This is a list of the best-selling singles in 1996 in Japan, as reported by Oricon.
Ranking Single Artist Release Sales 1"Namonaki Uta"Mr. Children2,303,000 2"Departures"Globe2,272,000 3"La La La Love Song"Toshinobu Kubota with Naomi Campbell1,613,000 4"Cherry"Spitz1,539,000 5"Hana (Mémento Mori)"Mr. Children1,539,000 6"Sora mo Toberuhazu"Spitz1,432,000 7"Ai no Kotodama (Spiritual Message)"Southern All Stars1,381,000 8"I'm Proud"Tomomi Kahara1,372,000 9"Don't Wanna Cry" Namie Amuro1,372,000 10"Chase the Chance"1,362,000 11"Mienai Chikara (Invisible One)/Move" B'z1,236,000 12"Real Thing Shakes"1,140,000 13"You're My Sunshine"Namie Amuro1,098,000 14"Anata ni Aitakute (Missing You)"Seiko Matsuda1,089,000 15"Asia no Junshin" Puffy1,057,000 16"Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi"1,057,000 17"Alice"My Little Lover1,033,000 18"Sobakasu"Judy and Mary1,030,000 19"My Friend"Zard1,000,000 20"To Love You More"Celine Dion with Kryzler & Kpmpany999,000
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