# List of top 25 singles for 1996 in Australia

The following lists the top 100 singles of 1996 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Singles Chart.
| # | Title | Artist | Highest pos. reached | weeks at No. 1 |
| 1. | "Macarena" | Los del Río | 1 | 9 |
| 2. | "Killing Me Softly" | Fugees (Refugee Camp) | 1 | 7 |
| 3. | "Because You Loved Me" | Celine Dion | 1 | 3 |
| 4. | "How Bizarre" | OMC | 1 | 5 |
| 5. | "Wannabe" | Spice Girls | 1 | 6 |
| 6. | "One of Us" | Joan Osborne | 1 | 5 |
| 7. | "Missing" (The Remix EP) | Everything but the Girl | 2 | — |
| 8. | "Return of the Mack" | Mark Morrison | 2 | — |
| 9. | "What's Love Got to Do with It" | Warren G | 2 | — |
| 10. | "You're Makin' Me High" | Toni Braxton | 2 | — |
| 11. | "X-Files Theme" | Triple X | 2 | — |
| 12. | "I Want You" | Savage Garden | 4 | — |
| 13. | "I Love You Always Forever" | Donna Lewis | 2 | — |
| 14. | "Macarena" | Los del Mar feat. Pedro Castano | 2 | — |
| 15. | "Give Me One Reason" | Tracy Chapman | 3 | — |
| 16. | "Boombastic" | Shaggy | 1 | 4 |
| 17. | "Sexual Healing" | Max-A-Million | 5 | — |
| 18. | "Be My Lover" | La Bouche | 2 | — |
| 19. | "Wonderwall" | Oasis | 1 | 1 |
| 20. | "Fastlove" | George Michael | 1 | 4 |
| 21. | "Theme from Mission: Impossible" | Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton | 2 | — |
| 22. | "Just a Girl" | No Doubt | 3 | — |
| 23. | "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" | Gina G | 5 | — |
| 24. | "I'll Be There for You" | The Rembrandts | 3 | — |
| 25. | "Ironic" | Alanis Morissette | 3 | — |
| 26. | "Where Do You Go" | No Mercy | 2 | — |
| 27. | "Runaway" | The Corrs | 10 | — |
| 28. | "Father and Son" | Boyzone | 2 | — |
| 29. | "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" | Coolio | 12 | — |
| 30. | "Spaceman" | Babylon Zoo | 3 | — |
| 31. | "Anything" | 3T | 5 | — |
| 32. | "Children" | Robert Miles | 5 | — |
| 33. | "Nobody Knows" | Tony Rich Project | 2 | — |
| 34. | "California Love" | 2Pac | 4 | — |
| 35. | "Sometimes When We Touch" | Newton | 5 | — |
| 36. | "Let's Make a Night to Remember" | Bryan Adams | 7 | — |
| 37. | "Boom Boom Boom" | The Outhere Brothers | 2 | — |
| 38. | "Breakfast at Tiffany's" | Deep Blue Something | 3 | — |
| 39. | "Tha Crossroads" | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | 15 | — |
| 40. | "One Sweet Day" | Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men | 2 | — |
| 41. | "Diggin' on You" | TLC | 6 | — |
| 42. | "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" | Celine Dion | 8 | — |
| 43. | "Get Down on It" | Peter Andre feat. Past to Present | 5 | — |
| 44. | "Until It Sleeps" | Metallica | 1 | 1 |
| 45. | "That Girl" | Maxi Priest feat. Shaggy | 7 | — |
| 46. | "Mother Mother" | Tracy Bonham | 5 | — |
| 47. | "Sweet Dreams" | La Bouche | 8 | — |
| 48. | "Wrap Me Up" | Alex Party | 11 | — |
| 49. | "I Live for You" | Chynna Phillips | 9 | — |
| 50. | "Blue" | LeAnn Rimes | 10 | — |
| 51. | "I Love to Love" | La Bouche | 6 | — |
| 52. | "Hero of the Day" | Metallica | 2 | — |
| 53. | "Power of a Woman" | Eternal | 8 | — |
| 54. | "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" | Monica | 7 | — |
| 55. | "Tell Me" | Groove Theory | 6 | — |
| 56. | "Glycerine" | Bush | 5 | — |
| 57. | "Don't Stop Movin'" | Livin' Joy | 6 | — |
| 58. | "Peaches" | The Presidents of the United States of America | 13 | — |
| 59. | "Change the World" | Eric Clapton | 8 | — |
| 60. | "Wishes" | Human Nature | 6 | — |
| 61. | "It's Oh So Quiet" | Björk | 6 | — |
| 62. | "Head over Feet" | Alanis Morissette | 12 | — |
| 63. | "Waterfalls" | TLC | 4 | — |
| 64. | "Always Be My Baby" | Mariah Carey | 17 | — |
| 65. | "Beautiful Life" | Ace of Base | 11 | — |
| 66. | "I Feel It" | DJ Darren Briais vs. DJ Peewee Ferris | 20 | — |
| 67. | "'Til You Do Me Right" | After 7 | 16 | — |
| 68. | "Hey Lover" | LL Cool J | 11 | — |
| 69. | "Apple Eyes" | Swoop | 9 | — |
| 70. | "In Too Deep" | Belinda Carlisle | 11 | — |
| 71. | "They Don't Care About Us" | Michael Jackson | 16 | — |
| 72. | "To the Moon and Back" | Savage Garden | 1 | 1 |
| 73. | "Who Do U Love" | Deborah Cox | 11 | — |
| 74. | "Lover Lover" | Jimmy Barnes | 6 | — |
| 75. | "How Do U Want It" | 2Pac feat. K-Ci & JoJo | 24 | — |
| 76. | "Naked and Sacred" | Chynna Phillips | 15 | — |
| 77. | "Pepper" | Butthole Surfers | 15 | — |
| 78. | "Movin' Up" | Dreamworld | 12 | — |
| 79. | "Salvation" | The Cranberries | 8 | — |
| 80. | "Let's Groove" | CDB | 2 | — |
| 81. | "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" | Bryan Adams | 19 | — |
| 82. | "Santa Monica" | Everclear | 25 | — |
| 83. | "I Am Blessed" | Eternal | 14 | — |
| 84. | "Who You Are" | Pearl Jam | 5 | — |
| 85. | "Closer to Free" | BoDeans | 11 | — |
| 86. | "Lump" | The Presidents of the United States of America | 11 | — |
| 87. | "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!" | Shania Twain | 5 | — |
| 88. | "Not an Addict" | K's Choice | 22 | — |
| 89. | "There's Nothing I Won't Do" | JX | 26 | — |
| 90. | "Jesus to a Child" | George Michael | 1 | 2 |
| 91. | "Kitty" | The Presidents of the United States of America | 19 | — |
| 92. | "Hand in My Pocket" | Alanis Morissette | 13 | — |
| 93. | "Automatic Lover (Call for Love)" | Real McCoy | 18 | — |
| 94. | "1979" | The Smashing Pumpkins | 16 | — |
| 95. | "Un-Break My Heart" | Toni Braxton | 6 | — |
| 96. | "It's Alright" | Deni Hines | 4 | — |
| 97. | "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)" | Pet Shop Boys | 11 | — |
| 98. | "Falling into You" | Celine Dion | 12 | — |
| 99. | "Ready or Not" | Fugees | 24 | — |
| 100. | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Take That | 12 | — |
Peak chart positions from 1996 are from the ARIA Charts, overall position on the End of Year Chart is calculated by ARIA based on the number of weeks and position that the song reached within the Top 50 singles for each week during 1996.