1994 in music

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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.

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Events[]

January–February[]

  • January 19 – Bryan Adams becomes the first major Western music star to perform in Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War.[1]
  • January 21–February 5 – The Big Day Out festival takes place, again expanding from the previous year's venues to include the Gold Coast, Queensland and Auckland in New Zealand. The festival is headlined by Soundgarden, Ramones and Björk.[2]
  • January 25 – Alice in Chains release their Jar of Flies album which makes its US chart début at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming the first ever EP to do so.
  • January 29 – The Supremes' Mary Wilson is injured when her Jeep hits a freeway median and flips over just outside Los Angeles, USA. Wilson's 14-year-old son is killed in the accident.
  • February 1 – Green Day release their breakthrough album Dookie, ushering in the mid-1990s punk revival.[3] Dookie eventually achieves diamond certification.
  • February 7 – Blind Melon's lead singer Shannon Hoon is forced to leave the American Music Awards ceremony because of his loud and disruptive behavior. Hoon is later charged with battery, assault, resisting arrest, and destroying a police station phone.[4]
  • February 11 – The three surviving members of The Beatles secretly reunite to begin recording additional music for a few of John Lennon's old unfinished demos, presented to Paul McCartney by Yoko Ono, with Jeff Lynne producing. The track, "Free As A Bird", is released as a single in late 1995 as part of the exhaustive Beatles Anthology project, reaching #2 in the UK and #6 in the United States.
  • February 14 – The Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia marries Deborah Koons.[5]
  • February 23 – Eddie Van Halen, Chris Isaak, and B.B. King attend the ground breaking ceremony for the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino takes place in Paradise, Nevada, USA.
  • February 26 – The Sanremo Music Festival ends with victory for Aleandro Baldi in the "Big Artists" category, for the song "Passerà"[6]

March–April[]

  • March 1
    • Selena becomes the first Tejano music singer to win a Grammy Award.[7]
    • Nirvana play their final concert, in Munich.
    • The 36th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in New York, hosted by Garry Shandling. The soundtrack from the 1992 film The Bodyguard wins Album of the Year, while its lead single, Whitney Houston's cover of "I Will Always Love You", wins Record of the Year. The single version of "A Whole New World", performed by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle, wins Song of the Year. Toni Braxton wins Best New Artist.
    • Frank Sinatra receives the Grammy Legend Award. Sinatra's acceptance speech is cut short. Other artists criticize the producer's decision during the show, and Billy Joel takes extra time to perform his song, The River of Dreams, noting that he is wasting valuable air time.
  • March 3 – In Rome, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain lapses into a coma after overdosing on Rohypnol and champagne.
  • March 5 – Grace Slick is arrested for pointing a shotgun at police in her Tiburon, California, home.[8]
  • March 7 – The United States Supreme Court decision Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. rules that parody can qualify as fair use. The case was spurred by 2 Live Crew releasing a parody of the Roy Orbison hit "Oh, Pretty Woman" without a license from the publishing firm Acuff-Rose Music.
  • March 8 – Nine Inch Nails release their second studio album The Downward Spiral. It would go on to sell over 3 million copies and be credited with helping bring industrial rock music into the mainstream.
  • March 13 – Selena releases her final Spanish album Amor Prohibido. Its production had been delayed because of the launch of Selena's fashion clothing line and boutiques, and her "Selena Live!" tour in support of Live!.[9]
  • March 18
    • Courtney Love calls the police, fearing that her husband, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, is suicidal. Police confiscate four guns and twenty-five boxes of ammo from Cobain's home.
    • Bassist Darryl Jones replaces Bill Wyman in The Rolling Stones,
  • March 30 – Pink Floyd embark on what would be their last world tour before their breakup. The record-breaking tour supports their Division Bell album, with the band playing to 5,500,000 people in 68 cities and grossing over £150,000,000 (US$186,952,500).
  • March 31 – Madonna on Late Show with David Letterman: Madonna appears on the Late Show with David Letterman, making headlines with her profanity-laced interview.[10] Robin Williams later describes the segment as a "battle of wits with an unarmed woman."
  • April 8 – The body of Kurt Cobain, lead singer of Nirvana, is found. Cobain's death, three days before, is legally declared to be suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot.
  • April 11 – The Offspring release Smash, which goes on to become the best selling independent album of all time and one of the most influential albums of the 90s.
  • April 25
    • Blur releases Parklife, its first album reaching #1 in UK, where it was certified "quadruple platinum".[11]
    • Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys is sentenced to 200 hours of community service for attacking a television cameraman during funeral services for actor River Phoenix in November 1993.
  • April 26 – Grace Slick pleads guilty to having pointed a shotgun at police officers on March 5.
  • April 27 – The legendary Fillmore club reopens in San Francisco with a concert headlined by The Smashing Pumpkins.
  • April 30 The 39th Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Dublin, Ireland, which becomes the first-ever country to win three consecutive contests. Its winners are Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan with "Rock 'N' Roll Kids", written by Brendan Graham. The interval features the first-ever public performance of Riverdance, featuring Michael Flatley and Jean Butler, which developed into the world-famous stage show.[12]

May–June[]

  • May 2 – A Los Angeles jury finds Michael Bolton, along with co-writer Andy Goldmark and Sony Music Entertainment, guilty of copyright infringement over the song "Love Is a Wonderful Thing". The song is ruled to be too similar to a song of the same name by The Isley Brothers.
  • May 3 – The Rolling Stones arrive by yacht to a press conference in New York City to announce the Voodoo Lounge Tour kicking off in the summer.
  • May 6
    • Pearl Jam files a complaint against Ticketmaster with the U.S. Justice Department charging that the company has a monopoly on the concert ticket business.
    • To help promote his new album, Alice Cooper releases a three-part comic book that followed the album The Last Temptation.
  • May 9–13 – 1994 International Rostrum of Composers
  • May 10
    • Tupac Shakur begins serving a 15-day sentence in a county jail for attacking director Allen Hughes on the set of a video shoot.
    • Weezer are introduced to the world with their self-titled debut, often referred to as the Blue Album. It would go on to become one of the most influential records of the 1990s spanning hits "Undone – The Sweater Song", "Buddy Holly" and "Say It Ain't So".
  • May 26 – Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley are married in the Dominican Republic.[13]
  • May 27 – The Eagles launch the Hell Freezes Over tour in Burbank, California. The reunion tour is the group's first since breaking up in 1980, but much is also made of the band becoming the first to charge over $100 per ticket for arena shows.
  • June 7 – Grace Slick is sentenced to 200 hours of community service and three months' worth of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings after a March 5 incident with police officers.
  • June 9 – Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes of TLC, in a domestic dispute with partner Andre Rison, sets fire to his shoes; the fire ultimately spreads to the mansion they share and destroys it.
  • June 21 – George Michael loses his legal bid in a London court to be released from his contract with Sony Records.
  • June 27 – Aerosmith becomes the first major band to premiere a new song on the Internet. Over 10,000 CompuServe subscribers download the free track "Head First" within its first eight days of availability.

July–August[]

  • July 12–16 – The Yoyo A Go Go punk and indie rock festival opens in Olympia, Washington.
  • July 30
    • The Verbier Festival is launched.
    • In keeping with the country's new constitution and the promotion of its native language, Moldova adopts Limba noastră as its new national anthem, replacing the anthem of Romania which was previously in use.
    • Suede announce that guitarist Bernard Butler has left the band following fractious recording sessions for their album Dog Man Star
  • August 9
    • Peter Maxwell Davies conducts the first performance of his fifth symphony at the Royal Albert Hall in London, as part of The Proms.[14]
    • Rich Mullins and "Leave a Legacy" contest winner, 76-year-old Miguel Garcia Massiate, travel to Bogotá, Colombia, with Compassion International. The two men visit the Ciudad Sucre Center where Mullins presented them with over $40,000 that was raised on his summer '94 Ragamuffin Band tour.
    • Decca releases a recording of the 1949 première of Benjamin Britten's Spring Symphony for the first time.
    • Machine Head release their first album Burn My Eyes, which was a big success and becomes Roadrunner Records' best selling debut album.
  • August 11 — A compact disc copy of Sting's album Ten Summoner's Tales, released the previous year, becomes the first item securely purchased over the internet; the CD is sold for $12.48 plus shipping and handling fees.
  • August 12–14 – Woodstock '94 is held in Saugerties, New York. As with the original 1969 festival, attendance is swelled by a high number of gatecrashers, while heavy rains turn the festival grounds into a sea of mud. Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, Aerosmith, Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Peter Gabriel, and Green Day are among the many performers.
  • August 23 – Jeff Buckley releases his single, critically acclaimed,[citation needed] full-length studio album Grace.
  • August 30
    • Oasis release their debut album Definitely Maybe; it becomes the fastest selling debut album in the United Kingdom[citation needed] until 2006[citation needed] when it was beaten by the Arctic Monkeys' debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.[citation needed]
    • Luis Miguel release Segundo Romance, the best-selling Latin album of the 1990s by a male artist.[citation needed] Four singles from the album were released; two of which reached #1 on the Top Latin Songs.[citation needed] It received a Grammy Award and a Billboard Latin Music Award.[citation needed]

September–October[]

  • September 6
    • José Cura wins the Operalia – International Plácido Domingo Opera Singer Competition.[15]
    • Bad Religion release their eighth studio album (and proper major-label debut) Stranger than Fiction. This proved to be the last to feature founding guitarist/songwriter Brett Gurewitz for seven years, until his return. Gurewitz would be replaced by former Minor Threat / Dag Nasty / Junkyard guitarist Brian Baker, who turned down a touring job for R.E.M. at this time, and eventually becomes a permanent member of Bad Religion.
  • September 8 – Richard A. Morse, lead male vocalist of RAM, narrowly escapes a kidnapping by armed men during the band's live performance at the Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince, Haiti; the attempted kidnapping was provoked by the performance of "Fèy", a RAM single banned nationwide by the military authorities.
  • September 15 – A 1957 audio tape of John Lennon performing with The Quarrymen on the same night he met Paul McCartney fetches £78,500 at Sotheby's, London.[16]
  • October 11 – Korn, a nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, launches its self-titled debut album, peaking at No. 72 on the Billboard 200[citation needed] and launching the nu metal sound.[citation needed]
  • October 12 – Jimmy Page and Robert Plant: No Quarter (Unledded) premieres on MTV. The "unplugged" concert special featuring the two former Led Zeppelin bandmates was filmed to accompany the release of the album of the same name.

November–December[]

  • November 20 – David Crosby undergoes a seven-hour liver transplant operation in Los Angeles.
  • November 30 – The Breeders guitarist Kelley Deal is arrested at her Ohio home after accepting a private-courier package containing four grams of heroin.[17]
  • December 2 – Warner Music Group acquires a 49 percent share of Seattle record label Sub Pop in a deal believed to be worth over $30 million.
  • December 18 – Paul Oakenfold's legendary Goa Mix is first broadcast in the early hours of this day as a BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix.
  • December 19 – Aerosmith opens the 250-seat Mama Kin Music Hall in Boston, co-owned by the group, with a performance.
  • December 31 – The twenty-third annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by Melissa Etheridge, The O'Jays, Salt-n-Pepa, Hootie & the Blowfish and Jon Secada.

Also in 1994[]

  • Christoph von Dohnányi becomes principal guest conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra.
  • Josep Pons becomes principal conductor of the City of Granada Orchestra.
  • Christian Olde Wolbers replaces Andrew Shives in Fear Factory.
  • ALL part ways with their original home Cruz Records, and sign a recording contract with Interscope (though they shortly leave that label after releasing an album in the following year).
  • The Offspring frontman Dexter Holland and bassist Greg Kriesel form the label Nitro Records, an incubator for successful punk artists such as AFI. The label later releases albums from classic punk bands, including The Damned and T.S.O.L., and also reissues the first Offspring album.
  • Social Distortion manager Jim Guerinot forms the label Time Bomb Recordings in joint-venture agreement with Arista. The label actually exists mostly as an imprint for current releases from Social Distortion and solo albums by Mike Ness, along with the administration of the label's back catalog.
  • Summer – Tony Wilson attempts to revive Factory Records, in collaboration with London Records, as "Factory Too".[18]
  • Former Wolfsbane lead singer Blaze Bayley auditions and is hired by Iron Maiden.

