List of UK R&B Singles Chart number ones of 1996

The UK R&B Chart is a weekly chart that ranks the 40 biggest-selling singles and albums that are classified in the R&B genre in the United Kingdom. The chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company,[1] and is based on physical and other physical formats.[2] This is a list of the UK's biggest R&B hits of 1996.[3]

Number ones

Key
† Best-selling R&B single of the year
Issue date Single Artist
7 January "Gangsta's Paradise" Coolio
14 January "Too Hot"
21 January "Anything" 3T
28 January
4 February
11 February
18 February "I Got 5 on It" Luniz
25 February "Anything" 3T
3 March "Good Thing" Eternal
10 March "Return of the Mack" Mark Morrison
17 March
24 March
31 March
7 April
14 April
21 April
28 April
5 May
12 May
19 May "Nobody Knows" The Tony Rich Project
26 May
2 June "Killing Me Softly" † Fugees
9 June
16 June
23 June
30 June
7 July
14 July
21 July
28 July
4 August "Tha Crossroads" Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
11 August "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" Nas featuring Lauryn Hill
18 August "Why" 3T featuring Michael Jackson
25 August "Virtual Insanity" Jamiroquai
1 September
8 September "Ready Or Not" Fugees
15 September
22 September
29 September
6 October
13 October "Trippin'" Mark Morrison
20 October
27 October "Bohemian Rhapsody" Braids
3 November "Angel" Simply Red
10 November
17 November "What's Love Got to Do With It" Warren G
24 November "No Woman No Cry" Fugees
1 December "Cosmic Girl" Jamiroquai
8 December "Forever" Damage
15 December "Horny" Mark Morrison
22 December
29 December

See also

References

  1. ^ "About Us - Who We Are - The Charts We Compile". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Chart Rules". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  3. ^ The R&B Singles Archive 1996