List of number-one albums of 1996 (Canada)

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These are the Canadian number-one albums of 1996. [1] The chart was compiled and published by RPM every Monday. From November 11, the chart began to be compiled by Nielsen SoundScan with the retail sales from Monday to Sunday and published every Monday by RPM. The chart appears also in Billboard magazine as Top Canadian Albums.

Issue dateAlbumArtist
January 1 Anthology 1 The Beatles
January 8
January 15
January 22 Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette
January 29
February 5 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis
February 12Jagged Little PillAlanis Morissette
February 19(What's the Story) Morning Glory?Oasis
February 26Jagged Little PillAlanis Morissette
March 4
March 11
March 18
March 25
April 1 Falling into You Celine Dion
April 8
April 15Jagged Little PillAlanis Morissette
April 22
April 29Falling into YouCeline Dion
May 6
May 13Jagged Little PillAlanis Morissette
May 20 Trouble at the Henhouse The Tragically Hip
May 27
June 3
June 10
June 17 Load Metallica
June 24 The Score Fugees
July 1
July 8
July 15
July 22 New Beginning Tracy Chapman
July 29
August 5 Much Dance Mix '96 Various artists
August 12
August 19
August 26Jagged Little PillAlanis Morissette
September 2
September 9 No Code Pearl Jam
September 16Much Dance Mix '96Various artists
September 23 Home Again New Edition
September 30
October 7 New Adventures in Hi-Fi R.E.M.
October 14 From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah Nirvana
October 21
October 28
November 4
November 11 Best Of – Volume I Van Halen
November 18
November 25Falling into YouCeline Dion
December 2 Razorblade Suitcase Bush
December 9
December 16

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References

  1. "RPM Charts Archive (1996)". RPM . Retrieved October 10, 2020 via Library and Archives Canada.

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