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This is a list of notable events in music that occurred in 1996.
==Specific locations==
*[[1996 in British music]]
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*[[1996 in South Korean music]]
==Specific genres==
*[[#Classical music|1996 in classical music]]
*[[1996 in country music]]
*[[1996 in heavy metal music]]
*[[1996 in hip-hop|1996 in hip hop music]]
*[[1996 in Latin music]]
*[[1996 in jazz]]
==Events==
===January===
* [[January 8]] – Robert Hoskins is convicted on five charges of assault, stalking, and threatening to kill [[Madonna]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431648/19960112/madonna.jhtml|title=Madonna Faces Stalker In Court|last=anonymous|date=January 12, 1996|publisher=MTV Networks|access-date=April 15, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080411164844/https://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431648/19960112/madonna.jhtml| archive-date=April 11, 2008| url-status= dead}}</ref>
* [[January 16]]
** Two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, are tried for the murder of Bassett's parents and younger brother. At the trial, defense lawyers attempt to blame the murders on the fact the pair had been listening to "[[Israel's Son]]" by [[Silverchair]] before the crimes. The murders are dubbed the "Israel's Son Murders." Murmur Records releases an official response, stating that the members of Silverchair do not condone violence of any kind, and that the song "seeks to criticize violence and war by portraying them in all their horror".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/archives/1996/9601180034.asp|title=ATTORNEY WANTS TO OPEN TEEN'S MURDER TRIAL WITH ROCK SONG|last=P-I Staff and News Services|date=January 18, 1996|newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|access-date=April 15, 2008}} {{dead link|date=June 2011}}</ref>
** [[Jamaica]]n authorities open fire on [[Jimmy Buffett]]'s seaplane, ''Hemisphere Dancer'', mistaking it for a drug trafficker's plane. [[U2]] singer [[Bono]] and [[Island Records]] executive [[Chris Blackwell]] are also on the plane during the incident. No one is injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buffettworld.com/incidents/jamaicamistaica/|title=Incidents -> Jamaica Mistaica|last=anonymous|date=n.d.|publisher=BuffettWorld|access-date=April 15, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080408113434/https://www.buffettworld.com/incidents/jamaicamistaica/ |archive-date = April 8, 2008}}</ref>
* [[January 18]] – [[Lisa Marie Presley]] files for divorce from [[Michael Jackson]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9601/jacko_presley/|title=She's out of his life|last=anonymous|date=January 18, 1996|publisher=Cable News Network, Inc. (CNN)|access-date=April 16, 2008}}</ref> The two were wed on May 26, 1994.
* [[January 19]]–[[February 4]] – The [[Big Day Out]] festival takes place in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], headlined by [[Porno for Pyros]] and [[Rage Against the Machine]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/every-big-day-out-line-up/11539046 |title=The definitive guide to every Big Day Out line-up ever |publisher=ABC |date=September 30, 2019 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |first=Dan |last=Condon}}</ref>
* [[January 25]] – [[Madonna]] receives death threats from [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[Peronism|Peronists]], who are enraged and insulted that she was playing [[Eva Peron]] in ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title = (Artes y Espectaculos) ARGENTINA: Evita y Madonna, iguales y distintas {{!}} IPS Agencia de Noticias|url = http://www.ipsnoticias.net/1996/02/artes-y-espectaculos-argentina-evita-y-madonna-iguales-y-distintas/|website = www.ipsnoticias.net|access-date = 2016-02-02|date = February 16, 1996|language = es|last = Valente|first = Marcela}}</ref> After she arrives in Argentina, over 50 walls throughout the city are spray-painted with the words: ''¡Viva [[Maria Eva Duarte de Perón|Evita]]! ¡Fuera Madonna!'' (Long Live Evita! Get Out, Madonna!).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elmundo.es/papel/hemeroteca/1996/01/21/cultura/78600.html|title=Madonna empieza a pasar los primeros apuros en Buenos Aires|first=Juan|last=Ignacio|date=January 21, 1996|publisher=Mundinteractivos, S.A. (El Mundo)|language=es|access-date=April 16, 2008}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* [[January 26]] – The first public performance of the controversial musical ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'' takes place at the [[New York Theatre Workshop]], a day after the death of its creator, [[Jonathan Larson]].<ref>[http://siteforrent.com/creativeteam_details.php?url_identifier=jonathan-larson-1 Creative Team – Jonathan Larson] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605223723/http://siteforrent.com/creativeteam_details.php?url_identifier=jonathan-larson-1 |date=June 5, 2013 }}</ref>
* [[January 28]] – [[Chris Isaak]] makes a guest appearance on the television show ''[[Friends]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0583439/|title= "Friends" The One After the Superbowl: Part 1 (1996)|last=anonymous|date=n.d.|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.|access-date=April 16, 2008}}</ref>
* [[January 29]]
** [[La Fenice]] [[opera house]] in Venice, Italy, is destroyed by fire.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1250826.stm|title=Two jailed for Venice opera arson|last=anonymous|date=March 30, 2001|publisher=BBC|access-date=April 16, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090509000816/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1250826.stm |archive-date = May 9, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** [[Garth Brooks]] refuses to accept his American Music Award for Favorite Overall Artist, briefly explaining his belief that all music is "made up of a lot of people".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/31/arts/critic-s-notebook-music-awards-for-a-mythical-middle-america.html |title=CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; Music Awards for a Mythical Middle America |last=Pareles |first=John |date=January 31, 1996 |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714083724/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9506E2D61639F932A05752C0A960958260 |archive-date=July 14, 2012 }}</ref>
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* [[February 4]] – Former [[Milli Vanilli]] band member [[Rob Pilatus]] is hospitalized after being hit over the head with a [[baseball bat]] in Hollywood while attempting to steal a man's car.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/02-96/02-06-96/zpeople.htm#XINDEX7|title=People, places & things in the news|last=Compiled from wire reports|date=n.d.|publisher= South Coast Media Group|access-date=April 20, 2008}}</ref>
* [[
** [[Tupac Shakur]] releases the first ever rap double album, ''[[All Eyez on Me]]'', one of the most influential albums in [[Hip-hop|hip hop]] history. ''All Eyez on Me'' quickly achieves [[Music recording certification|platinum]] sales and reaches No. 1 on the [[Billboard 200|'' Billboard'' 200]] charts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sexton |first=Paul |date=2023-03-02 |title='All Eyez On Me': 2Pac's Poignant And Seminal 1996 Milestone |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/2pac-all-eyez-on-me-album/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=uDiscover Music |language=en-US}}</ref>
** [[Take That]] formally announces that they are disbanding.
* [[February 14]] – The artist formerly known as [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] marries backup dancer [[Mayte Garcia]], who is fifteen years his junior.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2017-04-10 |title=Prince's Ex-Wife Details Their Life in Memoir — But It's No 'Tell-All' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/prince-ex-wife-mayte-garcia-memoir-interview-7752782/ |access-date=2023-09-29 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
* [[February 19]] – [[Jarvis Cocker]] disrupts a performance by [[Michael Jackson]] at the [[BRIT Awards#Michael Jackson and Jarvis Cocker .281996.29|BRIT Awards]]. During an elaborate staging of "[[Earth Song]]," Cocker crashes the stage, lifts his shirt, and points his bottom in Jackson's direction before getting into a scuffle with security. Cocker later states that his actions were "a form of protest at the way Michael Jackson sees himself as some kind of Christ-like figure with the power of healing".<ref name="brit awards">{{cite news |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/music/855603-brit-awards-2011-top-five-moments-through-the-years |title=Brit Awards 2011: Top five moments Through the years |author=Lee, Ann |date=February 15, 2011 |newspaper=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |access-date=August 9, 2012}}</ref>
* [[February 20]]
** [[Sepultura]] releases their album ''[[Roots (Sepultura album)|Roots]]''.
** [[Snoop Dogg]] and his bodyguard are acquitted of first-degree murder. The jury deadlocks on [[Manslaughter (United States law)#Voluntary manslaughter|voluntary manslaughter]] charges, and a [[Trial#Mistrials|mistrial]] is declared.
** ''[[VH1 Storytellers|Storytellers]]'' premieres on [[VH1]]. The first episode features [[Ray Davies]].
* [[February 22]] – [[MCA Records]] buys half of [[Interscope Records]]. [[Time Warner]] had owned half of Interscope until September 1995, when it sold off its share due to political pressure over the label's [[gangsta rap]] artists' explicit lyrics.<ref name="daily news">{{cite news |date=February 22, 1996 |title=MCA Takes Half of Interscope |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/1996/02/22/mca-takes-half-of-interscope/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
* [[February 28]] – The [[38th Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[Los Angeles]], hosted by [[Ellen DeGeneres]]. [[Alanis Morissette]] wins four awards, including [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] for ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'', while [[Seal (singer)|Seal]]'s "[[Kiss from a Rose]]" wins both [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. [[Hootie & the Blowfish]] win [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]. The ceremony also notably features the reunion of the original lineup of [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], introduced by [[Tupac Shakur]], for their first appearance in full makeup and outfits since 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Online |first=KISS |title=KISS Online :: KISS Chronology {{!}} The Complete History Of KISS |url=https://www.kissonline.com/history |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=KISS Online |language=en}}</ref> Frank Sinatra wins the award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance for "Duets II", his first win since 1966.
===March===
* [[March 4]] – [[The Beatles]]' second reunion song is released as part of their first reunion since the band's breakup 26 years earlier. The song is a finished version of [[Real Love (John Lennon song)|"Real Love"]], a [[John Lennon]] demo from 1980.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/the-beatles |title=The Beatles |access-date=February 5, 2009 |year=2007 |publisher=[[The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] and Museum, Inc. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104020931/http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/the-beatles |archive-date=January 4, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[March 13]] – [[Ramones]] fans riot in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina after waiting all night for concert tickets, only to find the show is sold out.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27352-2004Mar3.html |title=Entertainment Highlights in History |access-date=February 5, 2009 |date=March 3, 2004 |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>
* [[March 16]] – [[Mariah Carey]] and [[Boyz II Men]]'s 16th consecutive week stay at No. 1 in the American charts with "[[One Sweet Day]]" ends when [[Celine Dion]]'s "[[Because You Loved Me]]" reaches No. 1. "One Sweet Day" enjoyed the longest consecutive stay at No. 1 in the [[Billboard Hot 100|'' Billboard'' Hot 100]]'s history.<ref>{{cite news |last=Catlin |first=Roger |date=December 24, 1998 |title=Old Songs In New Packages Are Hot Gifts The Greatest Season |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-the-greatest-season/171114133/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |work=Hartford Courant |pages=63 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
* [[March 18]] – The [[Sex Pistols]] announce they will reunite for a 20th anniversary tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/sex-pistols |title=Sex Pistols |access-date=February 5, 2009 |year=2007 |publisher=[[The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] and Museum, Inc.| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090208230714/http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/sex-pistols| archive-date=February 8, 2009| url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[March 28]] – [[Phil Collins]] announces he is leaving [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] to focus on his solo career.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/genesis-reuniting-after-decade-apart-1.587873 |title=Genesis reuniting after decade apart |access-date=February 5, 2009 |date=October 19, 2006 |publisher=[[CBC News]]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070120095825/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/10/19/genesis-reunion.html |archive-date = January 20, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>
===April===
* [[
**[[Roberto Alagna]] marries [[Angela Gheorghiu]] backstage at the New York Metropolitan Opera.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984477-1,00.html Martha Duffy, "So Happy Together", ''Time'' magazine, April 29, 1996] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602032200/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C984477-1%2C00.html |date=June 2, 2013 }}</ref>
**[[John Squire]] announces his departure from [[The Stone Roses]].
* [[April 3]] – [[M.C. Hammer]] files for bankruptcy.
* [[April 4]] – [[The Grateful Dead]]'s [[Bob Weir]] and [[Jerry Garcia]]'s widow, Deborah, scatter part of Garcia's ashes in the [[Ganges River]] in India.
* [[April 10]] – Alice in Chains plays at Majestic Theatre in New York City for an MTV unplugged record and video to be released in July.
* [[April 15]] – The remainder of [[Jerry Garcia]]'s ashes are scattered near the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] in San Francisco.
* [[April 16]]
** [[Madonna]] announces she is four months pregnant by Carlos Leon, her then-boyfriend and trainer.
** [[Rage Against the Machine]] releases their second studio album, ''[[Evil Empire (album)|Evil Empire]]''.
* [[April 17]] – [[Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)|Carlo Bergonzi]] gives his American farewell concert at [[Carnegie Hall]].
* [[April 24]] – This Train, [[Rick Elias]], [[Jimmy A]], [[Phil Keaggy]], [[Carolyn Arends]], [[Third Day]] and [[Ashley Cleveland]] perform a tribute concert for [[Rich Mullins]] at [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]'s Cafe Milano. Speakers include [[Reunion Records]] executive Terry Hemmings, record producer [[Reed Arvin]], disc jockey Jon Rivers, and author [[Brennan Manning]].
* [[April 28]] – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] play the second of two gigs in [[Maine Road]], home of [[Manchester City F.C.]], featured on the video "[[...There and Then]]".
===May===
* [[May 8]]
**The Galway Early Music Festival is launched in Ireland.
**A judge rules against [[Tommy Lee]] and wife, actress [[Pamela Anderson]] Lee, in their attempt to keep ''[[Penthouse magazine|Penthouse]]'' from publishing still photos taken from an [[X-rated]] [[Home movies|home movie]] that was stolen from their home in Los Angeles.
* [[May 11]] – A 17-year-old fan is crushed in the festival seating section at a concert by [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] in Dublin, Ireland, despite the presence of 110 security guards and repeated admonishments from the band telling the crowd to stop surging towards the stage. The fan dies of her injuries the next day, and the band cancels that night's show in Belfast as a result.<ref name="MTV">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434230/fan-crushed-at-smashing-pumpkins-show.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610014613/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434230/fan-crushed-at-smashing-pumpkins-show.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 10, 2011 |title=Fan Crushed At Smashing Pumpkins Show |date=May 17, 1996 |publisher=[[MTV|Mtv.com]] |access-date=August 9, 2012}}</ref>
* [[May 18]] – The [[1996 Eurovision Song Contest]], held in [[Oslo Spektrum]] in [[Oslo]], [[Norway]], is won by [[Ireland|Irish]] singer [[Eimear Quinn]], with the song "[[The Voice (Eimear Quinn song)|The Voice]]". It is Ireland's record seventh, and most recent, win at Eurovision.
* [[May 25]] – [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]] lead singer [[Bradley Nowell]] dies of a heroin overdose at age 28.
* [[May 30]] – [[Depeche Mode]] leader [[Dave Gahan]] is arrested upon his release from hospital, having overdosed on a heroin and cocaine '[[Speedball (drug)|speedball]]' in a Los Angeles hotel room and been pronounced clinically dead for two minutes in an ambulance. Gahan is ordered by the court to complete a nine-month rehabilitation.
===June===
* [[June 2]] – [[Alice Cooper]] performs at [[Sammy Hagar]]'s club, [[Cabo Wabo]], in Mexico. It will be recorded and released, the following year, as a live album.
* [[June 8]] – [[Tracy Bonham]] becomes the first female solo artist to reach number one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Modern rock tracks|Modern Rock Tracks]] chart with the single "[[Mother Mother (song)|Mother Mother]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |date= |title=Tracy Bonham Alternative Airplay |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/tracy-bonham/chart-history/mrt/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117175104/https://www.billboard.com/artist/tracy-bonham/chart-history/mrt/ |archive-date=2021-11-17 |access-date=2023-02-20 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
* [[June 12]] – [[Julia Fischer]], the German violinist and pianist, wins the final of the [[Eurovision Young Musicians 1996]] competition in [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]].
