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The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom.[1][2][3] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1996, as well as albums which peaked in 1995 and 1997 but were in the top 10 in 1996. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

Ninety-seven albums were in the top ten this year. Three albums from 1994 and fifteen from 1995 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Evita: The Complete Motion Picture Music Soundtrack by Madonna and Various artists and Ocean Drive by Lighthouse Family were both released in 1996 but did not reach their peak until 1997. Bizarre Fruit by M People first charted in 1994 but took until 1996 to hit its highest position. The Bends by Radiohead was the only album from 1995 to reach its peak in 1996. Eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1996. are among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 1996.

The first new number-one album of the year was Expecting to Fly by The Bluetones. Overall, nineteen different albums peaked at number-one in 1996, with nineteen unique artists hitting that position.

Background

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Multiple entries

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Ninety-seven albums charted in the top 10 in 1996, with seventy-nine albums reaching their peak this year.

Eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1996. The Beatles, Boyzone, Celine Dion, Madonna, Oasis, Robson & Jerome, Simply Red, The Smurfs were the acts to chart with two albums this year.

Chart debuts

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artists achieved their first top 10 album in 1996 as a lead artist. had one other entry in their breakthrough year.

The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo album, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings.

Artist Number of top 10s First entry Chart position Other entries
Notes

Soundtracks

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Soundtrack albums for various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included.

Best-selling albums

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Alanis Morissette had the best-selling album of the year with Jagged Little Pill. The album spent 41 weeks in the top 10 (including 11 weeks at number one), sold around 2 million copies and was certified 7× platinum by the BPI.Spice by the Spice Girls came in second place. Oasis' (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, Falling into You from Celine Dion and Older by George Michael made up the top five. Albums by Robson & Jerome, The Fugees, Simply Red, The Beautiful South and Take That were also in the top-ten best selling albums of the year.

