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Albums in the Year 1996

This page lists the top albums of 1996 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described in the home page. A list of biggest hit songs of 1996 can be found here.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Celine Dion	Falling Into You	1996	UK 1 - Mar 1996, Austria 1 - Apr 1996, Switzerland 1 - Mar 1996, Norway 1 - Mar 1996, Sweden 1 - Mar 1996, Grammy in 1996, US 3 of 1996, Global 10 - 26 M claimed, Internet 16 - 29 M claimed 1996, Italy 20 of 1996, RIAA 51 - 11 M claimed, NARM 97, Defin200 97
2	Spice Girls	Spice	1996	UK 1 - Nov 1996, US 1 of 1997, Austria 1 - Dec 1996, Norway 1 - Nov 1996, Sweden 1 - Nov 1996, Switzerland 5 - Nov 1996, Italy 7 of 1997, Internet 34 - 23 M claimed 1997, UK Radio2 54, RIAA 153 - 7 M claimed, Acclaimed 2341
3	The Fugees	The Score	1996	Austria 1 - Jun 1996, Switzerland 1 - May 1996, Norway 1 - Apr 1996, UK 2 - Mar 1996, Sweden 2 - Mar 1996, US 5 of 1996, Italy 10 of 1996, Internet 55 - 18 M claimed 1996, RYM 114 of 1996, Defin200 163, RIAA 201 - 6 M claimed, Acclaimed 289, Rolling Stone 477
4	REM	New Adventures In Hi-Fi	1996	UK 1 - Sep 1996, Austria 1 - Sep 1996, Switzerland 1 - Sep 1996, Norway 1 - Sep 1996, Sweden 1 - Sep 1996, Italy 27 of 1996, RYM 148 of 1996, WXPN 738, Acclaimed 807
5	No Doubt	Tragic Kingdom	1996	Norway 1 - Dec 1996, US 2 of 1997, Austria 2 - Feb 1997, UK 3 - Jan 1997, Switzerland 3 - Jan 1997, Sweden 3 - Jul 1996, Italy 52 of 1997, RIAA 64 - 10 M claimed, Internet 83 - 15 M claimed 1995, Defin200 120, Rolling Stone 441, Acclaimed 2379
6	Metallica	Load	1996	UK 1 - Jun 1996, Austria 1 - Jun 1996, Switzerland 1 - Jun 1996, Norway 1 - Jun 1996, Sweden 1 - Jun 1996, Italy 28 of 1996, Global 117 - 9 M claimed, RIAA 277 - 5 M claimed
7	George Michael	Older & Upper	1996	UK 1 - May 1996, Austria 1 - Jun 1996, Norway 1 - May 1996, Sweden 1 - May 1996, Switzerland 2 - May 1996, Italy 6 of 1996
8	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Murder Ballads	1996	Austria 1 - Mar 1996, Norway 1 - Feb 1996, Sweden 1 - Feb 1996, UK 8 - Feb 1996, Switzerland 14 - Feb 1996, Melody Maker 16 of 1996, RYM 69 of 1996, Acclaimed 1771
9	Beck	O-De-Lay	1996	Sweden 5 - Jun 1996, Melody Maker 6 of 1996, Switzerland 14 - Jun 1996, UK 17 - Jul 1996, Norway 23 - Jul 1996, RYM 25 of 1996, Austria 36 - Jul 1996, Virgin 54, Acclaimed 55, Channel4 73, Defin200 106, WXPN 118, Rolling Stone 305
10	The Backstreet Boys	Backstreet Boys	1996	Switzerland 1 - May 1996, Austria 2 - Jun 1996, US 4 of 1998, Sweden 7 - May 1996, UK 12 - Sep 1996, Norway 19 - Aug 1996, Internet 26 - 25 M claimed 1998, RIAA 26 - 14 M claimed, Global 41 - 19 M claimed, Italy 76 of 1998
11	Toni Braxton	Secrets	1996	Switzerland 1 - Jul 1996, Norway 1 - Aug 1996, Austria 2 - Jan 1997, Sweden 2 - Jun 1996, UK 10 - Jul 1996, Italy 58 of 1997, RIAA 123 - 8 M claimed
12	Madonna	Evita	1996	UK 1 - Nov 1996, Austria 1 - Nov 1996, Switzerland 1 - Nov 1996, Norway 3 - Jan 1997, Sweden 5 - Nov 1996, RIAA 277 - 5 M claimed
