Top 40 Hits of May 1996
| 1 | George Michael | Fastlove |
| 2 | Gina G | Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit |
| 3 | Mark Morrison | Return Of The Mack |
| 4 | Suggs & Louchie Lou / Michie One | Cecilia |
| 5 | 1996 Manchester United FA Cup Squad | Move Move Move (The Red Tribe) |
| 6 | Tony Rich Project | Nobody Knows |
| 7 | Manic Street Preachers | A Design For Life |
| 8 | JX | There's Nothing I Won't Do |
| 9 | Michael Jackson | They Don't Care About Us |
| 10 | Blur | Charmless Man |
| 11 | Robert Miles | Children |
| 12 | Lisa Marie Experience | Keep On Jumpin' |
| 13 | Baddiel & Skinner and The Lightning Seeds | Three Lions |
| 14 | Chantay Savage | I Will Survive |
| 15 | 3T | 24 / 7 |
| 16 | Liverpool FC & Boot Room Boyz | Pass And Move (Liverpool Groove) |
| 17 | The Smashing Pumpkins | Tonight, Tonight |
| 18 | The Klubbheads | Klubhopping |
| 19 | Busta Rhymes | Woo-hah!! Got You All In Check |
| 20 | Sleeper | Sale Of The Century |
| 21 | Alanis Morissette | Ironic |
| 22 | The Prodigy | Firestarter |
| 23 | Pet Shop Boys | Before |
| 24 | Mark Snow | The X-Files |
| 25 | Gabrielle | Give Me A Little More Time |
| 26 | The Bluetones | Cut Some Rug / Castle Rock |
| 27 | 1300 Drums featuring The Unjustified Ancients Of M-U | Ooh! Aah! Cantona |
| 28 | Def Leppard | Slang |
| 29 | The Presidents Of The United States Of America | Peaches |
| 30 | Peter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx | Mysterious Girl |
| 31 | John Alford | Blue Moon / Only You |
| 32 | Horace Brown | One For The Money |
| 33 | S-Express | Theme From S-Express - The Return Trip |
| 34 | 2Pac featuring Dr Dre | California Love |
| 35 | Ash | Goldfinger |
| 36 | Metallica | Until It Sleeps |
| 37 | Sean Maguire | Good Day |
| 38 | Gloria Estefan | Reach |
| 39 | Oasis | Don't Look Back In Anger |
| 40 | Bryan Adams | The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me |