Bands formed[]

  • See Musical groups established in 1994

Bands disbanded[]

  • See Musical groups disestablished in 1994

Bands reformed[]

  • Circle Jerks (hiatus since 1989)
  • King Crimson (since 1984)
  • Eagles (disbanded in 1980)

Albums released[]

See also: Category:1994 albums

January–March[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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Y 		1 Banba Clannad
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 -
Dogman King's X -
Here It Is Freddie Jackson -
Mirror Blue Richard Thompson -
Whiskey for the Holy Ghost Mark Lanegan -
A Constipated Monkey Kurious -
23 Jimmy Eat World Jimmy Eat World Debut
24 Dubnobasswithmyheadman Underworld -
25 Life Lover Aaron Kwok Chinese Compilation Album of UFO Record Labels
Best of Bachman–Turner Overdrive Live Bachman–Turner Overdrive Live
Face the Music NKOTB -
Hips and Makers Kristin Hersh -
Jar of Flies Alice in Chains EP
Kickin' It Up John Michael Montgomery -
Snuff the Punk P.O.D. Debut
Too High to Die Meat Puppets -
Cleansing Prong -
31 Blackhawk Blackhawk -
Cross Purposes Black Sabbath UK
Under the Pink Tori Amos -
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R
U
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Y 		1 Blunted on Reality Fugees -
Dookie Green Day Diamond (10+ million copies sold)
Reality Bites Various Artists Soundtrack
What a Crying Shame The Mavericks -
4 Robbin' the Hood Sublime -
7 Brave Marillion -
Motorcade of Generosity Cake Debut
Troublegum Therapy? -
24 Hour Revenge Therapy Jawbreaker -
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 -
12 The New Great Adventure of Grand Deluxe Horizon Aaron Kwok Chinese 1st of 2nd The New Album of UFO Record Labels
Forget Love Potion Andy Lau UFO Record Semi-finale
Just Say You Love Me Dave Wong UFO Record Labels
14 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain Pavement -
15 Angelfish Angelfish North America
Ungod Stabbing Westward Debut
Moonlight Becomes You Willie Nelson -
Pronounced Jah-Nay Zhané 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
24 Hex Bark Psychosis -
The Principle of Evil Made Flesh Cradle of Filth Debut
28 Vikingligr Veldi Enslaved Debut
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H 		1 Bewitched Luna -
Dart to the Heart Bruce Cockburn -
The Funky Headhunter M.C. Hammer -
Glow Raven -
Mellow Gold Beck -
Naïve/Hell to Go KMFDM -
Rats Sass Jordan -
That Dog That Dog Debut
Live at the Acropolis Yanni Live
4 Woke up with a Monster Cheap Trick -
7 Selected Ambient Works Volume II Aphex Twin [19]
8 Brutal Youth Elvis Costello -
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails 4x Platinum
Hard to Earn Gang Starr -
Magnified Failure -
Martinis and Bikinis Sam Phillips -
Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt John Frusciante -
Point Blank Nailbomb LP Debut
Pop Heiress Chainsaw Kittens -
Ringmaster Insane Clown Posse -
Superunknown Soundgarden 5x Platinum
Your Filthy Little Mouth David Lee Roth -
13 Amor Prohibido Selena -
14 Forever Now Level 42 -
Longing in Their Hearts Bonnie Raitt -
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 -
The Seventh Sign Yngwie Malmsteen Europe
Son of Altered Beast Matthew Sweet EP
Unboxed Sammy Hagar Greatest Hits +2 new tracks
21 Essex Alison Moyet -
Talk Yes -
22 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 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 -
30 The Division Bell Pink Floyd UK

April–June[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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P
R
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L 		1 Lunar Strain In Flames Debut
4 Rusty Rodan -
5 The Divine Comedy Milla Jovovich -
Some Change Boz Scaggs -
7 To the Death M.O.P. -
8 Smash The Offspring 6x Platinum and the best-selling independent label album of all time.
9 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 And She Closed Her Eyes Stina Nordenstam -
Foolish Superchunk -
How to Make Friends and Influence People Terrorvision -
His 'n' Hers Pulp -
19 Crookt, Crackt, or Fly Gastr del Sol -
Illmatic Nas Debut
Well... Katey Sagal -
21 Australian Melodrama The Triffids -
Let Love In Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -
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 -
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 8x Platinum (US); 7x Platinum (Canada)
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Y 		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 Far from Home Traffic -
The Very Best of Kenny G Kenny G Greatest Hits -
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)
Last of the Independents The Pretenders -
Swamp Ophelia Indigo Girls -
Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof Travis Tritt -
Weezer Weezer Debut; 3x Platinum (US), 2x Platinum (Canada)
17 Boingo Oingo Boingo -
I Say I Say I Say Erasure -
New Times Violent Femmes -
A Night in San Francisco Van Morrison Live
Recently Dave Matthews Band Live EP
23 Seal Seal aka Seal II
Street Angel Stevie Nicks -
Teenager of the Year Frank Black -
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 Humanimal Talisman -
27 199Quad 69 Boyz -
Lifeforms Future Sound of London -
31 Ill Communication Beastie Boys 3x Platinum (US)
Así Es Gerardo -
Mortal Kombat: The Album The Immortals -
Now I'm a Cowboy The Auteurs -
Fear, Emptiness, Despair Napalm Death -
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E 		3 Balls to Picasso Bruce Dickinson Europe; released in US on 7/26
4 Oh My Love Zard -
7 Pride & Glory Pride & Glory -
Purple Stone Temple Pilots -
Regulate...G Funk Era Warren G Debut
Walk On Boston -
When Love Finds You Vince Gill -
8 Back at Your Ass for the Nine-4 2 Live Crew -
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 Bee Thousand Guided by Voices -
Genius and Brutality...Taste and Power Brainbombs -
21 Betty Helmet -
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[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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U
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Y 		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
11 Voodoo Lounge The Rolling Stones -
12 Cowboys in Love Riders in the Sky -
Dewdrops in the Garden Deee-Lite -
Uncle Sam's Curse Above the Law -
downset. downset. -
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
The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists -
14 Roman Candle Elliott Smith -
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 -
29 Desire Aaron Kwok Chinese UFO Records
? The Happy Album The Selecter -
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T 		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
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
23 Bakesale Sebadoh -
Bust a Nut Tesla -
Cover Girl Shawn Colvin -
Grace Jeff Buckley -
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. -
26 Down The Jesus Lizard -
The Holy Bible Manic Street Preachers -
House of Love Amy Grant -
27 Thirsty Work Status Quo -
29 Days in the Wake Palace Brothers -
Definitely Maybe Oasis Debut
30 Segundo Romance Luis Miguel -
Fresh soundtrack Various Artists -
II Boyz II Men -
Twice Removed Sloan -
Usher Usher Debut
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R 		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 -
U.S.A. Flatlinerz -
LAND Land -
12 D.I. Go Pop Disco Inferno -
Disco 2 Pet Shop Boys Remix album
Stranger than Fiction Bad Religion -
13 Autopilot The Samples -
Terry McBride & the Ride Terry McBride & the Ride Debut
Four Blues Traveler -
Friendly People Guttermouth -
From the Cradle Eric Clapton Covers CD
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 -
Secret World Live Peter Gabriel Live
There's Nothing Wrong with Love Built to Spill -
Universal Mother Sinéad O'Connor -
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 -
25 Speak Squeak Creak Melt-Banana -
TIME Mercyful Fate -
Dis Unu Fi Hear Beenie Man -
26 Hot Trip to Heaven Love & Rockets -
My Iron Lung Radiohead EP
Protection Massive Attack -
Thug Life: Volume 1 2Pac -
27 American Thighs Veruca Salt Debut
Boomtown Toby Keith -
Divine Intervention Slayer -
Deliverance Corrosion of Conformity Debut
Brandy Brandy Debut
Chocolate and Cheese Ween -
11 Tracks of Whack Walter Becker -
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

