• [see 1996 for date of first appearance at number one] - Un�Break My Heart--Toni Braxton - 11 weeks (7 weeks in 1997)
• [2/22] - Wannabe--Spice Girls - 4 weeks
• [3/22] - Can't Noboby Hold Me Down--Puff Daddy Featuring Mase - 6 weeks
• [5/3] - Hypnotize--The Notorious B.I.G. - 3 weeks
• [5/24] - MMMBop--Hanson - 3 weeks
• [6/14] - I'll Be Missing You--Puff Daddy & Faith Evans (w/112) - 11 weeks
• [8/30] - Mo Money Mo Problems--The Notorious B.I.G. Feat. Puff Daddy & Mase - 2 weeks
• [9/13] - Honey--Mariah Carey - 3 weeks
• [10/4] - 4 Seasons Of Loneliness--Boyz II Men - 1 week
• [10/11] - Candle In The Wind/Something About The Way You Look Tonight--Elton John - 14 weeks (12 weeks in 1997)

[]--Date record first appeared at number one on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100
 *--Indicates single with non·consecutive weeks at number one.

Source: The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn