Ce classement du 22 décembre 1996 reflète la popularité des singles les plus écoutés et vendus sur une semaine. Il permet ainsi de renseigner avec la meilleure représentativité possible.
Classement des tubes en France
| TW | Artiste | Titre | Wks | LW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SPICE GIRLS | Say you'll be there | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | TORI AMOS | Professional widow (it's gotta be big) | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | WORLDS APART | Everlasting love | 7 | 4 |
| 4 | FUGEES | No woman, no cry | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | DONNA LEWIS | I love you always forever | 13 | 3 |
| 6 | ALISHA'S ATTIC | I am, I feel | 11 | 7 |
| 7 | WARREN G. feat. ADINA HOWARD | What's love got to do with it | 8 | 11 |
| 8 | PASCAL OBISPO | Personne | 12 | 10 |
| 9 | AKHENATON & LA FONKY FAMILY | Bad boys de Marseille | 15 | 8 |
| 10 | TERI MOÏSE | Je serai là | 8 | 21 |
| 11 | PARADISIO | Bailando | 7 | 13 |
| 12 | NADA SURF | Popular | 15 | 6 |
| 13 | MYLENE FARMER | Rêver | 6 | 9 |
| 14 | GALA | Freed from desire | 15 | 12 |
| 15 | JEAN-JACQUES GOLDMAN | Elle attend | 8 | 15 |
| 16 | LEAH ANDREONE | It's alright, it's O.K. | 10 | 16 |
| 17 | O.M.C. | How bizarre | 8 | 19 |
| 18 | 2 BE 3 | Partir un jour | 15 | 14 |
| 19 | 3T | I need you | 5 | 20 |
| 20 | JAMIROQUAI | Cosmic girl | 4 | 31 |
| 21 | ETIENNE DAHO | Au commencement | 8 | 39 |
| 22 | THE CRANBERRIES | When you're gone | 15 | 17 |
| 23 | ROBERT MILES feat. MARIA NAYLER | One & one | 7 | 29 |
| 24 | BRAIDS | Bohemian rhapsody | 6 | 30 |
| 25 | THE CARDIGANS | Lovefool | 8 | 24 |
| 26 | SHERYL CROW | If it makes you happy | 15 | 18 |
| 27 | PHIL COLLINS | Dance into the light | 15 | 25 |
| 28 | CELINE DION | All by myself | 18 | 22 |
| 29 | KHALED | Aïcha | 22 | 26 |
| 30 | ZUCCHERO | Cosi celeste | 16 | 23 |
| 31 | MAD IN PARIS | Réveillez-vous | 7 | 32 |
| 32 | FLORENT PAGNY & CAROLE FREDERICKS | Oh happy day | 10 | 27 |
| 33 | BOYZONE | Words | 10 | 33 |
| 34 | FAITHLESS | Insomnia | 4 | 40 |
| 35 | ADDIS BLACK WIDOW feat. K-MEL | Sweet money | 7 | 37 |
| 36 | TONI BRAXTON | Un-break my heart | 4 | 41 |
| 37 | DOWN LOW | Vision of life | 4 | 46 |
| 38 | NO DOUBT | Don't speak | 2 | 55 |
| 39 | THE PRODIGY | Breathe | 7 | 43 |
| 40 | DOC GYNECO | Nirvana | 9 | 42 |
| 41 | JOE COCKER | Don't let me be misunderstood | 12 | 28 |
| 42 | STEPHAN EICHER | Oh ironie | 12 | 34 |
| 43 | LL COOL J | Loungin | 8 | 36 |
| 44 | EAST 17 feat. GABRIELLE | If I ever | 9 | 38 |
| 45 | ALLIAGE | Baïla | 3 | 50 |
| 46 | ZAZIE | Homme sweet homme | 3 | 57 |
| 47 | WHITNEY HOUSTON | Step by step | 2 | 62 |
