# Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1996

This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1996.
| № | Title | Artist(s) |
| 1 | "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" | Los del Río |
| 2 | "One Sweet Day" | Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men |
| 3 | "Because You Loved Me" | Celine Dion |
| 4 | "Nobody Knows" | The Tony Rich Project |
| 5 | "Always Be My Baby" | Mariah Carey |
| 6 | "Give Me One Reason" | Tracy Chapman |
| 7 | "Tha Crossroads" | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony |
| 8 | "I Love You Always Forever" | Donna Lewis |
| 9 | "You're Makin' Me High" / "Let It Flow" | Toni Braxton |
| 10 | "Twisted" | Keith Sweat |
| 11 | "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)" | Quad City DJ's |
| 12 | "Missing" | Everything but the Girl |
| 13 | "Ironic" | Alanis Morissette |
| 14 | "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" | Whitney Houston |
| 15 | "Follow You Down" / "Til I Hear It from You" | Gin Blossoms |
| 16 | "Sittin' Up in My Room" | Brandy |
| 17 | "How Do U Want It" / "California Love" | 2Pac featuring K-Ci and JoJo / 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman |
| 18 | "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" | Celine Dion |
| 19 | "Change the World" | Eric Clapton |
| 20 | "Hey Lover" | LL Cool J featuring Boyz II Men |
| 21 | "Loungin" | LL Cool J |
| 22 | "Insensitive" | Jann Arden |
| 23 | "Be My Lover" | La Bouche |
| 24 | "Name" | Goo Goo Dolls |
| 25 | "Who Will Save Your Soul" | Jewel |
| 26 | "Where Do You Go" | No Mercy |
| 27 | "I Can't Sleep Baby (If I)" | R. Kelly |
| 28 | "Counting Blue Cars" | Dishwalla |
| 29 | "You Learn" / "You Oughta Know" | Alanis Morissette |
| 30 | "One of Us" | Joan Osborne |
| 31 | "Wonder" | Natalie Merchant |
| 32 | "Not Gon' Cry" | Mary J. Blige |
| 33 | "Gangsta's Paradise" | Coolio featuring L.V. |
| 34 | "Only You" | 112 featuring The Notorious B.I.G. |
| 35 | "Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)" | R. Kelly featuring Ronald Isley |
| 36 | "You're the One" | SWV |
| 37 | "Sweet Dreams" | La Bouche |
| 38 | "Before You Walk Out of My Life" / "Like This and Like That" | Monica |
| 39 | "Breakfast at Tiffany's" | Deep Blue Something |
| 40 | "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" | Coolio |
| 41 | "The World I Know" | Collective Soul |
| 42 | "No Diggity" | Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre |
| 43 | "Anything" | 3T |
| 44 | "1979" | The Smashing Pumpkins |
| 45 | "Diggin' on You" | TLC |
| 46 | "Why I Love You So Much" / "Ain't Nobody" | Monica |
| 47 | "Kissin' You" | Total |
| 48 | "Count on Me" | Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans |
| 49 | "Fantasy" | Mariah Carey |
| 50 | "Time" | Hootie & the Blowfish |
| 51 | "You'll See" | Madonna |
| 52 | "Last Night" | Az Yet |
| 53 | "Mouth" | Merril Bainbridge |
| 54 | "The Earth, the Sun, the Rain" | Color Me Badd |
| 55 | "All the Things (Your Man Won't Do)" | Joe |
| 56 | "Wonderwall" | Oasis |
| 57 | "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" / "Everything Remains Raw" | Busta Rhymes |
| 58 | "Tell Me" | Groove Theory |
| 59 | "Elevators (Me & You)" | Outkast |
| 60 | "Hook" | Blues Traveler |
| 61 | "Doin' It" | LL Cool J |
| 62 | "Fastlove" | George Michael |
| 63 | "Touch Me, Tease Me" | Case featuring Foxy Brown |
| 64 | "Tonite's tha Night" | Kris Kross |
| 65 | "Children" | Robert Miles |
| 66 | "Theme from Mission: Impossible" | Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen |
| 67 | "Closer to Free" | BoDeans |
| 68 | "Just a Girl" | No Doubt |
| 69 | "If Your Girl Only Knew" | Aaliyah |
| 70 | "Lady" | D'Angelo |
| 71 | "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" | John Mellencamp |
| 72 | "Pony" | Ginuwine |
| 73 | "Nobody" | Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage |
| 74 | "Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)" | Hootie & the Blowfish |
| 75 | "If It Makes You Happy" | Sheryl Crow |
| 76 | "As I Lay Me Down" | Sophie B. Hawkins |
| 77 | "Keep On, Keepin' On" | MC Lyte featuring Xscape |
| 78 | "Jealousy" | Natalie Merchant |
| 79 | "I Want to Come Over" | Melissa Etheridge |
| 80 | "Who Do U Love" | Deborah Cox |
| 81 | "Un-Break My Heart" | Toni Braxton |
| 82 | "This Is Your Night" | Amber |
| 83 | "You Remind Me of Something" | R. Kelly |
| 84 | "Runaway" | Janet Jackson |
| 85 | "Set U Free" | Planet Soul |
| 86 | "Hit Me Off" | New Edition |
| 87 | "No One Else" | Total |
| 88 | "My Boo" | Ghost Town DJ's |
| 89 | "Get Money" | Junior M.A.F.I.A. featuring The Notorious B.I.G. |
| 90 | "That Girl" | Maxi Priest featuring Shaggy |
| 91 | "Po Pimp" | Do or Die featuring Twista |
| 92 | "Until It Sleeps" | Metallica |
| 93 | "Hay" | Crucial Conflict |
| 94 | "Beautiful Life" | Ace of Base |
| 95 | "Back for Good" | Take That |
| 96 | "I Got Id" / "Long Road" | Pearl Jam |
| 97 | "Soon as I Get Home" | Faith Evans |
| 98 | "Macarena" | Los del Río |
| 99 | "Only Wanna Be with You" | Hootie & the Blowfish |
| 100 | "Don't Cry" | Seal |