| Top 40 Hits of December 1996 |
| 1 |
Toni Braxton | Un-Break My Heart |
| 2 |
Prodigy | Breathe |
| 3 |
Dunblane | Knockin' On Heaven's Door / Throw These Guns Away |
| 4 |
Boyzone | A Different Beat |
| 5 |
Spice Girls | 2 Become 1 |
| 6 |
Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler | One And One |
| 7 |
Peter Andre | I Feel You |
| 8 |
3T | I Need You |
| 9 |
Woolpackers | Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll |
| 10 |
Damage | Forever |
| 11 |
Mark Morrison | Horny |
| 12 |
Beautiful South | Don't Marry Her |
| 13 |
East 17 featuring Gabrielle | If You Ever |
| 14 |
Jamiroquai | Cosmic Girl |
| 15 |
Madonna | Don't Cry For Me Argentina |
| 16 |
Celine Dion | All By Myself |
| 17 |
Warren G featuring Adina Howard | What's Love Got To Do With It |
| 18 |
Spice Girls | Say You'll Be There |
| 19 |
Fugees | No Woman, No Cry |
| 20 |
Smurfs | Your Christmas Wish |
| 21 |
Faithless | Salva Mea |
| 22 |
Robson & Jerome | What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted |
| 23 |
Elton John & Luciano Pavarotti | Live Like Horses |
| 24 |
Mark Owen | Child |
| 25 |
Manic Street Preachers | Australia |
| 26 |
Whitney Houston | Step By Step |
| 27 |
Eternal | Secrets |
| 28 |
Babybird | You're Gorgeous |
| 29 |
Snoop Doggy Dogg featuring Charlie Wilson | Snoop's Upside Ya Head |
| 30 |
Artist | Betcha By Golly Wow! |
| 31 |
2Pac | I Ain't Mad At Cha |
| 32 |
Chicane | Offshore |
| 33 |
Lighthouse Family | Loving Every Minute |
| 34 |
Faithless | Insomnia |
| 35 |
Louise | One Kiss From Heaven |
| 36 |
Mansun | Four (EP) |
| 37 |
Salt-N-Pepa | Champagne |
| 38 |
Ant & Dec | When I Fall In Love |
| 39 |
Ice-T | The Lane |
| 40 |
Kula Shaker | Govinda |