| 48 | TELEPHONE | Tout ça c'est du cinéma | 4 | 51 |
| 49 | OPHELIE WINTER | Shame on u | 14 | 45 |
| 50 | BLACKSTREET feat. DR. DRE | No diggity | 3 | 64 |
| 51 | GALA | Everyone has inside | 7 | 52 |
| 52 | DAFT PUNK | Da funk | 2 | 75 |
| 53 | EROS RAMAZZOTTI | Stella gemella | 7 | 56 |
| 54 | NAS | The message | 3 | 59 |
| 55 | MARK CLEMENT | Berlin (last station) | 3 | 73 |
| 56 | ENIGMA | Beyond the invisible | 3 | 65 |
| 57 | CELINE DION | Les derniers seront les premiers | 6 | 63 |
| 58 | HYSTERIC EGO | Want love | 7 | 35 |
| 59 | GINUWINE | Pony | 5 | 61 |
| 60 | ERIC CLAPTON | Change the world | 24 | 47 |
| 61 | HELENE SEGARA | Une voix dans la nuit (on the radio) | 7 | 53 |
| 62 | NOIR DESIR | Un jour en France | 9 | 44 |
| 63 | JAMIROQUAI | Virtual insanity | 14 | 49 |
| 64 | RECIPROK | Tchi-tcha | 11 | 54 |
| 65 | KOOL & THE GANG | In the hood (tonight... it's alright) | 2 | 69 |
| 66 | LOS DEL RIO | Macarena christmas | 2 | 77 |
| 67 | GLORIA ESTEFAN | You'll be mine (party time) | 2 | 90 |
| 68 | MARC LAVOINE | C'est ça la France | 11 | 68 |
| 69 | PET SHOP BOYS | Se a vida é (that's the way life is) | 8 | 58 |
| 70 | TEXAS | Say what you want | 1 | NEW |
| 71 | INNER CIRCLE | Da bomb | 2 | 60 |
| 72 | JOHNNY HALLYDAY | La ville des âmes en peine | 3 | 78 |
| 73 | PRINCE | Betcha by golly wow! | 3 | 76 |
| 74 | TINA TURNER | Missing you | 8 | 67 |
| 75 | G-SQUAD | Raide dingue de toi | 19 | 48 |
| 76 | G-SQUAD | Aucune fille au monde | 1 | NEW |
| 77 | LE FESTIVAL ROBLES | Aii... tchaaa !! | 2 | 85 |
| 78 | TONTON DAVID | Vagabond | 2 | 84 |
| 79 | ALANIS MORISSETTE | You learn | 1 | NEW |
| 80 | BACKSTREET BOYS | Quit playing games (with my heart) | 1 | NEW |
| 81 | SEX ALARM | Siren | 7 | 70 |
| 82 | EDDY MITCHELL | Un portrait de Norman Rockwell | 3 | 83 |
| 83 | STING | I'm so happy I can't stop crying | 1 | NEW |
| 84 | SPICE GIRLS | Wannabe | 26 | 71 |
| 85 | JEAN-LOUIS MURAT | Le train bleu | 1 | NEW |
| 86 | AXELLE RED | A tatons | 13 | 96 |
| 87 | ZAD | L'ombre du soleil | 2 | 92 |
| 88 | PAUL PERSONNE | Miss Terre | 1 | NEW |
| 89 | THE ORIGINAL | I luv you baby | 2 | 91 |
| 90 | B.B.E. | Seven days and one week | 21 | 87 |
| 91 | SO WHAT? | Trouble | 1 | NEW |
| 92 | NOMANSLAND | Seven seconds | 4 | 89 |
| 93 | FRANCOISE HARDY | Un peu d'eau | 1 | NEW |
| 94 | SCREAMING TREES | Sworn and broken | 1 | NEW |
| 95 | SIMPLY RED | Angel | 5 | 66 |
| 96 | PETER KITSCH starr. OLIVIA | ABC pour casser | 21 | 88 |
| 97 | BABYBIRD | You're gorgeous | 1 | NEW |
| 98 | NO MERCY | Where do you go? | 25 | 94 |
| 99 | GARBAGE | Stupid girl | 21 | 72 |
| 100 | DANIEL BELANGER | Je fais de moi un homme | 1 | NEW |
