page_title: List of Hot Country Singles & Tracks number ones of 1996
section_title: Chart history
hierarchical_section_title: List of Hot Country Singles & Tracks number ones of 1996 / Chart history
caption_attribution_description: English: LeAnn Rimes performs for military members while visiting here Sept. 23., 2004. The concert was part of a promotion by the wing's 435th Services Squadron.
context_page_description: Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1996, 28 different songs topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles & Tracks, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on weekly airplay data from country music radio stations compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.
  The first number one of the year was "Rebecca Lynn" by Bryan White, which moved into the top spot in the issue dated January 6 and remained in place for only a single week before being replaced by "It Matters to Me" by Faith Hill. Canadian singer Shania Twain had the most number ones in 1996, topping the chart with " I'm Outta Here!", "You Win My Love" and "No One Needs to Know". The three songs spent a total of five weeks at the top of the chart, tying Twain for the most weeks at number one by an artist with George Strait, who spent two weeks in the top spot with "Blue Clear Sky" and three with "Carried Away". Alan Jackson, Patty Loveless and Bryan White were the only other acts to have more than one number one in 1996.
caption: LeAnn Rimes had the final number one of the year.
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