List of UK top-ten albums in 1996

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The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. [1] [2] [3] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1996, as well as albums which peaked in 1995 and 1997 but were in the top 10 in 1996. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

Contents

Ninety-seven albums were in the top ten this year. Three albums from 1994 and fifteen from 1995 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Evita: The Complete Motion Picture Music Soundtrack by Madonna and Various artists and Ocean Drive by Lighthouse Family were both released in 1996 but did not reach their peak until 1997. Bizarre Fruit by M People first charted in 1994 but took until 1996 to hit its highest position. The Bends by Radiohead was the only album from 1995 to reach its peak in 1996. Eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1996. are among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 1996.

The first new number-one album of the year was Expecting to Fly by The Bluetones. Overall, nineteen different albums peaked at number-one in 1996, with nineteen unique artists hitting that position.

Background

Multiple entries

Ninety-seven albums charted in the top 10 in 1996, with seventy-nine albums reaching their peak this year.

Eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1996. The Beatles, Boyzone, Celine Dion, Madonna, Oasis, Robson & Jerome, Simply Red, The Smurfs were the acts to chart with two albums this year.

Chart debuts

artists achieved their first top 10 album in 1996 as a lead artist. had one other entry in their breakthrough year.

The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo album, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings.

ArtistNumber of top 10sFirst entryChart positionOther entries
Notes

Soundtracks

Soundtrack albums for various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included.

Best-selling albums

Alanis Morissette had the best-selling album of the year with Jagged Little Pill . The album spent 41 weeks in the top 10 (including 11 weeks at number one), sold around 2 million copies and was certified 7× platinum by the BPI. Spice by the Spice Girls came in second place. Oasis' (What's the Story) Morning Glory? , Falling into You from Celine Dion and Older by George Michael made up the top five. Albums by Robson & Jerome, The Fugees, Simply Red, The Beautiful South and Take That were also in the top-ten best selling albums of the year.

