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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994.

Joan Jett performing at Bumbershoot 1994.

Specific locations

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Specific genres

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Events

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January–February

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March–April

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May–June

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July–August

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September–October

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November–December

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Also in 1994

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Bands formed

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Bands disbanded

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Bands reformed

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Albums released

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January–March

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Date Album Artist Notes
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4 Music from the Motion Picture Philadelphia Various Artists Soundtrack
Trashed Lagwagon -
10 Get What You Deserve Sodom -
11 She'd Give Anything Boy Howdy EP
18 Antenna ZZ Top -
A Constipated Monkey Kurious -
Dogman King's X -
Here It Is Freddie Jackson -
Mirror Blue Richard Thompson -
Whiskey for the Holy Ghost Mark Lanegan -
24 Dubnobasswithmyheadman Underworld -
25 Best of Bachman–Turner Overdrive Live Bachman–Turner Overdrive Live
Cleansing Prong -
Face the Music NKOTB -
Hips and Makers Kristin Hersh -
Jar of Flies Alice in Chains EP
Kickin' It Up John Michael Montgomery -
Life Lover Aaron Kwok Chinese Compilation Album of UFO Record Labels
Snuff the Punk P.O.D. Debut
Too High to Die Meat Puppets -
27 Dies Irae Noir Désir Live
31 Blackhawk Blackhawk -
Cross Purposes Black Sabbath UK
Under the Pink Tori Amos -
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1 Dookie Green Day Diamond (10+ million copies sold)
Blunted on Reality Fugees -
Reality Bites Various Artists Soundtrack
What a Crying Shame The Mavericks -
Back at Your Ass for the Nine-4 2 Live Crew -
7 24 Hour Revenge Therapy Jawbreaker -
Brave Marillion -
Motorcade of Generosity Cake Debut
Troublegum Therapy? -
8 For Your Own Special Sweetheart Jawbox -
No Doubt About It Neal McCoy -
Offering Animal Bag -
Paid Vacation Richard Marx -
Some Old Bullshit Beastie Boys -
Welcome to the Cruel World Ben Harper Debut
9 Dreamspace Stratovarius -
14 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain Pavement -
Hex Bark Psychosis -
15 Angelfish Angelfish North America
Moonlight Becomes You Willie Nelson -
Pronounced Jah-Nay Zhané Debut
Ungod Stabbing Westward Debut
17 Transilvanian Hunger Darkthrone -
21 In the Nightside Eclipse Emperor -
22 Beyond Flavor Original Flavor -
Gangsta Funk 5th Ward Boyz -
Ro Sham Bo The Grays Debut
Stereopathetic Soulmanure Beck -
What Jail Is Like The Afghan Whigs EP
23 Hide Your Face hide Debut
24 The Principle of Evil Made Flesh Cradle of Filth Debut
28 Vikingligr Veldi Enslaved Debut
? Forget Love Potion Andy Lau UFO Record Semi-finale
Just Say You Love Me Dave Wong UFO Record Labels
The New Great Adventure of Grand Deluxe Horizon Aaron Kwok Chinese 1st of 2nd The New Album of UFO Record Labels
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1 Robbin' the Hood Sublime -
Bewitched Luna -
Dart to the Heart Bruce Cockburn -
The Funky Headhunter M.C. Hammer -
Glow Raven -
Live at the Acropolis Yanni Live
Mellow Gold Beck -
Naïve/Hell to Go KMFDM -
Rats Sass Jordan -
That Dog That Dog Debut
2 The 7th Blues B'z Double album
7 Selected Ambient Works Volume II Aphex Twin [26]
8 Brutal Youth Elvis Costello -
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails 4× Platinum
Hard to Earn Gang Starr -
Magnified Failure -
Martinis and Bikinis Sam Phillips -
Point Blank Nailbomb Debut
Pop Heiress Chainsaw Kittens -
Ringmaster Insane Clown Posse -
Superunknown Soundgarden 5× Platinum
Your Filthy Little Mouth David Lee Roth -
14 The Door Charlie Daniels -
Forever Now Level 42 -
Vauxhall and I Morrissey -
15 Chant Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos Canto Gregoriano outside North America; re-release
Living Room Cell -
Mötley Crüe Mötley Crüe -
Son of Altered Beast Matthew Sweet EP
Unboxed Sammy Hagar Greatest Hits +2 new tracks
21 Essex Alison Moyet -
Talk Yes -
22 Longing in Their Hearts Bonnie Raitt -
Amor Prohibido Selena -
Woke up with a Monster Cheap Trick -
Above the Rim Various Artists Soundtrack
Brother Sister Brand New Heavies -
Devil Hopping Inspiral Carpets -
Far Beyond Driven Pantera -
Fuck What You Think Main Source -
Hit the Highway The Proclaimers -
Mind Blowin Vanilla Ice -
Naveed Our Lady Peace Debut; Canadian release
New Plastic Ideas Unwound -
Not a Moment Too Soon Tim McGraw -
The Brian Setzer Orchestra The Brian Setzer Orchestra -
24 Black Hand Inn Running Wild -
25 True Force Powerman 5000 Debut EP
28 The Division Bell Pink Floyd -
Give Out But Don't Give Up Primal Scream -
Now That's What I Call Music! 27 Various Artists -
The Piano Concerto/MGV Michael Nyman -
Promenade The Divine Comedy -
29 The Crow Various Artists -
Groove Family Cyco Infectious Grooves -
Hoist Phish Gold
This Toilet Earth GWAR -

April–June

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Date Album Artist Notes
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1 Lunar Strain In Flames Debut
4 Rusty Rodan -
5 The Divine Comedy Milla Jovovich -
Some Change Boz Scaggs -
To the Death M.O.P. -
8 Smash The Offspring 6× Platinum and the best-selling independent label album of all time.
11 Crash! Boom! Bang! Roxette -
12 All-4-One All-4-One -
The Bleeding Cannibal Corpse -
Live Through This Hole -
Weight Rollins Band -
Whistling In The Wind Leon Redbone -
18 Let Love In Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -
And She Closed Her Eyes Stina Nordenstam -
His 'n' Hers Pulp -
How to Make Friends and Influence People Terrorvision -
19 Foolish Superchunk -
Crookt, Crackt, or Fly Gastr del Sol -
Illmatic Nas Debut
In My Wildest Dreams Kenny Chesney -
Well... Katey Sagal -
21 Australian Melodrama The Triffids -
25 Anarchy Chumbawamba -
Mädchen Lucilectric Germany
Parklife Blur -
Santa Monica '72 David Bowie UK, Live
26 American Recordings Johnny Cash -
A Date with The Smithereens The Smithereens -
The Fatherless and the Widow Sixpence None the Richer -
Last Day on Earth John Cale and Bob Neuwirth -
Read My Mind Reba McEntire -
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik OutKast Debut
This Is Me Randy Travis -
Throwing Copper Live 8× Platinum (US); 7× Platinum (Canada)
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3 Middle Class Revolt The Fall -
The Sweetest Illusion Basia -
Where It All Begins The Allman Brothers Band -
4 Dark Funeral Dark Funeral EP
9 Last of the Independents The Pretenders -
The Seventh Sign Yngwie Malmsteen Europe
Far from Home Traffic -
The Very Best of Kenny G Kenny G Greatest Hits
Now I'm a Cowboy The Auteurs -
10 Arrive All Over You Danielle Brisebois Debut
Diary Sunny Day Real Estate -
Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star Sonic Youth -
Four Chords & Several Years Ago Huey Lewis and The News Covers of popular songs from the 1950s & '60s
G. Love and Special Sauce G. Love & Special Sauce Gold (US)
Swamp Ophelia Indigo Girls -
Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof Travis Tritt -
Weezer Weezer Debut; 3× Platinum (US), 2× Platinum (Canada)
16 I Say I Say I Say Erasure -
17 Boingo Oingo Boingo -
New Times Violent Femmes -
A Night in San Francisco Van Morrison Live
Recently Dave Matthews Band Live EP
20 Teenager of the Year Frank Black -
23 Seal Seal aka Seal II
Street Angel Stevie Nicks -
Lifeforms Future Sound of London -
24 David Byrne David Byrne -
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Mayhem -
Dulcinea Toad the Wet Sprocket -
Everyone Should Be Killed Anal Cunt -
Fruitcakes Jimmy Buffett -
Heart, Soul & a Voice Jon Secada -
Nuttin' But Love Heavy D & the Boyz -
The Sun Rises in the East Jeru the Damaja Debut
25 Hai no Diamond Glay Debut
Humanimal Talisman -
31 The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists -
Ill Communication Beastie Boys 3× Platinum (US)
199Quad 69 Boyz -
Así Es Gerardo -
Mortal Kombat: The Album The Immortals -
Fear, Emptiness, Despair Napalm Death -
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4 Oh My Love Zard -
6 Balls to Picasso Bruce Dickinson Europe; released in US on 26 July
Bad Boys Inc Bad Boys Inc -
7 Pride & Glory Pride & Glory -
Purple Stone Temple Pilots -
Gems Patti LaBelle -
Regulate... G Funk Era Warren G Debut
Walk On Boston
When Love Finds You Vince Gill -
9 On and On Masaharu Fukuyama -
10 Migratory Birds Dave Wong UFO Record Labels
13 Split Lush -
14 Age Ain't Nothing but a Number Aaliyah Debut
Pure and Simple Joan Jett and the Blackhearts -
Suicidal for Life Suicidal Tendencies -
Through the Fire Peabo Bryson -
Turn It Upside Down Spin Doctors -
Zingalamaduni Arrested Development -
15 Deflowered Pansy Division -
17 Temple Stone Ghost Live
20 Genius and Brutality...Taste and Power Brainbombs -
21 Betty Helmet -
Bee Thousand Guided by Voices -
Super Bad Terminator X -
Creepin on ah Come Up Bone Thugs-n-Harmony EP
Dance Naked John Mellencamp -
Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved Various Artists Kiss tribute
Let's Go Rancid -
22 Surface of Pain Masquerade -
27 Keb' Mo' Keb' Mo' Debut
One Foot In The Grave Beck -
28 Funkdafied Da Brat Debut
Get Up on It Keith Sweat -
MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett Tony Bennett Live
One Step Ahead of the Spider MC 900 Ft. Jesus -
Same as It Ever Was House of Pain -
Si Te Vas Jon Secada -
Stand By for Pain Widowmaker -
Tiger Bay Saint Etienne -
¡Viva Zapata! 7 Year Bitch -
Welcome to Sky Valley Kyuss -
Who I Am Alan Jackson -
30 Love Gone Sour, Suspicion, and Bad Debt The Clarks -

July–September

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Date Album Artist Notes
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1 Year of the Dog Wolfstone -
4 Music for the Jilted Generation The Prodigy -
5 Cracked Rear View Hootie & the Blowfish Diamond (10 million+ copies sold)
DGC Rarities Vol. 1 Various Artists -
Hot Boxing Magnapop -
I Ain't Movin' Des'ree -
Liquor in the Front The Reverend Horton Heat -
Thirty Years of Maximum R&B The Who Box set
8 Master of the Rings Helloween -
11 Voodoo Lounge The Rolling Stones -
Zopilote Machine The Mountain Goats -
12 Cowboys in Love Riders in the Sky -
Dewdrops in the Garden Deee-Lite -
Uncle Sam's Curse Above the Law -
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Grassroots 311 -
Hungry for Stink L7 -
The Kansas Boxed Set Kansas Box set
The Last Temptation Alice Cooper -
Tales from the Thousand Lakes Amorphis -
13 In the Trees The Watchmen Canada
14 Roman Candle Elliott Smith -
Tierra L'Arc-en-Ciel -
15 W.F.O. Overkill -
18 Parables for Wooden Ears Powderfinger Debut
The Space Age Playboys Warrior Soul -
Terminal Spirit Disease At the Gates -
19 Chief Boot Knocka Sir Mix-a-Lot -
For the Love of Strange Medicine Steve Perry -
Harbinger Paula Cole -
It Takes A Thief Coolio -
Peep This Jamie Foxx Debut
Portrait of an American Family Marilyn Manson Debut
Punk in Drublic NOFX -
We Come Strapped MC Eiht -
25 Chocolate Synthesizer Boredoms Japan only
These Are Not Fall Colors Lync -
Whaler Sophie B. Hawkins -
26 Going Public Newsboys -
Gringo Honeymoon Robert Earl Keen -
Inside Out Fates Warning -
Out of Range Ani DiFranco -
27 Adesso Toshinori Yonekura -
29 Desire Aaron Kwok Chinese UFO Records
? The Happy Album The Selecter -
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1 Now That's What I Call Music! 28 Various Artists Compilation
2 Push Comes to Shove Jackyl -
Creep wit' Me Ill Al Skratch Debut
Love Spit Love Love Spit Love -
Playtyme Is Over Immature -
The Tractors The Tractors -
Rotting Piñata Sponge -
5 Prick Melvins -
9 Autogeddon Julian Cope -
Burn My Eyes Machine Head Debut
Mars Audiac Quintet Stereolab -
6 Feet Deep Gravediggaz Debut
10 Living Under June Jann Arden Canada
15 Grace Jeff Buckley Europe
16 After the Storm Crosby, Stills & Nash -
Come Prince -
Handful of Rain Savatage -
Jerky Boys 2 Jerky Boys -
Maybe You Should Drive Barenaked Ladies -
Picture Perfect Morning Edie Brickell -
Sleeps with Angels Neil Young and Crazy Horse -
Stress: The Extinction Agenda Organized Konfusion -
18 Hard Hats Phil Beer -
22 Dummy Portishead Debut
Everyone's Got One Echobelly UK
Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some Cyndi Lauper Compilation + new tracks
Thirsty Work Status Quo -
23 Bakesale Sebadoh -
Bust a Nut Tesla -
Cover Girl Shawn Colvin -
Ken Mellons Ken Mellons -
Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age Public Enemy -
Natural Born Killers Various Artists Produced by Trent Reznor
Natural Ingredients Luscious Jackson -
Rhythm of Love Anita Baker -
Rubberneck Toadies Debut
Stoned & Dethroned The Jesus and Mary Chain -
When I Woke Rusted Root -
Without a Sound Dinosaur Jr. -
House of Love Amy Grant -
30 Definitely Maybe Oasis Debut 7x platinum
The Holy Bible Manic Street Preachers -
Secret World Live Peter Gabriel Live
Down The Jesus Lizard -
Days in the Wake Palace Brothers -
Segundo Romance Luis Miguel -
Fresh soundtrack Various Artists -
II Boyz II Men -
Twice Removed Sloan -
Usher Usher Debut
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5 Change Giver Shed Seven UK release date; Debut album
Mamouna Bryan Ferry -
6 Ain't Life Grand Widespread Panic -
Born Dead Body Count -
File Under: Easy Listening Sugar -
LAND Land -
Stranger than Fiction Bad Religion -
U.S.A. Flatlinerz -
12 Universal Mother Sinéad O'Connor -
From the Cradle Eric Clapton Covers album
D.I. Go Pop Disco Inferno -
Disco 2 Pet Shop Boys Remix album
The Shadowthrone Satyricon Remix album
13 Autopilot The Samples -
Four Blues Traveler -
Friendly People Guttermouth -
If I Were A Carpenter Various Artists Carpenters tribute
John Henry They Might Be Giants -
Ready to Die The Notorious B.I.G. Debut
Red Hot + Country Various Artists Part of Red Hot Benefit series
Release Cop Shoot Cop -
Terry McBride & the Ride McBride & the Ride -
There's Nothing Wrong with Love Built to Spill -
19 Dos Dedos Mis Amigos Pop Will Eat Itself -
Kylie Minogue Kylie Minogue -
20 I See It Now Tracy Lawrence -
Jamie Walters Jamie Walters Debut
Mighty Joe Moon Grant Lee Buffalo -
Project: Funk da World Craig Mack Debut
Whip-Smart Liz Phair -
26 Hot Trip to Heaven Love & Rockets -
My Iron Lung Radiohead EP
Protection Massive Attack -
Thug Life: Volume 1 2Pac -
27 11 Tracks of Whack Walter Becker -
American Thighs Veruca Salt Debut
Boomtown Toby Keith -
Brandy Brandy Debut
Chocolate and Cheese Ween -
Deliverance Corrosion of Conformity -
Divine Intervention Slayer -
The Glory of Gershwin Larry Adler/Various Artists Gershwin tribute
The Great Subconscious Club K's Choice -
I Love Everybody Lyle Lovett -
In the Hot Seat Emerson, Lake & Palmer -
Kermit Unpigged The Muppets -
Monster R.E.M. -
Permanent Record: Al in the Box "Weird Al" Yankovic Box Set
Pulp Fiction Various Artists Soundtrack
Ruby Vroom Soul Coughing Debut
Shade Business PMD -
Songs Luther Vandross -
Under the Table and Dreaming Dave Matthews Band Debut
Waitin' on Sundown Brooks & Dunn -
30 Greater Art Lake of Tears -
? The Best Mixes from the Album Debut for All the People Who Don't Buy White Labels Björk Remix
Dis Unu Fi Hear Beenie Man -
Atofio Hrysafi Katy Garbi -
Speak Squeak Creak Melt-Banana -

October–December

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1 Purgatory Afterglow Edge of Sanity -
3 No Need to Argue The Cranberries 7× Platinum (US); 5× Platinum (Canada/Europe)
4 Awake Dream Theater -
Christmas Spirit Donna Summer Christmas
Danzig 4 Danzig -
Death Row Accept -
Greatest Hits: The Platinum Collection Barry Manilow Compilation
Low Testament -
Lucacentric Lucas -
Nativity in Black: A Tribute to Black Sabbath Various Artists Black Sabbath tribute
Night Music Joe Jackson -
Pisces Iscariot The Smashing Pumpkins Compilation of B-Sides/Unreleased material
Question the Answers The Mighty Mighty Bosstones -
Stones in the Road Mary Chapin Carpenter -
10 Dog Man Star Suede -
King of the Kill Annihilator -
The Cult The Cult -
Música de Rua Daniela Mercury -
Singin' with the Big Bands Barry Manilow -
11 Bumpin' Dis-n-Dat -
Clerks Various Artists Soundtrack
Colouz Uv Sound Simple E -
Country 'til I Die John Anderson -
Korn Korn Debut
The Lead and How to Swing It Tom Jones -
Millennium Front Line Assembly -
14 Renaissance: The Mix Collection Sasha and Digweed Mix album
17 The Return of the Space Cowboy Jamiroquai UK
Steam East 17 -
18 Blowout Comb Digable Planets -
Cross Road Bon Jovi Compilation
The Diary Scarface -
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Gloria Estefan Covers CD
Genocide & Juice The Coup -
Law of the Jungle Various artists Compilation
Murder Was the Case Various Artists Soundtrack
Promised Land Queensrÿche -
Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's The Go-Go's Compilation +3 new tracks
Scratch the Surface Sick of It All -
Stoner Witch Melvins -
Whaler Sophie B. Hawkins -
Word...Life O.C. Debut
Worst Case Scenario Deus -
19 Humanimal Part 2 Talisman EP
20 The Sea and Cake The Sea and Cake -
21 Love or Nothing Miyuki Nakajima -
Tears Laid in Earth The 3rd and the Mortal -
24 At Action Park Shellac -
Home Deep Blue Something RainMaker release
Oyster Heather Nova -
Sacrifice Gary Numan -
Starlite Walker Silver Jews -
Toward the Within Dead Can Dance Live
25 Bedtime Stories Madonna -
Time Mercyful Fate -
Geek the Girl Lisa Germano -
Nervous Breakdown Fu-Schnickens -
Resurrection Common Sense -
Turbulent Indigo Joni Mitchell -
Voodoo-U Lords of Acid -
Wildhoney Tiamat -
26 Mother Luna Sea -
The Special Collectors Edition Blur Compilation of B-Sides
28 Same Old Tunes Millencolin -
31 No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded Page and Plant -
Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994 Sting Compilation +2 new tracks
The Best of Sade Sade Compilation
Thank You For The Music ABBA Europe; Box Set
? Overdose Pizzicato Five -
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1 Amorica The Black Crowes -
Big Ones Aerosmith Compilation
The Good, the Bad, and the Argyle The Bouncing Souls -
Healing Hands of Time Willie Nelson -
Letters Never Sent Carly Simon -
Merry Christmas Mariah Carey Christmas songs
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the Album: A Rock Adventure Ron Wasserman -
MTV Unplugged in New York Nirvana Live
Wildflowers Tom Petty -
Youthanasia Megadeth -
4 Psyche PJ & Duncan -
7 Amber Autechre [27]
8 Athos Stephan Micus -
Endless Summer: Donna Summer's Greatest Hits Donna Summer Compilation +2 new tracks
Hell Freezes Over Eagles Live/Studio
Higher Power Big Audio -
Lost in the Former West The Fatima Mansions -
A Low Down Dirty Shame Various Artists Soundtrack
The Main Ingredient Pete Rock & CL Smooth -
The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World Keith Murray -
None Meshuggah EP
Still Climbing Cinderella -
Woodstock 94 Various Artists -
14 Bizarre Fruit M People -
More Pink: The B-Sides Tori Amos Australia/New Zealand
Requiem Bathory -
A Very Special Season Diana Ross Christmas
15 Fate (with Utha Likumahuwa crying-saxophone and Harvey Malaiholo composer) Andy Lau UFO Record Finale
CrazySexyCool TLC Diamond status, 23 million+ copies sold
Duets II Frank Sinatra -
Tical Method Man -
21 Don't Ask Tina Arena -
Now That's What I Call Music! 29 Various Artists Compilation
Pulse Megumi Hayashibara -
The Songs of Distant Earth Mike Oldfield -
22 Behind Bars Slick Rick -
The Black Album Prince Recorded 1986–'87
Bootlegs & B-Sides Ice Cube Compilation
Box of Fire Aerosmith Box Set
Dare Iz a Darkside Redman -
Miracles: The Holiday Album Kenny G Christmas Album
Vitalogy Pearl Jam -
Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt John Frusciante -
25 Blasphemy Made Flesh Cryptopsy -
26 Frost Enslaved -
29 The Impossible Bird Nick Lowe -
My Life Mary J. Blige -
30 Live at the BBC The Beatles Recorded 1963–65
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1 For all tid Dimmu Borgir -
5 Second Coming The Stone Roses UK
6 Ambushed Da Bush Babees -
Non-Fiction Black Sheep -
Sixteen Stone Bush Debut; 6× Platinum
The Sweetest Days Vanessa Williams -
12 Rapid City Muscle Car Cherry Poppin' Daddies -
13 The Hits Garth Brooks Compilation
Interview with the Vampire Various Artists Soundtrack
Maná en Vivo Maná Live
19 Jimmy Eat World Jimmy Eat World Debut
20 Keep the Fire Burnin' Dan Hartman Compilation +2 new tracks
21 Heavy Metal Hippies Loudness -