* [[June 15]]–16 – [[San Francisco]] holds the first [[Tibetan Freedom Concert]]s.
* [[June 19]] – Japanese duo [[Chage and Aska]] become the first Asian group to participate in ''[[MTV Unplugged]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/14/talkasia.chageaska.script/index.html|title=Chage & Aska Talkasia Transcript|publisher=CNN|date=2005-12-14|access-date=2009-01-03}}</ref>
* [[June 21]] – The [[Sex Pistols]] start their reunion tour in [[Lahti]], Finland.
* [[June 25]] – Jay-Z releases his debut album ''[[Reasonable Doubt (album)|Reasonable Doubt]]''.
* [[June 26]] – [[Sammy Hagar]] leaves [[Van Halen]].
* [[June 27]] – [[DJ Screw]], creator of [[Chopped and screwed|chopped and screwed rap]] and leader of [[Screwed Up Click]], records the 35 minute long ''June 27'' freestyle with [[Houston]] [[Southern hip hop|rappers]] [[Big Moe]], Bird, Key-C, Yungstar, [[Big Pokey]], DeMo, Haircut Joe and Kay-Luv.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Why-June-27-Houston-holiday-for-hip-hop-rap-Screw-8327694.php|title=Why June 27 should be a Houston holiday for hip-hop fans|publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=2019-06-27}}</ref>
* [[June 28]] – [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] kicks off the [[Alive/Worldwide Tour|Alive/Worldwide reunion tour]] at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, the first tour by the original lineup of the band since 1979.
===July===
* [[July 3]]
**[[This World (band)|This World]] release their [[This World (This World album)|first album]] since 1986.
**[[Alice in Chains]] perform their last concert with lead singer [[Layne Staley]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] while touring with [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]].
* [[July 8]] – The [[Spice Girls]] release their debut single "[[Wannabe (song)|Wannabe]]" in the United Kingdom. The song proved to be a global hit, hitting number 1 in 31 countries and becoming not only the biggest-selling debut single by an all-female group, but also the biggest-selling single by an all-female group of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=Sari |title=February 22, 1997: "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls Hit No. 1, Ushering in the Girl Power Era |url=https://www.mylifetime.com/she-did-that/february-22-1997-wannabe-by-the-spice-girls-hit-no-1-ushering-in-the-girl-power-era |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=Lifetime |language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 11]] – [[Robert Simpson (composer)|Robert Simpson's]] second [[string quintet]] receives its première at the [[Cheltenham International Festival]] by the [[Maggini Quartet]] with Pal Banda, cellist.
* [[July 13]] – [[Phil Anselmo]] of [[Pantera]] overdoses on heroin after a Texas homecoming gig. Anselmo went into cardiac arrest but was revived after about five minutes by paramedics.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Phil Anselmo's Overdose: The Night Heavy Metal Held its Breath |work=Heavy Chronicle |url=https://www.heavychronicle.com/campfire-stories/phil-anselmos-overdose-the-night-metal-held-its-breath/ }}</ref>
*[[July 16]] – [[Michael Jackson]] performs a concert for [[Hassanal Bolkiah]]'s 50th birthday at the [[Jerudong Park Amphitheater]].
* [[July 19]] – The [[The Proms|Proms in the Park]] event is launched in London, UK.
* [[July 27]] – [[Adrian Erlandsson]] & [[Patrik Jensen]] form [[The Haunted (Swedish band)|The Haunted]].<ref>[http://the-haunted.com/site/?p=band The Haunted – No false pride, no fashion, no fake set of values] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221180937/http://www.the-haunted.com/site/?p=band |date=February 21, 2014 }}</ref>
===August===
* [[August 1]] – [[MTV2]] is launched. The first video is "[[Where It's At (Beck song)|Where It's At]]" by [[Beck]].<ref name="RS #744">{{cite magazine |last1=Boehlert |first1=Eric |date=October 3, 1996 |title=Pop Journal |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=744 |pages=26 }}</ref>
* [[August 6]] – [[Punk rock]] group [[The Ramones]] play their final show at "The Palace" in Hollywood.
* [[August 10]]–11 – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] play the largest free-standing gigs in British history at [[Knebworth House]], Stevenage. 2.7 million people apply for tickets and a sold-out crowd of 350,000 attend the concerts; 175,000 each night. [[Stone Roses]] guitarist [[John Squire]] joins the band onstage to play guitar to Champagne Supernova.
* [[August 15]]–16 – [[Phish]] hosts [[The Clifford Ball]] at [[Plattsburgh Air Force Base]]. The event is the first of their festivals, currently totaling ten.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Phish Magnaball: A 3-Day Festival August 21st-23rd |url=https://phish.com/magnaball/ |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=phish.com}}</ref> 70,000 people show up. Some say the event is considered a precursor to the large-scale music festivals of today.
* [[August 27]] – [[Aaliyah]] releases her album ''[[One in a Million (Aaliyah album)|One in a Million]]''.
===September===
* [[September 4]] – At the [[MTV Video Music Award]]s, [[Van Halen]] makes a surprise appearance with original singer [[David Lee Roth]].
* [[September 7]]
** Rapper [[Tupac Shakur]] is shot several times in a drive-by shooting, while being driven from the [[MGM Grand Las Vegas|MGM Grand Hotel]] along Sunset Strip in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] after seeing the [[Mike Tyson]] versus [[Bruce Seldon]] [[boxing]] match. He dies six days later.
** [[Michael Jackson]] starts the [[HIStory World Tour]].
* [[September 10]] – [[Walmart|Wal-Mart]] announces it will not carry [[Sheryl Crow]]'s upcoming [[Sheryl Crow (album)|self-titled album]], because of the lyric "Watch out, sister, watch out, brother/watch our children while they kill each other/with a gun they bought at Wal-Mart Discount Stores."
* [[September 11]] – [[David Bowie]]'s single "[[Telling Lies (song)|Telling Lies]]" becomes the first song offered as a digital single by a major record label ([[Virgin Records]]). Bowie launches the single by hosting an online chat in which he and two other people pretending to be him answer questions from the audience; Bowie tells the truth, while the other two are "telling lies".<ref name=Web97>{{Citation | last=Levine | first=Robert | title=Cyberspace Oddity| journal=The Web Magazine | issue=3 |volume=1 |date=February–March 1997| pages=30–33}}</ref>
* [[September 12]] – Controversy follows [[Eagles (band)|The Eagles]] when the band dedicates "[[Peaceful Easy Feeling]]" to [[Saddam Hussein]] at a [[United States Democratic Party]] fundraiser held in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Simmons |first=Sylvie |date=2006-06-02 |title='Nowadays the fans keep their clothes on' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jun/02/popandrock.shopping2 |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* [[September 12]] — [[Ricardo López (stalker)|Ricardo López]] mails Icelandic singer [[Björk]] a device disguised as a book designed to spray [[sulfuric acid]] on her face with the goal of disfiguring or killing her, before shooting and killing himself on camera in his apartment in [[Hollywood, Florida]]. His body was found on four days later on September 16, and subsequently the device is intercepted by [[Scotland Yard]] before it could reach Björk.
* [[September 13]] – [[Tupac Shakur]] dies as a result of injuries sustained six days earlier.
* [[September 17]] — [[Tool (band)|Tool]] releases their second album [[Ænima]].
* [[September 21]] – [[Meg White]] marries John Anthony Gillis, who changes his name to [[Jack White (musician)|Jack White]]. They will form [[The White Stripes]] the following year.
* [[September 24]] – [[Weezer]] releases its second record, [[Pinkerton (album)|''Pinkerton'']]. Its darker vibe, and departure from their earlier style, mean it sells less well and is critically panned upon its release. However, it later garners a cult following and is eventually considered among the band's best work.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/24/weezer-pinkerton-anniversary-rock-rivers-cuomo-emo|title=Weezer's Pinkerton and the invention of the manic pixie dream boys|last=Levinson|first=Alana|date=2016-09-24|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-01-22|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* [[September 27]] – [[Sasha and Digweed]] release ''[[Northern Exposure (album)|Northern Exposure]]'', which has gone on to be considered one of the greatest dance albums of all time.
===October===
* [[October 4]]
**[[Eddie Van Halen|Eddie]] and [[Alex Van Halen]] announce [[David Lee Roth]] will not be continuing as lead singer of [[Van Halen]] and [[Gary Cherone]] will be the band's next vocalist.
**[[C-Block]] releases the single "[[So Strung Out]]", which reaches the fourth chart position in Germany.
* [[October 5]] — [[Alternative metal]] band [[Deftones]] incite a riot at [[KUPD]]’s U-Fest at Desert Sky Pavilion (now known as [[Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre]]) incited by lead singer [[Chino Moreno]] due to rumors that he and other members were intoxicated before their set due to their discovery of the death of Dana Wells, the late stepson of [[Max Cavalera]]. This also resulted in the band having a physical altercation with the [[gothic metal]] band [[Type O Negative]] at The Purgatory, a former [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] local bar after the concert due to them not being able to perform as the 10th and final set of U-Fest after the Deftones set due to the excessive rioting.
* [[October 6]] – [[Country music|Country]] singers [[Tim McGraw]] and [[Faith Hill]] marry.
* [[October 13]] – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]'s son Gregory Nelson dies from [[Pfeiffer syndrome|Pfeiffer Syndrome]].
* [[October 14]] – [[Madonna]] gives birth to daughter Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon.
* [[October 15]] – [[Korn]]'s second studio album, ''[[Life Is Peachy]]'', debuts at number 3 on the [[Billboard 200|'' Billboard'' 200]] and goes on to sell 6 million copies worldwide.<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine|title=Korn's Sophomore Album 'Life is Peachy' Turns 20|url=http://billboard.ph/korns-sophomore-album-life-peachy-turns-20/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=31 January 2018}}</ref>
* [[October 27]] – ''[[Pop-Up Video]]'' receives its première on [[VH1]].
* [[October 28]] – [[MTV India]] launches.
* [[October 29]]
** [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] announces, in a faxed statement, he is officially leaving [[Guns N' Roses]].<ref name="RS #749">{{cite magazine |last1=Hendrickson |first1=Matt |date=December 12, 1996 |title=Slash Leaves Guns N' Roses |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=749 |pages=24 }}</ref>
**[[Ian Brown]] and [[Mani (bass guitarist)|Mani]] officially dissolve [[The Stone Roses]].
* [[October 31]] – David Brookes is fined £45 in Hampstead Magistrates' Court for disrupting the "quiet enjoyment" of the public by playing his bagpipes on [[Hampstead Heath]]. Described as "a pain in the neck" by a spokesperson for the College of Pipers in [[Glasgow]], Brookes vows to buy a bicycle to continue playing in the open air, so "they'll just have to catch me." He says he has been piping on the heath for twenty years and has been given permission to do so, adding he's surprised by the ruling because social workers are allowed to distribute condoms there.<ref>John Ezard, "Piper Pays for His Tune", ''The Guardian'' (1 November 1996):2.</ref>
===November===
* [[November 8]] – After its première at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in January, the film ''[[Hype!]]'', a documentary on the [[Seattle]] [[grunge]] scene, opens to general audiences.
* [[November 12]] – [[Eminem]] releases his debut studio album [[Infinite (Eminem album)|''Infinite'']].
* [[November 24]] – [[Crowded House]] play their farewell concert on the steps of the [[Sydney Opera House]] in Australia, in front of an audience of almost 200,000. Proceeds support the [[Sydney Children's Hospital]]. The band will reunite a decade later with a new studio album and tour.
===December===
* [[December 7]] – The [[Sex Pistols]] finish their reunion tour in [[Santiago|Santiago, Chile]].
* [[December 16]] – [[Max Cavalera]] leaves [[Sepultura]]. Speculation for his departure includes claims that he was upset that the band did not renew his wife Gloria's contract as manager, as well as for being overwhelmed by the death of his stepson. Cavalera later denies those theories and says he left the band simply because the members had grown apart.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kennelty |first=Greg |date=July 20, 2022 |title=MAX CAVALERA Says It Was His Fault He Left SEPULTURA, Not His Wife's Fault |work=Metal Injection |url=https://metalinjection.net/news/max-cavalera-says-it-was-his-fault-he-left-sepultura-not-his-wifes-fault#:~:text=Max%20Cavalera%20leaving%20Sepultura%20in,Nailbomb%2C%20and%20Killer%20Be%20Killed. }}</ref>
* [[December 31]] – The twenty-fifth annual [[Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest|New Year's Rockin' Eve]] special airs on ABC, with appearances by [[Shawn Colvin]], [[KC & the Sunshine Band]], [[Spice Girls]], [[Squirrel Nut Zippers]] and [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]].
===Also in 1996===
* [[Jesper Strömblad]] leaves [[HammerFall|Hammerfall]].
* [[House of Pain]] break up; this will lead to [[DJ Lethal]] joining [[Limp Bizkit]].
* [[The Monkees]] embark on their ''30th Anniversary Reunion Tour''.
* Singer [[Tori Amos]] is sued when a man crashes his car after being distracted by a [[Billboard (advertising)|billboard]] advertising her album. The billboard featured a photo of Amos breastfeeding a piglet.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Tori Amos: 'We all carry around our damage' |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/tori-amos-we-all-carry-around-our-damage-1.4702858 |access-date=2024-04-03 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Coal Chamber]] signs with [[Roadrunner Records]] and [[Mikey "Bug" Cox]] replaces John Tor.
* The [[Telecommunications Act of 1996]] is passed in the United States, deregulating the number of radio and TV stations that any one broadcaster can own.
