Is WAV needed for html5 audio fully cross-browser?

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An audio for the web which is fully cross-browser needs some different formats to work on all browsers. Commonly I see that people use mp4 and ogg. But I want to be completely sure. Therefore I added webm and wav. Is this completely needed? Especially wav files as they are so heavy. This question should be thought thinking about performance for a responsive site.

This is my html example:

<audio controls="controls" data-music="1">
    <source src="http://example.webm" type="audio/webm" />
    <source src="http://example.mp4" type="audio/mpeg" />
    <source src="http://example.ogg" type="audio/ogg" />
    <source src="http://example.wav" type="audio/wav" />
</audio>

Will this all be downloaded and affect the global performance?

Additionally, does the order matter of the type of formats?

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