1996 saw 24 songs hit Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart, but the biggest of them all - but only just - was Killing Me Softly by The Fugees.
The stripped-down rework of Killing Me Softly was based on Roberta Flack's version of the track, itself a big hit in 1973. As discussed on Channel 5 series Britain's Biggest 90s Hits, the trio's version was also a runaway success, spending five week weeks at Number 1 across June/July and logging 1.17m sales to finish as the year's best-selling single, according to Official Charts Company data.
The Fugees, comprising of Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel, went on to land a second Number 1 that year - Ready Or Not was a two-week chart topper in September and lands at 22 on the year-end chart.
Read more on officialcharts.com
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