These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums that have reached number-one in 1996.
Chart history Issue date Album Artist January 6 Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack / Various artists January 13 January 20 January 27 February 3 February 10 Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton Eazy-E February 17 February 24 All Eyez on Me 2Pac March 2 March 9 March 16 March 23 March 30 April 6 April 13 The Coming Busta Rhymes April 20 The Resurrection Geto Boys April 27 The Score Fugees May 4 May 11 Sunset Park Soundtrack / Various artists May 18 The Score Fugees May 25 June 1 June 8 Gettin' It (Album Number Ten) Too Short June 15 June 22 All Eyez on Me 2Pac June 29 July 6 Secrets Toni Braxton July 13 All Eyez on Me 2Pac July 20 It Was Written Nas July 27 August 3 August 10 August 17 Beats, Rhymes and Life A Tribe Called Quest August 24 It Was Written Nas August 31 September 7 September 14 ATLiens Outkast September 21 September 28 Home Again New Edition October 5 Another Level Blackstreet October 12 October 19 October 26 November 2 November 9 Bow Down Westside Connection November 16 Hell On Earth Mobb Deep November 23 Tha Doggfather Snoop Dogg November 30 The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory Makaveli December 7 December 14 December 21 Muddy Waters Redman December 28 The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory Makaveli
See also 1996 in music R&B number-one hits of 1996 (USA)
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