List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1994

These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1994, per the Billboard 200.

The Sign by Ace of Base was the best-selling album of 1994.
Vitalogy by Pearl Jam had the biggest sales week of 1994.

Chart history

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Key
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]
November 19 MTV Unplugged in New York Nirvana DGC 310,000 [92][93]
November 26 Hell Freezes Over Eagles Geffen 266,500 [94][95]
December 3 203,000 [96][97]
December 10 Miracles: The Holiday Album Kenny G Arista 241,000 [98][99]
December 17 328,000 [100][101]
December 24 Vitalogy Pearl Jam Epic 877,000 [102][103]
December 31 Miracles: The Holiday Album Kenny G Arista 718,000 [104][105]

See also

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References

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