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1994 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 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.
  • 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, New Zealand. The festival is headlined by Soundgarden, Ramones and Björk.
  • January 25 – Alice in Chains release Jar of Flies which makes its debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming the first 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. Her 14-year-old son was killed in the accident.
  • February 1 – Green Day release their breakthrough album Dookie, ushering in the mid-1990s punk revival. It later achieves diamond certification.
  • February 7 – Blind Melon's lead singer Shannon Hoon is forced to leave the American Music Awards ceremony for disruptive behavior. He was later charged with battery, assault, resisting arrest, and destroying a police station phone.
  • February 11 – The three surviving members of The Beatles reunite to begin recording additional music for unfinished John Lennon's 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 No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.
  • February 14 – Grateful Dead guitarist and frontman Jerry Garcia marries Deborah Koons.
  • February 23 – Eddie Van Halen, Chris Isaak, and B.B. King attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada.
  • February 26 – The Sanremo Music Festival ends with Aleandro Baldi winning the "Big Artists" category for the song "Passerà".

March–April

  • March 1
    • Selena becomes the first Tejano music singer to win a Grammy Award.
    • 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.
  • 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!.
  • March 18
    • Courtney Love calls the police, fearing that her husband, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, is suicidal. Police confiscate four guns and 25 boxes of ammunition 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. 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.
    • 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, their first album to reach No. 1 in UK, where it was certified quadruple platinum.
    • 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.

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 spawning hits "Undone – The Sweater Song", "Buddy Holly" and "Say It Ain't So".
  • May 13 – Jo Dee Messina and Aaron Tippin with Sony label RCA Records and its country division, RCA Nashville.
  • May 26 – Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley are married in the Dominican Republic.
  • 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.
    • 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, 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 until 1996, when Spice by the Spice Girls would be released.
    • Luis Miguel release Segundo Romance, the best-selling Latin album of the 1990s by a male artist. Four singles from the album were released; two of which reached No. 1 on the Top Latin Songs. It received a Grammy Award and a Billboard Latin Music Award.

September–October

  • September 6
    • José Cura wins the Operalia – International Plácido Domingo Opera Singer Competition.
    • 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.
  • 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.
  • October 15 – The 23rd OTI Festival, held at the Teatro Principal in Valencia, Spain, is won by the song "Canción despareja", written by Bibi Albert, and performed by Claudia Carenzio representing Argentina.

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.
  • 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

  • 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.
  • April – Jo Dee Messina signs to RCA Records.
  • Summer – Tony Wilson attempts to revive Factory Records, in collaboration with London Records, as "Factory Too".

Bands formed

  • See Musical groups established in 1994

Bands disbanded

  • See Musical groups disestablished in 1994

Bands reformed

  • See Musical groups reestablished in 1994

Albums released

January–March

DateAlbumArtistNotes
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Y**4Music from the Motion Picture PhiladelphiaVarious Artists
TrashedLagwagon-
10Get What You DeserveSodom-
11She'd Give AnythingBoy HowdyEP
13Mary Queen of ScotsEugenius-
18AntennaZZ Top-
A Constipated MonkeyKurious-
DogmanKing's X-
Here It IsFreddie Jackson-
LL77Lisa Lisa-
Mirror BlueRichard Thompson-
Whiskey for the Holy GhostMark Lanegan-
24DubnobasswithmyheadmanUnderworld-
25Jar of FliesAlice in ChainsEP
Blunted on RealityFugeesDebut
Best of Bachman–Turner Overdrive LiveBachman–Turner OverdriveLive
CleansingProng-
Face the MusicNKOTB-
Hips and MakersKristin Hersh-
Kickin' It UpJohn Michael Montgomery-
Life LoverAaron KwokChinese Compilation Album of UFO Record Labels
Snuff the PunkP.O.D.Debut
Too High to DieMeat Puppets-
27Dies IraeNoir DésirLive
31BlackhawkBlackhawk-
Cross PurposesBlack Sabbath-
Hold on It HurtsCornershop-
Under the PinkTori Amos-
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Y**1DookieGreen Day
Back at Your Ass for the Nine-42 Live Crew-
Hank FlamingoHank Flamingo-
Reality BitesVarious ArtistsSoundtrack
What a Crying ShameThe Mavericks-
2SMAP 005SMAP-
7BraveMarillion-
Motorcade of GenerosityCakeDebut
TroublegumTherapy?-
24 Hour Revenge TherapyJawbreaker-
8For Your Own Special SweetheartJawbox-
No Doubt About ItNeal McCoy-
OfferingAnimal Bag-
Paid VacationRichard Marx-
Some Old BullshitBeastie Boys-
Welcome to the Cruel WorldBen HarperDebut
9DreamspaceStratovarius-
Prose CombatMC Solaar-
14Crooked Rain, Crooked RainPavement-
HexBark Psychosis-
15AngelfishAngelfishNorth America
Moonlight Becomes YouWillie Nelson-
Pronounced Jah-NayZhanéDebut
UngodStabbing WestwardDebut
17Transilvanian HungerDarkthrone-
18EmmerdaleThe CardigansDebut
21In the Nightside EclipseEmperor-
22Beyond FlavorOriginal Flavor-
Gangsta Funk5th Ward Boyz-
Ro Sham BoThe GraysDebut
Stereopathetic SoulmanureBeck-
What Jail Is LikeThe Afghan WhigsEP
23Hide Your FacehideDebut
24The Principle of Evil Made FleshCradle of FilthDebut
28Shock MeRed House PaintersEP
Tiger BaySaint Etienne-
Vikingligr VeldiEnslavedDebut
?Forget Love PotionAndy LauUFO Record Semi-finale
Just Say You Love MeDave WongUFO Record Labels
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H**1Robbin' the HoodSublime
BewitchedLuna-
The Funky HeadhunterM.C. Hammer-
GlowRaven-
Live at the AcropolisYanniLive
Mellow GoldBeck-
Naïve/Hell to GoKMFDM-
That DogThat DogDebut
2The 7th BluesB'zDouble album
4A Total LetdownBabyland-
7Selected Ambient Works Volume IIAphex Twinarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118192738/http://warp.net/records/releases/aphex-twin/selected-ambient-works-volume-iiarchive-date=November 18, 2009url=http://warp.net/records/releases/aphex-twin/selected-ambient-works-volume-iiaccess-date=7 February 2016publisher=Warptitle=Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works Volume II}}
8Brutal YouthElvis Costello-
The Downward SpiralNine Inch Nails4× Platinum
Hard to EarnGang Starr-
MagnifiedFailure-
Martinis and BikinisSam Phillips-
Pirate PrudeHeliumDebut EP
Point BlankNailbombDebut
Pop HeiressChainsaw Kittens-
RingmasterInsane Clown Posse-
SuperunknownSoundgarden5× Platinum
Your Filthy Little MouthDavid Lee Roth-
14The DoorCharlie Daniels-
Forever NowLevel 42-
Vauxhall and IMorrissey-
15ChantBenedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de SilosCanto Gregoriano outside North America; re-release
Living RoomCell-
Mötley CrüeMötley Crüe-
Son of Altered BeastMatthew SweetEP
UnboxedSammy HagarGreatest Hits +2 new tracks
21CalculatedHeavens to Betsy-
EssexAlison Moyet-
TalkYes-
Up to Our HipsThe Charlatans-
22Longing in Their HeartsBonnie Raitt-
Amor ProhibidoSelena-
Woke Up with a MonsterCheap Trick-
Above the RimVarious ArtistsSoundtrack
Brother SisterBrand New Heavies-
Devil HoppingInspiral Carpets-
Far Beyond DrivenPantera-
Fuck What You ThinkMain Source-
Hit the HighwayThe Proclaimers-
Mind BlowinVanilla Ice-
NaveedOur Lady PeaceDebut; Canadian release
New Plastic IdeasUnwound-
Not a Moment Too SoonTim McGraw-
The Brian Setzer OrchestraThe Brian Setzer Orchestra-
24Black Hand InnRunning Wild-
25True ForcePowerman 5000Debut EP
28The Division BellPink Floyd-
Give Out But Don't Give UpPrimal Scream-
Now That's What I Call Music! 27Various Artists-
The Piano Concerto/MGVMichael Nyman-
PromenadeThe Divine Comedy-
29The CrowVarious Artists-
Groove Family CycoInfectious Grooves-
HoistPhishGold
Talking TimbuktuAli Farka Touré with Ry Cooder-
This Toilet EarthGwar-
?Panic OnMadder Rose-
Rester vraiFlorent Pagny-

