The South African Airplay Chart ranks the best-performing singles in South Africa. Its data, published by Entertainment Monitoring Africa, is based collectively on each single's weekly airplay.
List of number-one singles of 2016 DateSongArtist(s)Ref.5 January "We Dance Again" Black Coffee featuring Nakhane Toure 12 January "Hello" Adele 19 January "Sorry" Justin Bieber 26 January 2 February 9 February 16 February 23 February "Love Yourself" 1 March 8 March "Work" Rihanna featuring Drake 15 March 22 March 29 March 5 April 12 April 19 April 26 April "Ngud'" Kwesta featuring Cassper Nyovest 3 May 10 May 17 May 24 May 31 May 7 June "Company" Justin Bieber 14 June "Can't Stop the Feeling!" Justin Timberlake 21 June 28 June 5 July 12 July 19 July "In Common" Alicia Keys26 July2 August9 August16 August23 August30 August
Number-one artists Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Justin Bieber 8 2 Rihanna 7 2 Drake 7 2 Alicia Keys 7 3 Kwesta 6 3 Cassper Nyovest 6 4 Justin Timberlake 5 5 Black Coffee 1 5 Nakhane Toure 1 5 Adele 1
See also 2016 in music Entertainment Monitoring Africa
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