==Bands formed==
* ''See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 1996|Musical groups established in 1996]]''
==Bands disbanded==
* ''See [[:Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1996|Musical groups disestablished in 1996]]''
==Bands
* [[
==Bands reunited==
{{Unreferenced section|date=October 2008}}
* [[The Monkees]]
* [[New Edition]]
* [[Poison (American band)|Poison]]
* [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]
* [[Devo]]
* [[Supertramp]]
* [[Patti Smith]]
==Albums released==
{{See also|:Category:1996 albums}}
===January–March===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="35" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />A<br />N<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| rowspan="3" align="center"|1
|-
|-
|-
| align="center"|2
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|9
|-
| ''[[Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp]]'' || [[Kid Rock]] ||-
|-
|-
|-
| align="center"|12
| ''[[Music of My Life (Jo Stafford album)|Music of My Life]]'' || [[Jo Stafford]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|15
|-
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|16
|-
|-
| align="center"|19
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|22
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|23
|-
|-
|-
|-
| ''[[The Trouble with the Truth (album)|The Trouble with the Truth]]'' || [[Patty Loveless]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|25
| ''[[Hey Man]]'' || [[Mr. Big (American band)|Mr. Big]] ||Japan
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|26
| ''[[Horsedrawn Wishes]]'' || [[Rollerskate Skinny]] ||-
|-
|-
| align="center"|29
| ''[[Advance (album)|Advance]]'' || [[LFO (British band)|LFO]] ||<ref name="advance-lfo-warp">{{cite web|url=http://warp.net/records/releases/lfo/advance|work=[[Warp Records]]|title=LFO:Advance|access-date=August 18, 2014|archive-date=August 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812082731/http://warp.net/records/releases/lfo/advance|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|30
|-
| ''[[Beautiful Girls (film)|Beautiful Girls]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
|-
| ''[[Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (soundtrack)|Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
|-
| ''[[Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton]]'' || [[Eazy-E]] ||-
|-
|-
| align="center"|31
|-
| align="center"|?
|-
| rowspan="34" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''F<br />E<br />B<br />R<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| rowspan="3" align="center"|5
|-
|-
| ''[[Free Spirit (Bonnie Tyler album)|Free Spirit]]'' || [[Bonnie Tyler]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|6
| ''[[Kids on the Street]]'' || [[Cherry Poppin' Daddies]] ||-
|-
|-
|-
| align="center"|7
|''[[Beat Out!]]''
|[[Glay]]
| -
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|13
|-
|-
|-
|-
| align="center"|19
|-
| rowspan="10" align="center"|20
|-
|-
|-
| ''[[Firewater (Silkworm album)|Firewater]]'' || [[Silkworm (band)|Silkworm]] ||-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
| ''[[Take Me to Your Leader (Newsboys album)|Take Me to Your Leader]]'' || [[Newsboys]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|23
| ''[[Our Band Could Be Your Life: A Tribute to D Boon and the Minutemen]]'' || Various Artists || Tribute to [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]]
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|26
| ''[[The Mission (Captain Jack album)|The Mission]]'' || [[Captain Jack (group)|Captain Jack]] || -
|-
| rowspan="10" align="center"|27
| ''[[Dead Man (soundtrack)|Dead Man]]'' || [[Neil Young]] ||Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy]]'' || [[The Refreshments (US band)|The Refreshments]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Goldfinger (album)|Goldfinger]]'' || [[Goldfinger (band)|Goldfinger]] ||-
|-
|-
|-
| ''[[High on the Hog (The Band album)|High on the Hog]]'' || [[The Band]] ||-
|-
|-
|-
| ''[[Pogue Mahone]]'' || [[The Pogues]] ||-
|-
|-
| rowspan="53" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''M<br />A<br />R<br />C<br />H'''
| rowspan="4" align="center"|4
|-
| ''[[Hits (Mike + The Mechanics album)|Hits]]'' || [[Mike and the Mechanics|Mike + The Mechanics]] || Compilation
|-
|-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|5
|-
|-
|-
|-
| ''[[Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip]]'' || Various Artists || [[Red Hot Organization|Red Hot]] AIDS benefit
|-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|11
| ''[[Arena (Asia album)|Arena]]'' || [[Asia (band)|Asia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Beat the Bastards]]'' || [[The Exploited]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Refresh the Demon]]'' || [[Annihilator (band)|Annihilator]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Regular Urban Survivors]]'' || [[Terrorvision]] ||-
|-
| ''Thomas Wade & Wayward'' || [[Thomas Wade (singer)|Thomas Wade & Wayward]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|12
| ''[[Bad Hair Day]]'' || [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Black Love (The Afghan Whigs album)|Black Love]]'' || [[The Afghan Whigs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Falling into You]]'' || [[Celine Dion]] || US
|-
| ''[[Gato Negro]]'' || [[7 Year Bitch]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kiss Unplugged]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Roots (Sepultura album)|Roots]]'' || [[Sepultura]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Surrender to the Air (album)|Surrender to the Air]]'' || [[Surrender to the Air]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|18
| ''[[Emperor Tomato Ketchup (album)|Emperor Tomato Ketchup]]'' || [[Stereolab]] ||-
|-
| ''Another Way to Shine'' || [[Spiritual Beggars]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Beatles Anthology]], [[Anthology 2|Volume 2]]'' || [[The Beatles]] || Compilation +1 new track
|-
| ''[[Karate (Karate album)|Karate]]'' || [[Karate (band)|Karate]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center"|19
| ''[[Born on a Pirate Ship]]'' || [[Barenaked Ladies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Burdens of Being Upright]]'' || [[Tracy Bonham]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Colossal Head]]'' || [[Los Lobos]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Girl 6 (album)|Girl 6]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[No. 2 Live Dinner]]'' || [[Robert Earl Keen]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Off Parole]]'' || [[Rappin' 4-Tay]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Resurrection (Geto Boys album)|The Resurrection]]'' || [[Geto Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Second Toughest in the Infants]]'' || [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack to [[The X-Files]] TV series
|-
| align="center"|23
| ''[[Holy Land (album)|Holy Land]]'' || [[Angra (band)|Angra]] || –
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|25
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Take That album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Take That]] ||Compilation
|-
| ''[[Golden Heart]]'' || [[Mark Knopfler]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Made Again (album)|Made Again]]'' || [[Marillion]] || 2x CD; Live
|-
| ''[[Call the Doctor]]'' || [[Sleater-Kinney]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 33'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="10" align="center"|26
| ''[[40 More Reasons to Hate Us]]'' || [[Anal Cunt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Coming]]'' || [[Busta Rhymes]] || Solo Debut
|-
| ''[[Deathshead Extermination]]'' || [[Crisis (metal band)|Crisis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hissing Prigs in Static Couture]]'' || [[Brainiac (band)|Brainiac]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jo Dee Messina (album)|Jo Dee Messina]]'' || [[Jo Dee Messina]] ||-
|-
| ''[[On Avery Island]]'' || [[Neutral Milk Hotel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Regretfully Yours]]'' || [[Superdrag]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop]]'' || [[Stone Temple Pilots]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Under the Bushes Under the Stars]]'' || [[Guided by Voices]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Villains (The Verve Pipe album)|Villains]]'' || [[The Verve Pipe]] ||-
|}
==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="62" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />P<br />R<br />I<br />L'''
| rowspan="4" align="center"|1
| ''[[Wildest Dreams (Tina Turner album)|Wildest Dreams]]'' || [[Tina Turner]] || Europe
|-
| ''[[A Maximum High]]'' || [[Shed Seven]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Milk & Kisses]]'' || [[Cocteau Twins]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Democracy (album)|Democracy]]'' || [[Killing Joke]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center"|2
| ''Count the Days'' || [[Citizen King]] || EP
|-
| ''[[The In Sound from Way Out! (Beastie Boys album)|The In Sound from Way Out!]]'' || [[Beastie Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Crimson (Edge of Sanity album)|Crimson]]'' || [[Edge of Sanity]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dopesick (album)|Dopesick]]'' || [[Eyehategod]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Golden Age (Cracker album)|The Golden Age]]'' || [[Cracker (band)|Cracker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite]]'' || [[Maxwell (musician)|Maxwell]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Oz Factor (album)|Oz Factor]]'' || [[Unwritten Law]] ||-
|-
| ''[[10 Song Demo]]'' || [[Rosanne Cash]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|5
|-
| ''[[Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds]]'' || [[Amon Amarth]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|8
| ''[[Moseley Shoals]]'' || [[Ocean Colour Scene]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|9
| ''[[Repetition (Unwound album)|Repetition]]'' || [[Unwound]] ||-
|-
|-
| ''[[Great Divide (Semisonic album)|The Great Divide]]'' || [[Semisonic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Here to Save You All]]'' || [[Chino XL]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks]]'' || Various Artists || Tribute
|-
| ''[[The Villain in Black]]'' || [[MC Ren]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|15
| ''[[Today's Specials]]'' || [[The Specials]] || Covers album
|-
| rowspan="13" align="center"|16
| ''[[Evil Empire (album)|Evil Empire]]'' || [[Rage Against the Machine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Forgotten Tales]]'' || [[Blind Guardian]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[As Good as Dead (album)|As Good as Dead]]'' || [[Local H]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt]]'' || [[Veruca Salt (band)|Veruca Salt]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Blue Moon (Toby Keith album)|Blue Moon]]'' || [[Toby Keith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Borderline (Brooks & Dunn album)|Borderline]]'' || [[Brooks & Dunn]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Farewell (Oingo Boingo album)|Farewell]]'' || [[Oingo Boingo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ice Cream Man (album)|Ice Cream Man]]'' || [[Master P]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Make Your Mama Proud]]'' || [[Fastball (band)|Fastball]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sell, Sell, Sell]]'' || [[David Gray (British musician)|David Gray]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shot (album)|Shot]]'' || [[The Jesus Lizard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About]]'' || [[Modest Mouse]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[You? Me? Us?]]'' || [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|18
| ''[[Destroy All Monsters/Live in Japan]]'' || [[Raven (band)|Raven]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|22
| ''[[Episode (Stratovarius album)|Episode]]''|| [[Stratovarius]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Return of the Mack (album)|Return of the Mack]]'' || [[Mark Morrison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Style (Luna Sea album)|Style]]'' || [[Luna Sea]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center"|23
| ''[[Blue Clear Sky]]'' || [[George Strait]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fairweather Johnson]]'' || [[Hootie & the Blowfish]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Guitar Slinger (The Brian Setzer Orchestra album)|Guitar Slinger]]'' || [[The Brian Setzer Orchestra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Just Fred]]'' || [[Fred Schneider]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Less Talk, More Rock]]'' || [[Propagandhi]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New Beginning (SWV album)|New Beginning]]'' || [[SWV]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Through Silver in Blood]]'' || [[Neurosis (band)|Neurosis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Telephono]]'' || [[Spoon (band)|Spoon]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|29
| ''[[To the Faithful Departed]]'' || [[The Cranberries]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Arise Therefore]]'' || [[Will Oldham|Palace]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Casanova (The Divine Comedy album)|Casanova]]'' || [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Sides]]'' || [[Orbital (band)|Orbital]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nearly God]]'' || [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Klassics with a "K"]]'' || [[Kostars]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|30
| ''[[Az Yet (album)|Az Yet]]'' || [[Az Yet]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Bob Mould (album)|Bob Mould]]'' || [[Bob Mould]] ||
|-
| ''[[Crash (Dave Matthews Band album)|Crash]]'' || [[Dave Matthews Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Do You Know Who You Are?]]'' || [[Texas Is the Reason]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ten Thousand Angels]]'' || [[Mindy McCready]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|?
| ''[[Drunk on the Moon]]'' || [[No Knife]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eventually (album)|Eventually]]'' || [[Paul Westerberg]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tin Cans with Strings to You]]'' || [[Far (band)|Far]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wake Up Jeff!]]'' || [[The Wiggles]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="57" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''M<br />A<br />Y'''
| rowspan="2" align="center"|1
| ''[[7 (Apoptygma Berzerk album)|7]]'' || [[Apoptygma Berzerk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ass Cobra]]'' || [[Turbonegro]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|6
| ''[[Wild Mood Swings]]'' || [[The Cure]] ||-
|-
| ''[[1977 (Ash album)|1977]]'' || [[Ash (band)|Ash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Backstreet Boys (1996 album)|Backstreet Boys]]'' || [[Backstreet Boys]] || Debut; Europe only
|-
| ''[[Dr. Octagonecologyst]]'' || [[Kool Keith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Electriclarryland]]'' || [[Butthole Surfers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The It Girl (album)|The It Girl]]'' || [[Sleeper (band)|Sleeper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Seasick (album)|Seasick]]'' || [[Imperial Teen]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |7
| ''[[The Great Southern Trendkill]]'' || [[Pantera]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Imperial Drag (album)|Imperial Drag]]'' || [[Imperial Drag]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Infotainment?]]'' || [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Now in a Minute]]'' || [[Donna Lewis]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Teri Yakimoto]]'' || [[Guttermouth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trouble at the Henhouse]]'' || [[The Tragically Hip]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Twister (1996 film)#Rock Soundtrack|Twister: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-06-24|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Twister (1996 film)#Rock Soundtrack|reason= The anchor (Rock Soundtrack) [[Special:Diff/523439765|has been deleted]].}}'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|13
| ''[[Older (George Michael album)|Older]]'' || [[George Michael]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slang (album)|Slang]]'' || [[Def Leppard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection]]'' || The Specials || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center"|14
| ''[[All This Useless Beauty]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Elegy (Amorphis album)|Elegy]]'' || [[Amorphis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Amazing Disgrace]]'' || [[The Posies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Long Line]]'' || [[Peter Wolf]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Looking in the Shadows]]'' || [[The Raincoats]] ||-
|-
| ''Now & Forever'' || [[Color Me Badd]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Milk and Scissors]]'' || [[The Handsome Family]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You've Got to Believe in Something]]'' || [[Spin Doctors]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|15
| ''[[Curb (album)|Curb]]'' || [[Nickelback]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Cleanest War]]'' || [[Morning Again]] || Debut EP
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|20
| ''[[The Beautiful Game (compilation album)|The Beautiful Game]]'' || Various artists ||-
|-
| ''[[Duncan Sheik (album)|Duncan Sheik]]'' || [[Duncan Sheik]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ear Candy (King's X album)|Ear Candy]]'' || [[King's X]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everything Must Go (Manic Street Preachers album)|Everything Must Go]]'' || [[Manic Street Preachers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fuzzy Logic (Super Furry Animals album)|Fuzzy Logic]]'' || [[Super Furry Animals]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Love in Space]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] || Live
|-
| ''Prozaic'' || [[Honeycrack]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="13" align="center"|21
| ''[[Bringing Down the Horse]]'' || [[The Wallflowers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chim Chim's Badass Revenge]]'' || [[Fishbone]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Destruction by Definition]]'' || [[The Suicide Machines]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Dilate (Ani DiFranco album)|Dilate]]'' || [[Ani DiFranco]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Down on the Upside]]'' || [[Soundgarden]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gettin' It (Album Number Ten)|Gettin' It]]'' || [[Too Short]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let It Rock (Great White album)|Let It Rock]]'' || [[Great White (band)|Great White]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Perspective (Jason Becker album)|Perspective]]'' || [[Jason Becker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pure Instinct]]'' || [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rubbing Doesn't Help]]'' || [[Magnapop]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Steel on a Mission]]'' || Lil' ½ Dead ||-
|-
| ''[[Vile (album)|Vile]]'' || [[Cannibal Corpse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Walking Wounded]]'' || [[Everything but the Girl]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|22
| ''[[Live at the Budokan (Blur album)|Live at the Budokan]]'' || [[Blur (band)|Blur]] || Japan
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|25
| ''[[Retropolis]]'' || [[The Flower Kings]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Roomic Cube]]'' || [[Takako Minekawa]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|27
| ''[[Blood on Ice]]'' || [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gabrielle (album)|Gabrielle]]'' || [[Gabrielle (singer)|Gabrielle]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|28
| ''[[Good God's Urge]]'' || [[Porno for Pyros]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Take It From The Man!]]'' || [[The Brian Jonestown Massacre]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Undisputed Attitude]]'' || [[Slayer]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="61" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; text color:#000;" |'''J<br />U<br />N<br />E'''
