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

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

• 1994 in music
• List of number-one albums (United States)

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