These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1994, per the Billboard 200.
† | Indicates best performing album of 1994 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Sales | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 1 | Music Box | Mariah Carey | Columbia | 393,000 | [1] [2] |
January 8 | 505,000 | [3] [4] | |||
January 15 | Doggystyle | Snoop Doggy Dogg | Death Row | 270,000 | [5] [6] |
January 22 | Music Box | Mariah Carey | Columbia | 163,000 | [7] [8] |
January 29 | 125,000 | [9] [10] | |||
February 5 | 108,000 | [11] [12] | |||
February 12 | Jar of Flies | Alice In Chains | Columbia | 141,000 | [13] [14] |
February 19 | Kickin' It Up | John Michael Montgomery | Atlantic | 108,000 | [15] [16] |
February 26 | Toni Braxton | Toni Braxton | LaFace | 104,000 | [17] [18] |
March 5 | Music Box | Mariah Carey | Columbia | 117,000 | [19] [20] |
March 12 | 92,000 | [21] [22] | |||
March 19 | Toni Braxton | Toni Braxton | LaFace | 104,000 | [23] [24] |
March 26 | Superunknown | Soundgarden | A&M | 162,000 | [25] [26] |
April 2 | The Sign † | Ace of Base | Arista | 106,000 | [27] [28] |
April 9 | Far Beyond Driven | Pantera | EastWest | 185,000 | [29] [30] |
April 16 | Longing in Their Hearts | Bonnie Raitt | Capitol | 146,000 | [31] [32] |
April 23 | The Division Bell | Pink Floyd | Columbia | 465,000 | [33] [34] |
April 30 | 226,000 | [35] [36] | |||
May 7 | 157,000 | [37] [38] | |||
May 14 | 134,000 | [39] [40] | |||
May 21 | Not a Moment Too Soon | Tim McGraw | Curb | 132,442 | [41] [42] |
May 28 | 133,780 | [43] [44] | |||
June 4 | The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Soundtrack | Atlantic | 125,000 | [45] [46] |
June 11 | The Sign † | Ace of Base | Arista | 126,000 | [47] [48] |
June 18 | Ill Communication | Beastie Boys | Grand Royal | 220,000 | [49] [50] |
June 25 | Purple | Stone Temple Pilots | Atlantic | 252,000 | [51] [52] |
July 2 | 196,000 | [53] [54] | |||
July 9 | 177,000 | [55] [56] | |||
July 16 | The Lion King | Elton John / Soundtrack | Walt Disney | 271,000 | [57] [58] |
July 23 | 296,000 | [59] [60] | |||
July 30 | 311,000 | [61] [62] | |||
August 6 | 294,000 | [63] [64] | |||
August 13 | 289,000 | [65] [66] | |||
August 20 | 251,000 | [67] [68] | |||
August 27 | 216,000 | [69] [70] | |||
September 3 | 213,000 | [71] [72] | |||
September 10 | 199,000 | [73] [74] | |||
September 17 | II | Boyz II Men | Motown | 302,000 | [75] [76] |
September 24 | 236,834 | [77] [78] | |||
October 1 | From the Cradle | Eric Clapton | Duck | 209,000 | [79] [80] |
October 8 | II | Boyz II Men | Motown | 175,000 | [81] [82] |
October 15 | Monster | R.E.M. | Warner Bros. | 343,500 | [83] [84] |
October 22 | 178,000 | [85] [86] | |||
October 29 | II | Boyz II Men | Motown | 147,000 | [87] [88] |
November 5 | Murder Was the Case | Soundtrack | Death Row | 329,000 | [89] [90] |
November 12 | 197,000 | [91] [92] | |||
November 19 | MTV Unplugged in New York | Nirvana | DGC | 310,000 | [93] [94] |
November 26 | Hell Freezes Over | Eagles | Geffen | 266,500 | [95] [96] |
December 3 | 203,000 | [97] [98] | |||
December 10 | Miracles: The Holiday Album | Kenny G | Arista | 241,000 | [99] [100] |
December 17 | 328,000 | [101] [102] | |||
December 24 | Vitalogy | Pearl Jam | Epic | 877,000 | [103] [104] |
December 31 | Miracles: The Holiday Album | Kenny G | Arista | 718,000 | [105] [106] |
These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1994, per the Billboard 200.
