▸ the year you arrived
1996
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You will be 30 this year — a child of the '90s.
The song that ruled the year you arrived
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Your generation
Millennial
1996 belonged to
Mariah Carey
3 year-end chart hits
Top 10 of 1996
- 1
Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)
Los del Río
- 2
One Sweet Day (feat. Boyz II Men)
Mariah Carey
- 3
Because You Loved Me
Céline Dion
- 4
Nobody Knows
The Tony Rich Project
- 5
Always Be My Baby
Mariah Carey
- 6
Give Me One Reason
Tracy Chapman
- 7
Tha Crossroads
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
- 8
I Love You Always Forever
Donna Lewis
- 9
You're Makin' Me High
Toni Braxton
- 10
Twisted
Keith Sweat
The world you were born into
Top AlbumsFugees — The Score
Smashing Pumpkins — Mellon Collie
No Doubt — Tragic Kingdom
At the MoviesIndependence Day
Scream
Jerry Maguire
On TVSabrina the Teenage Witch
3rd Rock from the Sun
Everybody Loves Raymond
In the HeadlinesThe Macarena dominates
Nintendo 64 launches
Dolly the sheep is cloned
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