List of number-one albums of 1996 (Australia)

These are the Australian number one albums of 1996, per Australian Recording Industry Association.

Issue Date	Album	Artist	Weeks at number one (total)
7 January	The Memory of Trees	Enya	4 weeks
14 January	Throwing Copper	Live	7 weeks
21 January	Throwing Copper	Live	7 weeks
28 January	Throwing Copper	Live	7 weeks
4 February	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	Oasis	5 weeks
11 February	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	Oasis	5 weeks
18 February	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	Oasis	5 weeks
25 February	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	Oasis	5 weeks
3 March	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	Oasis	5 weeks
10 March	Jagged Little Pill	Alanis Morissette	10 weeks
17 March	Jagged Little Pill	Alanis Morissette	10 weeks
24 March	Falling into You	Celine Dion	4 weeks
31 March	Jagged Little Pill	Alanis Morissette	10 weeks
7 April	Jagged Little Pill	Alanis Morissette	10 weeks
14 April	Jagged Little Pill	Alanis Morissette	10 weeks
21 April	Jagged Little Pill	Alanis Morissette	10 weeks
28 April	Jagged Little Pill	Alanis Morissette	10 weeks
5 May	Jagged Little Pill	Alanis Morissette	10 weeks
12 May	To the Faithful Departed	The Cranberries	1 week
19 May	Jagged Little Pill	Alanis Morissette	10 weeks
26 May	Older	George Michael	1 week
2 June	Down on the Upside	Soundgarden	1 week
9 June	Jagged Little Pill	Alanis Morissette	10 weeks
16 June	Load	Metallica	2 weeks
23 June	Load	Metallica	2 weeks
30 June	Falling into You	Celine Dion	4 weeks
7 July	Hourly, Daily	You Am I	1 week
14 July	Falling into You	Celine Dion	4 weeks
21 July	Recurring Dream	Crowded House	10 weeks
28 July	Recurring Dream	Crowded House	10 weeks
4 August	Recurring Dream	Crowded House	10 weeks
11 August	Recurring Dream	Crowded House	10 weeks
18 August	Falling into You	Celine Dion	4 weeks
25 August	Forgiven, Not Forgotten	The Corrs	3 weeks
1 September	No Code	Pearl Jam	2 weeks
8 September	No Code	Pearl Jam	2 weeks
15 September	Forgiven, Not Forgotten	The Corrs	3 weeks
22 September	New Adventures in Hi-Fi	R.E.M.	1 week
29 September	Forgiven, Not Forgotten	The Corrs	3 weeks
6 October	The Very Best of Toni Childs	Toni Childs	6 weeks
13 October	From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah	Nirvana	1 week
20 October	The Very Best of Toni Childs	Toni Childs	6 weeks
27 October	Hits	Jimmy Barnes	1 week
3 November	The Very Best of Toni Childs	Toni Childs	6 weeks
10 November	The Very Best of Toni Childs	Toni Childs	6 weeks
17 November	The Very Best of Toni Childs	Toni Childs	6 weeks
24 November	The Very Best of Toni Childs	Toni Childs	6 weeks
1 December	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	Michael Jackson	3 weeks
8 December	Recurring Dream	Crowded House	10 weeks
15 December	Recurring Dream	Crowded House	10 weeks
22 December	Recurring Dream	Crowded House	10 weeks
29 December	Recurring Dream	Crowded House	10 weeks

Notes

• Number of number one albums: 18
• Longest run at number one (during 1996): Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette (10 weeks)

See also

• 1996 in music
• List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1990s