List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1996

This is a list of singles that charted in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1996.

Mariah Carey, R. Kelly, LL Cool J, and Whitney Houston each had three top-ten hits in 1996, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.

Top-ten singles

 * Key
 * – indicates single's top 10 entry was also its Hot 100 debut

General sources

 * Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties (ISBN 0-89820-137-3)
 * Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
 * Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.