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Biggest hit singles

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The following songs achieved the highest chart positions.[28] in the charts of 1994.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart entries
1 Bruce Springsteen Streets of Philadelphia 1994 United States Austria 1 – Apr 1994, Norway 1 – Feb 1994, Poland 1 – Feb 1994, Germany 1 – Mar 1994, Republic of Ireland 1 – Mar 1994, Oscar in 1993, UK 2 – Mar 1994, Switzerland 2 – Mar 1994, Italy 3 of 1994, France 4 – Feb 1994, Holland 6 – Feb 1994, RYM 6 of 1994, Sweden 7 – Feb 1994, US BB 9 of 1994, Europe 29 of the 1990s, US BB 30 of 1994, Australia 30 of 1994, US CashBox 49 of 1994, POP 63 of 1994, AFI 68, Germany 74 of the 1990s, WXPN 837
2 Bryan Adams & Rod Stewart & Sting All For Love 1994 Canada / United Kingdom US BB 1 of 1994, Sweden 1 – Dec 1993, Austria 1 – Feb 1994, Switzerland 1 – Jan 1994, Norway 1 – Jan 1994, Poland 1 – Dec 1993, Germany 1 – Jan 1994, Republic of Ireland 1 – Jan 1994, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Apr 1994, UK 2 – Jan 1994, Holland 3 – Jan 1994, US BB 9 of 1994, Italy 9 of 1994, Australia 10 of 1994, US CashBox 22 of 1994, POP 25 of 1994, Germany 87 of the 1990s
3 Rednex Cotton-Eyed Joe 1994 Sweden UK 1 – Dec 1994, US BB 1 of 1995, Holland 1 – Aug 1994, Sweden 1 – Aug 1994, Austria 1 – Oct 1994, Switzerland 1 – Oct 1994, Norway 1 – Oct 1994, Germany 1 – Jan 1995, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Mar 1995, POP 1 of 1995, Germany 18 of the 1990s, US BB 25 of 1995, Australia 41 of 1995, Party 54 of 2007, Scrobulate 72 of party
4 All-4-One I Swear 1994 United States US BB 1 of 1994, Holland 1 – Jul 1994, Austria 1 – Aug 1994, Switzerland 1 – Jul 1994, Germany 1 – Jul 1994, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Jul 1994, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Nov 1994, UK 2 – Jun 1994, Norway 2 – Jul 1994, Australia 2 of 1994, US CashBox 3 of 1994, Sweden 3 – Aug 1994, US BB 7 of 1994, Poland 14 – Jul 1994, Germany 39 of the 1990s, OzNet 657
5 Mariah Carey Without You 1994 United States UK 1 – Feb 1994, Holland 1 – Feb 1994, Sweden 1 – Feb 1994, Austria 1 – Apr 1994, Switzerland 1 – Apr 1994, Poland 1 – Feb 1994, Germany 1 – Mar 1994, Republic of Ireland 1 – Feb 1994, New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks Apr 1994, US BB 3 of 1994, Norway 3 – Mar 1994, US CashBox 15 of 1994, Australia 15 of 1994, Germany 25 of the 1990s, POP 37 of 1994

