https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/o...of-1996__33496/

 

Official Top 40 best-selling singles of 1996

 

POS TITLE ARTIST PEAK

1 KILLING ME SOFTLY FUGEES 1

2 WANNABE SPICE GIRLS 1

3 SPACEMAN BABYLON ZOO 1

4 SAY YOU'LL BE THERE SPICE GIRLS 1

5 2 BECOME 1 SPICE GIRLS 1

6 RETURN OF THE MACK MARK MORRISON 1

7 THREE LIONS BADDIEL/SKINNER/LIGHTNING SEED 1

8 OOH AAH...JUST A LITTLE BIT GINA G 1

9 CHILDREN ROBERT MILES 2

10 MYSTERIOUS GIRL PETER ANDRE FT BUBBLER RANX 1

11 DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER OASIS 1

12 UN-BREAK MY HEART TONI BRAXTON 2

13 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE TAKE THAT 1

14 BREATHE PRODIGY 1

15 WORDS BOYZONE 1

16 IF YOU EVER EAST 17 FEATURING GABRIELLE 2

17 WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED ROBSON & JEROME 1

18 BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S DEEP BLUE SOMETHING 1

19 FIRESTARTER PRODIGY 1

20 ONE & ONE ROBERT MILES FEAT MARIA NAYLER 3

21 ANYTHING 3T 2

22 READY OR NOT FUGEES 1

23 MACARENA LOS DEL RIO 2

24 BORN SLIPPY UNDERWORLD 2

25 FASTLOVE GEORGE MICHAEL 1

26 KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR/THROW THESE.. DUNBLANE 1

27 YOU'RE GORGEOUS BABYBIRD 3

28 THE X FILES MARK SNOW 2

29 BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME CELINE DION 5

30 GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE TIME GABRIELLE 5

31 NOBODY KNOWS TONY RICH PROJECT 4

32 IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW CELINE DION 3

33 FLAVA PETER ANDRE 1

34 CECILIA SUGGS & LOUCHIE LOU/MICHIE ONE 4

35 I LOVE YOU ALWAYS FOREVER DONNA LEWIS 5

36 DON'T STOP MOVIN' LIVIN' JOY 5

37 HOW BIZARRE OMC 5

38 HILLBILLY ROCK HILLBILLY ROLL WOOLPACKERS 5

39 INSOMNIA FAITHLESS 3

40 WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT WARREN G FEAT ADINA HOWARD 2

 

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Oh so they have, why on earth? At least One and One makes the top 20 in this version of events, I'm distinctly less happy that Virtual Insanity is kicked out.

It's all to do with the data used- this is DUS sales rather than panel sales and hence the difference. There were more shops in the DUS in the final quarter of the year so songs released late in the year have done better on this version.

it would look a lot better if artists with these words were omitted:

 

son, bird, rich, wool, plus charity tracks which people buy for the cause not the music. :teresa:

96 had so many great songs, love how indie/dance went huge and how Prodigy or Chemical bros could get to #1

 

Fav songs on the list are the 2 Prodigy singles, the 2 Robert Miles singles, the 2 Fugees tracks, Oasis, Insomnia and Born Slippy.

was too old to enjoy the Spice Girls :)

 

How does this differ from the order back in the day/at the time then?

This is the updated order with the historic position at the start. Colour coded for up, down, non-mover

 

1 1 KILLING ME SOFTLY FUGEES 1

2 2 WANNABE SPICE GIRLS 1

3 3 SPACEMAN BABYLON ZOO 1

4 4 SAY YOU'LL BE THERE SPICE GIRLS 1

10 5 2 BECOME 1 SPICE GIRLS 1

5 6 RETURN OF THE MACK MARK MORRISON 1

7 7 THREE LIONS BADDIEL/SKINNER/LIGHTNING SEED 1

6 8 OOH AAH...JUST A LITTLE BIT GINA G 1

8 9 CHILDREN ROBERT MILES 2

9 10 MYSTERIOUS GIRL PETER ANDRE FT BUBBLER RANX 1

11 11 DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER OASIS 1

13 12 UN-BREAK MY HEART TONI BRAXTON 2

12 13 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE TAKE THAT 1

14 14 BREATHE PRODIGY 1

16 15 WORDS BOYZONE 1

18 16 IF YOU EVER EAST 17 FEATURING GABRIELLE 2

19 17 WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED ROBSON & JEROME 1

17 18 BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S DEEP BLUE SOMETHING 1