| rowspan="2" align="center"|1
| ''[[Oh Lord! When? How?]]'' || [[The Hives]] || Debut EP
|-
| ''[[Supershitty to the Max!]]'' || [[The Hellacopters]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|3
| ''Love Brace'' || [[Tomomi Kahara]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Romeo's Heart]]'' || [[John Farnham]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="16" align="center"|4
| ''[[18 til I Die]]'' || [[Bryan Adams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Banana Wind]]'' || [[Jimmy Buffett]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Copperopolis (album)|Copperopolis]]'' || [[Grant Lee Buffalo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Delinquent Habits (album)|Delinquent Habits]]'' || [[Delinquent Habits]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Destiny (Gloria Estefan album)|Destiny]]'' || [[Gloria Estefan]] || US
|-
| ''Dimestore Hoods'' || Dimestore Hoods || US
|-
| ''[[Future Rhythm]]'' || [[Digital Underground]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hot (Squirrel Nut Zippers album)|Hot]]'' || [[Squirrel Nut Zippers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ice-T VI: Return of the Real]]'' || [[Ice-T]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Legal Drug Money]]'' || [[Lost Boyz]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Load (album)|Load]]'' || [[Metallica]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Me and You (Kenny Chesney album)|Me and You]]'' || [[Kenny Chesney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Heart (Donell Jones album)|My Heart]]'' || [[Donell Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''Revival'' || [[Core (band)|Core]] || US
|-
| ''[[Somebody New (album)|Somebody New]]'' || [[Rhett Akins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spirit (Willie Nelson album)|Spirit]]'' || [[Willie Nelson]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|6
| ''[[Tigermilk]]'' || [[Belle & Sebastian]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|7
| ''[[Dreamland (Robert Miles album)|Dreamland]]'' || [[Robert Miles]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|10
| ''[[The Light User Syndrome]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Peace at Last (The Blue Nile album)|Peace at Last]]'' || [[The Blue Nile (band)|The Blue Nile]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Swansong (album)|Swansong]]'' || [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|11
| ''[[T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M.]]'' || [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] and the [[P-Funk All Stars]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|12
| ''[[One Chord to Another]]'' || [[Sloan (band)|Sloan]] || Canada
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|17
| ''[[Don Solaris]]'' || [[808 State]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Placebo (Placebo album)|Placebo]]'' || [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Macarena Non Stop]]'' || [[Los del Río]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Nocturnal (Heltah Skeltah album)|Nocturnal]]'' || [[Heltah Skeltah]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Upgrade & Afterlife]]'' || [[Gastr del Sol]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="15" align="center"|18
| ''[[Book of Shadows (album)|Book of Shadows]]'' || [[Zakk Wylde]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gone Again]]'' || [[Patti Smith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[High/Low (album)|High/Low]]'' || [[Nada Surf]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Just Like You (Keb' Mo' album)|Just Like You]]'' || [[Keb' Mo']] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live from Neon Park]]'' || [[Little Feat]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Nocturnal (Heltah Skeltah album)|Nocturnal]]'' || [[Heltah Skeltah]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Odelay]]'' || [[Beck]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Patti Smith Masters]]'' || Patti Smith || Box set
|-
| ''[[The Road to Ensenada]]'' || [[Lyle Lovett]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rocket (Primitive Radio Gods album)|Rocket]]'' || [[Primitive Radio Gods]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Secrets (Toni Braxton album)|Secrets]]'' || [[Toni Braxton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Somewhere Inside (album)|Somewhere Inside]]'' || [[Chris Cummings]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request]]'' || [[The Brian Jonestown Massacre]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Third Day (album)|Third Day]]'' || [[Third Day]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Very Proud of Ya]]'' || [[AFI (band)|AFI]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|24
| ''[[Morningrise]]'' || [[Opeth]] || Europe
|-
| rowspan="11" align="center"|25
| ''[[America Is Dying Slowly]]'' || Various Artists || [[Red Hot Organization|Red Hot]] AIDS benefit
|-
| ''[[Back to the World (Tevin Campbell album)|Back To The World]]'' || [[Tevin Campbell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Braver Newer World]]'' || [[Jimmie Dale Gilmore]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dust (Screaming Trees album)|Dust]]'' || [[Screaming Trees]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Get On Up and Dance]]'' || [[Quad City DJ's]] ||-
|-
| ''[[H2O (H2O album)|H<sub>2</sub>O]]'' || [[H2O (American band)|H<sub>2</sub>O]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Peace Beyond Passion]]'' || [[Meshell Ndegeocello|Me'shell Ndegeocello]] ||-
|-
| ''Ranetoe Serdce (Broken Heart)'' || [[Lyapis Trubetskoy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Reasonable Doubt (album)|Reasonable Doubt]]'' || [[Jay-Z]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Xtort]]'' || [[KMFDM]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!!]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] || Live
|-
| align="center"|26
| ''Vibe∞'' || [[Penicillin (band)|Penicillin]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|27
| ''[[The Power of Sex]]'' || [[E-Rotic]] ||-
|-
|}
===July–September===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="46" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />U<br />L<br />Y'''
| rowspan="8" align="center"|2
| ''[[Broken Arrow (album)|Broken Arrow]]'' || [[Neil Young]] and [[Crazy Horse (band)|Crazy Horse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Final Tic]]'' || [[Crucial Conflict]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It Was Written]]'' || [[Nas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It's Martini Time]]'' || [[The Reverend Horton Heat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jawbox (album)|Jawbox]]'' || [[Jawbox]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live from the Fall]]'' || [[Blues Traveler]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Stakes Is High]]'' || [[De La Soul]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wax Ecstatic]]'' || [[Sponge (band)|Sponge]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|3
| ''[[None So Vile]]'' || [[Cryptopsy]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|8
| ''[[Today Is Another Day]]'' || [[Zard]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|9
| ''[[Blue (LeAnn Rimes album)|Blue]]'' || [[LeAnn Rimes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Building the Bridge]]'' || [[REO Speedwagon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chaos and Disorder]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Irresistible Bliss]]'' || [[Soul Coughing]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Scenery and Fish]]'' || [[I Mother Earth]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|15
| ''[[Shape (album)|Shape]]'' || [[Frente!]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It Ain't 4 Play]]'' || [[Funk Mobb]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|16
| ''[[Stag (Melvins album)|Stag]]'' || [[Melvins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[12 Golden Country Greats]]'' || [[Ween]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lemon Parade]]'' || [[Tonic (band)|Tonic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Lunch]]'' || [[D Generation]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Outpost (The Samples album)|Outpost]]'' || [[The Samples]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|20
| ''[[Sweet 19 Blues]]'' || [[Namie Amuro]] ||Debut solo album
|-
| align="center"|22
| ''[[Technicolour (Disco Inferno album)|Technicolour]]'' || [[Disco Inferno (band)|Disco Inferno]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center"|23
| ''Demo Evergreen Terrace 1996'' || [[Evergreen Terrace]] || EP
|-
| ''[[The Dark Saga]]'' || [[Iced Earth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Miracle of Science]]'' || [[Marshall Crenshaw]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Return of the Frog Queen]]'' || [[Jeremy Enigk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Songs for a Blue Guitar]]'' || [[Red House Painters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Static Prevails]]'' || [[Jimmy Eat World]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Three Snakes and One Charm]]'' || [[The Black Crowes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tidal (album)|Tidal]]'' || [[Fiona Apple]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|24
| ''Indwell'' || Penicillin ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|29
| ''[[The Crow: City of Angels (soundtrack)|The Crow: City of Angels]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Drum 'n' Bass for Papa]]'' || [[Luke Vibert|Plug]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Irreligious (album)|Irreligious]]'' || [[Moonspell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular]]'' || [[Hooverphonic]] || Belgium
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|30
| ''[[Beats, Rhymes and Life]]'' || [[A Tribe Called Quest]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mista (album)|Mista]]'' || [[Mista (band)|Mista]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Republica (album)|Republica]]'' || [[Republica]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Songs (Rich Mullins album)|Songs]]'' || [[Rich Mullins]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Sublime (album)|Sublime]]'' || [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unplugged (Alice in Chains album)|Unplugged]]'' || [[Alice in Chains]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|?
| ''[[Not So Tough Now]]'' || [[Frenzal Rhomb]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rockin' down the Highway: The Wildlife Concert]]'' || [[The Doobie Brothers]] || Live
|-
| ''[[This World (This World album)|This World]]'' || [[This World (band)|This World]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="53" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />U<br />G<br />U<br />S<br />T'''
| rowspan="2" align="center" |1
| ''[[Brave Murder Day]]'' || [[Katatonia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ravendusk in My Heart]]'' || [[Diabolical Masquerade]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|5
| ''[[One Fierce Beer Coaster]]'' || [[Bloodhound Gang]] || Republic release
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center" |6
| ''[[Anne Murray (album)|Anne Murray]]'' || [[Anne Murray]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Interstate 8 (album)|Interstate 8]]'' || [[Modest Mouse]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle]]'' || [[The Olivia Tremor Control]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No End of Love]]'' || [[John Hartford]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Oedipus Schmoedipus]]'' || [[Barry Adamson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shake a Lil' Somethin']]'' || [[2 Live Crew]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Songs and Music from "She's the One"]]'' || [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation]]'' || Various Artists || [[Vic Chesnutt]] benefit album
|-
| align="center"|9
| ''[[Theli (album)|Theli]]'' || [[Therion (band)|Therion]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|12
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 34'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="11" align="center"|13
| ''[[Beautiful Freak]]'' || [[Eels (band)|Eels]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Presents Author Unknown]]'' || [[Jason Falkner]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Curtain Hits the Cast]]'' || [[Low (band)|Low]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fantastic Planet (album)|Fantastic Planet]]'' || [[Failure (band)|Failure]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Friction, Baby]]'' || [[Better Than Ezra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Full Circle (Randy Travis album)|Full Circle]]'' || [[Randy Travis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Limbo (Throwing Muses album)|Limbo]]'' || [[Throwing Muses]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Put it in Your Mouth]]'' || [[Akinyele (rapper)|Akinyele]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Turn the Radio Off]]'' || [[Reel Big Fish]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unreleased and Revamped]]'' || [[Cypress Hill]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Supersexy Swingin' Sounds]]'' || [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]] || Remix
|-
| align="center"|18
| ''[[Acrobatic Tenement]]'' || [[At the Drive-In]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|19
| ''[[Becoming X]]'' || [[Sneaker Pimps]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nothing for Juice]]'' || [[The Mountain Goats]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|20
| ''[[Cowboy Songs (Riders in the Sky album)|Cowboy Songs]]'' || [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Die for the Government]]'' || [[Anti-Flag]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Into the Unknown (Mercyful Fate album)|Into the Unknown]]'' || [[Mercyful Fate]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nada Es Igual (Luis Miguel album)|Nada Es Igual]]'' || [[Luis Miguel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[October Rust]]'' || [[Type O Negative]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Paradise in Me]]'' || [[K's Choice]] || US
|-
| ''[[Songs of Love and Hate (Godflesh album)|Songs of Love and Hate]]'' || [[Godflesh]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|26
| ''[[Awaken (The Blood Divine album)|Awaken]]'' || [[The Blood Divine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Half Tail]]'' || [[Wolfstone]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Snap! Attack: The Best of Snap!]]'' || [[Snap!]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Voyager (Mike Oldfield album)|Voyager]]'' || [[Mike Oldfield]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="12" align="center"|27
| ''[[112 (album)|112]]'' || [[112 (band)|112]] ||-
|-
| ''[[ATLiens]]'' || [[OutKast]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bad As I Wanna B]]'' || [[MC Lyte]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Don't Back Down (album)|Don't Back Down]]'' || [[The Queers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Joe Nichols (album)|Joe Nichols]]'' || [[Joe Nichols]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Latch-Key Child]]'' || [[A+ (rapper)|A+]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Code]]'' || [[Pearl Jam]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One in a Million (Aaliyah album)|One in a Million]]'' || [[Aaliyah]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rent (albums)|Rent: Original Broadway Cast Recording]]'' || Broadway cast of [[Rent (musical)|Rent]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Restless Kind]]'' || [[Travis Tritt]] ||-
|-
| ''A Small Circle of Friends: Germs'' || Various Artists || [[Germs (band)|Germs]] tribute
|-
| ''[[Veiled (Leah Andreone album)|Veiled]]'' || [[Leah Andreone]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|28
| ''[[Dusk and Her Embrace]]'' || [[Cradle of Filth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Still Life (The Paradise Motel album)|Still Life]]'' || [[The Paradise Motel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Written in the Sand (album)|Written in the Sand]]'' || [[Michael Schenker Group]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="62" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" valign="center" align="center" |'''S<br />E<br />P<br />T<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="5" align="center" |2
| ''[[Bilingual (album)|Bilingual]]'' || [[Pet Shop Boys]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Coming Up (album)|Coming Up]]'' || [[Suede (band)|Suede]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Double Allergic]]'' || [[Powderfinger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Man (Neneh Cherry album)|Man]]'' || [[Neneh Cherry]] ||-
|-
|''[[Psyence]]''
|[[Hide (musician)|hide]]
| -
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|3
| ''[[Did I Shave My Legs for This?]]'' || [[Deana Carter]] || US
|-
| ''[[Jennifer Love Hewitt (album)|Jennifer Love Hewitt]]'' || [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|6
| ''[[First Band on the Moon]]'' || [[The Cardigans]] || Sweden
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center"|9
| ''[[Another Level (Blackstreet album)|Another Level]]'' || [[Blackstreet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[C'mon Kids]]'' || [[The Boo Radleys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Excerpts from a Love Circus]]'' || [[Lisa Germano]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Face to Face (1996 Face to Face album)|Face to Face]]'' || [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Forever Alone, Immortal]]'' || [[Lux Occulta]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Like Cats and Dogs]]'' || [[Catherine Wheel (band)|Catherine Wheel]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Travelling Without Moving]]'' || [[Jamiroquai]] || UK
|-
| ''Wrong Side of Beautiful'' || [[Dub War]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="12" align="center"|10
| ''[[30° Everywhere]]'' || [[The Promise Ring]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Doctor Came at Dawn]]'' || [[Smog (band)|Smog]] ||-
|-
| ''[[High School High (soundtrack)|High School High soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Home Again (New Edition album)|Home Again]]'' || [[New Edition]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live Art]]'' || [[Bela Fleck & the Flecktones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mr. Happy Go Lucky]]'' || [[John Mellencamp]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New Adventures in Hi-Fi]]'' || [[R.E.M.]] || US
|-
| ''[[Nine Objects of Desire]]'' || [[Suzanne Vega]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Not in My Airforce]]'' || [[Robert Pollard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Test for Echo]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] ||-
|-
| ''[[What Would the Community Think]]'' || [[Cat Power]] ||-
|-
| ''[[William Bloke]]'' || [[Billy Bragg]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|13
| ''[[Dynamite (Stina Nordenstam album)|Dynamite]]'' || [[Stina Nordenstam]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|16
| ''[[Endtroducing.....]]'' || [[DJ Shadow]] || UK
|-
| ''[[K (album)|K]]'' || [[Kula Shaker]] || UK
|-
| ''[[In a Bar, Under the Sea]]'' || [[Deus (band)|dEUS]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spiders (album)|Spiders]]'' || [[Space (English band)|Space]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|17
| ''[[Appalachia Waltz]]'' || [[Yo-Yo Ma]], [[Edgar Meyer]] & [[Mark O'Connor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Black Eye (album)|Black Eye]]'' || [[Fluffy (band)|Fluffy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fashion Nugget]]'' || [[Cake (band)|Cake]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fire Garden]]'' || [[Steve Vai]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rhythmeen]]'' || [[ZZ Top]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Six (Whodini album)|Six]]'' || [[Whodini]] ||-
|-
| ''[[White Light, White Heat, White Trash]]'' || [[Social Distortion]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|23