Top-ten albums

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Key
Symbol Meaning
‡ Album peaked in 1994 or 1995 but still in chart in 1996.
♦ Album released in 1996 but peaked in 1997.
(#) Year-end top-ten album position and rank
Entered The date that the album first appeared in the chart.
Peak Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart.
Entered
(week ending) 		Weeks
in
top
10 		Single Artist Peak Peak
reached
(week ending) 		Weeks
at
peak
Albums in 1994
5 March 1994 32 The Colour of My Love ‡ Celine Dion 1 28 January 1995 7
10 September 1994 25 Definitely Maybe ‡ Oasis 1 10 September 1994 1
26 November 1994 26 Bizarre Fruit M People 3 17 February 1996 3
Albums in 1995
25 March 1995 5 The Bends Radiohead 4 10 February 1996 1
27 May 1995 24 Stanley Road ‡ Paul Weller 1 27 May 1995 1
24 June 1995 22 HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I ‡ Michael Jackson 1 24 June 1995 1
2 September 1995 10 Said and Done ‡ Boyzone 1 2 September 1995 1
14 October 1995 51 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? ‡ Oasis 1 14 October 1995 10
21 October 1995 15 Life ‡ Simply Red 1 21 October 1995 3
28 October 1995 3 All Change ‡ Cast 7 28 October 1995 1
11 November 1995 23 Different Class ‡ Pulp 1 11 November 1995 1
5 Welcome to the Neighbourhood ‡ Meat Loaf 3 11 November 1995 1
4 Power of a Woman ‡ Eternal 6 11 November 1995 1
18 November 1995 10 Made in Heaven ‡ Queen 1 18 November 1995 1
12 Something to Remember ‡ Madonna 3 18 November 1995 1
8 Love Songs ‡ Elton John 4 16 December 1995 1
25 November 1995 13 Robson & Jerome ‡ Robson & Jerome 1 25 November 1995 7
2 December 1995 8 The Memory of Trees ‡ Enya 5 9 December 1995 1
Albums in 1996
20 January 1996 41 Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 1 4 May 1996 11
27 January 1996 2 First Love Michael Ball 4 27 January 1996 1
3 February 1996 2 Boys for Pele Tori Amos 2 3 February 1996 1
10 February 1996 1 Deliverance Baby D 5 10 February 1996 1
1 It's a Man's World Cher 10 10 February 1996 1
17 February 1996 3 Don't Stop Status Quo 2 17 February 1996 1
1 The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes Babylon Zoo 6 17 February 1996 1
1 Murder Ballads Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 8 17 February 1996 1
1 This World and Body Marion 10 17 February 1996 1
24 February 1996 3 Expecting to Fly The Bluetones 1 24 February 1996 1
1 Same Oul' Town The Saw Doctors 6 24 February 1996 1
9 March 1996 1 Roots Sepultura 4 9 March 1996 1
1 Relish Joan Osborne 5 9 March 1996 1
16 March 1996 12 Hits Mike and the Mechanics 3 16 March 1996 2
3 Mercury Falling Sting 4 16 March 1996 1
29 Ocean Drive ♦ Lighthouse Family 3 8 March 1997 1
23 March 1996 41 Falling into You Celine Dion 1 23 March 1996 1
1 Regular Urban Survivors Terrorvision 8 23 March 1996 1
1 Second Toughest in the Infants Underworld 9 23 March 1996 1
1 Countdown 1992–1983 Pulp 10 23 March 1996 1
30 March 1996 2 Anthology 2 The Beatles 1 30 March 1996 1
7 Garbage Garbage 6 27 April 1996 2
1 Lovelife Lush 8 30 March 1996 1
6 April 1996 10 Greatest Hits Take That 1 6 April 1996 4
1 Golden Heart Mark Knopfler 9 6 April 1996 1
13 April 1996 4 Wildest Dreams Tina Turner 4 13 April 1996 1
1 A Maximum High Shed Seven 8 13 April 1996 1
20 April 1996 22 Moseley Shoals Ocean Colour Scene 2 20 April 1996 6
27 April 1996 1 Evil Empire Rage Against the Machine 4 27 April 1996 1
4 May 1996 2 Return of the Mack Mark Morrison 4 4 May 1996 1
1 Fairweather Johnson Hootie & the Blowfish 9 4 May 1996 1
1 Nearly God Tricky 10 4 May 1996 1
11 May 1996 4 To the Faithful Departed The Cranberries 2 11 May 1996 1
1 In Sides Orbital 5 11 May 1996 1
18 May 1996 9 1977 Ash 1 18 May 1996 1
2 Walking Wounded Everything but the Girl 4 18 May 1996 1
2 The It Girl Sleeper 5 18 May 1996 1
1 Wild Mood Swings The Cure 9 18 May 1996 1
25 May 1996 35 Older George Michael 1 25 May 1996 3
1 Slang Def Leppard 5 25 May 1996 1
1 June 1996 16 Everything Must Go Manic Street Preachers 2 1 June 1996 2
31 The Score The Fugees 2 5 October 1996 1
1 Down on the Upside Soundgarden 7 1 June 1996 1
15 June 1996 2 Load Metallica 1 15 June 1996 1
22 June 1996 3 18 til I Die Bryan Adams 1 22 June 1996 1
3 Dreamland Robert Miles 7 22 June 1996 1
29 June 1996 6 Free Peace Sweet Dodgy 7 29 June 1996 1
6 July 1996 18 Recurring Dream: The Very Best of Crowded House Crowded House 1 6 July 1996 2
1 Naked Louise 7 6 July 1996 1
12 The Smurfs Go Pop! The Smurfs 2 17 August 1996 1
20 July 1996 1 Raise the Pressure Electronic 8 20 July 1996 1
31 August 1996 3 The Ultimate Collection Neil Diamond 5 31 August 1996 1
7 September 1996 1 No Code Pearl Jam 3 7 September 1996 1
14 September 1996 4 Coming Up Suede 1 14 September 1996 1
1 Bilingual Pet Shop Boys 4 14 September 1996 1
21 September 1996 3 New Adventures in Hi-Fi R.E.M. 1 21 September 1996 1
17 Travelling Without Moving Jamiroquai 2 21 September 1996 2
28 September 1996 10 K Kula Shaker 1 28 September 1996 2
4 Spiders Space 5 28 September 1996 1
12 October 1996 2 Natural Peter Andre 1 12 October 1996 1
1 From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah Nirvana 4 12 October 1996 1
6 Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow 5 12 October 1996 3
19 October 1996 16 Greatest Hits Simply Red 1 19 October 1996 2
3 Stoosh Skunk Anansie 9 19 October 1996 2
26 October 1996 2 Only Human Dina Carroll 2 26 October 1996 1
1 Recovering the Satellites Counting Crows 4 26 October 1996 1
2 November 1996 22 Blue Is the Colour The Beautiful South 1 2 November 1996 1
2 Dance into the Light Phil Collins 4 2 November 1996 1
1 Ugly Beautiful Babybird 9 2 November 1996 1
9 November 1996 9 A Different Beat Boyzone 1 9 November 1996 1
1 Anthology 3 The Beatles 4 9 November 1996 1
10 Evita: The Complete Motion Picture Music Soundtrack ♦ Madonna and Various artists 1 1 February 1997 1
16 November 1996 43 Spice Spice Girls 1 16 November 1996 15
6 Around the World Hit Singles: The Journey So Far East 17 3 16 November 1996 2
3 If We Fall in Love Tonight Rod Stewart 8 16 November 1996 1
23 November 1996 7 Take Two Robson & Jerome 1 23 November 1996 2
5 Christmas Party The Smurfs 8 23 November 1996 3
1 The Finest Fine Young Cannibals 10 23 November 1996 1
28 December 1996 1 Crocodile Shoes II (Original Songs from the BBC Television Serial) Jimmy Nail 10 28 December 1996 1

Entries by artist

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The following table shows artists who have achieved two or more top 10 entries in 1996, including albums that reached their peak in 1995 or 1997. The figures only include main artists, with featured artists and appearances on compilation albums not counted individually for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 1996 is also shown.

Entries Artist Weeks Albums

Notes

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See also

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References

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General

  • "Six decades of singles charts". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

Specific

  1. ^ "The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
  3. ^ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
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