page_title: List of UK top-ten singles in 1996
hierarchical_section_title: List of UK top-ten singles in 1996
caption_attribution_description: English: Lauryn Hill live at Tom Brasil in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2007. Português: Lauryn Hill ao vivo no Tom Brasil em São Paulo, Brasil, em 2007.
context_page_description: The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles. This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 1996, as well as singles which peaked in 1995 but were in the top 10 in 1996. The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time.
  One-hundred and ninety-five singles were in the top ten in 1996. Nine singles from 1995 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year. "I Am Blessed" by Eternal was the only single from 1995 to reach its peak in 1996. Forty-nine artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1996. Backstreet Boys, The Chemical Brothers, Faithless, Lighthouse Family and Spice Girls were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1996.
  The 1995 Christmas number-one, "Earth Song" by Michael Jackson, remained at number-one for the first two weeks of 1996. The first new number-one single of the year was "Jesus to a Child" by George Michael.
context_section_description: The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles. This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 1996, as well as singles which peaked in 1995 but were in the top 10 in 1996. The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
  One-hundred and ninety-five singles were in the top ten in 1996. Nine singles from 1995 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year. "I Am Blessed" by Eternal was the only single from 1995 to reach its peak in 1996. Forty-nine artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1996. Backstreet Boys, The Chemical Brothers, Faithless, Lighthouse Family and Spice Girls were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1996.
  The 1995 Christmas number-one, "Earth Song" by Michael Jackson, remained at number-one for the first two weeks of 1996. The first new number-one single of the year was "Jesus to a Child" by George Michael. Overall, twenty-four different singles peaked at number-one in 1996, with Spice Girls (3) having the most singles hit that position.
caption: Lauryn Hill (pictured in 2007) and her band Fugees had the best selling single of 1996 with their cover of Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly", which spent five non-consecutive weeks at number-one in June and July. The group scored a second chart-topper with "Ready or Not" in September while their cover of Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry" reached number two in November.
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