| ''[[Angry Machines]]'' || [[Dio (band)|Dio]] || Europe
|-
| ''[[Animal Rights (album)|Animal Rights]]'' || [[Moby]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Better Living Through Chemistry (album)|Better Living Through Chemistry]]'' || [[Fatboy Slim]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Best of the Beast]]'' || [[Iron Maiden]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Louder Than Hell (Manowar album)|Louder Than Hell]]'' || [[Manowar (band)|Manowar]] || Europe
|-
| ''[[Londinium (album)|Londinium]]'' || [[Archive (band)|Archive]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dance Hall at Louse Point]]'' || [[PJ Harvey]] and [[John Parish]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" align="center"|24
| ''Acid Bubblegum'' || [[Graham Parker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All the Nations Airports]]'' || [[Archers of Loaf]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everything Sucks (Descendents album)|Everything Sucks]]'' || [[Descendents]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Garden (Merril Bainbridge album)|The Garden]]'' || [[Merril Bainbridge]] || US
|-
| ''[[Illadelph Halflife]]'' || [[The Roots]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pinkerton (album)|Pinkerton]]'' || [[Weezer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sheryl Crow (album)|Sheryl Crow]]'' || [[Sheryl Crow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Susanna Hoffs (album)|Susanna Hoffs]]'' || [[Susanna Hoffs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[That Thing You Do!#Soundtrack|That Thing You Do! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Walking on Locusts]]'' || [[John Cale]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Who Can You Trust? (album)|Who Can You Trust?]]'' || [[Morcheeba]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|27
| ''[[How Bizarre (album)|How Bizarre]]'' || [[OMC (band)|OMC]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Northern Exposure (album)|Northern Exposure]]'' || [[Sasha and Digweed]] || [[DJ mix]]
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|30
| ''[[Signify (album)|Signify]]'' || [[Porcupine Tree]] ||-
|-
| ''[[First Grand Constitution and Bylaws]]'' || [[Secret Chiefs 3]] ||-
|-
|}
===October–December===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="91" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''O<br />C<br />T<br />O<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="15" align="center"|1
| ''[[Ænima]]'' || [[Tool (band)|Tool]] ||-
|-
| ''[[From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]]'' || [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] || Live Compilation
|-
| ''[[At the Speed of Life]]'' || [[Xzibit]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Belly to Belly]]'' || [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Black Dots]]'' || [[Bad Brains]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Few Small Repairs]]'' || [[Shawn Colvin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fountains of Wayne (album)|Fountains of Wayne]]'' || [[Fountains of Wayne]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Graveyard (album)|The Graveyard]]'' || [[King Diamond]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Thompson Twins album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Thompson Twins]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Moment (Kenny G album)|The Moment]]'' || [[Kenny G]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Natural Bridge]]'' || [[Silver Jews]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Soul on Ice (album)|Soul on Ice]]'' || [[Ras Kass]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Is the Time]]'' || [[Michael Bolton]] || Christmas Album
|-
| ''[[Yourself or Someone Like You]]'' || [[Matchbox Twenty|Matchbox 20]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Worm's Life]]'' || [[Crash Test Dummies]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|2
| ''[[Black Earth (Arch Enemy album)|Black Earth]]'' || [[Arch Enemy]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|3
| ''[[Plays Metallica by Four Cellos]]'' || [[Apocalyptica]] || Covers
|-
| align="center"|7
| ''[[Broken China]]'' || [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="15" align="center"|8
| ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]'' || [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All Because of You (Daryle Singletary album)|All Because of You]]'' || [[Daryle Singletary]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Baja Sessions]]'' || [[Chris Isaak]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Brown (P.O.D. album)|Brown]]'' || [[P.O.D.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Christmas Island (Jimmy Buffett album)|Christmas Island]]'' || [[Jimmy Buffett]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Club Chipmunk: The Dance Mixes]]'' || [[The Chipmunks]] || -
|-
| ''[[East Side Militia]]'' || [[Chemlab]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Factory Showroom]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ginuwine... the Bachelor]]'' || [[Ginuwine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Karen Carpenter (album)|Karen Carpenter]]'' || [[Karen Carpenter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Doubt (702 album)|No Doubt]]'' || [[702 (group)|702]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Talking, Just Head]]'' || The Heads || Members of [[Talking Heads]]
|-
| ''[[Satan Is Real Again, or Feeling Good About Bad Thoughts]]'' || [[Country Teasers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison]]'' || [[Van Morrison]], [[Georgie Fame]], [[Mose Allison]] and [[Ben Sidran]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Under These Rocks and Stones]]'' || [[Chantal Kreviazuk]] || CAN
|-
| align="center"|11
| ''[[The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home (Theinmostlightthirdandfinal)]]'' || [[Current 93]] || EP
|-
| align="center"|14
| ''[[Sutras (album)|Sutras]]'' || [[Donovan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="18" align="center"|15
| ''[[Billy Breathes]]'' || [[Phish]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Breathe (Midnight Oil)|Breathe]]'' || [[Midnight Oil]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Car Button Cloth]]'' || [[The Lemonheads]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Corey Hart (album)|Corey Hart]]'' || [[Corey Hart (singer)|Corey Hart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Genius of America]]'' || [[The Tubes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Justus (album)|Justus]]'' || [[The Monkees]] ||-
|-
| ''Kind Hearted Woman'' || [[Michelle Shocked]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Life Is Peachy]]'' || [[Korn]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Doy]]'' || [[Moe (band)|Moe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Now I Got Worry]]'' || [[Jon Spencer Blues Explosion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Overnight Sensation]]'' || [[Motörhead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Recovering the Satellites]]'' || [[Counting Crows]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Red Hot + Rio]]'' || Various Artists || [[Red Hot Organization]] AIDS benefit
|-
| ''[[Shack-man]]'' || [[Medeski, Martin & Wood]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stories Told & Untold]]'' || [[Bad Company]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Fire (album)|This Fire]]'' || [[Paula Cole]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wiseblood (Corrosion of Conformity album)|Wiseblood]]'' || [[Corrosion of Conformity]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wrath of the Math]]'' || [[Jeru the Damaja]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|21
| ''[[Dance into the Light]]'' || [[Phil Collins]] ||-
|-
| ''Young in Love'' || [[Aaron Pritchett]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="12" align="center"|22
| ''[[Best Of – Volume I (Van Halen album)|Best Of – Volume I]]'' || [[Van Halen]] || Compilation +2 new tracks
|-
| ''[[12 Soulful Nights of Christmas]]'' || [[Jermaine Dupri]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Autobiography of Mistachuck]]'' || [[Chuck D]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bow Down]]'' || [[Westside Connection]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire]]'' || [[Firewater (band)|Firewater]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Motel California]]'' || [[Ugly Kid Joe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Public Cowboy No. 1 (album)|Public Cowboy #1: The Music of Gene Autry]]'' || [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Remember (Rusted Root album)|Remember]]'' || [[Rusted Root]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Soundtracks for the Blind]]'' || [[Swans (band)|Swans]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Time Will Reveal]]'' || [[Above the Law (group)|Above the Law]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trial by Fire (Journey album)|Trial by Fire]]'' || [[Journey (band)|Journey]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Truth Crushed to Earth Shall Rise Again]]'' || [[House of Pain]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|23
| ''[[Actual Fantasy]]'' || [[Ayreon]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|24
| ''[[Goatlord (album)|Goatlord]]'' || [[Darkthrone]] || Demo
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|25
| ''[[Long Season]]'' || [[Fishmans]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thank God for Mental Illness]]'' || [[The Brian Jonestown Massacre]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|28
| ''[[The Beatles Anthology]], [[Anthology 3|Volume 3]]'' || [[The Beatles]] || Compilation; UK
|-
| ''[[Evita (soundtrack)|Evita]]'' || [[Madonna]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Keys to Ascension]]'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] || Studio + Live
|-
| ''[[A Different Beat (Boyzone album)|A Different Beat]]'' || [[Boyzone]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hubert Kah (album)|Hubert Kah]]'' || [[Hubert Kah]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="13" align="center"|29
| ''[[Space Jam (soundtrack)|Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Romeo + Juliet (soundtrack)|Romeo + Juliet]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[American Hardcore (album)|American Hardcore]]'' || [[L.A. Guns]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Among My Swan]]'' || [[Mazzy Star]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Archaeology (album)|Archaeology]]'' || [[The Rutles]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Being There (Wilco album)|Being There]]'' || [[Wilco]] || Double album
|-
| ''[[Blackacidevil|Danzig 5: Blackacidevil]]'' || [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Da Storm]]'' || [[O.G.C.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fever In Fever Out]]'' || [[Luscious Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[From I Extreme II Another]]'' || [[II D Extreme]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ironman (Ghostface Killah album)|Ironman]]'' || [[Ghostface Killah]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mic City Sons]]'' || [[Heatmiser]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Skillet (album)|Skillet]]'' || [[Skillet (band)|Skillet]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|31
| ''Back in the Shootin' Match'' || [[Ace Troubleshooter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.]]'' || [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="57" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''N<br />O<br />V<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="4" align="center"|4
| ''[[Around the World Hit Singles: The Journey So Far]]'' || [[East 17]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Dahlia (album)|Dahlia]]'' || |[[X Japan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Richard D. James Album]]'' || [[Aphex Twin]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://warp.net/releases/richard-d-james-album/|publisher=[[Warp (record label)|Warp]]|title= Aphex Twin Richard D. James Album|access-date=23 April 2015}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Spice (album)|Spice]]'' || [[Spice Girls]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center"|5
| ''[[Beavis and Butthead Do America#Soundtrack|Beavis and Butt-head Do America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory]]'' || [[Tupac Shakur|Makaveli]] ||-
|-
| ''[[II (The Presidents of the United States of America album)|II]]'' || [[The Presidents of the United States of America (band)|The Presidents of the United States of America]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Just the Same]]'' || [[Terri Clark]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Star Bright (Vanessa Williams album)|Star Bright]]'' || [[Vanessa Williams]] || Christmas
|-
| ''Take You There'' || [[k-os]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tierna La Noche]]'' || [[Fey (singer)|Fey]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unchained (Johnny Cash album)|Unchained]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unknown Country]]'' || [[The Clean]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|8
| ''[[Sahra]]'' || [[Khaled (musician)|Khaled]] || –
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|11
| ''[[Voice of Love]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] || Compilation +3 new tracks
|-
| ''Spice'' || Spice Girls || US
|-
| ''[[Pre-Millennium Tension]]'' || [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|12
| ''[[About to Choke]]'' || [[Vic Chesnutt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tha Doggfather]]'' || [[Snoop Dogg|Snoop Doggy Dogg]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1]]'' || [[Chaka Khan]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Hard Core (Lil' Kim album)|Hard Core]]'' || [[Lil' Kim]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Infinite (Eminem album)|Infinite]]'' || [[Eminem]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Losing Streak]]'' || [[Less Than Jake]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nico (album)|Nico]]'' || [[Blind Melon]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="3" |18
| ''[[Beloved (Glay album)|Beloved]]'' || [[Glay]] ||-
|-
| ''[[If You're Feeling Sinister]]'' || [[Belle & Sebastian]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 35'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="13" align="center"|19
| ''Daylight: Music from the Motion Picture'' || Ralph Edelman and Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Dru Hill (album)|Dru Hill]]'' || [[Dru Hill]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dusk and Her Embrace]]'' || [[Cradle of Filth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Emancipation (Prince album)|Emancipation]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] || 3xCD
|-
| ''Endtroducing.....'' || DJ Shadow || US
|-
| ''[[Hell on Earth (Mobb Deep album)|Hell on Earth]]'' || [[Mobb Deep]] ||-
|-
| ''[[House of Music]]'' || [[Tony! Toni! Toné!]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ill Na Na]]'' || [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Life in General (album)|Life in General]]'' || [[MxPx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Razorblade Suitcase]]'' || [[Bush (British band)|Bush]] || US
|-
| ''[[Rock Spectacle]]'' || [[Barenaked Ladies]] || Live album
|-
| ''[[Summer of '78]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sunfish Holy Breakfast]]'' || [[Guided by Voices]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|22
| ''Cacy Cacy Fleischmaschine'' || [[Świetliki]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!]]'' || [[Enigma (German band)|Enigma]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |25
| ''[[Enter Suicidal Angels]]'' || [[Dark Tranquillity]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Friends II]]'' || [[B'z]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Present (Sun Electric album)|Present]]'' || [[Sun Electric (band)|Sun Electric]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Someday Maybe]]'' || [[The Clarks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Telegram (album)|Telegram]]'' || [[Björk]] || UK; Remix
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|26
| ''[[The Aeroplane Flies High]]'' || [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Death Row Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Death Row Records]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Dr. Dre Presents: The Aftermath]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Enigma (Keith Murray album)|Enigma]]'' || [[Keith Murray (rapper)|Keith Murray]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996]]'' || [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album]]'' || [[Whitney Houston]] || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|29
| ''[[Switchstance (album)|Switchstance]]'' || [[Quarashi]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Tormented (Staind album)|Tormented]]'' || [[Staind]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|?
| ''[[Live Around the World (Meat Loaf album)|Live Around the World]]'' || [[Meat Loaf]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Further Along]]'' || [[The Dubliners]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="13" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''D<br />E<br />C<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| ''[[Telling Everybody]]'' || [[Human Nature (band)|Human Nature]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|3
| ''[[Christmas on Death Row]]'' || Various Artists || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Nerf Herder (album)|Nerf Herder]]'' || [[Nerf Herder]] ||-
|-
| ''One Fierce Beer Coaster'' || Bloodhound Gang || Geffen re-release
|-
| ''Punk-O-Rama Vol. 2'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|10
| ''[[Five Smokin' Tracks from Lit]]'' || [[Lit (band)|Lit]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Lama Rabi Rabi]]'' || [[Ghost (1984 band)|Ghost]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Muddy Waters (album)|Muddy Waters]]'' || [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Is Teen-C Power!]]'' || [[Bis (Scottish band)|Bis]] || EP
|-
| align="center"|12
|''[[True (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)|True]]''
|[[L'Arc-en-Ciel]]
| -
|-
| align="center"|16
| ''Machines Against the Rage'' || [[TISM]] || Live
|-
| align="center"|17
| ''[[666.667 Club]]'' || [[Noir Désir]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|18
|''[[Imaginator]]''
|[[Nelson (band)|Nelson]]
|Japanese release date
|-
|}
===Release date unknown===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
* ''[[All the Pretty Little Horses (album)|All the Pretty Little Horses]]'' – [[Current 93]]
* ''[[Atom-Powered Action!]]'' – [[Bis (Scottish band)|Bis]] – EP
* ''[[Better Can't Make Your Life Better]]'' – [[Lilys]]
* ''[[Bis vs. the D.I.Y. Corps]]'' – [[Bis (Scottish band)|Bis]]
* ''[[Boc Maxima]]'' – [[Boards of Canada]]
* ''[[Chixdiggit! (album)|Chixdiggit!]]'' – [[Chixdiggit]]
* ''[[Classics (Joey Beltram album)|Classics]]'' – [[Joey Beltram]]
* ''[[The Closing Chronicles]]'' – Nightingale
* ''[[Corey Hart (album)|Corey Hart]]'' – [[Corey Hart (singer)|Corey Hart]]
* ''[[Dead Man Walking (soundtrack)|Dead Man Walking]]'' – Various Artists
* ''[[Digilogue]]'' (compact disc version) – [[Zoviet France|:zoviet*France:]]
* ''[[Creature (Moist album)|Creature]]'' – [[Moist (Canadian band)|Moist]]
* ''[[Eleventeen (EP)|Eleventeen]]'' (EP) – [[Eve 6]]
* ''Garibaldi Guard!'' – [[U.S. Bombs]]
* ''[[G. (Gotthard album)|G.]]'' – [[Gotthard (band)|Gotthard]]
* ''[[Get Fired Up]]'' – [[Murk (band)|Murk]]
* ''[[Get Your Legs Broke]]'' – [[Len (band)|Len]]
* ''Hamsters of Rock'' (EP) – [[Spacehog]]
* ''Hank Plays Holly'' – [[Hank Marvin]]
* ''Hank Plays Live'' – Hank Marvin
* ''[[Introducing Save Ferris]]'' (EP) – [[Save Ferris]]
* ''[[Katatonia/Primordial]]'' – Katatonia/Primordial
* ''[[La Passione (1996 film)|La Passione]]'' – [[Chris Rea]]
{{col-2}}
* ''Lucky'' – [[Skin (British band)|Skin]]
* ''Lynda'' – [[Lynda Thomas]]
* ''[[Petitioning the Empty Sky]]'' – [[Converge (band)|Converge]]
* ''A Man Amongst Men'' – [[Bo Diddley]]
* ''[[Music of Hair]]'' – [[Andrew Bird]]
* ''[[Nénette et Boni (soundtrack)|Nénette et Boni]]'' – [[Tindersticks]]
* ''[[Neu! '72 Live in Düsseldorf]]'' – [[Neu!]]
* ''[[Not in My Airforce]]'' – [[Robert Pollard]]
* ''Out of the Everywhere'' – [[Angie Aparo]]
* ''[[The Secret Vampire Soundtrack]]'' – [[Bis (Scottish band)|Bis]] – EP
* ''[[Shady Grove (Jerry Garcia and David Grisman album)|Shady Grove]]'' – [[Jerry Garcia]] & [[David Grisman]]
* ''[[Shakespearean Fish]]'' – [[Melanie Doane]]
* ''[[Silent Steeples]]'' – [[Dispatch (band)|Dispatch]]
* ''[[Six Pence for the Sauces]]'' (EP) – [[Drake Tungsten]]
* ''[[The Smiths Is Dead]]'' – Various Artists – [[The Smiths]] tribute
* ''Tao of the One Inch Punch'' – [[One Inch Punch (band)|One Inch Punch]]
* ''[[Time (Steeleye Span album)|Time]]'' – [[Steeleye Span]]
* ''Vans Warped Music Sampler 1996'' – Various Artists
* ''[[Welcome to the Infant Freebase]]'' – [[The Soundtrack of Our Lives]]
* ''[[Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas]]'' - [[The Wiggles]]
* ''[[Wild Hog in the Red Brush]]'' – [[John Hartford]]
* ''[[XTC (album)|XTC]]'' – [[Anthony Hamilton (musician)|Anthony Hamilton]]
{{col-end}}
==Biggest hit singles==
The following songs achieved the highest [http://tsort.info/music/yr1996.htm chart positions] in the charts of 1996.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! #
! Artist
! Title
! Year
! Country
! Chart entries
|-
| 1 || [[Spice Girls]] || "[[Wannabe (song)|Wannabe]]" || 1996 || {{Flagicon|UK}} || UK 1 – Jul 1996, US BB 1 of 1997, Netherlands 1 – Aug 1996, Sweden 1 – Aug 1996, Switzerland 1 – Aug 1996, Norway 1 – Aug 1996, Germany 1 – Aug 1996, Republic of Ireland 1 – Aug 1996, New Zealand 1 for 1 week Nov 1996, Australia 1 for 11 weeks Jan 1997, US BB 3 of 1997, POP 3 of 1997, Austria 4 – Aug 1996, Australia 5 of 1996, Poland 22 – Aug 1996, Italy 31 of 1996, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1996, Scrobulate 59 of pop, RYM 94 of 1996, Germany 170 of the 1990s, OzNet 963, Acclaimed 1504
|-
| 2 || [[Los Del Rio]] || "[[Macarena (song)|Macarena]]" || 1995 || {{Flagicon|Spain}} || US BB 1 of 1996, Netherlands 1 – Aug 1993, Austria 1 – Feb 1996, Switzerland 1 – Mar 1996, Germany 1 – Apr 1996, Australia 1 for 9 weeks Nov 1996, UK 2 – Jul 1996, US BB 2 of 1996, Norway 2 – Jun 1996, Australia 2 of 1996, POP 2 of 1996, Global 7 (10 M sold) – 1993, Sweden 8 – Jun 1996, Germany 26 of the 1990s, Party 102 of 2007
|-
| 3 ||[[Fugees]] || "[[Killing Me Softly with His Song#Fugees version|Killing Me Softly with His Song]]" || 1996 || {{Flagicon|USA}} || UK 1 - Jun 1996 (20 weeks), Holland 1 - Jun 1996 (15 weeks), Finland 1 for 7 weeks - Jul 1996, Austria 1 - Jul 1996 (5 months), Switzerland 1 - Jun 1996 (27 weeks), Norway 1 - Jun 1996 (18 weeks), Belgium 1 - Jul 1996 (17 weeks), Italy 1 for 6 weeks - Jul 1996, Germany 1 - Jun 1996 (5 months), New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks - May 1996, Australia 1 for 7 weeks - Jun 1996, Europe 1 for 8 weeks - Jul 1996, Sweden 5 - Aug 1996 (4 weeks), Switzerland 6 of 1996, Italy 6 of 1996, Brazil 11 of 1996, Japan (Tokyo) 12 - Apr 1996 (22 weeks), US Radio 15 of 1996 (peak 1 16 weeks), POP 21 of 1996
|-
| 4 ||[[Celine Dion]] || "[[Because You Loved Me]]" || 1996 || {{Flagicon|Canada}} || US Billboard 1 – Mar 1996 (33 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 1 – Mar 1996 (19 weeks), Australia 1 of 1996, Australia 1 for 3 weeks – Aug 1996, ASCAP song of 1996, Oscar in 1996 (film 'Up Close & Personal') (Nominated), Grammy in 1996 (Nominated), Golden Globe in 1996 (film 'Up Close & Personal') (Nominated), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Apr 1996), US BB 3 of 1996, Switzerland 3 – Jun 1996 (32 weeks), ARC 4 of 1996 (peak 1 22 weeks), Holland 4 – May 1996 (15 weeks), Poland 4 – May 1996 (20 weeks), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1996), POP 4 of 1996, UK 5 – Jun 1996 (16 weeks), Belgium 5 – Jun 1996 (16 weeks), US Radio 9 of 1996 (peak 1 21 weeks), Japan (Osaku) 11 of 1996 (peak 2 22 weeks), Sweden 12 – Aug 1996 (4 weeks), Germany 13 – Oct 1996 (3 months), Brazil 19 of 1996, Switzerland 20 of 1996, Austria 23 – Jun 1996 (3 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Jun 1996), Party 134 of 1999
|-
| 5 || [[Toni Braxton]] || "[[Un-Break My Heart]]" || 1996 || {{Flagicon|USA}} || US Billboard 1 - Oct 1996 (42 weeks), Sweden 1 - Nov 1996 (12 weeks), Brazil 1 of 1997, Switzerland 1 - Dec 1996 (29 weeks), Poland 1 - Nov 1996 (26 weeks), Europe 1 for 2 weeks - Jan 1997, UK 2 - Nov 1996 (19 weeks), Holland 2 - Oct 1996 (19 weeks), Norway 2 - Dec 1996 (23 weeks), Belgium 2 - Jan 1997 (22 weeks), Germany 2 - Jan 1997 (6 months), ODK Germany 2 - Nov 1996 (31 weeks) (14 weeks in top 10), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Dec 1996), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Jan 1997), US BB 4 of 1997, Austria 4 - Jan 1997 (5 months), France Gold (certified by SNEP in Jun 1997), Switzerland 7 of 1997, ARC 8 of 1996 (peak 1 19 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 9 - Nov 1996 (26 weeks)
|}
==Top 40 Chart hit singles==
{| class="wiki table sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Song title</big>
! <big>Artist(s)</big>
! <big>Release date(s)</big>
! <big>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</big>
! <big>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</big>
! <big>Highest chart position</big>
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
||"[[1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)]]" || [[Coolio]] || {{Date table sorting|021996}}|February 1996 || 5 || 13 || 2 (Iceland, New Zealand) || [[1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[1979 (song)|1979]]" || [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] || {{Date table sorting|011995}}|January 1996 || 12 || 16 || 2 (Canada, Iceland) || [[1979 (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||*"[[All By Myself]]" || [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]] || {{Date table sorting|121995}}|December 1996 || 4 || 6 || 1 (Canada) || [[All by Myself#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Always Be My Baby]]" || [[Mariah Carey]] || {{Date table sorting|051995}}|May 1996 || 1 || 3 || 1 (Canada, United States) || [[Always Be My Baby#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Bailando (Paradisio song)|Bailando]]" || [[Paradisio]] || {{Date table sorting|091995}}|September 1996 || n/a || n/a || 1 [[Bailando (Paradisio song)#Charts|(5 countries)]] || [[Bailando (Paradisio song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Cosmic Girl (song)|Cosmic Girl]]" || [[Jamiroquai]] || {{Date table sorting|111996}}|November 1996 || n/a || 6 || 2 (Belgium) || [[Cosmic Girl (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Firestarter (The Prodigy song)|Firestarter]]" || [[The Prodigy]] || {{Date table sorting|031996}}|March 1996 || 30 || 1 || 1 [[Firestarter (The Prodigy song)#Charts|(5 countries)]] || [[Firestarter (The Prodigy song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|}
===Other Chart hit singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"[[2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted]]" - [[2Pac]] & [[Snoop Dogg]]
*"[[A Design for Life]]" - [[ Manic Street Preachers]]
*"[[Ahead by a Century]]" – [[The Tragically Hip]]
*"[[Aicha]]" – [[Khaled (musician)|Khaled]]
*"[[Beautiful Ones]]" – [[Suede (band)|Suede]]
*"[[The Beautiful People (Marilyn Manson song)|The Beautiful People]]" – [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
*"[[Because You Loved Me]]" – [[Celine Dion]]
*"[[Before (song)|Before]]" – [[Pet Shop Boys]]
*"[[Betcha by Golly, Wow]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
*"[[Between You And Me]]" – [[dc Talk]]
*"[[Beyond the Invisible]]" – [[Enigma (German band)|Enigma]]
*"[[Big Bang Baby]]" – [[Stone Temple Pilots]]
*"[[Blue Jeans]]" – [[Lynda Thomas]]
*"[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]" - The Braids
*"[[Boomerang (Blümchen song)|Boomerang]]" – [[Blümchen]]
*"[[Born Slippy .NUXX]]" – [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]]
*"[[Bound for the Floor]]" – [[Local H]]
*"[[Break My Stride]]" – [[Unique II]]
*"[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (song)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]" – [[Deep Blue Something]]
*"[[Breathe (The Prodigy song)|Breathe]]" – [[The Prodigy]]
*"[[Bullet with Butterfly Wings]]" – [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]
*"[[Bulls on Parade]]" – [[Rage Against the Machine]]
*"[[Burden in My Hand]]" – [[Soundgarden]]
*"[[California Love]]" – [[Tupac Shakur]] / [[Dr. Dre]]
*"[[Champagne Supernova]]" – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]
*"[[Change the World]]" – [[Eric Clapton]]
*"[[Charmless Man]]" – [[Blur (band)|Blur]]
*"[[Child (Mark Owen song)|Child]]" – [[Mark Owen]]
*"[[Children (Robert Miles song)|Children]]" – [[Robert Miles]]
*"[[C'Mon N' Ride It (The Train)]]" – [[Quad City DJ's]]
*"[[Coco Jamboo]]" – [[Mr. President (band)|Mr. President]]
*"[[Cold Rock a Party]]" – [[MC Lyte]] & [[Missy Elliott]]
*"[[Cosmic Girl (song)|Cosmic Girl]]" – [[Jamiroquai]]
*"[[Crash Into Me]]" – [[Dave Matthews Band]]
*"[[Crying in the Rain (Culture Beat song)|Crying in the Rain]]" – [[Culture Beat]]
*"[[Da Bomb (Inner Circle song)|Da Bomb]]" – [[Inner Circle (band)|Inner Circle]]
*"[[Dance into the Light (song)|Dance into the Light]]" – [[Phil Collins]]
*"[[Desperately Wanting]]" – [[Better Than Ezra]]
*"[[Do You Know (What It Takes)]]" – [[Robyn]]
*"[[Don't Look Back in Anger]]" – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]
*"[[Don't Speak]]" – [[No Doubt]]
*"[[Don't Stop Movin' (Livin' Joy song)|Don't Stop Movin']]" – [[Livin' Joy]]
*"[[Down (311 song)|Down]]" – [[311 (band)|311]]
*"[[Drill Instructor (song)|Drill Instructor]]" – [[Captain Jack (band)|Captain Jack]]
*"[[E-Bow the Letter]]" – [[R.E.M.]] & [[Patti Smith]]
*"El Amor No Tiene Edad" – [[Lynda Thomas]]
*"[[Everyday Is a Winding Road]]" – [[Sheryl Crow]]
*"[[Everything Falls Apart (song)|Everything Falls Apart]]" – [[Dog's Eye View]]
*"[[Fable (Robert Miles song)|Fable]]" – [[Robert Miles]]
*"[[Falling into You (song)|Falling into You]]" – [[Celine Dion]]
*"[[Fastlove]]" – [[George Michael]]
*"[[Firestarter (The Prodigy song)|Firestarter]]" – [[The Prodigy]]
*"[[Flava (song)|Flava]]" – [[Peter Andre]]
*"[[Follow You Down]]" – [[Gin Blossoms]]
*"[[Forever Love (Gary Barlow song)|Forever Love]]" – [[Gary Barlow]]
*"[[Free as a Bird]]" – [[The Beatles]]
*"[[Freed from Desire]]" – [[Gala (singer)|Gala]]
*"[[Freedom! '90|Freedom]]" – [[Robbie Williams]]
*"[[Fu-Gee-La]]" – [[Fugees]]
*"[[Funky]]" – [[Tic Tac Toe (band)|Tic Tac Toe]]
*"[[Get Down (You're the One for Me)]]" – [[Backstreet Boys]]
*"[[Get Money (Junior M.A.F.I.A.)|Get Money]]" – [[Junior M.A.F.I.A.]]
