Number-one dance hits of 1996 (USA)
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These are the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Club Play
number one hits of 1996.
Hot Dance Club Play
The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
number one hits of 1996.
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| January 6 | "Beautiful Life Beautiful Life (Ace of Base song) "Beautiful Life" is a hit song by Swedish band Ace of Base, released in the Autumn of 1995. In North America it was the first single released from the band's The Bridge; in Europe it followed "Lucky Love".... " |
Ace of Base Ace of Base Ace of Base is a pop band based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its original lineup consisted of Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg, and three siblings, Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Malin "Linn" Berggren and Jenny Berggren... |
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| January 13 | "If I Were You" | k.d. lang K.D. Lang Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress... |
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| January 20 | "Got Myself Together" | The Bucketheads | |
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| February 3 | "I Found It" | Daphne Daphne Rubin-Vega Daphne Rubin-Vega is a dancer, singer, and actress. She is best known for originating the role of Mimi Marquez in the Broadway musical Rent, and the role of Lucy, in the Off-Broadway play Jack Goes Boating.-Biography:Rubin-Vega was born in Panama City, Panama, the daughter of Daphine Vega, a... |
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| February 10 | "When" | Sunscreem Sunscreem Sunscreem is a techno/house band from Essex, England, who scored a number of hits on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century. Sunscreem also has the rare reputation as a techno-based band that successfully performs concerts... |
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| February 17 | "The Lover That You Are" | Pulse featuring Antoinette Roberson | |
| February 24 | "Day by Day" | Dajae Dajae Dajae is the stage name of Karen Gordon, a female R&B and dance music singer born in Chicago, Illinois. She sang in various soul bands for over a decade prior to joining house producer Cajmere. The duo released several hit singles, including "Brighter Days",which peaked at number two for two... |
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| March 2 | "Who Do U Love" | Deborah Cox Deborah Cox Deborah Cox is a Canadian R&B singer-songwriter and actress. Her 1998 song "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" held the record for longest-running number one single on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart , a record held for nearly eight years. She has achieved ten number-one hits on... |
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| March 9 | "The New Anthem" | N-Joi N-Joi N-Joi is a house music and techno production duo from Southend, Essex, England, consisting of Nigel Champion and Mark Franklin, with sometime vocalist/front person Saffron. Champion went to Framlingham College and Franklin to Felsted School but met up again after school in 1987.Between 1991 and... |
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| March 23 | "Lucky Love Lucky Love "Lucky Love" is a song by Ace of Base, which became their fifth worldwide single. It was the first single from their album The Bridge to be released in Europe, and the acoustic version of the song was the second single in the United States and Canada... " |
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| March 30 | "Salva Mea" | Faithless Faithless Faithless were a British electronica band consisting of Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss and Rollo. The group is best known for their dance songs . Faithless recorded six albums. During their career they sold over 15 million records worldwide... |
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| April 6 | "Tres Deseos (Three Wishes) Tres Deseos "Tres Deseos" is a song by Gloria Estefan, released as a promotional single from her second Spanish album, Abriendo Puertas.-Song history:... " |
Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those... |
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| April 13 | "Hyper-Ballad Hyper-Ballad "Hyperballad", also known as "Hyper-Ballad", is a song by Björk, released as the fourth single from her 1995 album Post.Björk performed "Hyperballad" at the Tibetan Freedom Concert in New York in 1997, and this live version was subsequently included on the second disc of the Tibetan Freedom Concert... " |
Björk Björk Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk... |
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| April 20 | "The Sound" | X-Press 2 X-Press 2 X-Press 2 is an English electronic and dance music duo. The members are DJ Diesel and DJ Rocky . Ashley Beedle left to pursue solo projects in 2009.-History:... |
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| May 4 | "Make the World Go Round" | Sandy B Sandy B Sandra Barber is a House music and dance music singer from New York who uses the stage name Sandy B.-Music career:She is primarily known for two of her solo records which reached #1 on Billboard's Dance/Club Play chart, "Make the World Go Round" and "Ain't No Need To Hide" in 1996 and 1997,... |
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| May 18 | "Sunday Afternoons" | Vanessa Daou Vanessa Daou Vanessa Daou is an American singer, songwriter, poet, visual artist and dancer. Most notably a musician, her work is known among electronica, nu jazz and trip hop circles for her trademark spoken word and aspirated singing style as well as its erotic and literary subtexts.-Formative years:Daou was... |
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| May 25 | "One More Try" | Kristine W Kristine W Kristine W, born Kristine Weitz, is an American singer-songwriter. She has released seven albums, three of them through major labels, plus an early recording she sells to fans through her website... |
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| June 1 | "America (I Love America)" | Full Intention Full Intention Full Intention is a house music duo from England who are best known as prolific remixers, reworking songs for varied artists such as the Sugababes and Whitney Houston. Group members are Michael Gray and Jon Pearn.... |