October–December[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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Purgatory Afterglow Edge of Sanity -
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No Need to Argue The Cranberries 7x Platinum (US); 5x Platinum (Canada/Europe)
4 Awake Dream Theater -
Christmas Spirit Donna Summer Christmas
Danzig 4 Danzig EP
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 -
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 -
13 The Cult The Cult -
Genocide & Juice The Coup -
Steam East 17 -
14 No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded Page and Plant -
Renaissance: The Mix Collection Sasha and Digweed Mix album
17 The Return of the Space Cowboy Jamiroquai UK
18 Blowout Comb Digable Planets -
Cross Road Bon Jovi Compilation
The Diary Scarface -
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Gloria Estefan Covers CD
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 -
24 Starlite Walker Silver Jews -
Toward the Within Dead Can Dance Live
Oyster Heather Nova -
Sacrifice Gary Numan -
25 At Action Park Shellac -
Bedtime Stories Madonna -
Geek the Girl Lisa Germano -
Nervous Breakdown Fu-Schnickens -
Resurrection Common Sense -
Turbulent Indigo Joni Mitchell -
Voodoo-U Lords of Acid -
Wildhoney Tiamat -
26 The Special Collectors Edition Blur Compilation of B-Sides
28 Same Old Tunes Millencolin -
31 Thank You For The Music ABBA Europe; Box Set
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Big Ones Aerosmith Compilation
The Good, the Bad & 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 -
7 Amber Autechre [20]
8 Athos Stephan Micus -
A Low Down Dirty Shame (soundtrack) Various Artists Soundtrack
Endless Summer: Donna Summer's Greatest Hits Donna Summer Compilation +2 new tracks
Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994 Sting Compilation +2 new tracks
Hell Freezes Over Eagles Live/Studio
Higher Power Big Audio -
Lost in the Former West The Fatima Mansions -
The Main Ingredient Pete Rock & CL Smooth -
The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World Keith Murray -
Still Climbing Cinderella -
Woodstock 94 Various Artists -
None Meshuggah EP
12 The Best of Sade Sade Compilation
14 Bizarre Fruit M People -
Parachute Guster Debut
A Very Special Season Diana Ross Christmas
More Pink: The B-Sides Tori Amos Australia/New Zealand
Requiem Bathory -
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 -
20 Atofio Hrysafi Katy Garbi -
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 -
24 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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5 Second Coming The Stone Roses -
6 Ambushed Da Bush Babees -
Sixteen Stone Bush Debut; 6x 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
20 Keep the Fire Burnin' Dan Hartman Complication +2 new tracks

Release date unknown[]

Biggest hit singles[]

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions.[21] 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 hits[]

  • "21st Century (Digital Boy)" – Bad Religion (#1 in Hungary)
  • "100% Pure Love" – Crystal Waters (#2 in Australia, #11 Netherlands, #15 UK)
  • "About a Girl (Unplugged)" – Nirvana (#1 Iceland, #4 Australia)
  • "Absolutely Fabulous" – Pet Shop Boys (#2 in Australia,#6 UK)
  • "All for Love" – Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting
  • "All I Have to Do Is Dream" – Cliff Richard & Phil Everly
  • "All I Wanna Do" – Sheryl Crow
  • "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – Mariah Carey
  • "All That She Wants" – Ace of Base
  • "Al Palo" – King África
  • "Always" – Bon Jovi
  • "Always" – Erasure
  • "Amazing" – Aerosmith
  • "Amor Prohibido" – Selena
  • "An Angel" – The Kelly Family
  • "Another Day" – Whigfield
  • "Another Night" – M.C. Sar & the Real McCoy
  • "Any Time, Any Place" – Janet Jackson
  • "Anytime You Need a Friend" – Mariah Carey
  • "Around the World" – East 17
  • "Away from Home" – Dr. Alban
  • "Basket Case" – Green Day (#3 Sweden, #7 UK)
  • "Baby, Come Back" – Pato Banton & UB40
  • "Baby, I Love Your Way" – Big Mountain (#1 Denmark, Spain and Sweden)
  • "Back & Forth" – Aaliyah (#5 US)
  • "Because of Love" – Janet Jackson
  • "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" – Selena (#8 Mexico)
  • "Big Yellow Taxi" – Amy Grant
  • "Black Hole Sun" – Soundgarden (#1 Iceland, #5 Canada)
  • "Buddy Holly" – Weezer
  • "Bump n' Grind" – R. Kelly
  • "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" – Elton John
  • "Chains" – Tina Arena
  • "Cigarettes & Alcohol" – Oasis
  • "Circle of Life" – Elton John
  • "Come On You Reds" – The Manchester United Football Squad (#1 UK and Denmark)
  • "Come Out and Play" – The Offspring
  • "Cornflake Girl" – Tori Amos
  • "Closer" – Nine Inch Nails
  • "Confide in Me" – Kylie Minogue
  • "Cotton-Eyed Joe" – Rednex
  • "Crazy" – Aerosmith
  • "C.R.E.A.M." – Wu-Tang Clan
  • "Creep" – TLC
  • "Dedicated to the One I Love" – Bitty McLean
  • "Deuces Are Wild" – Aerosmith
  • "Dimension Divertida" – Paco Pil (#1 Spain)
  • "Disarm" – The Smashing Pumpkins
  • "Dissident" – Pearl Jam
  • "Dromen zijn bedrog" – Marco Borsato (#1 Netherlands)
  • "Don't Follow" – Alice in Chains
  • "Don't Turn Around" – Ace of Base
  • "Donde Quiera Que Estés" – Barrio Boyzz & Selena
  • "Doop" – Doop
  • "Dreams" – The Cranberries
  • "Dreams (Will Come Alive)" – 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor
  • "Dry County" – Bon Jovi
  • "Eins, Zwei, Polizei" – Mo-Do (#1 Austria, Germany and Italy)
  • "Endless Love" – Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey
  • "Everyday" – Phil Collins
  • "Everybody" – DJ BoBo
  • "Everybody Gonfi-Gon" – 2 Cowboys
  • "Everybody on the Floor (Pump It)" – Tokyo Ghetto Pussy
  • "Everything Changes" – Take That
  • "Fade into You" – Mazzy Star
  • "Fantastic Voyage" – Coolio
  • "Feel the Heat of the Night" – Masterboy
  • "Feeling So Real" – Moby
  • "Flava In Ya Ear" – Craig Mack
  • "Flying High" – Captain Hollywood Project
  • "Found Out About You" – Gin Blossoms (#3 Canada)
  • "Fotos y Recuerdos" – Selena
  • "Foule sentimentale" – Alain Souchon (#1 France)
  • "Funkdafied" – Da Brat
  • "Games People Play" – Inner Circle (#4 New Zealand, #7 Sweden and Switzerland)
  • "Gin & Juice" – Snoop Doggy Dogg
  • "Girls & Boys" – Blur
  • "Give Me All Your Love" – Magic Affair
  • "Gotta Get Away" – The Offspring
  • "Happy Nation" – Ace of Base
  • "Here Comes the Hotstepper" – Ini Kamoze (#1 New Zealand and US)
  • "Hyper Hyper" – Scooter (#1 Spain, #2 Austria and Germany)
  • "I Alone" – Live
  • "I'll Make Love to You" – Boyz II Men
  • "I'll Remember" – Madonna
  • "I'll Stand by You" – The Pretenders
  • "I Like to Move It" – Reel 2 Real
  • "If I Only Knew" - Tom Jones
  • "Infected" – Bad Religion
  • "Inside (Stiltskin song)" – Stiltskin
  • "Inside Your Dreams" – U96 (#1 Finland, #9 Switzerland)
  • "Interstate Love Song" – Stone Temple Pilots (#2 Iceland)
  • "In Your Room" – Depeche Mode
  • "I Show You Secrets" – Pharao (#3 Finland, #5 Austria)
  • "I Stay Away" – Alice in Chains
  • "Is This the Love" – Masterboy
  • "It's Alright" – East 17 (#1 Australia, Ireland and Israel)
  • "It's a Rainy Day" – Ice MC
  • "It Takes Me Away" – Marusha (#3 Germany)
  • "I Wanna Be Down" – Brandy
  • "Je danse le Mia" – IAM
  • "Jessie" – Joshua Kadison
  • "Juicy" – Notorious B.I.G.
  • "La solitudine" – Laura Pausini (#1 Belgium, Italy and Netherlands)
  • "Let the Dream Come True" – DJ BoBo
  • "Let the Beat Control Your Body" – 2 Unlimited
  • "Let the Beat Go On" – Dr. Alban
  • "Live Forever" – Oasis
  • "Living in Danger" – Ace of Base
  • "Longview" – Green Day
  • "Look Who's Talking" – Dr Alban
  • "Loser" – Beck
  • "Lost in America" – Alice Cooper
  • "Love Ain't Here Anymore" – Take That
  • "Love Is All Around" – Wet Wet Wet (#1 UK)
  • "Love Is Strong" – Rolling Stones
  • "Love Religion" – U96
  • "Love Song" – Mark 'Oh (#5 Germany, #8 Switzerland)
  • "Lucky One" – Amy Grant
  • "Mädchen" – Lucilectric
  • "Mamá Yo Quiero" - King África
  • "Mary Jane's Last Dance" – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (#5 Canada)
  • "Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex" – E-Rotic
  • "(Meet) The Flintstones" – The B-52's
  • "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" – Crash Test Dummies
  • "Move on Baby" – Cappella
  • "Mr. Jones" – Counting Crows
  • "Mass Appeal" – Gangstarr
  • "Move It Up" – Cappella
  • "Never Lie" – Immature
  • "No Excuses" – Alice in Chains
  • "No Good (Start the Dance)" – The Prodigy
  • "No More (I Can't Stand It)" – Maxx
  • "No Me Queda Mas" – Selena
  • "No One" – 2 Unlimited
  • "No One to Run With" – The Allman Brothers Band
  • "Now and Forever" – Richard Marx
  • "Omen III" – Magic Affair
  • "On Bended Knee" – Boyz II Men
  • "Only One Road" – Celine Dion
  • "Penso Positivo" – Jovanotti (#2 Italy)
  • "Please Come Home for Christmas" - Bon Jovi
  • "Regulate" – Warren G & Nate Dogg
  • "Return to Innocence" – Enigma (#1 Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Zimbabwe, #2 Denmark, #3 UK)
  • "Right Beside You" – Sophie B. Hawkins (#7 Canada, #8 Switzerland)
  • "Rock My Heart" – Haddaway (#1 Israel, #4 Finland)
  • "Run Away" – Real McCoy (#3 US, #4 Australia, Finland, #5 Zimbabwe)
  • "Run to the Sun" – Erasure
  • "Sabotage" – Beastie Boys
  • "Saturday Night" – Whigfield
  • "Secret" – Madonna
  • "Seether" – Veruca Salt
  • "Self Esteem" – The Offspring (#1 Iceland, Norway, Sweden, #3 Finland)
  • "Sensualité" – Axelle Red (#2 France, #6 Belgium)
  • "Set the World on Fire" – E-Type
  • "Seven Seconds" – Neneh Cherry & Youssou N'dour (#1 Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Switzerland)
  • "Shine" – Aswad (#4 Iceland, #5 UK)
  • "Shine" – Collective Soul
  • "Short Dick Man" – 20 Fingers & Gillette (#1 France, Italy)
  • "Sleeping in My Car" – Roxette
  • "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" – Marusha
  • "Spin the Black Circle" – Pearl Jam
  • "Spoonman" – Soundgarden
  • "Si Una Vez" – Selena
  • "Stay (I Missed You)" – Lisa Loeb
  • "Stay Another Day" – East 17
  • "Stay Together" – Suede
  • "Strani amori" – Laura Pausini
  • "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen
  • "Strong Enough" – Sheryl Crow
  • "The Sign" – Ace of Base
  • "Sukiyaki" – 4 P.M. (#3 Australia, #8 US)
  • "Summer in the City" – Joe Cocker
  • "Supersonic" – Oasis
  • "Sure" – Take That
  • "Swamp Thing" – The Grid
  • "Sweet Dreams" – La Bouche
  • "Sweets for My Sweet" – C.J. Lewis
  • "Take a Bow" – Madonna
  • "Take Control" – DJ BoBo
  • "Tears Don't Lie" – Mark 'Oh
  • "Techno Cumbia" – Selena
  • "There is a Star" – Pharao
  • "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" – Prince
  • "The Real Thing" – 2 Unlimited
  • "The Real Thing" – Tony Di Bart
  • "The Ride" – Basic Element
  • "Things Can Only Get Better" – D Ream
  • "Think About the Way" – Ice MC
  • "Think Twice" – Celine Dion
  • "This D.J." – Warren G
  • "This Is the Way" – E-Type
  • "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
  • "Touch" – Basic Element (#3 Sweden, #7 Finland, #9 Denmark)
  • "Trouble " – Shampoo
  • "Turn the Beat Around" – Gloria Estefan
  • "Twist and Shout" – Chaka Demus & Pliers
  • "U & Me" – Cappella
  • "Undone - The Sweater Song" – Weezer
  • "United" – Prince Ital Joe & Marky Mark
  • "Until I Fall Away" – Gin Blossoms
  • "U R the Best Thing" – D Ream
  • "What's My Name" – Snoop Doggy Dogg
  • "Welcome to Paradise" – Green Day
  • "Welcome to Tomorrow (Are You Ready?)" – Snap! (#1 Finland, #4 Belgium, #6 UK)
  • "Whatta Man" – Salt-n-Pepa & En Vogue
  • "When I Come Around" – Green Day
  • "When We Dance" - Sting
  • "Wild Night" – John Mellencamp & Me'shell Ndegeocello
  • "Without You" – Mariah Carey
  • "You Want This" – Janet Jackson
  • "Zombie" – The Cranberries

Top ten best albums of the year[]

All albums have been named albums of the year for their hits in the charts.[22]

  1. TLC – CrazySexyCool
  2. Oasis – Definitely Maybe
  3. Weezer – Weezer
  4. Portishead – Dummy
  5. Nirvana – MTV Unplugged In New York
  6. Green Day – Dookie
  7. Nas – Illmatic
  8. Blur – Parklife
  9. Soundgarden – Superunknown
  10. Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral

Classical music[]

  • – Yizkor Requiem
  • George Crumb – Quest for guitar, soprano saxophone, harp, double bass, and percussion (two players)
  • Richard Danielpour – Cello Concerto
  • Mario Davidovsky – Festino for guitar, viola, violoncello, contrabass
  • Peter Maxwell Davies – Symphony No. 5
  • David Diamond – Trio for violin, clarinet and piano[23]
  • Lorenzo Ferrero
    • Paesaggio con figura for small orchestra
    • Portrait for string quartet
  • Osvaldo Golijov – The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
  • Vagn Holmboe – Symphony No. 13, M.362 (begun 1993)
  • Guus Janssen – Klotz, for violin, hi-hat and small ensemble
  • Karl Jenkins – Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary
  • Wojciech Kilar – Reign Over Us, Christ, for voice and piano
  • Oliver Knussen – Horn Concerto
  • György Kurtág – Stele
  • Frederik Magle – Concerto for organ and orchestra The Infinite Second
  • Thea Musgrave – Journey through a Japanese Landscape, for marimba and wind
  • Tristan Murail – L'esprit des dunes
  • Michael Nyman – Concerto for Trombone
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara – Symphony No. 7 Angel of Light
  • Steve Reich
    • City Life
    • Bagoya Marimbas
  • Robert Simpson – String Quintet No. 2 (1991–94)
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen – Weltraum (electronic music from Freitag aus Licht)
  • Boris Tishchenko – Symphony No. 7
  • Charles Wuorinen
    • Lightenings VIII, for soprano and piano
    • Piano Quintet
    • Christes Crosse, for soprano and piano
    • Percussion Quartet
    • Guitar Variations
    • Windfall, for wind ensemble

Opera[]

  • Peter Maxwell Davies – The Doctor of Myddfai
  • Vivian Fine – Memoirs of Uliana Rooney
  • Adam Guettel – Floyd Collins
  • Nicholas Lens – The Accacha Chronicles Trilogy: Flamma Flamma – The Fire Requiem
  • Tobias Picker – Emmeline, libretto by JD McClatchy
  • Alice Shields – Apocalypse
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen – Freitag aus Licht (completed; not staged until 1996)

Jazz[]

Main article: 1994 in jazz

Musical theater[]

  • Beauty and the Beast – Broadway production opened at the Palace Theatre and ran for 5461 performances
  • Carousel (Rodgers & Hammerstein) – Broadway revival
  • Damn Yankees (Richard Adler and Jerry Ross) – Broadway revival
  • Grease – Broadway revival
  • Show Boat (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) – Broadway revival
  • Sunset Boulevard (Andrew Lloyd Webber) – Broadway production opened at the Minskoff Theatre and ran for 977 performances

Musical films[]

Births[]

  • January 13 – Asta, Australian singer-songwriter
  • January 14 – Kai, Korean singer and dancer (EXO)
  • January 23 – Vera Blue, Australian indie singer-songwriter
  • January 28 – Maluma, Colombian singer and rapper
  • February 1
    • Skylar Laine, American singer-songwriter
    • Harry Styles, British musician, singer-songwriter, activist, (pop singer of boy band One Direction) (worked with Taylor Swift, Mabel, Stevie Nicks, Kacey Musgrave's)
  • February 3 – Orla Gartland, Irish singer, songwriter and youtuber
  • February 8 – Nikki Yanofsky, Canadian singer
  • February 10 – Seulgi, Korean singer and dancer (Red Velvet)
  • February 14 –
    • Paul Butcher, American actor and singer
    • Becky Hill, English singer and songwriter
  • February 16 – Ava Max, American singer and songwriter
  • February 17 – Angie Miller, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  • February 18 – J-Hope , South Korean rapper, songwriter, dancer and record producer, member of BTS
  • February 21 – Wendy, Korean singer (Red Velvet)
  • February 22 – Rachael Leahcar, (Italian) Australian multi lingual singer-songwriter, musician, performer, and writer. runner composer (The Voice (Australia)) (team and toured with Delta Goodrem)
  • February 23 – Little Simz, English rapper, singer and actress
  • February 24 – Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper
  • February 28 – Jake Bugg, English singer-songwriter and musician
  • March 1 – Justin Bieber, Canadian singer
  • March 10 – Bad Bunny, Puerto Rican Latin trap and reggaeton singer.
  • March 12 – Christina Grimmie, American singer, songwriter, musician, multi instrumentalist, actress and YouTuber (d. 2016)
  • March 13 – Zella Day, American singer, songwriter and musician
  • March 14 – Ansel Elgort, American actor, singer and DJ
  • March 15 – Lynn Gunn, American musician (PVRIS)
  • March 19 – Fletcher (singer), American actress, singer, and songwriter.
  • March 28
    • Dreezy, American hip hop recording artist, rapper, musician
    • Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas, twin English country-pop musicians
  • April 1 – Ella Eyre, English singer-songwriter
  • April 4 – Risako Sugaya, Japanese singer
  • April 9 – Bladee, Swedish rapper, singer, songwriter, fashion designer and member of the musical group Drain Gang.
  • April 11 – Duncan Laurence, Dutch singer-songwriter, winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2019
  • April 12
    • Airi Suzuki, Japanese singer
    • Sehun, Korean singer, rapper and actor (EXO)
  • April 18 – Aminé, American rapper, singer and songwriter
  • April 24 – Jordan Fisher, American singer, dancer and actor
  • April 25 – Sam Fender, English actor singer-songwriter, musician and activist
  • April 26 - Michael Pollack (musician), American songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer.
  • May 5 – Celeste, American-born British singer
  • May 11 - Howard Lawrence of EDM House garage band, Disclosure (band)
  • May 17 – Julie Anne San Jose, Filipina actress, singer, television personality
  • May 28 – Alec Benjamin, American musician
  • June 4 – Olivia Somerlyn, known as LIVVIA, American pop singer-songwriter
  • June 14 – Scarlxrd, British rapper and songwriter
  • July 4 – Era Istrefi, Kosovar singer
  • July 5 – Sơn Tùng M-TP, Vietnamese singer-songwriter
  • July 7
    • Ashton Irwin, Australian drummer and singer-songwriter (5 Seconds of Summer)
    • Georgia Josiena Nott, New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician (Broods)
  • July 10 – Angel Haze, American rapper and singer
  • July 11 – Nina Nesbitt, Scottish singer-songwriter, model and musician
  • July 17 – Kali Uchis, Colombian-American singer-songwriter, record producer, music video director and fashion designer
  • July 31 – Lil Uzi Vert, American rapper, singer, songwriter
  • August 2 – Jacob Collier, British musician, singer-songwriter, composer, music producer and multi-instrumentalist
  • August 8 – Lauv (Ari Leff), American singer-songwriter and record producer
  • August 17 – Phoebe Bridgers, American indie rock singer-songwriter, musician and artist
  • August 16 – Áine Cahill, Irish singer-songwriter
  • August 18 – Bobby Andonov, Australian singer-songwriter and actor
  • August 28 – Felix Jaehn, German/Dutch DJ and record producer
  • September 1 – Bianca Ryan, American singer
  • September 12 – RM, South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producer, member of BTS
  • September 17
    • Taylor Ware, American singer and yodeler
    • Chen Yihan, Chinese pianist and composer
  • September 22 – Emily Burns, English musician and singer-songwriter
  • September 23 – Zolita, American singer-songwriter, director, photographer and activist
  • September 28 – Trevor Daniel, American singer-songwriter
  • September 29 – Halsey, American singer-songwriter, artist and activist
  • October 4 – Sarah Aarons, Australian singer, songwriter, musician
  • October 15 – Lil' Kleine, Dutch musician
  • November 1 – Pabllo Vittar, Brazilian drag queen, singer and songwriter
  • November 3 – Ella Mai, English singer and songwriter
  • November 8 – Lauren Alaina, American country music singer, songwriter and actress
  • November 9 – MNEK, British singer-songwriter and record producer
  • November 24 – Reece Mastin, winner of The X Factor (Australia), Rock-soul-blues singer/songwriter/musician (English born, Australian)
  • November 26 – Emma Portner, American dancer and choreographer
  • November 28 – Bonnie Anderson, Australian singer/songwriter
  • December 13 – Ibeyi (Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz), twin French singer-songwriters

Deaths[]

  • January 4 – R. D. Burman, music director, 54[29]
  • January 6 – Harold Sumberg, violinist, 88
  • January 15 – Harry Nilsson, singer, songwriter, 52 (heart attack)[30]
  • January 17 – Georges Cziffra, pianist, 72[31]
  • January 22 – Rhett Forrester, American singer-songwriter, 37 (shot)
  • January 25 – Bertha Rawlinson, New Zealand opera singer, composer and music teacher, 83
  • January 30 – Rudolf Schwarz, conductor, 88
  • February 5 – Tiana Lemnitz, operatic soprano, 96
  • February 7 – Witold Lutosławski, composer, 81
  • February 8 – Raymond Scott, composer and bandleader, 85
  • February 19 – Micho Russell, Irish tin whistle player and collector of traditional music and folklore, 79
  • February 22 – Papa John Creach, blues violinist, 76[32]
  • February 24
    • Jean Sablon, French singer, 87
    • Dinah Shore, singer, actress, 77[33]
  • March 3 – Karel Kryl, Czech folk singer, 49[34]
  • March 6 – Yvonne Fair, African-American singer, 51
  • March 13 – Danny Barker, jazz musician and composer, 85
  • March 16 – Nicolas Flagello, composer, 66[35]
  • March 18 – Ephraim Lewis, soul and R&B singer, 26
  • March 22 – Dan Hartman, singer, 42 (brain tumour)
  • March 23 – Donald Swann, pianist, composer and entertainer (Flanders and Swann), 70
  • April 5
    • Rowland Greenberg, Norwegian jazz trumpeter, 73
    • Kurt Cobain, singer & guitarist (Nirvana), 27 (self-inflicted shotgun wound)
  • April 7 – Lee Brilleaux, British R&B singer (Dr Feelgood), 41 (cancer)
  • April 19 – Larry Davis, blues singer and guitarist, 57
  • May 23 – Joe Pass, jazz guitarist, 65 (liver cancer)
  • May 25 – Eric Gale, jazz guitarist, 55 (lung cancer)
  • May 26 – Sonny Sharrock, jazz guitarist, 53
  • May 27 – Red Rodney, bop trumpeter, 66
  • May 29 – Oliver Jackson, jazz drummer, 61
  • May 31
    • Uzay Heparı, Turkish composer, music producer, songwriter and actor, 24 (motorcycle accident)
    • Herva Nelli, operatic soprano, 85
  • June 4 – Earle Warren, saxophonist, 79
  • June 11 – Robert Beadell, composer, 68
  • June 14 – Henry Mancini, composer, 70
  • June 15 – Manos Hadjidakis, composer, 68
  • June 16 – Kristen Pfaff, bass guitarist (Hole), 27 (heroin overdose)
  • June 25
    • Kin Vassy, songwriter, performer, co-lead singer and guitarist of The First Edition 1969–72 (lung cancer), 50
    • DJ Train, producer (smoke inhalation)
  • June 29 – Kurt Eichhorn, conductor, 85
  • July 2 – Marion Williams, gospel singer, 66
  • July 31 – Anne Shelton, British singer, 70
  • August 6 – Domenico Modugno, Italian singer and songwriter, 66
  • September 2 – Roy Castle, musician and all-round entertainer, 62 (lung cancer)
  • September 3 – Major Lance, R&B singer, 55
  • September 6
    • Nicky Hopkins, session musician, keyboardist, 50 (complications from intestinal surgery)
    • Max Kaminsky, jazz trumpeter and bandleader, 85
  • September 7 – Eric Crozier, librettist, 79
  • September 13 – John Stevens, jazz musician
  • September 20 – Jule Styne, songwriter, 88
  • September 24 – Urmas Alender, singer, 40 (drowned in MS Estonia sinking)
  • September 29 – Cheb Hasni, Algerian Raj musician, 26 (murdered)
  • October 4 – Danny Gatton, guitarist, 49
  • October 19 – Martha Raye, singer and comedian, 88
  • October 22
    • Jimmy Miller, record producer, 52
    • Shlomo Carlebach, Jewish songwriter
  • October 26 – Wilbert Harrison, R&B singer, pianist, guitarist and harmonica player, 65
  • October 27 – Robert White, Motown session guitarist, 57
  • October 31
    • Lester Sill, record executive, 76
    • Erling Stordahl, Norwegian singer, 71
  • November 4 – Fred "Sonic" Smith, MC5 guitarist, 46 (heart attack)
  • November 7 – Shorty Rogers, jazz trumpeter, 70
  • November 11 – Elizabeth Maconchy, composer, 87
  • November 18 – Cab Calloway, jazz and scat singer, 86
  • November 21 – Juancho Rois, Colombian vallenato musician, accordionist, and composer, 35 (plane crash)
  • November 28 – Vic Legley, Belgian violist and composer of French birth, 79
  • December 8 – Antônio Carlos Jobim, bossa nova composer and songwriter, 67
  • December 10 – Garnett Silk, reggae singer, 28 (house fire)

Awards[]

  • The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: John Lennon, Elton John, Grateful Dead, The Band, Bob Marley, Duane Eddy, Rod Stewart, and The Animals
  • Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Tennessee Ernie Ford

Filmfare Awards[]

  • Kumar Sanu – Filmfare Best Male Playback Award
  • Filmfare Best Music Director Awards – Rahul Dev Burman

Grammy Awards[]

Country Music Association Awards[]

Eurovision Song Contest[]

  • Eurovision Song Contest 1994

Mercury Music Prize[]

  • Elegant Slumming – M People wins.

Juno Award[]

Charts[]

KROQ[]

  • KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1994

Triple J Hottest 100[]

  • Triple J Hottest 100, 1994

See also[]

References[]

Citations[]

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