# List of Billboard number-one dance singles of 1976

Billboard magazine compiled the top-performing dance singles in the United States on the National Disco Action Top 30 chart. Premiered on the issue dated August 28, the chart ranked the popularity of singles in nightclubs across the country, based on a national survey of club disc jockeys. Previously, Billboard started the Disco Action survey in 1974 which ranked the popularity of singles in New York City discothèques, expanded to feature multiple charts each week which highlighted playlists in various cities such as San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Phoenix, Detroit and Houston. The next year, Billboard rival publication Record World was the first to compile a dance chart which incorporated club play on a national level. Billboard statistician Joel Whitburn has since "adopted" Record Worlds chart data from the weeks between March 29, 1975, and August 21, 1976, into Billboards club play history. For the sake of continuity, Record Worlds national chart is incorporated into the 1975 and 1976 lists.

## Chart history

| Issue date | Single | Artist |
| Record World disco chart data |||
| January 3 | "I Love Music" | The O'Jays |
| January 10 | "I Love Music" | The O'Jays |
| January 17 | "Mighty High" | Mighty Clouds of Joy |
| January 24 | "Mighty High" | Mighty Clouds of Joy |
| January 31 | "Mighty High" | Mighty Clouds of Joy |
| February 7 | "Mighty High" | Mighty Clouds of Joy |
| February 14 | "Mighty High" | Mighty Clouds of Joy |
| February 21 | "Movin'" | Brass Construction |
| February 28 | "Movin'" | Brass Construction |
| March 6 | "Movin'" | Brass Construction |
| March 13 | "Movin'" | Brass Construction |
| March 20 | "Turn the Beat Around" | Vicki Sue Robinson |
| March 27 | "Turn the Beat Around" | Vicki Sue Robinson |
| April 3 | "Turn the Beat Around" | Vicki Sue Robinson |
| April 10 | "Turn the Beat Around" | Vicki Sue Robinson |
| April 17 | "Love Hangover" | Diana Ross |
| April 24 | "Love Hangover" | Diana Ross |
| May 1 | "Try Me, I Know We Can Make It" | Donna Summer |
| May 8 | "Try Me, I Know We Can Make It" | Donna Summer |
| May 15 | "Try Me, I Know We Can Make It" | Donna Summer |
| May 22 | "That's Where the Happy People Go" | The Trammps |
| May 29 | "That's Where the Happy People Go" | The Trammps |
| June 5 | "Disco Party" | The Trammps |
| June 12 | "Disco Party" | The Trammps |
| June 19 | "Disco Party" | The Trammps |
| June 26 | "Disco Party" | The Trammps |
| July 3 | "Disco Party" | The Trammps |
| July 10 | "Trouble-Maker" | Roberta Kelly |
| July 17 | "Trouble-Maker" | Roberta Kelly |
| July 24 | "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel"/ "Don't Take Away the Music" | Tavares |
| July 31 | "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel"/ "Don't Take Away the Music" | Tavares |
| August 7 | "The Best Disco in Town" | The Ritchie Family |
| August 14 | "You Should Be Dancing" | Bee Gees |
| August 21 | "You Should Be Dancing" | Bee Gees |
| Billboard National Disco Action Top 30 data |||
| August 28 | "You Should Be Dancing" | Bee Gees |
| September 4 | "You Should Be Dancing" | Bee Gees |
| September 11 | "You Should Be Dancing" | Bee Gees |
| September 18 | "You Should Be Dancing" | Bee Gees |
| September 25 | "You Should Be Dancing" | Bee Gees |
| October 2 | "Cherchez La Femme"/ "Sour and Sweet"/ "I'll Play the Fool" | Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band |
| October 9 | "My Sweet Summer Suite"/ "Brazilian Love Song" | The Love Unlimited Orchestra |
| October 16 | "My Sweet Summer Suite"/ "Brazilian Love Song" | The Love Unlimited Orchestra |
| October 23 | "Midnight Love Affair"/ "Crime Don't Pay" | Carol Douglas |
| October 30 | "Down to Love Town" | The Originals |
| November 6 | "My Sweet Summer Suite"/ "Brazilian Love Song" | The Love Unlimited Orchestra |
| November 13 | Four Seasons of Love (all cuts) | Donna Summer |
| November 20 | Four Seasons of Love (all cuts) | Donna Summer |
| November 27 | Four Seasons of Love (all cuts) | Donna Summer |
| December 4 | Four Seasons of Love (all cuts) | Donna Summer |
| December 11 | Four Seasons of Love (all cuts) | Donna Summer |
| December 18 | Four Seasons of Love (all cuts) | Donna Summer |
| December 25 | "Don't Leave Me This Way"/ "Any Way You Like It" | Thelma Houston |