April–June

DateAlbumArtistNotes
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L**1Lunar StrainIn Flames
4RustyRodan-
WhatFunLifeWasBedhead-
The White BirchCodeine-
5The Divine ComedyMilla Jovovich-
ShimmerSurgery-
Some ChangeBoz Scaggs-
To the DeathM.O.P.-
8Only One MoonPrairie OysterCanada
SmashThe Offspring6× Platinum and the best-selling independent label album of all time.
11Crash! Boom! Bang!Roxette-
Sister HazelSister Hazel-
12All-4-OneAll-4-One-
The BleedingCannibal Corpse-
Live Through ThisHole-
WeightRollins Band-
SugartoothSugartoothDebut
18Let Love InNick Cave and the Bad Seeds-
And She Closed Her EyesStina Nordenstam-
His 'n' HersPulp-
How to Make Friends and Influence PeopleTerrorvision-
19FoolishSuperchunk-
Crookt, Crackt, or FlyGastr del Sol-
IllmaticNasDebut
In My Wildest DreamsKenny Chesney-
Well...Katey Sagal-
21Australian MelodramaThe Triffids-
25AnarchyChumbawamba-
MädchenLucilectricGermany
ParklifeBlur-
Santa Monica '72David BowieUK, Live
26American RecordingsJohnny Cash-
A Date with The SmithereensThe Smithereens-
The Fatherless and the WidowSixpence None the Richer-
Last Day on EarthJohn Cale and Bob Neuwirth-
Read My MindReba McEntire-
SouthernplayalisticadillacmuzikOutKastDebut
This Is MeRandy Travis-
Throwing CopperLive8× Platinum (US); 7× Platinum (Canada)
Yank CrimeDrive Like Jehu-
29Life in the StreetsPrince Ital Joe & Marky Mark-
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3Middle Class RevoltThe Fall-
The Sweetest IllusionBasia-
Where It All BeginsThe Allman Brothers Band-
4Dark FuneralDark FuneralEP
9Last of the IndependentsThe Pretenders-
The Seventh SignYngwie MalmsteenEurope
Far from HomeTraffic-
The Very Best of Kenny GKenny GGreatest Hits
Now I'm a CowboyThe Auteurs-
10Arrive All Over YouDanielle BriseboisDebut
DiarySunny Day Real EstateDebut
Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No StarSonic Youth-
Four Chords & Several Years AgoHuey Lewis and The NewsCovers of popular songs from the 1950s & '60s
G. Love and Special SauceG. Love & Special SauceGold (US)
Swamp OpheliaIndigo Girls-
Ten Feet Tall and BulletproofTravis Tritt-
WeezerWeezerDebut; 3× Platinum (US), 2× Platinum (Canada)
16I Say I Say I SayErasure-
17BoingoOingo Boingo-
New TimesViolent Femmes-
A Night in San FranciscoVan MorrisonLive
RecentlyDave Matthews BandLive EP
StorytellerCrystal Waters-
20Teenager of the YearFrank Black-
23SealSealaka Seal II
Street AngelStevie Nicks-
LifeformsFuture Sound of London-
24David ByrneDavid Byrne-
De Mysteriis Dom SathanasMayhem-
DulcineaToad the Wet Sprocket-
Everyone Should Be KilledAnal Cunt-
FruitcakesJimmy Buffett-
Heart, Soul & a VoiceJon Secada-
Nuttin' But LoveHeavy D & the Boyz-
The Sun Rises in the EastJeru the DamajaDebut
The Woman's BoatToni Childs-
25Hai no DiamondGlayDebut
HumanimalTalisman-
31199Quad69 Boyz-
Así EsGerardo-
Fear, Emptiness, DespairNapalm Death-
Goodbye to the Age of SteamBig Big Train-
Ill CommunicationBeastie Boys3× Platinum (US)
The Lion King: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious Artists-
Mortal Kombat: The AlbumThe Immortals-
Way to BlueNick DrakeCompilation
?Love, NancyNancy Wilson-
DreamchildToyah-
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4Oh My LoveZard-
6Balls to PicassoBruce DickinsonEurope; released in US on 26 July
Bad Boys IncBad Boys Inc-
7Pride & GloryPride & Glory-
PurpleStone Temple Pilots-
GemsPatti LaBelle-
Regulate... G Funk EraWarren GDebut
Walk OnBoston
When Love Finds YouVince Gill-
9On and OnMasaharu Fukuyama-
8Pandora's ToysAerosmith (compilation)-
10Migratory BirdsDave WongUFO Record Labels
13Amplified HeartEverything but the Girl-
SplitLush-
AriaAsia-
14Age Ain't Nothing but a NumberAaliyahDebut
Pure and SimpleJoan Jett and the Blackhearts-
SimpaticoVelocity Girl-
Suicidal for LifeSuicidal Tendencies-
Through the FirePeabo Bryson-
Turn It Upside DownSpin Doctors-
ZingalamaduniArrested Development-
15DefloweredPansy Division-
17Temple StoneGhostLive
20Carnival of LightRide-
Genius and Brutality...Taste and PowerBrainbombs-
21BettyHelmet-
Bee ThousandGuided by Voices-
Super BadTerminator X-
Creepin on ah Come UpBone Thugs-n-HarmonyEP
Dance NakedJohn Mellencamp-
Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss RegroovedVarious ArtistsKiss tribute
Let's GoRancid-
22Surface of PainMasquerade-
26Klaus Schulze Goes ClassicKlaus Schulze-
27Keb' Mo'Keb' Mo'Debut
One Foot In The GraveBeck-
Rise and ShineAswad-
28FunkdafiedDa BratDebut
Get Up on ItKeith Sweat-
MTV Unplugged: Tony BennettTony BennettLive
One Step Ahead of the SpiderMC 900 Ft. Jesus-
Same as It Ever WasHouse of Pain-
Si Te VasJon Secada-
Stand By for PainWidowmaker-
¡Viva Zapata!7 Year Bitch-
Welcome to Sky ValleyKyuss-
Who I AmAlan Jackson-
30Love Gone Sour, Suspicion, and Bad DebtThe Clarks-