13	Pearl Jam	No Code	1996	Sweden 1 - Sep 1996, UK 3 - Sep 1996, Norway 3 - Sep 1996, Austria 9 - Sep 1996, Switzerland 13 - Sep 1996, Italy 52 of 1996, RYM 116 of 1996, WXPN 771, Acclaimed 1453
14	Rage Against The Machine	Evil Empire	1996	Sweden 1 - Apr 1996, Norway 2 - Apr 1996, Austria 3 - May 1996, UK 4 - Apr 1996, Switzerland 4 - Apr 1996, Italy 78 of 1996, RYM 196 of 1996, Acclaimed 1502
15	Eros Ramazzotti	Dove c'e musica	1996	Switzerland 1 - May 1996, Sweden 1 - May 1996, Italy 1 of 1996, Austria 2 - Jun 1996, Norway 8 - May 1996
16	Take That	Take That's Greatest Hits	1996	UK 1 - Apr 1996, Austria 1 - Apr 1996, Switzerland 2 - Apr 1996, Sweden 4 - Apr 1996, Norway 6 - Apr 1996, Italy 59 of 1996
17	Sting	Mercury Falling	1996	Switzerland 1 - Mar 1996, Sweden 2 - Mar 1996, Austria 3 - Apr 1996, UK 4 - Mar 1996, Norway 4 - Mar 1996, Italy 14 of 1996, WXPN 559
18	Simply Red	Simply Red's Greatest Hits	1996	UK 1 - Oct 1996, Austria 1 - Oct 1996, Sweden 3 - Oct 1996, Switzerland 4 - Oct 1996, Norway 8 - Oct 1996, Italy 17 of 1996
19	Suede	Coming Up	1996	UK 1 - Sep 1996, Sweden 1 - Sep 1996, Norway 3 - Sep 1996, Melody Maker 7 of 1996, RYM 111 of 1996, Acclaimed 1343
20	The Cranberries	To The Faithful Departed	1996	Sweden 1 - May 1996, UK 2 - May 1996, Switzerland 3 - May 1996, Norway 3 - May 1996, Austria 6 - Jun 1996, Italy 19 of 1996
21	Phil Collins	Dance Into The Light	1996	Switzerland 1 - Oct 1996, Sweden 2 - Oct 1996, Austria 3 - Nov 1996, UK 4 - Nov 1996, Norway 12 - Oct 1996, Italy 46 of 1996
22	Sheryl Crow	Sheryl Crow	1996	Switzerland 3 - Oct 1996, UK 5 - Oct 1996, Austria 8 - Oct 1996, Sweden 8 - Oct 1996, Norway 20 - Oct 1996, RYM 164 of 1996, WXPN 822, Acclaimed 2654
23	Bryan Adams	18 Til I Die	1996	UK 1 - Jun 1996, Switzerland 2 - Jun 1996, Austria 3 - Jun 1996, Sweden 5 - Jun 1996, Norway 7 - Jun 1996
24	Nirvana	From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah	1996	Austria 3 - Oct 1996, UK 4 - Oct 1996, Sweden 6 - Oct 1996, Norway 8 - Oct 1996, Switzerland 9 - Oct 1996, Italy 75 of 1996, Acclaimed 2016
25	The Beatles	Anthology 2	1996	UK 1 - Mar 1996, Sweden 2 - Mar 1996, Switzerland 4 - Mar 1996, Norway 5 - Apr 1996, Austria 29 - Apr 1996
26	Sepultura	Roots	1996	Austria 3 - Mar 1996, UK 4 - Mar 1996, Sweden 5 - Mar 1996, Norway 8 - Mar 1996, Switzerland 16 - Mar 1996, RYM 182 of 1996, Acclaimed 862
27	Tori Amos	Boys For Pele	1996	UK 2 - Feb 1996, Sweden 4 - Jan 1996, Switzerland 14 - Feb 1996, Austria 16 - Feb 1996, Norway 27 - Feb 1996, RYM 107 of 1996, WXPN 272
28	Mark Knopfler	Golden Heart	1996	Norway 2 - Apr 1996, Switzerland 3 - Apr 1996, Sweden 4 - Apr 1996, Austria 8 - May 1996, UK 9 - Apr 1996, Italy 35 of 1996
29	Soundgarden	Down On The Upside	1996	Sweden 3 - May 1996, Norway 6 - May 1996, UK 7 - Jun 1996, Austria 20 - Jun 1996, Switzerland 20 - May 1996, Italy 94 of 1996, RYM 172 of 1996
30	Jamiroquai	Travelling Without Moving	1996	UK 2 - Sep 1996, Switzerland 3 - Sep 1996, Sweden 4 - Sep 1996, Norway 16 - Sep 1996, Austria 17 - Sep 1996, Italy 42 of 1996
