# List of Billboard number-one dance singles of 1996

These are the Billboard Hot Dance/Disco Club Play and Maxi-Singles Sales number-one hits of 1996.
| Issue date | Club Song | Artist | Maxi-Singles Sales | Artist |
| January 6 | "Beautiful Life" | Ace of Base | "Missing" | Everything But The Girl |
| January 13 | "If I Were You" | k.d. lang | "Fu-Gee-La" (Refugee Camp Remix) | Fugees |
| January 20 | "Got Myself Together" | The Bucketheads | "Missing" | Everything But The Girl |
| January 27 | "Got Myself Together" | The Bucketheads | "Fu-Gee-La" (Refugee Camp Remix) | Fugees |
| February 3 | "I Found It" | Daphne | "Missing" | Everything But The Girl |
| February 10 | "When" | Sunscreem | "Missing" | Everything But The Girl |
| February 17 | "The Lover That You Are" | Pulse featuring Antoinette Roberson | "Soon As I Get Home" | Faith Evans |
| February 24 | "Day by Day" | Dajae | "Soon As I Get Home" | Faith Evans |
| March 2 | "Who Do U Love" | Deborah Cox | "Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)" | R. Kelly Featuring Ronald Isley |
| March 9 | "The New Anthem" | N-Joi | "Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)" | R. Kelly Featuring Ronald Isley |
| March 16 | "The New Anthem" | N-Joi | "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" / "Everything Remains Raw" | Busta Rhymes |
| March 23 | "Lucky Love" | Ace of Base | "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" / "Everything Remains Raw" | Busta Rhymes |
| March 30 | "Salva Mea" | Faithless | "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" / "Everything Remains Raw" | Busta Rhymes |
| April 6 | "Tres Deseos (Three Wishes)" | Gloria Estefan | "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" / "Everything Remains Raw" | Busta Rhymes |
| April 13 | "Hyperballad" | Björk | "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" / "Everything Remains Raw" | Busta Rhymes |
| April 20 | "The Sound" | X-Press 2 | "Ain't No Nigga" / "Dead Presidents" | Jay-Z Featuring Foxxy Brown |
| April 27 | "The Sound" | X-Press 2 | "Ain't No Nigga" / "Dead Presidents" | Jay-Z Featuring Foxxy Brown |
| May 4 | "Make the World Go Round" | Sandy B | "Ain't No Nigga" / "Dead Presidents" | Jay-Z Featuring Foxxy Brown |
| May 11 | "Make the World Go Round" | Sandy B | "Ain't No Nigga" / "Dead Presidents" | Jay-Z Featuring Foxxy Brown |
| May 18 | "Sunday Afternoons" | Vanessa Daou | "Ain't No Nigga" / "Dead Presidents" | Jay-Z Featuring Foxxy Brown |
| May 25 | "One More Try" | Kristine W | "Get Money" | Junior M.A.F.I.A. Featuring The Notorious B.I.G. |
| June 1 | "America (I Love America)" | Full Intention | "Get Money" | Junior M.A.F.I.A. Featuring The Notorious B.I.G. |
| June 8 | "America (I Love America)" | Full Intention | "Get Money" | Junior M.A.F.I.A. Featuring The Notorious B.I.G. |
| June 15 | "Children" | Robert Miles | "Get Money" | Junior M.A.F.I.A. Featuring The Notorious B.I.G. |
| June 22 | "Wrong" | Everything but the Girl | "How Do U Want It" / "California Love" | 2Pac Featuring K-Ci & JoJo |
| June 29 | "Wrong" | Everything but the Girl | "How Do U Want It" / "California Love" | 2Pac Featuring K-Ci & JoJo |
| July 6 | "Wrong" | Everything but the Girl | "How Do U Want It" / "California Love" | 2Pac Featuring K-Ci & JoJo |
| July 13 | "Before" | Pet Shop Boys | "How Do U Want It" / "California Love" | 2Pac Featuring K-Ci & JoJo |
| July 20 | "Before" | Pet Shop Boys | "How Do U Want It" / "California Love" | 2Pac Featuring K-Ci & JoJo |
| July 27 | "Professional Widow" | Tori Amos | "How Do U Want It" / "California Love" | 2Pac Featuring K-Ci & JoJo |
| August 3 | "Professional Widow" | Tori Amos | "How Do U Want It" / "California Love" | 2Pac Featuring K-Ci & JoJo |
| August 10 | "Keep on Jumpin'" | Martha Wash and Jocelyn Brown | "How Do U Want It" / "California Love" | 2Pac Featuring K-Ci & JoJo |
| August 17 | "You're Makin' Me High" | Toni Braxton | "How Do U Want It" / "California Love" | 2Pac Featuring K-Ci & JoJo |
| August 24 | "You're Makin' Me High" | Toni Braxton | "Only You" | 112 Featuring The Notorious B.I.G. |
| August 31 | "Stand Up" | Love Tribe | "Hit Me Off" | New Edition |
| September 7 | "You Got to Pray" | Joi Cardwell | "Hit Me Off" | New Edition |
| September 14 | "You Got to Pray" | Joi Cardwell | "Hit Me Off" | New Edition |
| September 21 | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | Roberta Flack | "Fired Up!" | Funky Green Dogs |
| September 28 | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | Roberta Flack | "How Do U Want It" / "California Love" | 2Pac Featuring K-Ci & JoJo |
| October 5 | "Two to Tango" | Vanessa Daou | "How Do U Want It" / "California Love" | 2Pac Featuring K-Ci & JoJo |
| October 12 | "Two to Tango" | Vanessa Daou | "How Do U Want It" / "California Love" | 2Pac Featuring K-Ci & JoJo |
| October 19 | "Two to Tango" | Vanessa Daou | "No Diggity" | BLACKstreet (Featuring Dr. Dre) |
| October 26 | "Stomp" | Quincy Jones featuring the Cast of Stomp | "No Diggity" | BLACKstreet (Featuring Dr. Dre) |
| November 2 | "Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?" | Meshell Ndegeocello | "No Diggity" | BLACKstreet (Featuring Dr. Dre) |
| November 9 | "No Frills Love" | Jennifer Holliday | "Street Dreams" | Nas |
| November 16 | "Land of the Living" | Kristine W | "Street Dreams" | Nas |
| November 23 | "Land of the Living" | Kristine W | "Where Do You Go" | No Mercy |
| November 30 | "The Child (Inside)" | Qkumba Zoo | "Where Do You Go" | No Mercy |
| December 7 | "One and One" | Robert Miles | "Un-Break My Heart" | Toni Braxton |
| December 14 | "Sugar Is Sweeter" | C. J. Bolland | "Un-Break My Heart" | Toni Braxton |
| December 21 | "Un-Break My Heart" | Toni Braxton | "Un-Break My Heart" | Toni Braxton |
| December 28 | "Un-Break My Heart" | Toni Braxton | "Un-Break My Heart" | Toni Braxton |