July–September

DateAlbumArtistNotes
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Y**1Year of the DogWolfstone
4Music for the Jilted GenerationThe Prodigy-
5Cracked Rear ViewHootie & the BlowfishDiamond (10 million+ copies sold)
DGC Rarities Vol. 1Various Artists-
Hot BoxingMagnapop-
I Ain't Movin'Des'ree-
Liquor in the FrontThe Reverend Horton Heat-
Thirty Years of Maximum R&BThe WhoBox set
7SMAP 006: Sexy SixSMAP-
8Master of the RingsHelloween-
11Voodoo LoungeThe Rolling Stones-
Zopilote MachineThe Mountain Goats-
12Cowboys in LoveRiders in the Sky-
Dewdrops in the GardenDeee-Lite-
Uncle Sam's CurseAbove the Law-
downset.downset.Debut
Grassroots311-
Hungry for StinkL7-
The Kansas Boxed SetKansasBox set
The Last TemptationAlice Cooper-
Tales from the Thousand LakesAmorphis-
13In the TreesThe WatchmenCanada
14Roman CandleElliott Smith-
TierraL'Arc-en-Ciel-
15W.F.O.Overkill-
18Parables for Wooden EarsPowderfingerDebut
The Space Age PlayboysWarrior Soul-
Terminal Spirit DiseaseAt the Gates-
19Chief Boot KnockaSir Mix-a-Lot-
For the Love of Strange MedicineSteve Perry-
HarbingerPaula Cole-
It Takes A ThiefCoolio-
Peep ThisJamie FoxxDebut
Portrait of an American FamilyMarilyn MansonDebut
Punk in DrublicNOFX-
We Come StrappedMC Eiht-
25Chocolate SynthesizerBoredomsJapan only
PandemoniumKilling Joke-
These Are Not Fall ColorsLync-
26Going PublicNewsboys-
Gringo HoneymoonRobert Earl Keen-
Inside OutFates Warning-
Out of RangeAni DiFranco-
Pawnshop GuitarsGilby Clarke-
27AdessoToshinori Yonekura-
29DesireAaron KwokChinese UFO Records
?The Happy AlbumThe Selecter-
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T**1Now That's What I Call Music! 28Various Artists
2Push Comes to ShoveJackyl-
Creep wit' MeIll Al SkratchDebut
Love Spit LoveLove Spit Love-
Playtyme Is OverImmature-
The TractorsThe Tractors-
Rotting PiñataSponge-
WhalerSophie B. Hawkins-
5PrickMelvins-
8FrigateApril Wine-
SnivilisationOrbital-
When the Kite String PopsAcid BathDebut
9AutogeddonJulian Cope-
Burn My EyesMachine HeadDebut
Mars Audiac QuintetStereolab-
6 Feet DeepGravediggazDebut
10Living Under JuneJann ArdenCanada
15GraceJeff BuckleyEurope
16After the StormCrosby, Stills & Nash-
Blue HouseMarcia Ball-
ComePrince-
Handful of RainSavatage-
Jerky Boys 2Jerky Boys-
Maybe You Should DriveBarenaked Ladies-
Picture Perfect MorningEdie Brickell-
Sleeps with AngelsNeil Young and Crazy Horse-
Stress: The Extinction AgendaOrganized Konfusion-
18Hard HatsPhil Beer-
19The Business TripHawkwindLive
Songs in the Key of BreeBuck-O-Nine-
22DummyPortisheadDebut
Everyone's Got OneEchobellyUK
Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then SomeCyndi LauperCompilation + new tracks
Thirsty WorkStatus Quo-
23BakesaleSebadoh-
Bust a NutTesla-
ClumsySamiam-
Cover GirlShawn Colvin-
Ken MellonsKen Mellons-
Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess AgePublic Enemy-
Natural Born KillersVarious ArtistsProduced by Trent Reznor
Natural IngredientsLuscious Jackson-
Rhythm of LoveAnita Baker-
RubberneckToadiesDebut
Stoned & DethronedThe Jesus and Mary Chain-
When I WokeRusted Root-
When Fallen Angels FlyPatty Loveless-
Without a SoundDinosaur Jr.-
House of LoveAmy Grant-
27StuckPuddle of Mudd-
30Definitely MaybeOasisDebut 7× platinum
The Holy BibleManic Street Preachers-
Secret World LivePeter GabrielLive
DownThe Jesus Lizard-
Days in the WakePalace Brothers-
Segundo RomanceLuis Miguel-
Fresh soundtrackVarious Artists-
IIBoyz II Men-
Twice RemovedSloan-
UsherUsherDebut
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MamounaBryan Ferry-
6Ain't Life GrandWidespread Panic-
Born DeadBody Count-
File Under: Easy ListeningSugar-
FleshDavid Gray-
LANDLand-
Stranger than FictionBad Religion-
The Sporting LifeDiamanda Galás
U.S.A.Flatlinerz-
12Universal MotherSinéad O'Connor-
From the CradleEric ClaptonCovers album
D.I. Go PopDisco Inferno-
Disco 2Pet Shop BoysRemix album
The ShadowthroneSatyriconRemix album
13AutopilotThe Samples-
Break of DawnRob Base & DJ E-Z Rock-
FourBlues Traveler-
Friendly PeopleGuttermouth-
If I Were A CarpenterVarious ArtistsCarpenters tribute
John HenryThey Might Be Giants-
Ready to DieThe Notorious B.I.G.Debut
Red Hot + CountryVarious ArtistsPart of Red Hot Benefit series
ReleaseCop Shoot Cop-
Terry McBride & the RideMcBride & the Ride-
There's Nothing Wrong with LoveBuilt to Spill-
19Dos Dedos Mis AmigosPop Will Eat Itself-
Kylie MinogueKylie Minogue-
Vs the Greatest of All TimeArchers of LoafEP
20I See It NowTracy Lawrence-
Jamie WaltersJamie WaltersDebut
Mighty Joe MoonGrant Lee Buffalo-
Project: Funk da WorldCraig MackDebut
Whip-SmartLiz Phair-
23Atofio HrysafiKaty Garbi-
25Dis Unu Fi HearBeenie Man-
Speak Squeak CreakMelt-Banana-
26In the Hot SeatEmerson, Lake & Palmer-
My Iron LungRadioheadEP
ProtectionMassive Attack-
The Best Mixes from the Album Debut for All the People Who Don't Buy White LabelsBjörkRemix
Hot Trip to HeavenLove & Rockets-
Thug Life: Volume 12Pac-
2711 Tracks of WhackWalter Becker-
American ThighsVeruca SaltDebut
BoomtownToby Keith-
BrandyBrandyDebut
Chocolate and CheeseWeen-
DeliveranceCorrosion of Conformity-
Divine InterventionSlayer-
The Glory of GershwinLarry Adler/Various ArtistsGershwin tribute
The Great Subconscious ClubK's Choice-
I Love EverybodyLyle Lovett-
Kermit UnpiggedThe Muppets-
MonsterR.E.M.-
Permanent Record: Al in the Box"Weird Al" YankovicBox Set
Pulp FictionVarious ArtistsSoundtrack
Ruby VroomSoul CoughingDebut
Shade BusinessPMD-
SongsLuther Vandross-
Under the Table and DreamingDave Matthews BandDebut
Waitin' on SundownBrooks & Dunn-
28The Decline and Fall of HeavenlyHeavenly-
30Greater ArtLake of TearsDebut
Welcome to TomorrowSnap!-
?HeliumPram-

