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Regional Hits of 1996

Other Years: 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

The standard page for 1996 lists the biggest hit songs across the World. This page compares that with the top 20 biggest hits of the year in North America and Europe. The region index explains how these results were generated and the long term trends.

The number of North American chart entries declines from about 1980 onwards. After 1990 the results are over dominated by European charts.

  North America   World   Europe  
# Artist Song Title Artist Song Title Artist Song Title #
1 Eric Clapton Change the World Moves -22 Moves -8 Spice Girls Wannabe Moves 0 Moves 0 Spice Girls Wannabe 1
2 Alanis Morissette Ironic Moves -8 Moves -6 Los Del Rio Macarena Moves -4 Moves -5 Babylon Zoo Spaceman 2
3 Everything But The Girl Missing Moves -1 Moves -120 The Fugees Killing Me Softly With His Song Moves 0 Moves 0 The Fugees Killing Me Softly With His Song 3
4 Mariah Carey Always Be My Baby Moves -31 Moves 1 Everything But The Girl Missing Moves -3 Moves -1 Robert Miles Children 4
5 Tracy Chapman Give Me One Reason Moves -58 Moves -116 Robert Miles Children Moves 1 Moves -4 Fool's Garden The Lemon Tree 5
6 Celine Dion Because You Loved Me Moves -5 Moves -10 Toni Braxton Un-Break My Heart Moves -2 Moves 4 Los Del Rio Macarena 6
7 Joan Osborne One of Us Moves -7 Moves -100 Babylon Zoo Spaceman Moves 5 Moves 3 Everything But The Girl Missing 7
8 Los Del Rio Macarena Moves 6 Moves -16 Oasis Wonderwall Moves -10 Moves 2 Toni Braxton Un-Break My Heart 8
9 Spice Girls Wannabe Moves 8 Moves -100 Fool's Garden The Lemon Tree Moves 4 Moves -8 The Prodigy Breathe 9
10 The Smashing Pumpkins 1979 Moves -30 Moves 8 Alanis Morissette Ironic Moves -13 Moves -8 Michael Jackson They Don't Care About Us 10
11 Celine Dion It's All Coming Back to Me Now Moves -21 Moves 5 Celine Dion Because You Loved Me Moves -26 Moves -1 George Michael Jesus to a Child 11
12 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Tha Crossroads Moves -30 Moves -49 George Michael Jesus to a Child Moves 1 Moves -1 Spice Girls Say You'll Be There 12
13 BLACKstreet & Dr Dre No Diggity Moves -18 Moves -13 Spice Girls Say You'll Be There Moves 1 Moves -3 Mr President Coco Jamboo 13
14 Madonna You Must Love Me Moves -47 Moves 7 Joan Osborne One of Us Moves -27 Moves -7 Take That How Deep is Your Love? 14
15 Donna Lewis I Love You Always Forever Moves -5 Moves -38 OMC How Bizarre Moves -5 Moves -9 Faithless Insomnia 15
16 Toni Braxton Un-Break My Heart Moves 10 Moves -56 Mr President Coco Jamboo Moves 3 Moves -9 Robert Miles One & One 16
17 Merril Bainbridge Mouth Moves -36 Moves -100 The Prodigy Breathe Moves 8 Moves -19 Kelly Family I Can't Help Myself 17
18 Alanis Morissette You Learn Moves -33 Moves -144 Michael Jackson They Don't Care About Us Moves 8 Moves 10 Oasis Wonderwall 18
19 Quad City DJs C'Mon Ride the Train Moves -72 Moves -43 George Michael Fast Love Moves -8 Moves -3 No Mercy Where Do You Go? 19
20 The Goo Goo Dolls Name Moves -47 Moves 5 Donna Lewis I Love You Always Forever Moves -18 Moves 5 OMC How Bizarre 20
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