- Chart history
- References
These are the Oricon number one albums of 1996, per the Oricon Albums Chart.[1] Chart historyKey| {{dagger|alt=Best performing album of 1996}} | Indicates best-selling album of 1996 | | Issue Date | Album | Artist(s) |
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| January 1 | Beauty and Harmony | Miwa Yoshida | | January 15 | Back Beats #1 | Maki Ohguro | | January 22 | | January 29 | | 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 | | March 25 | Singles Collection +6 | Wands | | April 1 | Daiginjō | Miyuki Nakajima | | April 8 | Globe {{dagger}} | Globe | | April 15 | Love Unlimited | Dreams Come True | | April 22 | Globe {{dagger}} | Globe | | April 29 | | May 6 | Style | Luna Sea | | May 13 | Globe {{dagger}} | Globe | | May 20 | | May 27 | | 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 | | August 19 | Since 1995: Forever | V6 | | August 26 | Smap 009 | SMAP | | September 2 | Singles | T-Bolan | | September 9 | | September 16 | Psyence | Hide | | September 23 | By Myself | Hitomi | | September 30 | Montage | Yen Town Band | | October 7 | | 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 | | 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 |
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Index of charts|url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/indexa.html|accessdate=21 April 2014}}
{{Japan Albums}} 3 : 1996 record charts|Lists of number-one albums in Japan|1996 in Japanese music |