October–December

DateAlbumArtistNotes
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1OverdosePizzicato Five-
Purgatory AfterglowEdge of Sanity-
3No Need to ArgueThe Cranberries7× Platinum (US); 5× Platinum (Canada/Europe)
4AwakeDream Theater-
Christmas SpiritDonna SummerChristmas
Danzig 4Danzig-
Death RowAccept-
Greatest Hits: The Platinum CollectionBarry ManilowCompilation
The Icon Is LoveBarry White-
LowTestament-
LucacentricLucas-
Nativity in Black: A Tribute to Black SabbathVarious ArtistsBlack Sabbath tribute
Night MusicJoe Jackson-
Pisces IscariotThe Smashing PumpkinsCompilation of B-Sides/Unreleased material
Question the AnswersThe Mighty Mighty Bosstones-
Stones in the RoadMary Chapin Carpenter-
Vicious CircleL.A. Guns-
10Dog Man StarSuede-
King of the KillAnnihilator-
The CultThe Cult-
Música de RuaDaniela Mercury-
Singin' with the Big BandsBarry Manilow-
11Bumpin'Dis-n-Dat-
ClerksVarious ArtistsSoundtrack
Colouz Uv SoundSimple E-
Country 'til I DieJohn Anderson-
D GenerationD Generation-
KornKornDebut
MillenniumFront Line Assembly-
OrangeThe Jon Spencer Blues Explosion-
14Renaissance: The Mix CollectionSasha and DigweedMix album
17Move MeNazareth-
The Return of the Space CowboyJamiroquaiUK
RequiemBathory-
SteamEast 17-
18Blowout CombDigable Planets-
Cross RoadBon JoviCompilation
The DiaryScarface-
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss MeGloria EstefanCovers CD
Genocide & JuiceThe Coup-
Law of the JungleVarious artistsCompilation
Murder Was the CaseVarious ArtistsSoundtrack
Promised LandQueensrÿche-
Return to the Valley of The Go-Go'sThe Go-Go'sCompilation +3 new tracks
Scratch the SurfaceSick of It All-
Stoner WitchMelvins-
TrailerAshMini Album
Word...LifeO.C.Debut
Worst Case ScenarioDeusDebut
19Humanimal Part 2TalismanEP
20The Sea and CakeThe Sea and Cake-
21Future Listening!Towa Tei-
Love or NothingMiyuki Nakajima-
Tears Laid in EarthThe 3rd and the Mortal-
22LandscapesShun-
Neulainen JerkunenAbsoluuttinen Nollapiste-
23Burn or BuryMilk Cult-
24At Action ParkShellac-
The Best of Chris ReaChris Rea-
Barangay ApoApo Hiking Society-
Firin' in FoutaBaaba Maal-
HomeDeep Blue SomethingRainMaker release
Mr. MoonlightForeigner-
OysterHeather Nova-
SacrificeGary Numan-
Starlite WalkerSilver Jews-
Toward the WithinDead Can DanceLive
25Bedtime StoriesMadonna-
Bright RedLaurie Anderson-
Geek the GirlLisa Germano-
HospitalGary YoungSolo Debut
Nervous BreakdownFu-Schnickens-
ResurrectionCommon Sense-
Slippin' InBuddy Guy-
TimeMercyful Fate-
Turbulent IndigoJoni Mitchell-
Voodoo-ULords of Acid-
WildhoneyTiamat-
26MotherLuna Sea-
PokinatchaMxPx-
The Special Collectors EditionBlurCompilation of B-Sides
27PersonligtCarola Häggkvist-
28Gang AffiliatedGospel Gangstaz-
Merry ChristmasMariah CareyChristmas songs
Same Old TunesMillencolin-
31The Best of SadeSadeCompilation
