List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1994

The Sign by Ace of Base was the best-selling album of 1994.

Vitalogy by Pearl Jam had the biggest sales week of 1994.

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

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] [36]
May 14				134,000	[38] [39]
May 21	Not a Moment Too Soon	Tim McGraw	Curb	132,442	[40] [41]
May 28				133,780	[42] [43]
June 4	The Crow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Soundtrack	Atlantic	125,000	[44] [45]
June 11	The Sign†	Ace of Base	Arista	126,000	[46] [47]
June 18	Ill Communication	Beastie Boys	Grand Royal	220,000	[48] [49]
June 25	Purple	Stone Temple Pilots	Atlantic	252,000	[50] [51]
July 2				196,000	[52] [53]
July 9				177,000	[54] [55]
July 16	The Lion King	Elton John / Soundtrack	Walt Disney	271,000	[56] [57]
July 23				296,000	[58] [59]
July 30				311,000	[60] [61]
August 6				294,000	[62] [63]
August 13				289,000	[64] [65]
August 20				251,000	[66] [67]
August 27				216,000	[68] [69]
September 3				213,000	[70] [71]
September 10				199,000	[72] [73]
September 17	II	Boyz II Men	Motown	302,000	[74] [75]
September 24				236,834	[76] [77]
October 1	From the Cradle	Eric Clapton	Duck	209,000	[78] [79]
October 8	II	Boyz II Men	Motown	175,000	[80] [81]
October 15	Monster	R.E.M.	Warner Bros.	343,500	[82] [83]
October 22				178,000	[84] [85]
October 29	II	Boyz II Men	Motown	147,000	[86] [87]
November 5	Murder Was the Case	Soundtrack	Death Row	329,000	[88] [89]
November 12				197,000	[90]
November 19	MTV Unplugged in New York	Nirvana	DGC	310,000	[91] [92]
November 26	Hell Freezes Over	Eagles	Geffen	266,500	[93] [94]
December 3				203,000	[95] [96]
December 10	Miracles: The Holiday Album	Kenny G	Arista	241,000	[97] [98]
December 17				328,000	[99] [100]
December 24	Vitalogy	Pearl Jam	Epic	877,000	[101] [102]
December 31	Miracles: The Holiday Album	Kenny G	Arista	718,000	[103] [104]

See also

• 1994 in music
• Lists of Billboard 200 number-one albums

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