31	Tina Turner	Wildest Dreams	1996	Switzerland 1 - Apr 1996, UK 4 - Apr 1996, Sweden 5 - Apr 1996, Norway 6 - Apr 1996, Italy 37 of 1996
32	Enigma	Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!	1996	Norway 1 - Dec 1996, Switzerland 4 - Dec 1996, Austria 7 - Dec 1996, Sweden 8 - Nov 1996, UK 12 - Feb 1996
33	The Manic Street Preachers	Everything Must Go	1996	Melody Maker 1 of 1996, UK 2 - Jun 1996, Sweden 21 - May 1996, RYM 71 of 1996, Acclaimed 447
34	Robert Miles	Dreamland	1996	Switzerland 2 - Jun 1996, Sweden 6 - Jun 1996, UK 7 - Jun 1996, Austria 8 - Jun 1996, Norway 18 - Jul 1996, Italy 58 of 1996
35	Rod Stewart	If We Fall In Love Tonight	1996	Sweden 2 - Nov 1996, Norway 6 - Dec 1996, UK 8 - Nov 1996, Austria 8 - Dec 1996, Switzerland 27 - Nov 1996, Italy 66 of 1996
36	The Cure	Wild Mood Swings	1996	Sweden 2 - May 1996, UK 9 - May 1996, Switzerland 9 - May 1996, Norway 13 - May 1996, Austria 18 - Jun 1996, Italy 53 of 1996
37	2Pac	All Eyez On Me	1996	Sweden 5 - Mar 1996, Switzerland 15 - Mar 1996, RYM 20 of 1996, Norway 34 - Mar 1996, NARM 90, RIAA 100 - 9 M claimed, Acclaimed 878
38	Laura Pausini	Le cose che vivi	1996	Switzerland 1 - Sep 1996, Sweden 2 - Apr 1997, Norway 12 - Jul 1997, Italy 36 of 1996
39	Ash	1977	1996	UK 1 - May 1996, Norway 26 - Jun 1996, Melody Maker 34 of 1996, Switzerland 40 - Jun 1996, Acclaimed 1186
40	Joan Osborne	Relish	1996	UK 5 - Mar 1996, Sweden 6 - Feb 1996, Austria 13 - Mar 1996, Norway 17 - Apr 1996, Switzerland 18 - Feb 1996, WXPN 420
41	Skunk Anansie	Stoosh	1996	Switzerland 8 - Oct 1996, Norway 8 - Oct 1996, UK 9 - Oct 1996, Austria 10 - Oct 1996, Sweden 18 - Oct 1996, Italy 30 of 1997
42	Kelly Family	Almost Heaven	1996	Switzerland 1 - Nov 1996, Austria 2 - Nov 1996, Norway 2 - Nov 1996
43	Everything But The Girl	Walking Wounded	1996	UK 4 - May 1996, Sweden 6 - May 1996, Switzerland 33 - Jun 1996, Norway 40 - May 1996, RYM 145 of 1996, Acclaimed 2259
44	Original Soundtrack	Dangerous Minds	1996	Austria 2 - Feb 1996, Switzerland 3 - Feb 1996, UK 13 - Feb 1996, US CashBox 24 of 1995, Sweden 38 - Jan 1996
45	DJ Shadow	Endtroducing...	1996	Melody Maker 2 of 1996, RYM 3 of 1996, UK 17 - Sep 1996, Acclaimed 103, WXPN 729
46	Pantera	The Great Southern Trendkill	1996	Sweden 7 - May 1996, Austria 14 - Jun 1996, Norway 14 - May 1996, UK 17 - May 1996, Switzerland 37 - May 1996, RYM 77 of 1996
47	Lionel Richie	Louder Than Words	1996	Switzerland 10 - Apr 1996, UK 11 - Apr 1996, Austria 12 - May 1996, Sweden 21 - Apr 1996, Norway 29 - Apr 1996, Italy 73 of 1996
48	Vaya Con Dios	The Best Of	1996	Sweden 1 - Nov 1996, Norway 4 - Nov 1996, Austria 15 - Dec 1996, Switzerland 19 - Nov 1996
49	The Corrs	Forgiven, Not Forgotten	1996	UK 2 - Jan 1999, Austria 10 - Feb 2000, Norway 12 - Feb 1996, Sweden 16 - Feb 1996, Switzerland 37 - Dec 1996
50	Peter Andre	Natural	1996	UK 1 - Oct 1996, Switzerland 11 - Oct 1996, Sweden 11 - Oct 1996, Austria 37 - Nov 1996