Top-ten albums

Key
SymbolMeaning
‡Album peaked in 1994 or 1995 but still in chart in 1996.
♦Album released in 1996 but peaked in 1997.
(#)Year-end top-ten album position and rank
EnteredThe date that the album first appeared in the chart.
PeakHighest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart.
Entered
(week ending)		Weeks
in
top
10		SingleArtistPeakPeak
reached
(week ending)		Weeks
at
peak
Albums in 1994
5 March 199432 The Colour of My Love ‡ Celine Dion 128 January 19957
10 September 199425 Definitely Maybe ‡ Oasis 110 September 19941
26 November 199426 Bizarre Fruit M People 317 February 19963
Albums in 1995
25 March 19955 The Bends Radiohead 410 February 19961
27 May 199524 Stanley Road ‡ Paul Weller 127 May 19951
24 June 199522 HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I ‡ Michael Jackson 124 June 19951
2 September 199510 Said and Done ‡ Boyzone 12 September 19951
14 October 199551 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? ‡ Oasis 114 October 199510
21 October 199515 Life ‡ Simply Red 121 October 19953
28 October 19953 All Change ‡ Cast 728 October 19951
11 November 199523 Different Class ‡ Pulp 111 November 19951
5 Welcome to the Neighbourhood ‡ Meat Loaf 311 November 19951
4 Power of a Woman ‡ Eternal 611 November 19951
18 November 199510 Made in Heaven ‡ Queen 118 November 19951
12 Something to Remember ‡ Madonna 318 November 19951
8 Love Songs ‡ Elton John 416 December 19951
25 November 199513 Robson & Jerome ‡ Robson & Jerome 125 November 19957
2 December 19958 The Memory of Trees ‡ Enya 59 December 19951
Albums in 1996
20 January 199641 Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 14 May 199611
27 January 19962First Love Michael Ball 427 January 19961
3 February 19962 Boys for Pele Tori Amos 23 February 19961
10 February 19961Deliverance Baby D 510 February 19961
1 It's a Man's World Cher 1010 February 19961
17 February 19963 Don't Stop Status Quo 217 February 19961
1 The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes Babylon Zoo 617 February 19961
1 Murder Ballads Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 817 February 19961
1 This World and Body Marion 1017 February 19961
24 February 19963 Expecting to Fly The Bluetones 124 February 19961
1 Same Oul' Town The Saw Doctors 624 February 19961
9 March 19961 Roots Sepultura 49 March 19961
1 Relish Joan Osborne 59 March 19961
16 March 199612 Hits Mike and the Mechanics 316 March 19962
3 Mercury Falling Sting 416 March 19961
29 Ocean Drive ♦ Lighthouse Family 38 March 19971
23 March 199641 Falling into You Celine Dion 123 March 19961
1 Regular Urban Survivors Terrorvision 823 March 19961
1 Second Toughest in the Infants Underworld 923 March 19961
1 Countdown 1992–1983 Pulp 1023 March 19961
30 March 19962 Anthology 2 The Beatles 130 March 19961
7 Garbage Garbage 627 April 19962
1 Lovelife Lush 830 March 19961
6 April 199610 Greatest Hits Take That 16 April 19964
1 Golden Heart Mark Knopfler 96 April 19961
13 April 19964 Wildest Dreams Tina Turner 413 April 19961
1 A Maximum High Shed Seven 813 April 19961
20 April 199622 Moseley Shoals Ocean Colour Scene 220 April 19966
27 April 19961 Evil Empire Rage Against the Machine 427 April 19961
4 May 19962 Return of the Mack Mark Morrison 44 May 19961
1 Fairweather Johnson Hootie & the Blowfish 94 May 19961
1 Nearly God Tricky 104 May 19961
11 May 19964 To the Faithful Departed The Cranberries 211 May 19961
1 In Sides Orbital 511 May 19961
18 May 19969 1977 Ash 118 May 19961
2 Walking Wounded Everything but the Girl 418 May 19961
2 The It Girl Sleeper 518 May 19961
1 Wild Mood Swings The Cure 918 May 19961
25 May 199635 Older George Michael 125 May 19963
1 Slang Def Leppard 525 May 19961
1 June 199616 Everything Must Go Manic Street Preachers 21 June 19962
31 The Score The Fugees 25 October 19961
1 Down on the Upside Soundgarden 71 June 19961
15 June 19962 Load Metallica 115 June 19961
22 June 19963 18 til I Die Bryan Adams 122 June 19961
3 Dreamland Robert Miles 722 June 19961
29 June 19966 Free Peace Sweet Dodgy 729 June 19961
6 July 199618 Recurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded House Crowded House 16 July 19962
1 Naked Louise 76 July 19961
12 The Smurfs Go Pop! The Smurfs 217 August 19961
20 July 19961 Raise the Pressure Electronic 820 July 19961
31 August 19963The Ultimate Collection Neil Diamond 531 August 19961
7 September 19961 No Code Pearl Jam 37 September 19961
14 September 19964 Coming Up Suede 114 September 19961
1 Bilingual Pet Shop Boys 414 September 19961
21 September 19963 New Adventures in Hi-Fi R.E.M. 121 September 19961
17 Travelling Without Moving Jamiroquai 221 September 19962
28 September 199610 K Kula Shaker 128 September 19962
4 Spiders Space 528 September 19961
12 October 19962 Natural Peter Andre 112 October 19961
1 From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah Nirvana 412 October 19961
6 Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow 512 October 19963
19 October 199616 Greatest Hits Simply Red 119 October 19962
3 Stoosh Skunk Anansie 919 October 19962
26 October 19962 Only Human Dina Carroll 226 October 19961
1 Recovering the Satellites Counting Crows 426 October 19961
2 November 199622 Blue Is the Colour The Beautiful South 12 November 19961
2 Dance into the Light Phil Collins 42 November 19961
1 Ugly Beautiful Babybird 92 November 19961
9 November 19969 A Different Beat Boyzone 19 November 19961
1 Anthology 3 The Beatles 49 November 19961
10 Evita: The Complete Motion Picture Music Soundtrack ♦ Madonna and Various artists11 February 19971
16 November 199643 Spice Spice Girls 116 November 199615
6 Around the World Hit Singles: The Journey So Far East 17 316 November 19962
3 If We Fall in Love Tonight Rod Stewart 816 November 19961
23 November 19967 Take Two Robson & Jerome 123 November 19962
5Christmas Party The Smurfs 823 November 19963
1 The Finest Fine Young Cannibals 1023 November 19961
28 December 19961 Crocodile Shoes II (Original Songs from the BBC Television Serial) Jimmy Nail 1028 December 19961

Entries by artist

The following table shows artists who have achieved two or more top 10 entries in 1996, including albums that reached their peak in 1995 or 1997. The figures only include main artists, with featured artists and appearances on compilation albums not counted individually for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 1996 is also shown.

EntriesArtistWeeksAlbums

Notes

See also

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