*"Gira Que Gira" – [[Lynda Thomas]]
*"[[Give Me One Reason]]" – [[Tracy Chapman]]
*"[[GoldenEye (song)|GoldenEye]]" – [[Tina Turner]]
*"[[Goldfinger (Ash song)|Goldfinger]]" - [[Ash (band)|Ash]]
*"[[Guilty (Gravity Kills song)|Guilty]]" – [[Gravity Kills]]
*"[[Hand in My Pocket]]" – [[Alanis Morissette]]
*"[[Head over Feet]]" – [[Alanis Morissette]]
*"[[Heaven (U96 song)|Heaven]]" – [[U96]]
*"[[Heaven Beside You]]" – [[Alice in Chains]]
*"[[Hero of the Day]]" – [[Metallica]]
*"[[How Bizarre (song)|How Bizarre]]" – [[OMC (band)|OMC]]
*"[[How Can You Live With Yourself]]" – [[The Tubes]]
*"[[How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees song)|How Deep Is Your Love]]" – [[Take That]]
*"[[How Do U Want It]]" – [[Tupac Shakur]]
*"[[I Ain't Mad at Cha]]" – [[2Pac]]
*"[[I Believe I Can Fly]]" – [[R. Kelly]]
*"[[I Belong to You (Gina G song)|I Belong to You]]" – [[Gina G]]
*"[[I Can't Help Myself (The Kelly Family song)|I Can't Help Myself]]" – [[The Kelly Family]]
*"[[I Don't Wanna Be a Star]]" – [[Corona (group)|Corona]]
*"[[I Feel You (Peter Andre song)|I Feel You]]" - [[Peter Andre]]
*"[[I Give You My Heart (Mr. President song)|I Give You My Heart]]" – [[Mr. President (band)|Mr. President]]
*"[[I Love You Always Forever]]" – [[Donna Lewis]]
*"[[I Need You (3T song)|I Need You]]" – [[3T]]
*"[[I Want to Come Over]]" – [[Melissa Etheridge]]
*"[[I Want You Back ('N Sync song)|I Want You Back]]" – [['N Sync]]
*"Ich Find' Dich Scheisse" – [[Tic Tac Toe (band)|Tic Tac Toe]]
*"[[If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)]]" – [[Nas]] & [[Lauryn Hill]]
*"[[If It Makes You Happy]]" – [[Sheryl Crow]]
*"[[If You Ever]]" – [[East 17]] & [[Gabrielle (singer)|Gabrielle]]
*"[[If Your Girl Only Knew]]" – [[Aaliyah]]
*"[[I'll Never Break Your Heart]]" – [[Backstreet Boys]]
*"[[I'll Stick Around]]" – [[Foo Fighters]]
*"[[I'm Raving]]" – [[Scooter (band)|Scooter]]
*"[[Insomnia (Faithless song)|Insomnia]]" – [[Faithless]]
*"[[Ironic (song)|Ironic]]" – [[Alanis Morissette]]
*"[[It's All Coming Back to Me Now]]" – [[Celine Dion]]
*"[[It's Oh So Quiet]]" – [[Björk]]
*"[[Tigerlily|Jealousy]]" – [[Natalie Merchant]]
*"[[Jesus to a Child]]" – [[George Michael]]
*"[[Keep On Jumpin']]" – [[Todd Terry]] & [[Martha Wash]] & [[Jocelyn Brown]]
*"[[Killing Me Softly With His Song]]" – [[Fugees]]
*"[[King of New Orleans]]" – [[Better Than Ezra]]
*"[[King Nothing]]" – [[Metallica]]
*"Kleiner Satellit (Piep, Piep)" – [[Blümchen]]
*"[[Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]" - [[Dunblane]]
*"[[Last Night (Az Yet song)|Last Night]]" – [[Az Yet]]
*"[[Let's Make a Night to Remember]]" – [[Bryan Adams]]
*"[[Lemon Tree (Fool's Garden song)|Lemon Tree]]" – [[Fool's Garden]]
*"[[Loungin]]" – [[LL Cool J]] & [[Total (group)|Total]]
*"[[Love Don't Live Here Anymore]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[Love Message (song)|Love Message]]" – [[Love Message (band)|Love Message]]
*"[[Macarena (song)|Macarena]]" – [[Los Del Mar]]
*"[[Macarena (song)|Macarena]]" – [[Los Del Rio]]
*"[[Mama Said (Metallica song)|Mama Said]]" – [[Metallica]]
*"[[Mysterious Girl]]" – [[Peter Andre]]
*"[[Name (Goo Goo Dolls song)|Name]]" – [[Goo Goo Dolls]]
*"[[Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry]]" – [[Ace of Base]]
*"[[A Neverending Dream]]" – [[X-Perience]]
*"[[Nobody (Keith Sweat song)|Nobody]]" – [[Keith Sweat]] & [[Athena Cage]]
*"[[Nobody Knows (Tony Rich song)|Nobody Knows]]" – [[The Tony Rich Project]]
*"[[No Diggity]]" – [[Blackstreet]] & [[Dr. Dre]]
*"[[Novocaine for the Soul]]" – [[Eels (band)|Eels]]
*"[[No Woman No Cry]]" – [[Fugees]]
*"[[Number One (Alexia song)|Number One]]" – [[Alexia (Italian singer)|Alexia]]
*"[[Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)]]" - [[Hootie & the Blowfish]]
*"[[One and One (song)|One and One]]" – [[Robert Miles]]
*"[[One by One (Cher song)|One by One]]" – [[Cher (singer)|Cher]]
*"[[One Headlight]]" – [[The Wallflowers]]
*"[[One in a Million (Aaliyah song)|One in a Million]]" – [[Aaliyah]]
*"[[One More Chance (Madonna song)|One More Chance]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[One Sweet Day]]" – [[Mariah Carey]] & [[Boyz II Men]]
*"[[The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You]]" – [[Bryan Adams]]
*"[[Ooh Aah...Just a Little Bit]]" – [[Gina G]]
*"[[Open Arms (Journey song)|Open Arms]]" – [[Mariah Carey]]
*"[[Over Now (Alice in Chains song)|Over Now]]" – [[Alice in Chains]]
*"[[Paparazzi (Xzibit song)|Paparazzi]]" - [[Xzibit]]
*"[[Pepper (song)|Pepper]]" – [[Butthole Surfers]]
*"[[Peaches (The Presidents of the United States of America song)|Peaches]]" – [[The Presidents of the United States of America (band)|The Presidents of the United States of America]]
*"[[People of the Sun]]" – [[Rage Against the Machine]]
*"[[Pony (Ginuwine song)|Pony]]" – [[Ginuwine]]
*"[[Popular (Nada Surf song)|Popular]]" – [[Nada Surf]]
*"[[Pray (DJ BoBo song)|Pray]]" – [[DJ BoBo]]
*"[[Pretty Noose]]" – [[Soundgarden]]
*"[[Professional Widow]]" – [[Tori Amos]]
*"[[Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)]]" – [[Backstreet Boys]]
*"[[Reach (Gloria Estefan song)|Reach]]" – [[Gloria Estefan]]
*"[[Ready or Not (Fugees song)|Ready or Not]]" – [[Fugees]]
*"[[Real Love (John Lennon song)|Real Love]]" – [[The Beatles]]
*"[[Rebel Yell (song)#Scooter cover|Rebel Yell]]" – [[Scooter (band)|Scooter]]
*"[[Return of the Mack]]" – [[Mark Morrison]]
*"[[Roses Are Red (Aqua song)|Roses Are Red]]" – [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]]
*"[[Salva Mea]]" – [[Faithless]]
*"[[Salvation (The Cranberries song)|Salvation]]" – [[The Cranberries]]
*"[[Se a vida e (That's the Way Life Is)]]" – [[Pet Shop Boys]]
*"[[Setting Sun (The Chemical Brothers song)|Setting Sun]]" – [[The Chemical Brothers]]
*"[[Seven Days and One Week]]" – [[B.B.E.]]
*"[[Sexy Eyes (Whigfield song)|Sexy Eyes]]" – [[Whigfield]]
*"[[Sinner Man|Sinnerman]]" – Extra Fancy
*"[[Slight Return]]" – [[The Bluetones]]
*"[[So Strung Out]]" – [[C-Block]]
*"[[Soldier, Soldier (Captain Jack song)|Soldier, Soldier]]" – [[Captain Jack (band)|Captain Jack]]
*"[[Spaceman (Babylon Zoo song)|Spaceman]]" – [[Babylon Zoo]]
*"[[Spinning the Wheel]]" – [[George Michael]]
*"[[Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand]]" – [[Primitive Radio Gods]]
*"[[Stranger in Moscow]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[Street Dreams (song)|Street Dreams]]" – [[Nas]]
*"[[Stupid Girl (Garbage song)|Stupid Girl]]" – [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]]
*"[[Summer Is Crazy]]" – [[Alexia (Italian singer)|Alexia]]
*"[[Take Cover (Mr. Big EP)|Take Cover]]" – [[Mr. Big (American band)|Mr. Big]]
*"[[Tattva (song)|Tattva]]" – [[Kula Shaker]]
*"[[Tha Crossroads]]" – [[Bone Thugs-N-Harmony]]
*"[[That Girl]]" – [[Maxi Priest]] & [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]]
*"[[That Thing You Do! (song)|That Thing You Do!]]" – [[The Wonders (band)|The Wonders]]
*"[[That's What My Love Is For]]" – [[Anne Murray]] & [[Aaron Neville]]
*"[[The 13th]]" – [[The Cure]]
*"[[Theme from Mission: Impossible]]" – [[Adam Clayton]] & [[Larry Mullen]]
*"[[They Don't Care About Us]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[Three Lions (song)|Three Lions]]" – [[Baddiel]] & [[Frank Skinner|Skinner]] & [[Lightning Seeds]]
*"[[Tic, Tic Tac]]" – [[Carrapicho]]
*"[[Con te partirò|Time to Say Goodbye]]" – [[Andrea Bocelli]] & [[Sarah Brightman]]
*"Throw These Guns Away" - [[Dunblane]]
*"[[To Love You More]]" – [[Celine Dion]]
*"[[Tonight, Tonight (The Smashing Pumpkins song)|Tonight, Tonight]]" – [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]
*"[[Trash (Suede song)|Trash]]" – [[Suede (band)|Suede]]
*"[[Tucker's Town (song)|Tucker's Town]]" – [[Hootie & the Blowfish]]
*"[[Twisted (Keith Sweat song)|Twisted]]" – [[Keith Sweat]]
*"[[Un-Break My Heart]]" – [[Toni Braxton]]
*"[[Until It Sleeps]]" – [[Metallica]]
*"[[Vapors (song)|Vapors]]" – [[Snoop Dogg|Snoop Doggy Dogg]]
*"[[Verpiss' dich]]" – [[Tic Tac Toe (band)|Tic Tac Toe]]
*"[[Virtual Insanity]]" – [[Jamiroquai]]
*"[[Walking on the Milky Way (song)|Walking on the Milky Way]]" – [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark|OMD]]
*"[[Wannabe (song)|Wannabe]]" – [[Spice Girls]]
*"[[We've Got It Goin' On]]" – [[Backstreet Boys]]
*"[[When You're Gone (Cranberries song)|When You're Gone]]" – [[The Cranberries]]
*"[[What I Got]]" – [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]]
*"[[Whatever You Want (Tina Turner song)|Whatever You Want]]" – [[Tina Turner]]
*"[[What's Love Got to Do with It (Warren G song)|What's Love Got to Do with It]]" – [[Warren G]]
*"[[Where Do You Go (No Mercy song)|Where Do You Go]]" – [[No Mercy (pop band)|No Mercy]]
*"[[Where It's At (Beck song)|Where It's At]]" – [[Beck]]
*"[[Who Wants to Live Forever]]" – [[Dune (band)|Dune]]
*"[[Who Will Save Your Soul]]" – [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]]
*"[[Who You Are (Pearl Jam song)|Who You Are]]" – [[Pearl Jam]]
*"[[Why (3T song)|Why]]" – [[3T]] & [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[Wonder (Natalie Merchant song)|Wonder]]" – [[Natalie Merchant]]
*"[[Wonderwall (song)|Wonderwall]]" – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]
*"[[Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check]]" – [[Busta Rhymes]]
*"[[Words (Bee Gees song)|Words]]" – [[Boyzone]]
*"[[Wrong (Everything but the Girl song)|Wrong]]" – [[Everything but the Girl]]
*"[[The X-Files (composition)|The X-Files]]" – [[DJ Dado]]
*"[[The X-Files (composition)|The X-Files]]" – [[Mark Snow]]
*"[[You Don't Fool Me]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
*"[[You Learn]]" – [[Alanis Morissette]]
*"[[You Must Love Me]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[You Oughta Know]]" – [[Alanis Morissette]]
*"[[You Showed Me]]" – [[The Lightning Seeds]]
*"[[You Were Meant For Me (Jewel song)|You Were Meant For Me]]" – [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]]
*"[[You're Makin' Me High]]" – [[Toni Braxton]]
*"[[Zehn kleine Jagermeister]]" – [[Die Toten Hosen]]
*"[[Zero (The Smashing Pumpkins song)|Zero]]" – [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]
}}
==Notable singles==
{| class="wiki table sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Song title</big>
! <big>Artist(s)</big>
! <big>Release date(s)</big>
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
|"[[1979 (song)|1979]]" || [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] || {{Date table sorting|021996}}|January 1996 || [[1979 (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|}
===Other Notable singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"Elevator Song" – [[Dubstar]]
}}
==Classical music==
* [[Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen]]
* [[Michael Berkeley]]
* [[Elliott Carter]]
* [[Mario Davidovsky]]
* [[Peter Maxwell Davies]]
**''[[Strathclyde Concerto]] No 10: Concerto for Orchestra'' **[[Symphony No. 6 (Davies)|Symphony No. 6]]
* [[Joël-François Durand]] – ''Les raisons des forces mouvantes'' for organ
* [[Lorenzo Ferrero]] – ''My Piece of Africa'', for violin, viola, violoncello, and contrabass
* [[Francesco Filidei]] – ''Danza macabra'', for organ
* [[Joep Franssens]]
** ''Sanctus'' for orchestra
** ''Winter Child'' for piano
* [[Vinko Globokar]] – ''Oblak Semen'', for trombone
* [[Alexander Goehr]] – Viola Concerto
* [[Sofia Gubaidulina]] – Viola Concerto
* [[Hans Werner Henze]] – ''Labyrinth'' (revision of 1951 work)
* [[Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann]] – ''Homage a Nelson Mandela''
* [[Wojciech Kilar]] –
**''Agnus Dei'' for mixed choir a cappella
**Piano Concerto No. 1
* [[Frederik Magle]] – Christmas cantata: ''A newborn child, before eternity, God!''
* [[John Pickard (composer)|John Pickard]] – Third Symphony
* [[David Sawer]] – ''Tiroirs''
* [[John Serry Sr.]] – ''Five Children's Pieces'', for piano
* [[Juan Maria Solare]] – ''[[Diez Estudios Escénicos]]''
* [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] – ''[[Mittwoch aus Licht#Scene 2: Orchester-Finalisten|Orchester-Finalisten]]''
==Opera==
* [[
* [[Daron Hagen]]
* [[Franz Hummel]] – ''Gesualdo'' (14 January 1996, Kaiserslautern)<ref>Eckhard Roelcke, "Mördermusik", ''Die Zeit'' 1996, no. 5 (26 January).</ref>
* [[James MacMillan]] – ''Inés de Castro''
* [[Michael Obst (composer)|Michael Obst]] – ''Solaris'' (4 December, Muffathalle, [[Munich Biennale]])<ref>Eleanore Buening, "Die Soap mit den Aliens", ''Die Zeit'' 1996, no. 51 (13 December).</ref>
* [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] – ''[[Freitag aus Licht]]'' (12 September, [[Leipzig Opera]])<ref>Heinz Josef Herbort, "Erlösung trotz alledem: Freitag, Karlheinz Stockhausens fünfte LICHT-Oper, in Leipzig uraufgeführt", ''Die Zeit'' 1996, no. 39 (20 September).</ref>
==Jazz==
{{Main|1996 in jazz}}
==Musical theater==
* ''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]'' ([[Kander and Ebb]])
* ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' ([[Stephen Sondheim]])
* ''[[I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change]]''
* ''[[The King and I]]'' ([[
* ''[[Once Upon a Mattress]]''
* ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'' ([[Jonathan Larson]])
* ''[[State Fair (musical)|State Fair]]''
==Musical films==
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]''
* ''[[Glastonbury the Movie]]''
* ''[[Grace of My Heart]]''
* ''[[Hommage à Noir]]''
* ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''
* ''[[Hype!]]''
* ''[[James and the Giant Peach (film)|James and the Giant Peach]]''
* ''[[Saajan Chale Sasural]]''
* ''[[That Thing You Do!]]''