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| June 15 | "Children Children (song) "Children" is a single by electronica composer Robert Miles from his album Dreamland. "Children" is Miles' most successful single, being certified Gold and Platinum in several countries and it reaching #1 in more than 12 countries... " |
Robert Miles Robert Miles Robert Miles is an Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ in electronica and alternative music.-Biography:... |
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| June 22 | "Wrong Wrong (Everything but the Girl song) "Wrong" is a song by the group Everything but the Girl, composed by Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt. The song is the second track of their album Walking Wounded released in 1996.... " |
Everything but the Girl Everything but the Girl Everything but the Girl was a two-person English band, formed in Hull during 1981, consisting of lead singer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, and singer Ben Watt . They are currently inactive although vocalist Tracey Thorn hinted that they may reform someday... |
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| July 13 | "Before Before (song) "Before" is a single by UK electronic music group Pet Shop Boys released as the first single from the group's 1996 album Bilingual. The single, upon its release, peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart. In the US, it reached #1 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play and reached #7 on the US Bubbling Under... " |
Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards.... |
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| July 27 | "Professional Widow Professional Widow "Professional Widow" is a 1996 song written by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It was originally a harpsichord-driven rock dirge included on her 1996 album Boys for Pele, but it gained international popularity after being remixed by house music producer Armand van Helden... " |
Tori Amos Tori Amos Tori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument... |
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| August 10 | "Keep on Jumpin'" | Martha Wash Martha Wash Martha Wash is an American R&B, Pop, Soul, House singer/songwriter known for her distinctive and powerful voice.-Early career:... and Jocelyn Brown Jocelyn Brown Jocelyn Lorette Brown is an American R&B and dance music singer... |
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| August 17 | "You're Makin' Me High You're Makin' Me High "You're Makin' Me High" is the lead single from Toni Braxton's second studio album, Secrets . A joint collaboration between the Grammy Award-winning producer Babyface and Bryce Wilson resulted in this mid-tempo song... " |
Toni Braxton Toni Braxton Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide... |
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| August 31 | "Stand Up" | Love Tribe Love Tribe Love Tribe is a house music studio group assembled by producers Dewey Bullock, Latanza Waters and Victor Mitchell. Their biggest success came in 1996 when their track "Stand Up" reached #1 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. It reached #23 in the UK Singles Chart in July that year... |
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| September 7 | "You Got to Pray" | Joi Cardwell Joi Cardwell Joi Cardwell is a female Biracial Club/Dance, House music and R&B music singer-songwriter.-Career:She has had major success on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where she placed eight songs in the top ten between 1995 to 2007... |
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| September 21 | "Killing Me Softly with His Song Killing Me Softly with His Song "Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a 1971 song composed by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel. It has been covered by numerous artists, most notably by Roberta Flack whose version topped the U.S... " |
Roberta Flack Roberta Flack Roberta Flack is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is notable for jazz, soul, R&B, and folk music... |
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| October 5 | "Two to Tango" | Vanessa Daou | |
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| October 26 | "Stomp" | Quincy Jones Quincy Jones Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend... featuring the Cast of Stomp Stomp (dance troupe) Stomp is a percussion group that uses the body and ordinary objects to create a physical theatre performance.-History and performances:... |
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| November 2 | "Who Is He and What Is He to You" | Meshell Ndegeocello | |
| November 9 | "No Frills Love" | Jennifer Holliday Jennifer Holliday Jennifer-Yvette Holliday is an African-American singer and Tony Award-winning actress. She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Dreamgirls, and later became a successful recording artist... |
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| November 16 | "Land of the Living Land of the Living (song) "Land of the Living" is a song by Kristine W, released as the third and final single from her album Land of the Living. The single was a huge club hit but only reached #57 on the UK Singles Chart... " |
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| November 30 | "The Child (Inside)" | Qkumba Zoo Qkumba Zoo Qkumba Zoo is a dance music trio from Johannesburg, South Africa, consisting of vocalist Levannah, dancer/sculptor Tziki and musician/producer Owl. The band was originally formed by Owl and Levannah as a duo called "Ocean Road".-BIG:... |
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| December 7 | "One and One" | Robert Miles | |
| December 14 | "Sugar Is Sweeter" | C.J. Bolland | |
| December 21 | "Un-Break My Heart Un-Break My Heart "Un-Break My Heart" is a song by American recording artist Toni Braxton from her second studio album, Secrets . Written by Diane Warren and produced by David Foster, the ballad was released as the album's second single... " |
Toni Braxton Toni Braxton Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide... |
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See also
- 1996 in music1996 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact...
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart