Michael Jackson | | "Made In Heaven" | Queen | |
| 15 January | "Earth Song" | Michael Jackson | | "Made In Heaven" | Queen | |
| 22 January | "Gangsta's Paradise" | Coolio featuring L.V. | | "Made In Heaven" | Queen | |
| 29 January | "Gangsta's Paradise" | Coolio featuring L.V. | | "Made In Heaven" | Queen | |
| 5 February | "Missing (Todd Terry Remix)" | Everything but the Girl | | "Made In Heaven" | Queen | |
| 12 February | "Missing (Todd Terry Remix)" | Everything but the Girl | | "Opium fürs Volk" | Die Toten Hosen | |
| 19 February | "Spaceman" | Babylon Zoo | | "Opium fürs Volk" | Die Toten Hosen | |
| 26 February | "Lemon Tree" | Fools Garden | | "Opium fürs Volk" | Die Toten Hosen | |
| 4 March | "Lemon Tree" | Fools Garden | | "Opium fürs Volk" | Die Toten Hosen | |
| 11 March | "Lemon Tree" | Fools Garden | | "Dish of the Day" | Fool's Garden | |
| 18 March | "Lemon Tree" | Fools Garden | | "Sechsundneunzig" | Peter Maffay | |
| 25 March | "Children" | Robert Miles | | "Sechsundneunzig" | Peter Maffay | |
| 1 April | "Children" | Robert Miles | | "Sechsundneunzig" | Peter Maffay | |
| 8 April | "Children" | Robert Miles | | "Greatest Hits" | Take That | |
| 15 April | "Children" | Robert Miles | | "Greatest Hits" | Take That | |
| 22 April | "Children" | Robert Miles | | "Greatest Hits" | Take That | |
| 29 April | "Children" | Robert Miles | | "Greatest Hits" | Take That | |
| 6 May | "Children" | Robert Miles | | "Greatest Hits" | Take That | |
| 13 May | "They Don't Care About Us" | Michael Jackson | | "Greatest Hits" | Take That | |
| 20 May | "They Don't Care About Us" | Michael Jackson | | "Backstreet Boys" | Backstreet Boys | |
| 27 May | "They Don't Care About Us" | Michael Jackson | | "Backstreet Boys" | Backstreet Boys | |
| 3 June | "Macarena" | Los del Rio | | "Dove c'è musica" | Eros Ramazotti | |
| 10 June | "Macarena" | Los del Rio | | "Dove c'è musica" | Eros Ramazotti | |
| 17 June | "Macarena" | Los del Rio | | "Load" | Metallica | |
| 24 June | "Macarena" | Los del Rio | | "Load" | Metallica | |
| 1 July | "Killing Me Softly" † | The Fugees | | "Load" | Metallica | |
| 8 July | "Killing Me Softly" † | The Fugees | | "Load" | Metallica | |
| 15 July | "Killing Me Softly" † | The Fugees | | "The Score" † | The Fugees | |
| 22 July | "Killing Me Softly" † | The Fugees | | "The Score" † | The Fugees | |
| 29 July | "Killing Me Softly" † | The Fugees | | "The Score" † | The Fugees | |
| 5 August | "Killing Me Softly" † | The Fugees | | "The Score" † | The Fugees | |
| 12 August | "Killing Me Softly" † | The Fugees | | "The Score" † | The Fugees | |
| 19 August | "Killing Me Softly" † | The Fugees | | "The Score" † | The Fugees | |
| 26 August | "I Can't Help Myself" | The Kelly Family | | "The Score" † | The Fugees | |
| 2 September | "Killing Me Softly" † | The Fugees | | "Live - Die Zweite" | Pur | |
| 9 September | "I Can't Help Myself" | The Kelly Family | | "Live - Die Zweite" | Pur | |
| 16 September | "Wannabe" | Spice Girls | | "Live - Die Zweite" | Pur | |
| 23 September | "Wannabe" | Spice Girls | | "Live - Die Zweite" | Pur | |
| 30 September | "Wannabe" | Spice Girls | | "Live - Die Zweite" | Pur | |
| 7 October | "Wannabe" | Spice Girls | | "New Adventures in Hi-Fi" | R.E.M. | |
| 14 October | "Zehn kleine Jägermeister" | Die Toten Hosen | | "New Adventures in Hi-Fi" | R.E.M. | |
| 21 October | "Zehn kleine Jägermeister" | Die Toten Hosen | | "Alles" | Wolfgang Petry | |
| 28 October | "Zehn kleine Jägermeister" | Die Toten Hosen | | "Dance Into the Light" | Phil Collins | |
| 4 November | "Zehn kleine Jägermeister" | Die Toten Hosen | | "Dance Into the Light" | Phil Collins | |
| 11 November | "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" | Backstreet Boys | | "Almost Heaven" | The Kelly Family | |
| 18 November | "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" | Backstreet Boys | | "Almost Heaven" | The Kelly Family | |
| 25 November | "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" | Backstreet Boys | | "Almost Heaven" | The Kelly Family | |
| 2 December | "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" | Backstreet Boys | | "Almost Heaven" | The Kelly Family | |
| 9 December | "Verpiss' dich" | Tic Tac Toe | | "Almost Heaven" | The Kelly Family | |
| 16 December | "Time to Say Goodbye" | Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman | | "Almost Heaven" | The Kelly Family | |
| 23 December | "Time to Say Goodbye" | Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman | | "Bocelli" | Andrea Bocelli | |
| 30 December | No release | No release | No release | No release | No release | No release |