These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1994:
Indicates best-charting R&B single of 1994 [1] |
Issue date | Song | Artist(s)' |
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January 1 | "Can We Talk" | Tevin Campbell |
January 8 | ||
January 15 | "Cry for You" | Jodeci |
January 22 | ||
January 29 | ||
February 5 | ||
February 12 | "Understanding" | Xscape |
February 19 | ||
February 26 | "Bump n' Grind" | R. Kelly |
March 5 | ||
March 12 | ||
March 19 | ||
March 26 | ||
April 2 | ||
April 9 | ||
April 16 | ||
April 23 | ||
April 30 | ||
May 7 | ||
May 14 | ||
May 21 | "Back & Forth" | Aaliyah |
May 28 | ||
June 4 | ||
June 11 | "Any Time, Any Place" | Janet Jackson |
June 18 | ||
June 25 | ||
July 2 | ||
July 9 | ||
July 16 | ||
July 23 | ||
July 30 | ||
August 6 | ||
August 13 | ||
August 20 | "I'll Make Love to You" | Boyz II Men |
August 27 | ||
September 3 | ||
September 10 | ||
September 17 | ||
September 24 | ||
October 1 | ||
October 8 | ||
October 15 | ||
October 22 | "I Wanna Be Down" | Brandy |
October 29 | ||
November 5 | ||
November 12 | ||
November 19 | "Practice What You Preach" | Barry White |
November 26 | ||
December 3 | ||
December 10 | "Creep" | TLC |
December 17 | ||
December 24 | ||
December 31 | ||
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