Top 40 Chart hit singles

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Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) US UK Highest chart position Other Chart Performance(s)
"100% Pure Love" Crystal Waters April 1994 11 15 2 (Australia) See chart performance entry
"21st Century (Digital Boy)" Bad Religion 1994 n/a 41 1 (Hungary) 11 (U.S. Billboard Alternative Airplay - Hungary [Single Top 40]) - 32 (Austria) - 41 (Germany)
"About a Girl (Unplugged)" Nirvana October 1994 n/a 185 1 (Iceland) See chart performance entry
"Absolutely Fabulous" Pet Shop Boys June 1994 n/a 6 2 (Australia, New Zealand) See chart performance entry
"All I Wanna Do" Sheryl Crow April 1994 2 4 1 (Australia, Canada) See chart performance entry
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey October 1994 1 1 1 (26 countries) See chart performance entry
"Always" Bon Jovi September 1994 4 2 1 (6 countries) See chart performance entry
"Always" Erasure April 1994 20 4 1 (Israel, Lithuania) See chart performance entry
"Amor Prohibido" Selena April 1994 n/a n/a 1 (Mexico) See chart performance entry
"An Angel" The Kelly Family June 1994 n/a 69 1 (Austria) 2 (Austria, Switzerland) - 5 (Ireland) - 40 (Netherlands)
"Another Day" Whigfield August 1994 n/a 7 3 (Denmark, Italy) See chart performance entry
"Any Time, Any Place" Janet Jackson May 1994 2 13 2 (United States)

See chart performance entry

"Anytime You Need a Friend" Mariah Carey May 1994 12 8 1 (Finland)

See chart performance entry

"Around the World" East 17 May 1994 n/a 3 1 (Israel) See chart performance entry
"Away from Home" Dr. Alban May 1994 n/a 42 2 (Finland, Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) See chart performance entry

Other chart hit singles

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Notable singles

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Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Other Chart Performance(s)
"In Your Room" Depeche Mode January 1994 See chart performance entry

Other Notable singles

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Top ten best albums of the year

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All albums have been named albums of the year for their hits in the charts.[29]

  1. TLCCrazySexyCool
  2. OasisDefinitely Maybe
  3. WeezerWeezer
  4. PortisheadDummy
  5. NirvanaMTV Unplugged In New York
  6. Green DayDookie
  7. NasIllmatic
  8. BlurParklife
  9. SoundgardenSuperunknown
  10. Nine Inch NailsThe Downward Spiral

Classical music

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Opera

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Jazz

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Musical theater

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Musical films

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Births

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Deaths

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Awards

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Filmfare Awards

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Grammy Awards

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Country Music Association Awards

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Eurovision Song Contest

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Mercury Music Prize

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Juno Award

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Charts

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KROQ

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Triple J Hottest 100

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See also

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References

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Citations

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