The following lists the top 50 albums of 1996 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Albums Chart.

# Title Artist Highest pos. reached Weeks at No. 1 1. Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 1 10 2. Falling into You Celine Dion 1 4 3. Forgiven, Not Forgotten The Corrs 1 3 4. (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis 1 5 5. The Very Best of Toni Childs Toni Childs 1 6 6. Recurring Dream Crowded House 1 8 7. The Presidents of the United States of America The Presidents of the United States of America 3 8. Throwing Copper Live 1 7 9. Daydream Mariah Carey 1 1 10. Romeo's Heart John Farnham 2 11. The Memory of Trees Enya 1 2 12. Barnes Hits Anthology Jimmy Barnes 1 1 13. HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I Michael Jackson 1 3 ) 14. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins 1 2 15. Older George Michael 1 1 16. Riverdance Bill Whelan 4 17. New Beginning Tracy Chapman 6 18. Sixteen Stone Bush 5 19. Don't Ask Tina Arena 1 1 20. Tennessee Moon Neil Diamond 2 21. Load Metallica 1 2 22. The Colour of My Love Celine Dion 1 8 23. To the Faithful Departed The Cranberries 1 1 24. Blue LeAnn Rimes 5 25. 18 til I Die Bryan Adams 2 26. No Code Pearl Jam 1 2 27. Garbage Garbage 4 28. Something to Remember Madonna 1 1 29. From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah Nirvana 1 1 30. Greatest Hits (1985–1995) Michael Bolton 6 31. CrazySexyCool TLC 5 32. Greatest Hits Simply Red 4 33. Enzso Enzso 4 34. One Hot Minute Red Hot Chili Peppers 1 2 35. Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus! Roxette 10 36. Frogstomp Silverchair 1 3 37. II The Presidents of the United States of America 3 38. The Score Fugees 5 39. All Time Greatest Hits Elvis Presley 7 40. Cracked Rear View Hootie & the Blowfish 7 41. Life Simply Red 7 42. The Greatest Hits: 1966–1992 Neil Diamond 1 2 43. Sweet Dreams La Bouche 10 44. Double Allergic Powderfinger 4 45. Sparkle and Fade Everclear 9 46. Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files Soundtrack 8 47. Love Songs Elton John 7 48. MTV Unplugged in New York Nirvana 1 3 49. Nevermind Nirvana 2 50. The Very Best of the Eagles Eagles 2

Peak chart positions from 1996 are from the ARIA Charts, overall position on the End of Year Chart is calculated by ARIA based on the number of weeks and position that the records reach within the Top 50 albums for each week during 1996.

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