15 19 FIRESTARTER PRODIGY 1

26 20 ONE & ONE ROBERT MILES FEAT MARIA NAYLER 3

20 21 ANYTHING 3T 2

24 22 READY OR NOT FUGEES 1

22 23 MACARENA LOS DEL RIO 2

23 24 BORN SLIPPY UNDERWORLD 2

21 25 FASTLOVE GEORGE MICHAEL 1

31 26 KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR/THROW THESE.. DUNBLANE 1

30 27 YOU'RE GORGEOUS BABYBIRD 3

25 28 THE X FILES MARK SNOW 2

27 29 BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME CELINE DION 5

28 30 GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE TIME GABRIELLE 5

29 31 NOBODY KNOWS TONY RICH PROJECT 4

35 32 IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW CELINE DION 3

33 33 FLAVA PETER ANDRE 1

32 34 CECILIA SUGGS & LOUCHIE LOU/MICHIE ONE 4

36 35 I LOVE YOU ALWAYS FOREVER DONNA LEWIS 5

34 36 DON'T STOP MOVIN' LIVIN' JOY 5

37 37 HOW BIZARRE OMC 5

41 38 HILLBILLY ROCK HILLBILLY ROLL WOOLPACKERS 5

44 39 INSOMNIA FAITHLESS 3

45 40 WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT WARREN G FEAT ADINA HOWARD 2

 

was too old to enjoy the Spice Girls :)

You can never be too old :o

 

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The 1996 list posted on Haven forum in 2007 ( https://fatherandy2.proboards.com/thread/41...crollTo=1001033 ) still had 2 Become 1 as the 5th best seller:

 

1 Killing Me Softly - Fugees [1] 1,269,000

2 Wannabe - Spice Girls [1] 1,268,000

3 Spaceman - Babylon Zoo [1] 1,100,000

4 Say You'll Be There - Spice Girls [1] 900,000

5 2 Become 1 - Spice Girls [1] 730,000

6 Return Of The Mack - Mark Morrison [1] 730,000

7 Three Lions (The Official Song Of The England Football Team) - Baddiel and Skinner and The Lightning Seeds [1] 680,000

8 Ooh Aah...Just A Little Bit - Gina G [1] 680,000

9 Children - Robert Miles [2] 670,000

10 Mysterious Girl (remix) - Peter André featuring Bubbler Ranx [2] 652,000

 

11 Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis [1] 540,000

12 How Deep Is Your Love - Take That [1] 650,000

13 Un-Break My Heart - Toni Braxton [2] 610,000

14 Breathe - Prodigy [1] 590,000

15 Firestarter - Prodigy [1] 530,000

16 Words - Boyzone [1] 520,000

17 Breakfast At Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something [1] 510,000

18 If You Ever - East 17 featuring Gabrielle [2] 510,000

19 What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted / Saturday Night At The Movies / You’ll Never Walk Alone - Robson and Jerome [1] 510,000

20 Anything - 3T [2] 480,000

 

21 Fastlove - George Michael [1] 470,000

22 Macarena - Los Del Rio [2] 460,000

23 Born Slippy - Underworld [2] 460,000

24 Ready Or Not - Fugees [1] 450,000

25 The X Files - Mark Snow [2] 440,000

26 One & One - Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler [3] 440,000

27 Because You Loved Me - Céline Dion [5] 420,000

28 Give Me A Little More Time - Gabrielle [5] 420,000

29 Nobody Knows - Tony Rich Project [4] 410,000

30 You're Gorgeous - Baby Bird [3] 410,000

 

31 Knockin' On Heaven's Door / Throw These Guns Away - Dunblane [1] 410,000

32 Cecilia - Suggs featuring Louchie Lou and Michie One [4] 380,000

33 Flava - Peter André [1] 370,000

34 Don't Stop Movin' - Livin' Joy [5] 350,000

35 It's All Coming Back To Me Now - Céline Dion [3] 350,000

36 I Love You Always Forever - Donna Lewis [5] 340,000

37 How Bizarre - OMC [5] 340,000

38 Jesus To A Child - George Michael [1] 330,000

39 Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai [3] 310,000

40 Forever Love - Gary Barlow [1] 300,000

Back in 2007 the OCC used to list the ten best selling singles of each year on their website. Thats why the top ten part is the same on the list from Haven.