List of number-one dance singles of 1996 (U.S.)
These are the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Club Play number one hits of 1996.
| Issue date | Song | Artist | Reference |
| January 6 | "Beautiful Life" | Ace of Base | |
| January 13 | "If I Were You" | k.d. lang | |
| January 20 | "Got Myself Together" | The Bucketheads | |
| January 27 | "Got Myself Together" | The Bucketheads | |
| February 3 | "I Found It" | Daphne | |
| February 10 | "When" | Sunscreem | |
| February 17 | "The Lover That You Are" | Pulse featuring Antoinette Roberson | |
| February 24 | "Day by Day" | Dajae | |
| March 2 | "Who Do U Love" | Deborah Cox | |
| March 9 | "The New Anthem" | N-Joi | |
| March 16 | "The New Anthem" | N-Joi | |
| March 23 | "Lucky Love" | Ace of Base | |
| March 30 | "Salva Mea" | Faithless | |
| April 6 | "Tres Deseos " | Gloria Estefan | |
| April 13 | "Hyperballad" | Björk | |
| April 20 | "The Sound" | X-Press 2 | |
| April 27 | "The Sound" | X-Press 2 | |
| May 4 | "Make the World Go Round" | Sandy B | |
| May 11 | "Make the World Go Round" | Sandy B | |
| May 18 | "Sunday Afternoons" | Vanessa Daou | |
| May 25 | "One More Try" | Kristine W | |
| June 1 | "America " | Full Intention | |
| June 8 | "America " | Full Intention | |
| June 15 | "Children" | Robert Miles | |
| June 22 | "Wrong" | Everything but the Girl | |
| June 29 | "Wrong" | Everything but the Girl | |
| July 6 | "Wrong" | Everything but the Girl | |
| July 13 | "Before" | Pet Shop Boys | |
| July 20 | "Before" | Pet Shop Boys | |
| July 27 | "Professional Widow" | Tori Amos | |
| August 3 | "Professional Widow" | Tori Amos | |
| August 10 | "Keep on Jumpin'" | Martha Wash and Jocelyn Brown | |
| August 17 | "You're Makin' Me High" | Toni Braxton | |
| August 24 | "You're Makin' Me High" | Toni Braxton | |
| August 31 | "Stand Up" | Love Tribe | |
| September 7 | "You Got to Pray" | Joi Cardwell | |
| September 14 | "You Got to Pray" | Joi Cardwell | |
| September 21 | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | Roberta Flack | |
| September 28 | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | Roberta Flack | |
| October 5 | "Two to Tango" | Vanessa Daou | |
| October 12 | "Two to Tango" | Vanessa Daou | |
| October 19 | "Two to Tango" | Vanessa Daou | |
| October 26 | "Stomp" | Quincy Jones featuring the Cast of Stomp | |
| November 2 | "Who Is He ?" | Meshell Ndegeocello | |
| November 9 | "No Frills Love" | Jennifer Holliday | |
| November 16 | "Land of the Living" | Kristine W | |
| November 23 | "Land of the Living" | Kristine W | |
| November 30 | "The Child " | Qkumba Zoo | |
| December 7 | "One and One" | Robert Miles | |
| December 14 | "Sugar Is Sweeter" | C. J. Bolland | |
| December 21 | "Un-Break My Heart" | Toni Braxton | |
| December 28 | "Un-Break My Heart" | Toni Braxton |