==Births==
*[[January 1]]
** [[NCT (group)|Kun]], Chinese singer ([[WayV]])
** [[Stunna 4 Vegas]], American rapper and songwriter
*[[January 3]]
** [[Florence Pugh]], English actress and singer-songwriter
** [[MohBad]], Nigerian musician (d. 2023)
*[[January 12]] – [[Ella Henderson]], English singer and songwriter
*[[January 13]] – [[Lauren Sanderson]], American singer-songwriter
*[[January 15]] – [[Dove Cameron]], American actress and singer
*[[January 16]] – [[Jennie (singer)|Jennie Kim]], South Korean rapper, singer, and model ([[Blackpink]])
*[[January 17]] – [[Alma (Finnish singer)|Alma]], Finnish singer, songwriter, music producer, musician and activist
*[[January 23]] – [[Chachi Gonzales]], American actress and dancer
*[[January 25]] - [[Calum Hood]], Australian musician and singer ([[5 Seconds of Summer]]).
*[[January 27]] – [[Braeden Lemasters]], American actor, musician, voice actor, and singer (Wallows)
*[[January 28]] – [[Emily Piriz]], American singer
*[[[January 31]] – [[Master KG]], South African DJ, singer and record producer
*[[February 1]] – [[Doyoung (singer)|Doyoung]], South Korean singer ([[NCT (group)|NCT]])
*[[February 2]] – [[Remi Wolf]], American singer-songwriter
*[[February 3]] – [[Rhap Salazar]], Filipino singer-songwriter and actor
*[[February 5]] – [[Fireboy DML]], Nigerian singer
*[[February 6]] – [[Dalton Rapattoni]], American singer
*[[February 8]] – [[Naniwa Danshi|Joichiro
Fujiwara]], Japanese singer ([[Naniwa Danshi]])
*[[February 9]]
**[[Chungha]], South Korean singer
**[[Kelli Berglund]], American actress, singer and dancer
*[[February 19]]
** [[Mabel (singer)|Mabel]], Spanish-born Swedish-British singer-songwriter and activist
** [[Ashnikko]], American singer, songwriter, rapper and activist
*[[February 24]] – [[Cristian Imparato]], Italian singer
*[[February 27]] – [[Ten (singer)|Ten]], Thai singer and dancer ([[WayV]])
*[[February 29]] – [[Jony (Russian singer)|Jony]], Azerbaijani-Russian singer
*[[March 2]] - [[Reve (singer)]], Canadian singer-songwriter
*[[March 3]] – [[Jeremy Zucker]], American singer
*[[March 12]] – [[Aristo Sham]], Hong Kong classical pianist
*[[March 17]] – [[Tokischa]], Dominican rapper, internet entertainer, and performance artist (Close with [[Madonna]])
*[[March 24]] – Jack Edward Johnson, pop rap musician in duo [[Jack & Jack]]
*[[March 26]]
**[[Kathryn Bernardo]], Filipina singer and actress
**[[Fredo Bang]], American rapper
*[[April 2]] – [[Zach Bryan]], American singer-songwriter, activist, and USA Navy veteran
*[[April 3]] – [[Sarah Jeffery]] Canadian actress, dancer and singer
*[[April 5]] – [[Mura Masa]], a Guernsey-born electronic music producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
*[[April 10]] – [[Loïc Nottet]], Belgian singer
*[[April 11]] – [[Summer Walker]], American singer-songwriter
*[[April 14]] – [[Abigail Breslin]], American singer and actress
*[[April 18]]
** [[Clau]], Brazilian singer
** [[Ski Mask the Slump God]], American rapper and songwriter
*[[April 19]] – [[Sam Woolf (singer-songwriter)|Sam Woolf]], American singer
*[[May 1]] – [[Mahalia (singer)]], British singer, songwriter and actress
*[[May 5]] – [[Jax (singer)]], American singer-songwriter
*[[May 6]] – [[Ocasional Talento]], Bolivian rapper (d. 2025)
*[[May 9]] – [[6ix9ine]], American rapper
*[[May 10]] – [[Pressa (rapper)|Pressa]], Canadian rapper
*[[May 14]]
**[[Martin Garrix]] – Dutch DJ and record producer
**[[Cole Bennett]], American music video director and videographer
*[[May 15]] – [[Birdy (singer)]], English musician, singer and songwriter
*[[May 16]] – [[Baby Tate (rapper)]], American rapper, singer, and record producer
*[[May 19]] - [[BlocBoy JB]], American rapper and songwriter
*[[May 31]] – [[Normani|Normani Kordei]], American singer, songwriter and dancer ([[Fifth Harmony]])
*[[June 2]] – [[Morissette (singer)|Morissette]], Filipino singer and songwriter
*[[June 4]] – [[Skip Marley]], Jamaican singer (son of [[Cedella Marley]] and David Minto)
*[[June 7]] – [[Shane Eagle]], South African rapper and songwriter
*[[June 10]] – [[Jun (Chinese entertainer)|Wen Junhui]], Chinese singer, dancer, and actor ([[Seventeen (South Korean band)|Seventeen]])
*[[June 15]]
**[[Aurora (singer)|Aurora]], Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer
**[[Hoshi (South Korean singer)|Hoshi]], South Korean singer and dancer ([[Seventeen (South Korean band)|Seventeen]])
*[[June 19]] – [[Priscilla Alcantara]], Brazilian singer
*[[June 25]] – [[Lele Pons]], Venezuelan-American internet personality, actress, singer, dancer and host
*[[June 27]] – [[Lauren Jauregui]], American singer, songwriter and dancer ([[Fifth Harmony]])
*[[July 2]] – [[Beret (singer)|Beret]], Spanish pop singer
*[[July 11]] – [[Alessia Cara]], Canadian singer-songwriter
*[[July 13]] – [[Jena Irene]], American singer-songwriter
*[[July 16]]
**[[Kevin Abstract]], American rapper, singer and songwriter ([[Brockhampton (band)|Brockhampton]])
**[[Chayce Beckham]], American singer
**[[Luke Hemmings]], Australian singer-songwriter and musician ([[5 Seconds of Summer]])
*[[July 17]] – [[Wonwoo]], South Korean rapper and singer ([[Seventeen (South Korean band)|Seventeen]])
*[[July 18]] – [[Yung Lean]], Swedish rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer
*[[July 23]]
**[[Danielle Bradbery]], American country pop singer
**[[Klava Koka]], Russian singer
*[[August 1]]
**[[Cymphonique Miller]], American actress and singer
**[[Ellona Santiago]], Filipino-American singer
*[[August 8]] – [[P1X3L|Phoebus Ng]], Hong Kong singer and actor ([[P1X3L]])
*[[August 19]] - [[Katja Glieson]], an Australian-German singer
*[[September 1]] – [[Zendaya]], American actress, singer and dancer
*[[September 3]] – [[Joy (singer)|Joy]], South Korean singer, actress and host
*[[September 5]] – [[Sigrid (singer)|Sigrid]], Norwegian singer-songwriter
*[[September 6]] – [[Lil Xan]], American rapper
*[[September 10]] – Jack Finnegan Gilinsky, pop rap musician in duo [[Jack & Jack]]
*[[September 11]] – [[Swarmz]], British Rapper
*[[September 16]] - [[Baka Prase]], Serbian rapper, YouTuber, internet personality, actor and entertainer
*[[September 17]] – [[Slayyyter]], American musician
*[[September 19]]
** [[Pia Mia]], Guamanian singer, songwriter and model
** [[Sabrina Claudio]]. American singer and songwriter
*[[September 26]] – [[Marina Sena]], Brazilian singer
*[[October 1]] – [[Shenseea]], Jamaican dancehall reggae performer and deejay
*[[October 7]] – [[Lewis Capaldi]], Scottish comedian, singer-songwriter, musician and activist
*[[October 10]] – [[Oscar Zia]], Swedish singer-songwriter
*[[October 14]]
** [[Lourdes Leon]], (Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon), American fashion model, dancer and singer. (first child of [[Madonna]]) (As of August 2022, Leon began releasing her music under the moniker Lolahol.)
** [[Madison Cunningham]], American singer, songwriter and guitarist.
*[[October 15]] – [[Zelo]], South Korean rapper
*[[October 29]]
**[[Emilia Mernes]], Argentine singer
**[[Astrid S]], Norwegian singer-songwriter-model
*[[October 30]] – [[Mizuki Fukumura]], Japanese actress and singer ([[Morning Musume]])
*[[November 1]]
**[[Lil Peep]], American rapper (d. 2017)
**[[Jeongyeon]], South Korean singer ([[TWICE]])
*[[November 6]] – [[Stefanie Scott]], American actress and singer
*[[November 7]] – [[Lorde]], New Zealand singer-songwriter
*[[November 9]] – [[Momo Hirai]], Japanese singer and dancer ([[TWICE]])
*[[November 19]] – [[RiceGum]], American YouTube personality, comedian and musician.
*[[November 23]] – [[Lia Marie Johnson]], American actress, singer, and Internet personality
*[[December 1]] – [[MC (singer)|MC Cheung Tin-fu]], Hong Kong singer and actor
*[[November 6]] - [[Talia Mar]], English singer-songwriter and internet personality
*[[December 9]] – [[AleXa]], Korean-American singer.
*[[December 11]]
** [[Hailee Steinfeld]], American actress and singer-songwriter
** [[Clementine Creevy]], American singer-songwriter, actor, musician and model
*[[December 12]]
** [[Gabi Martins]], Brazilian singer and songwriter
** [[Samia (musician)]], American musician, singer-songwriter and actress
*[[December 17]] – [[Kungs]], French DJ, record producer and musician
*[[December 29]] – [[Sana (singer)|Sana Minatozaki]], Japanese singer and dancer ([[TWICE]])
* Unknown:
** [[Alaska Reid]], American singer-songwriter and producer
** [[Dora Jar]], American bedroom pop musician
==Deaths==
*[[January
*[[January 21]] – the [[London Boys]]:
**[[Edem Ephraim]], 36
**[[Dennis Fuller]], 36
*[[January 25]] – [[Jonathan Larson]], composer and writer of the hit Broadway musical ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'', 35 ([[aortic aneurysm]])
*[[January 26]] – [[Henry Lewis (musician)|Henry Lewis]], American bassist and conductor, 63 (heart attack)
*[[
*[[
*[[
*[[February 7]] – [[Boris Tchaikovsky]], composer, 70
*[[February 15]] – [[Wild Jimmy Spruill]], guitarist, 61
*[[
*[[
*[[
*[[February 21]] – Morton Gould, composer, conductor, arranger and ASCAP President, 82
*[[February 26]] – [[Mieczysław Weinberg]], composer, 76
*[[
*[[
*[[March 22]] – [[Don Murray (drummer)|Don Murray]], drummer ([[The Turtles]]), 50 (post-operative complications)
*[[
*[[
*[[
*[[May 8]] – [[Celedonio Romero]], leader of the Romeros guitar quartet, 83
*[[May 10]] – [[Ethel Smith (organist)|Ethel Smith]], organist, 93
*[[
*[[May 17]]
**[[Kevin Gilbert (musician)|Kevin Gilbert]], [[studio engineer]], songwriter with Toy Matinee, Tuesday Night Music Club, 29 (asphyxiation)
**[[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]] – guitarist, 61 (myocardial infarction)
*[[May 25]] – [[Brad Nowell]], lead singer and guitarist of [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]], 28 (heroin overdose)
*[[May 30]] – [[John Kahn]], rock bassist, 48
*[[June 15]] – [[Ella Fitzgerald]], jazz singer, 79
*[[June 20]] – [[Jim Ellison]], singer and guitarist of [[Material Issue]], 32
*[[July 12]] – [[Jonathan Melvoin]], touring keyboardist for [[The Smashing Pumpkins]], 34 (heroin overdose)
*[[July 16]] – [[John Panozzo]], drummer for [[Styx (band)|Styx]] and brother of [[Chuck Panozzo]], 47
*[[July 17]]
**[[Chas Chandler]] ([[The Animals]]), 57 (heart attack)
**[[Marcel Dadi]], French [[country and western]] guitarist, 44 (in the crash of [[TWA Flight 800]])
*[[July 22]] – [[Rob Collins (musician)|Rob Collins]], original keyboardist of [[The Charlatans (English band)|The Charlatans]], 33
*[[July 29]] – [[Jason Thirsk]], [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]] bassist, 28 (suicide)
*[[August 11]] – [[Mel Taylor]], drummer ([[The Ventures]]), 62 (cancer)
*[[August 13]] – [[David Tudor]], pianist and composer, 70
*[[August 14]]
**[[Sergiu Celibidache]], Romanian conductor, 84
**[[Al Cleveland]], songwriter and producer, 66 (heart disease)
*[[August 16]] – [[Miles Goodman]], American film and television score composer, 47
*[[August 23]] – [[Jurriaan Andriessen (composer)|Jurriaan Andriessen]], Dutch composer, 71
*[[September 1]] – [[Vagn Holmboe]], Danish composer, 83
*[[September 9]] – [[Bill Monroe]], bluegrass singer, composer, and mandolin player, 84
*[[September 12]] – [[Eleazar de Carvalho]], Brazilian orchestral conductor and composer, 84
*[[September 13]] – [[Tupac Shakur]], [[rapper]], poet, actor, 25 (shot)
*[[September 28]] – [[Bob Gibson (musician)|Bob Gibson]], folk singer/songwriter, 64
*[[October 2]] – [[Joonas Kokkonen]], Finnish composer, 75
*[[October 6]] – [[Ted Daffan]], country musician, 84
*[[October 11]] – [[Renato Russo]], lead singer and composer for [[Legião Urbana]], 36
*[[October 17]]
**[[Berthold Goldschmidt]], German composer, 93
**[[Chris Acland]], [[Lush (band)|Lush]] drummer, 30 (suicide)
*[[November 2]] – [[Eva Cassidy]], American vocalist, 33 (skin cancer)
*[[November 5]] – [[Eddie Harris]], jazz saxophonist, pianist and organist, 62
*[[November 10]] – [[Manik Varma]], Indian classical musician, 76
*[[November 13]] – [[Bill Doggett]], jazz and R&B pianist and organist, 80 (heart attack)
*[[November 30]] – [[Tiny Tim (musician)|Tiny Tim]], musician, 64
*[[December 5]] – [[Wilf Carter (musician)|Wilf Carter]], Canadian country musician, 91
*[[December 10]] – [[Faron Young]], country singer, 64
*[[December 15]] – [[Dave Kaye]], British pianist, 90
*[[December 29]]
**[[Mireille Hartuch|Mireille]], French singer, 90
**[[Jerry Knight]], vocalist, bassist, songwriter and producer, 44
==Awards==
* [[1996 Country Music Association Awards]]
* [[Eurovision Song Contest 1996]]
* [[Grammy Awards of 1996]]
* [[American Music Awards of 1996]]
* [[1996 MTV Video Music Awards]]
* [[1996 MTV Europe Music Awards]]
* [[Brit Awards 1996]]
* [[Mercury Music Prize]], awarded to ''[[Different Class]]'', the album by [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]].
* [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] inductees: [[David Bowie]], [[Gladys Knight and the Pips]], [[Jefferson Airplane]], [[Little Willie John]], [[Pink Floyd]], [[The Shirelles]] and [[The Velvet Underground]].
* Glenn Gould Prize: [[Toru Takemitsu]] (laureate); [[Tan Dun]] (protégé)
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*[[
*[[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1996]]
*[[List of number-one R&B singles of 1996 (U.S.)]]
*[[1996 in British music#Charts]]
*[[List of Oricon number-one singles of 1996]]
*[[List of number-one singles of 1996 (Canada)]]
==See also==
* [[1996 in British music|1996 in music (UK)]]
* [[
* [[Triple J Hottest 100, 1996]]
==References==
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