BILLBOARD MAGAZINE’S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS OF 1996
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No.-Album-Artist-Peak Month 1 JAGGED LITTLE PILL-ALANIS MORISSETTE-MARCH 4220 2 FALLING INTO YOU-CELINE DION-October 3410 3 THE WOMAN IN ME SHANIA TWAIN February 1886 4 SECRETS-TONI BRAXTON-July 1808 5 THE SCORE-THE FUGEES-June 1618 6 BLUE-LEANN RIMES-August 1556 7 WAITING TO EXHALE-SOUNDTRACK-February 1338 8 MORNING GLORY-Oasis-February 898 9 NEW BEGINNING-Tracy Chapman-June 876 10 SIXTEEN STONE Bush February 870 11 Keith Sweat-Keith Sweat-July 840 12 Another Level Blackstreet September 758 13 Load-Metallica-June 712 14 The Moment-Kenny G.-October 662 15 The Don Killuminati:7 Day Theory-Makaveli-November 618 16 All Eyez On Me-2 Pac-March 616 17 It Was Written-NAS-August 598 18 Razorblade Suitcase-Bush-December 574 19 Fairweather Johnson-Hootie & Blowfish-May 514 20 Gangsta's Paradise-Coolio-March 456 21 Crash-Dave Matthews Band-May 450 22 The Presidents Of The United States Of America-March 416 23 Evil Empire-Rage Against The Machine-May 394 24 Set It Off-Soundtrack-October 346 25 Nutty Professor-Soundtrack-July 322 26 Home Again-New Edition-September 316 27 Borderline-Brooks & Dunn-May 306 28 Relish-Joan Osborne-March 300 29 Recovering The Satellites-Counting Crows-November 298 30 No Code-Pearl Jam-September 278 31 Memory Of Trees-Enya-February 276 32 Tha Doggfather-Snoop Doggy Dogg-November 256 33 Tiny Music...From The Vatican Giftshop-Stone Temple Pilots-April 248 34 The Crow:City Of Angels-Soundtrack-August 246 35 To The Faithful Departed-Cranberries-May 232 36 Gettin' It-Too Short-June 230 37 Anthology II-Beatles-April 228 38 Down On The Upside-Soundgarden-June 228 39 Best Of:Volume I-Van Halen-November 218 40 Everything I Love-Alan Jackson-November 218 41 ATLiens-Outkast-September 204 42 Unplugged-Alice In Chains-August 182 43 Blue Clear Sky-George Strait-May 168 44 From The Muddy Banks Of The Washkah-Nirvana-October 166 45 New Adventures In Hi Fi-R.E.M.-September 162 46 Anthology III-Beatles-November 160 47 Revelations-Wyonna-February 156 48 Beats,Rhymes & Life-A Tribe Called Quest-August 152 49 311-311-September 144 50 Boys For Pele-Tori Amos-February 140 51 Bow Down-Westside Connection-November 140 52 Sunset Park-Soundtrack-May 136 53 Older-George Michael-June 134 54 Antichrist Superstar-Marilyn Manson-October 132 55 Resurrection-Geto Boys-April 130 56 Sheryl Crow-Sheryl Crow-October 122 57 Phenomenon-Soundtrack-August 112 58 Family Scriptures-Mo Thugs Family-November 110 59 Banana Wind-Jimmy Buffett-June 104 60 Str8 Off Tha Streetz Of Muthaphu**in Compton-Eazy E-February 102 61 Ironman-Ghostface Killa-November 100 62 Trial By Fire-Journey-November 98 63 Mercury Falling-Sting-April 96 64 The Day-Babyface-November 94 65 Great Southern Trendkill-Pantera-May 94 66 The Coming-Busta Rhymes-April 90 67 Legal Drug Money-Lost Boyz-June 84 68 Ill Na Na-Foxy Brown-December 84 69 Your Secret Love-Luther Vandross-October 78 70 Hunchback Of Notre Dame-Soundtrack-July 74 71 Greatest Hits-Clint Black-October 74 72 Anemia-Tool-October 58 73 Life Is Peachy-Korn-November 56 74 The Hall Of Game E 40 November 54 75 Test For Echo-Rush-September 52 76 Dr. Dre Presents... The Aftermath-Various Artists-December 50 77 Hell On Earth-Mobb Deep-December 50 78 Billy Breathes-Phish-November 48 79 Mr.Happy Go Lucky-John Mellencamp-September 44 80 New Beginning-SWV-May 44 81 Jock Jams Vol. II-Various Artists-October 42 82 Congratulations I'm Sorry-Gin Blossoms-March 42 83 Emancipation-Prince-December 40 84 This Is The Rime:The Christmas Album-Michael Bolton-December 40 85 Hard Core-Lil' Kim-November 40 86 Wild Mood Swings-The Cure-May 38 87 Muddy Waters-Redman December 38 88 The Final Tic-Crucial Conflict-July 38 89 Stakes Is High-De La Soul-July 36 90 Slang-Def Leppard-May 34 91 Bad Hair Day-Weird Al Yankovic-April 34 92 Tennessee Moon-Neil Diamond-March 34