CASH BOX-BB MAGAZINE'S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP SINGLES OF 1996 *

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 1-MACARENA(BAYSIDE BOYS MIX)-LOS DEL RIO-AUGUST         1576
 2-ONE SWEET DAY-MARIAH CAREY & BOYZ/MEN-January                           1258
 3-I LOVE YOU ALWAYS FOREVER-DONNA LEWIS-September                         1072
 4-YOU'RE MAKIN' ME HIGH-TONI BRAXTON-July                                 1038
 5-IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW-CELINE DION-November                     1036
 6-ALWAYS BE MY BABY-MARIAH CAREY-May                                      1032
 7-NOBODY-KEITH SWEAT & ATHENA CAGE-November                                966
 8-NOBODY KNOWS-Tony Rich Project-March                                     930
 9-NO DIGGITY-Blackstreet-November                                          922
 10-BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME-CELINE DION-April                                  878
 11-Mouth-Merril Bainbridge-November                                        844
 12-Where Do You Go-No Mercy-October                                        824
 13-C'mon 'N Ride It(The Train)-Quad City DJ's-September                    818
 14-Twisted-Keith Sweat-September                                           804
 15-Missing-Everything But The Girl-February                                 754
 16-Give Me One Reason-Tracy Chapman-May                                     754
 17-Tha Crossroads-Bone Thugs-n-Harmony-June                                 742
 18-Name-Goo Goo Dolls-January                                               714
 19-Sittin' Up In My Room-Brandy-March                                       714
 20-Ironic-Alanis Morissette-April                                          702
 21-Hey Lover-L.L. Cool J-Def Jam-January                                   664
 22-Change The World-Eric Clapton-September                                 646
 23-How Do U Want It/California Love-2 Pac-June                             588
 24-Loungin'-L.L. Cool J-September                                          552
 25-Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)-R.Kelly-March                             546
 26-I Can't Sleep If-R.Kelly-August                                         514
 27-Not Gon' Cry-Mary J. Blige-February                                     512
 28-Follow You Down/Til I Hear It From You-Gin Blossoms-March               504
 29-You're The One-SWV-June                                                 466
 30-Who Will Save Your Soul-Jewel-August                                    462
 31-Before You Walk Out Of My Life-Monica-January                        452
 32-Only You-112-September                                                  430
 33-If It Makes You Happy-Sheryl Crow-December                              418
 34-Count On Me-Whitney Houston & Ce Ce Winans-May                          408
 35-Insensitive-Jan Arden-June                                              400
 36-Pony-Ginuwine-November                                                  400
 37-Breakfast At Tiffany's-Deep Blue Something-January                      394
 38-One Of Us-Joan Osbourne-February                                        390
 39-Be My Lover-La Bouche-February                                          378
 40-Jealousy-Natalie Merchant-August                                        376
 41-1,2,3,4 (Sumpin' New)-Coolio-April                                      372
 42-If Your Girl Only Knew-Aaliyah-October                                  368
 43-Last Night-Az Yet-October                                               334
 44-Wonderwall-Oasis-March                                                  298
 45-I Finally Found Someone-Bryan Adams & Barbra Streisand-December         298
 46-Time-Hootie & Blowfish-January                                          296
 47-When You Love A Woman-Journey-December                                  284
 48-Theme From Mission:Impossible-Adam Clayton & L.Mullen-June              282
 49-Tonite's Tha Night-Kris Kross-February                                  282
 50-Why I Love You So Much/Ain't Nobody-Monica-June                         274
 51-You Learn/You Oughta Know-Alanis Morisette-July                        260
 52-Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check-Busta Rhymes-May                        254
 53-Old Man & Me (When I Get To Heaven)-Hootie & Blowfish-May              240
 54-Soon As I Get Home-Faith Evans-January                                 230
 55-Fast Love-George Michael-June                                          222
 56-Lady-D'Angelo-March                                                    222
 57-This Is For The Lover In You-Babyface-November                         222
 58-Doin' It-L.L. Cool J-April                                             216
 59-Sweet Dreams-La Bouche-June                                            206
 60-Hook-Blues Traveler-March                                              194
 61-Hit Me Off-New Edition-September                                       184
 62-Keep On, Keepin' On-McLyte & Xscape-May                                176
 63-All The Things (Your Man Won't Do)-Joe-April                           166
 64-My Boo-Ghost Town DJs-October                                          164
 65-1979-Smashing Pumpkins-March                                           160
 66-Touch Me,Tease Me-Case & Foxxy Brown-June                              158
 67-Anything-3T-February                                                   152
 68-Key West Intermezzo(I Saw You First)-John Mellencamp-October           144
 69-Counting Blue Cars-Dishwalla-September                                 140
 70-Closer To Free-Bodeans-May                                             118
 71-Elevators-Outkast-September                                            118
 72-Wonder-Natalie Merchant-March                                          108
 73-The Earth,The Sun,The Rain-Color Me Badd-June                          104
 74-Who Do U Love-Deborah Cox-May                                          102
 75-Jesus To A Child-George Michael-February                                84
 76-Kissin' You-Total-July                                                  70
 77-Children-Robert Miles-July                                              68
 78-Bow Down-Westside Connection-November                                   68
 79-Real Love-Beatles-March                                                 42
 80-No One Else-Total-February                                              34
 81-Get On Up-Jodeci-June                                                   34

*Cash Box Magazine folded in November of 1996. Billboard charts were used
 in the compilation for the remaining weeks in the year