51	The Pet Shop Boys	Bilingual	1996	UK 4 - Sep 1996, Sweden 4 - Sep 1996, Switzerland 11 - Sep 1996, Austria 15 - Sep 1996, Norway 25 - Sep 1996
52	Prince	Emancipation	1996	Switzerland 1 - Dec 1996, Austria 13 - Dec 1996, Sweden 22 - Nov 1996, Norway 27 - Dec 1996
53	Fool's Garden	Dish Of The Day	1996	Switzerland 3 - Feb 1996, Austria 7 - Mar 1996, Norway 19 - Jun 1996, Sweden 22 - May 1996, Italy 33 of 1996
54	The Beatles	Anthology 3	1996	UK 4 - Nov 1996, Sweden 5 - Nov 1996, Norway 13 - Nov 1996, Switzerland 23 - Nov 1996, Italy 86 of 1996
55	Counting Crows	Recovering The Satellites	1996	UK 4 - Oct 1996, Sweden 6 - Oct 1996, Norway 20 - Oct 1996, Switzerland 22 - Oct 1996, WXPN 379
56	Weezer	Pinkerton	1996	Sweden 4 - Oct 1996, RYM 5 of 1996, Norway 18 - Oct 1996, WXPN 231, Acclaimed 563
57	Die Schlumpfe	Voll der Winter Vol. 4	1996	Austria 1 - Dec 1996, Switzerland 1 - Dec 1996
58	The Smurfs	Smurfhits 1	1996	Norway 1 - Jul 1996, Sweden 1 - Sep 1996
59	Neneh Cherry	Man	1996	Switzerland 5 - Sep 1996, Austria 12 - Sep 1996, UK 16 - Sep 1996, Norway 19 - Sep 1996, Sweden 22 - Sep 1996
60	Babylon Zoo	The Boy With X-Ray Eyes	1996	UK 6 - Feb 1996, Switzerland 8 - Feb 1996, Sweden 19 - Feb 1996, Norway 20 - Feb 1996, Austria 23 - Mar 1996
61	Underworld	Second Toughest In The Infants	1996	Melody Maker 5 of 1996, UK 9 - Mar 1996, Sweden 17 - Mar 1996, RYM 89 of 1996, Acclaimed 715
62	Mike Oldfield	Voyager	1996	UK 12 - Sep 1996, Sweden 13 - Sep 1996, Switzerland 15 - Sep 1996, Austria 16 - Sep 1996, Norway 30 - Sep 1996
63	Neil Young	Broken Arrow	1996	Norway 9 - Jul 1996, Sweden 14 - Jun 1996, UK 17 - Jul 1996, Austria 25 - Jul 1996, Switzerland 25 - Jul 1996
64	Gloria Estefan	Destiny	1996	Norway 10 - Jun 1996, UK 12 - Jun 1996, Switzerland 15 - Jun 1996, Austria 30 - Jun 1996, Italy 98 of 1996
65	Crowded House	Recurring Dream, The Best Of Crowded House	1996	UK 1 - Jul 1996, Norway 5 - Jul 1996, Switzerland 17 - Jul 1996
66	No Mercy	My Promise	1996	Austria 1 - Nov 1996, Switzerland 5 - Nov 1996, UK 17 - Jun 1997
67	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	E 1999 Eternal	1996	US CashBox 18 of 1995, Norway 21 - Aug 1996, Switzerland 34 - Aug 1996, Sweden 34 - Aug 1996, RYM 50 of 1995
68	Patti Smith Group	Gone Again	1996	Sweden 18 - Jul 1996, Austria 24 - Jul 1996, Switzerland 29 - Jul 1996, Norway 33 - Jul 1996, Acclaimed 2102
69	Kula Shaker	K	1996	UK 1 - Sep 1996, Norway 19 - Sep 1996, Sweden 20 - Oct 1996
70	Original Soundtrack	Trainspotting	1996	UK 2 - Mar 1996, Switzerland 21 - Sep 1996, Austria 24 - Oct 1996, Italy 81 of 1996
71	Bluetones	Expecting To Fly	1996	UK 1 - Feb 1996, Melody Maker 19 of 1996, Sweden 40 - Feb 1996
72	Mike & The Mechanics	Hits	1996	UK 3 - Mar 1996, Norway 10 - Mar 1996, Switzerland 11 - Mar 1996, Sweden 19 - Mar 1996
73	Dave Matthews Band	Crash	1996	NARM 48, Defin200 48, WXPN 61, RYM 136 of 1996, RIAA 153 - 7 M claimed
74	Tool	Aenima	1996	RYM 1 of 1996, Norway 36 - Oct 1996, Acclaimed 1034
75	Mark Morrison	Return Of The Mack	1996	UK 4 - May 1996, Switzerland 5 - Jul 1996, Austria 27 - Jul 1996, Sweden 29 - May 1996
