| ARIA Charts number-one club tracks of 2016 | |
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| Other Australian number-one charts of 2016 | |
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| singles | |
| urban singles | |
| dance singles | |
| digital tracks | |
| streaming tracks | |
| Top Australian singles and albums of 2016 | |
| Triple J Hottest 100 | |
| top 25 singles | |
| top 25 albums |
This is the list of number-one tracks on the ARIA Club Chart in 2016, compiled by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) from weekly DJ reports. [1]
| Date | Song | Artist(s) | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11 | "Ocean Drive" | Duke Dumont | [2] |
| 18 | "Above the Lights" | Social Hooliganz | [3] | |
| 25 | ||||
| February | 1 | "Meant to Be" | Scndl | [4] |
| 8 | ||||
| 15 | ||||
| 22 | "From Me to You" | Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP | [5] | |
| 29 | ||||
| March | 7 | "Rinse & Repeat" | Riton featuring Kah-Lo | [6] |
| 14 | ||||
| 21 | ||||
| 28 | ||||
| April | 4 | "Into You" | Odd Mob featuring Starley | [7] |
| 11 | ||||
| 18 | ||||
| 25 | ||||
| May | 2 | |||
| 9 | ||||
| 16 | ||||
| 23 | "Late at Night" | Generik | [8] | |
| 30 | "Walk Right In" | Colour Castle | [9] | |
| June | 6 | |||
| 13 | ||||
| 20 | ||||
| 27 | ||||
| July | 4 | |||
| 11 | "Step to Me" | Benson | [10] | |
| 18 | ||||
| 25 | ||||
| August | 1 | |||
| 8 | ||||
| 15 | "Make Me Feel" | LO'99 | [11] | |
| 22 | ||||
| 29 | ||||
| September | 5 | |||
| 12 | ||||
| 19 | "Wings" | Armand Van Helden | [12] | |
| 26 | ||||
| October | 3 | "Trouble" | Offaiah | [13] |
| 10 | "You" | Dom Dolla | [14] | |
| 17 | ||||
| 24 | ||||
| 31 | ||||
| November | 7 | |||
| 14 | ||||
| 21 | "My Way" | Calvin Harris | [15] | |
| 28 | "Always" | POOLCLVB | [16] | |
| December | 5 | "Chameleon" | Pnau | [17] |
| 12 | ||||
| 19 | ||||
| 26 | ||||
| Position | Country | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Odd Mob | 7 |
| 1 | | Starley (as featuring) | 7 |
| 2 | | Colour Castle | 6 |
| 2 | | Dom Dolla | 6 |
| 3 | | Benson | 5 |
| 3 | | LO'99 | 5 |
| 4 |  | Riton | 4 |
| 4 |  | Kah-Lo (as featuring) | 4 |
| 4 | | Pnau | 4 |
| 5 | | Scndl | 3 |
| 6 | | Social Hooliganz | 2 |
| 6 | | Yolanda Be Cool | 2 |
| 6 | | DCUP | 2 |
| 6 |  | Armand Van Helden | 2 |
| 7 | | Duke Dumont | 1 |
| 7 | | Generik | 1 |
| 7 | | Offaiah | 1 |
| 7 | | Calvin Harris | 1 |
| 7 | | POOLCLVB | 1 |
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