title: List of Oricon number-one albums of 1996
text: # List of Oricon number-one albums of 1996
  
  These are the Oricon number one albums of 1996, per the Oricon Albums Chart.
  
  ## Chart history
  
  Key :
  
  | † | Indicates best-selling album of 1996 |
  | - | - |
  | Issue Date | Album | Artist(s) |
  | January 1 | Beauty and Harmony | Miwa Yoshida |
  | January 15 | Back Beats #1 | Maki Ohguro |
  | January 22 | Back Beats #1 | Maki Ohguro |
  | January 29 | Back Beats #1 | Maki Ohguro |
  | February 5 | Hey Man | Mr. Big |
  | February 12 | Banzai | Ulfuls |
  | February 19 | Beat Out! | Glay |
  | February 26 | Looking Back | Kazumasa Oda |
  | March 4 | The Live 3 | TRF |
  | March 11 | King & Queen | Tomoyasu Hotei |
  | March 18 | King & Queen | Tomoyasu Hotei |
  | March 25 | Singles Collection +6 | Wands |
  | April 1 | Daiginjō | Miyuki Nakajima |
  | April 8 | Globe † | Globe |
  | April 15 | Love Unlimited | Dreams Come True |
  | April 22 | Globe † | Globe |
  | April 29 | Globe † | Globe |
  | May 6 | Style | Luna Sea |
  | May 13 | Globe † | Globe |
  | May 20 | Globe † | Globe |
  | May 27 | Globe † | Globe |
  | June 3 | Neon Genesis Evangelion III | TV soundtrack |
  | June 10 | Fake Star | Kuroyume |
  | June 17 | Love Brace | Tomomi Kahala |
  | June 24 | Only Good Summer | Tube |
  | July 1 | Love Brace | Tomomi Kahala |
  | July 8 | Shinkai | Mr. Children |
  | July 15 | Red | Nanase Aikawa |
  | July 22 | Today Is Another Day | Zard |
  | July 29 | Young Love | Southern All Stars |
  | August 5 | Sweet 19 Blues | Namie Amuro |
  | August 12 | Sweet 19 Blues | Namie Amuro |
  | August 19 | Since 1995: Forever | V6 |
  | August 26 | Smap 009 | SMAP |
  | September 2 | Singles | T-Bolan |
  | September 9 | Singles | T-Bolan |
  | September 16 | Psyence | Hide |
  | September 23 | By Myself | Hitomi |
  | September 30 | Montage | Yen Town Band |
  | October 7 | Montage | Yen Town Band |
  | October 14 | Missing Piece | Kyosuke Himuro |
  | October 21 | MTV Unplugged Live | Chage and Aska |
  | October 28 | Kyutai no kanaderu ongaku | Kenji Ozawa |
  | November 4 | Indigo Chiheisen | Spitz |
  | November 11 | Indigo Chiheisen | Spitz |
  | November 18 | Dahlia | X Japan |
  | November 25 | Aozora no Tobira | Shōgo Hamada |
  | December 2 | Beloved | Glay |
  | December 9 | Friends II | B'z |
  | December 16 | Greeting | V6 |
  | December 23 | Maximum | MAX |
  | December 30 | Golden Q | Sharan Q |
  