76	Type O Negative	October Rust	1996	Sweden 3 - Aug 1996, Austria 11 - Sep 1996, Norway 15 - Sep 1996, RYM 79 of 1996
77	East 17	Around The World - The Journey So Far	1996	UK 3 - Nov 1996, Switzerland 9 - Nov 1996, Austria 33 - Dec 1996, Sweden 38 - Dec 1996
78	DJ BoBo	World In Motion	1996	Switzerland 1 - Oct 1996, Austria 2 - Oct 1996
79	Def Leppard	Slang	1996	UK 5 - May 1996, Sweden 5 - May 1996, Switzerland 19 - May 1996, Norway 25 - May 1996
80	Deep Purple	Purpendicular	1996	Sweden 3 - Feb 1996, Austria 17 - Mar 1996, Switzerland 17 - Feb 1996, Norway 30 - Feb 1996
81	Nas	It Was Written	1996	Sweden 3 - Jul 1996, Norway 10 - Jul 1996, Switzerland 25 - Aug 1996, RYM 115 of 1996
82	Joe Cocker	Organic	1996	Austria 4 - Nov 1996, Switzerland 8 - Oct 1996, Norway 25 - Oct 1996, Sweden 35 - Nov 1996
83	ZZ Top	Rhythmeen	1996	Sweden 6 - Sep 1996, Switzerland 8 - Sep 1996, Norway 15 - Sep 1996, Austria 36 - Oct 1996
84	Kiss	MTV Unplugged	1996	Sweden 5 - Mar 1996, Norway 9 - Mar 1996, Austria 26 - Apr 1996, Switzerland 35 - Mar 1996
85	Skunk Anansie	Paranoid & Sunburnt	1996	Sweden 7 - Feb 1996, UK 8 - Sep 1995, Austria 26 - Aug 1996, Norway 34 - Aug 1996
86	Die Schlumpfe	Alles Banane! - Vol. 3	1996	Austria 1 - Jul 1996, Switzerland 3 - Jul 1996
87	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	She's The One	1996	Sweden 5 - Aug 1996, Norway 22 - Aug 1996, Switzerland 27 - Aug 1996, Austria 28 - Sep 1996
88	Stevie Wonder	Song Review - A Greatest Hits Collection	1996	Sweden 6 - Nov 1996, Switzerland 15 - Dec 1996, Norway 20 - Dec 1996, Austria 39 - Dec 1996
89	Orbital	In Sides	1996	UK 5 - May 1996, Melody Maker 31 of 1996, RYM 38 of 1996, Acclaimed 1195
90	Placebo	Placebo	1996	UK 5 - Feb 1997, Melody Maker 21 of 1996, RYM 198 of 1996, Acclaimed 1715
91	The Eels	Beautiful Freak	1996	UK 5 - Feb 1997, Melody Maker 43 of 1997, RYM 109 of 1996, Acclaimed 971
92	Scooter	Our Happy Hardcore	1996	Switzerland 9 - Apr 1996, Austria 21 - May 1996, UK 24 - Apr 1996, Sweden 31 - Apr 1996
93	3T	Brotherhood	1996	UK 11 - Feb 1996, Norway 23 - May 1996, Switzerland 25 - Feb 1996, Sweden 25 - Apr 1996
94	Lou Reed	Set The Twilight Reeling	1996	Switzerland 16 - Mar 1996, Norway 17 - Mar 1996, Sweden 23 - Feb 1996, Austria 38 - Apr 1996
95	Belle & Sebastian	If You're Feeling Sinister	1996	RYM 7 of 1996, Norway 23 - Sep 1998, Acclaimed 341, WXPN 542
96	The Symbols	Chaos & Disorder	1996	Norway 15 - Jul 1996, Switzerland 21 - Jul 1996, Sweden 32 - Jul 1996, Austria 37 - Jul 1996
97	Lisa Ekdahl	Med kroppen mot jorden	1996	Sweden 1 - Apr 1996, Norway 6 - Apr 1996
98	U96	Heaven	1996	Sweden 22 - Jun 1996, Austria 23 - Jul 1996, Switzerland 23 - Jun 1996, Norway 35 - Aug 1996
99	Black Crowes	Three Snakes & One Charm	1996	UK 17 - Aug 1996, Sweden 23 - Aug 1996, Austria 35 - Aug 1996, Switzerland 35 - Aug 1996
100	Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark	Universal	1996	Austria 21 - Sep 1996, UK 24 - Sep 1996, Switzerland 28 - Sep 1996, Sweden 34 - Sep 1996