Chart History
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
| January 6 | Exhale (Shoop Shoop) | Whitney Houston |
| January 13 | Exhale (Shoop Shoop) | Whitney Houston |
| January 20 | Before You Walk out of My Life / Like This and Like That | Monica |
| January 27 | Before You Walk out of My Life / Like This and Like That | Monica |
| February 3 | Not Gon' Cry | Mary J. Blige |
| February 10 | Not Gon' Cry | Mary J. Blige |
| February 17 | Not Gon' Cry | Mary J. Blige |
| February 24 | Not Gon' Cry | Mary J. Blige |
| March 2 | Not Gon' Cry | Mary J. Blige |
| March 9 | Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) | R. Kelly featuring Ronald Isley |
| March 16 | Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) | R. Kelly featuring Ronald Isley |
| March 23 | Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) | R. Kelly featuring Ronald Isley |
| March 30 | Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) | R. Kelly featuring Ronald Isley |
| April 6 | Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) | R. Kelly featuring Ronald Isley |
| April 13 | Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) | R. Kelly featuring Ronald Isley |
| April 20 | Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) | R. Kelly featuring Ronald Isley |
| April 27 | You're the One | SWV |
| May 4 | Always Be My Baby | Mariah Carey |
| May 11 | Tha Crossroads | Bone Thugs N Harmony |
| May 18 | Tha Crossroads | Bone Thugs N Harmony |
| May 25 | Tha Crossroads | Bone Thugs N Harmony |
| June 1 | Tha Crossroads | Bone Thugs N Harmony |
| June 8 | Tha Crossroads | Bone Thugs N Harmony |
| June 15 | Tha Crossroads | Bone Thugs N Harmony |
| June 22 | Tha Crossroads | Bone Thugs N Harmony |
| June 29 | You're Makin' Me High / Let It Flow | Toni Braxton |
| July 6 | How Do U Want It / California Love | 2Pac featuring K-Ci & JoJo / featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman |
| July 13 | How Do U Want It / California Love | 2Pac featuring K-Ci & JoJo / featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman |
| July 20 | How Do U Want It / California Love | 2Pac featuring K-Ci & JoJo / featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman |
| July 27 | You're Makin' Me High / Let It Flow | Toni Braxton |
| August 3 | I Can't Sleep Baby (If I) | R. Kelly |
| August 10 | I Can't Sleep Baby (If I) | R. Kelly |
| August 17 | Twisted | Keith Sweat |
| August 24 | Twisted | Keith Sweat |
| August 31 | Hit Me Off | New Edition |
| September 7 | Hit Me Off | New Edition |
| September 14 | Hit Me Off | New Edition |
| September 21 | Twisted | Keith Sweat |
| September 28 | If Your Girl Only Knew | Aaliyah |
| October 5 | If Your Girl Only Knew | Aaliyah |
| October 12 | Last Night | Az Yet |
| October 19 | No Diggity | Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre |
| October 26 | No Diggity | Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre |
| November 2 | No Diggity | Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre |
| November 9 | No Diggity | Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre |
| November 16 | Pony | Ginuwine |
| November 23 | Pony | Ginuwine |
| November 30 | Nobody | Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage |
| December 7 | Nobody | Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage |
| December 14 | Nobody | Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage |
| December 21 | I Believe I Can Fly | R. Kelly |
| December 28 | I Believe I Can Fly | R. Kelly |
Read more about this topic: R&B Number-one Hits Of 1996 (USA)
Famous quotes containing the words chart and/or history:
“Perhaps in His wisdom the Almighty is trying to show us that a leader may chart the way, may point out the road to lasting peace, but that many leaders and many peoples must do the building.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)
“There is no example in history of a revolutionary movement involving such gigantic masses being so bloodless.”
—Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)