† | Indicates best performing album of 1994 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Sales | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 1 | Music Box | Mariah Carey | Columbia | 393,000 | [1] [2] |
January 8 | 505,000 | [3] [4] | |||
January 15 | Doggystyle | Snoop Doggy Dogg | Death Row | 270,000 | [5] [6] |
January 22 | Music Box | Mariah Carey | Columbia | 163,000 | [7] [8] |
January 29 | 125,000 | [9] [10] | |||
February 5 | 108,000 | [11] [12] | |||
February 12 | Jar of Flies | Alice In Chains | Columbia | 141,000 | [13] [14] |
February 19 | Kickin' It Up | John Michael Montgomery | Atlantic | 108,000 | [15] [16] |
February 26 | Toni Braxton | Toni Braxton | LaFace | 104,000 | [17] [18] |
March 5 | Music Box | Mariah Carey | Columbia | 117,000 | [19] [20] |
March 12 | 92,000 | [21] [22] | |||
March 19 | Toni Braxton | Toni Braxton | LaFace | 104,000 | [23] [24] |
March 26 | Superunknown | Soundgarden | A&M | 162,000 | [25] [26] |
April 2 | The Sign † | Ace of Base | Arista | 106,000 | [27] [28] |
April 9 | Far Beyond Driven | Pantera | EastWest | 185,000 | [29] [30] |
April 16 | Longing in Their Hearts | Bonnie Raitt | Capitol | 146,000 | [31] [32] |
April 23 | The Division Bell | Pink Floyd | Columbia | 465,000 | [33] [34] |
April 30 | 226,000 | [35] [36] | |||
May 7 | 157,000 | [37] [38] | |||
May 14 | 134,000 | [39] [40] | |||
May 21 | Not a Moment Too Soon | Tim McGraw | Curb | 132,442 | [41] [42] |
May 28 | 133,780 | [43] [44] | |||
June 4 | The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Soundtrack | Atlantic | 125,000 | [45] [46] |
June 11 | The Sign † | Ace of Base | Arista | 126,000 | [47] [48] |
June 18 | Ill Communication | Beastie Boys | Grand Royal | 220,000 | [49] [50] |
June 25 | Purple | Stone Temple Pilots | Atlantic | 252,000 | [51] [52] |
July 2 | 196,000 | [53] [54] | |||
July 9 | 177,000 | [55] [56] | |||
July 16 | The Lion King | Elton John / Soundtrack | Walt Disney | 271,000 | [57] [58] |
July 23 | 296,000 | [59] [60] | |||
July 30 | 311,000 | [61] [62] | |||
August 6 | 294,000 | [63] [64] | |||
August 13 | 289,000 | [65] [66] | |||
August 20 | 251,000 | [67] [68] | |||
August 27 | 216,000 | [69] [70] | |||
September 3 | 213,000 | [71] [72] | |||
September 10 | 199,000 | [73] [74] | |||
September 17 | II | Boyz II Men | Motown | 302,000 | [75] [76] |
September 24 | 236,834 | [77] [78] | |||
October 1 | From the Cradle | Eric Clapton | Duck | 209,000 | [79] [80] |
October 8 | II | Boyz II Men | Motown | 175,000 | [81] [82] |
October 15 | Monster | R.E.M. | Warner Bros. | 343,500 | [83] [84] |
October 22 | 178,000 | [85] [86] | |||
October 29 | II | Boyz II Men | Motown | 147,000 | [87] [88] |
November 5 | Murder Was the Case | Soundtrack | Death Row | 329,000 | [89] [90] |
November 12 | 197,000 | [91] [92] | |||
November 19 | MTV Unplugged in New York | Nirvana | DGC | 310,000 | [93] [94] |
November 26 | Hell Freezes Over | Eagles | Geffen | 266,500 | [95] [96] |
December 3 | 203,000 | [97] [98] | |||
December 10 | Miracles: The Holiday Album | Kenny G | Arista | 241,000 | [99] [100] |
December 17 | 328,000 | [101] [102] | |||
December 24 | Vitalogy | Pearl Jam | Epic | 877,000 | [103] [104] |
December 31 | Miracles: The Holiday Album | Kenny G | Arista | 718,000 | [105] [106] |