Thank You For The MusicABBAEurope; Box Set
?San FranciscoAmerican Music Club-
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Big OnesAerosmithCompilation
The Good, the Bad, and the ArgyleThe Bouncing Souls-
Healing Hands of TimeWillie Nelson-
Letters Never SentCarly Simon-
Love and HonorRicky Van Shelton-
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the Album: A Rock AdventureRon Wasserman-
MTV Unplugged in New YorkNirvanaLive
Out in L.A.Red Hot Chili PeppersCompilation
Planet of da ApesDa Lench Mob-
Sixteen StoneBushDebut; 6× Platinum
WildflowersTom Petty-
YouthanasiaMegadeth-
3Giant RobotBuckethead-
4PsychePJ & Duncan-
7No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant UnleddedPage and PlantLive
Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994StingCompilation +2 new tracks
AmberAutechreurl=http://warp.net/records/releases/autechre/amberwork=Warp Recordstitle=Autechre: Amberaccess-date=August 17, 2014archive-date=August 19, 2014archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090520/http://warp.net/records/releases/autechre/amberurl-status=live}}
8A Low Down Dirty ShameVarious ArtistsSoundtrack
AthosStephan Micus-
Endless Summer: Donna Summer's Greatest HitsDonna SummerCompilation +2 new tracks
Hell Freezes OverEaglesLive/Studio
Higher PowerBig Audio-
Lookin' Back at MyselfAaron Tippin-
Lost in the Former WestThe Fatima Mansions-
The Main IngredientPete Rock & CL Smooth-
The Most Beautifullest Thing in This WorldKeith Murray-
NoneMeshuggahEP
Still ClimbingCinderella-
Woodstock 94Various Artists-
14Bizarre FruitM People-
More Pink: The B-SidesTori AmosAustralia/New Zealand
A Very Special SeasonDiana RossChristmas
15Ass, Gas, or Cash (No One Rides for Free)K-Dee-
CrazySexyCoolTLCDiamond status, 23 million+ copies sold
Duets IIFrank Sinatra-
Fate (with Utha Likumahuwa crying-saxophone and Harvey Malaiholo composer)Andy LauUFO Record Finale
TicalMethod Man-
21Bonsai SuperstarBrainiac
Don't AskTina Arena-
Now That's What I Call Music! 29Various ArtistsCompilation
PulseMegumi Hayashibara-
The Songs of Distant EarthMike Oldfield-
22Behind BarsSlick Rick-
The Black AlbumPrinceRecorded 1986–'87
Bootlegs & B-SidesIce CubeCompilation
Box of FireAerosmithBox Set
Dare Iz a DarksideRedman-
Laura PausiniLaura Pausini-
Miracles: The Holiday AlbumKenny GChristmas Album
Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-ShirtJohn Frusciante-
VitalogyPearl Jam-
25Blasphemy Made FleshCryptopsy-
ManholeManholeDebut album
26FrostEnslaved-
28Haunted DancehallThe Sabres of Paradise-
29The Impossible BirdNick Lowe-
My LifeMary J. Blige-
30Live at the BBCThe BeatlesRecorded 1963–65
?CardinalCardinalDebut
Och du tände stjärnornaThorleifs-
**D
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5Second ComingThe Stone RosesUK
6AmbushedDa Bush Babees-
Non-FictionBlack Sheep-
The Sweetest DaysVanessa Williams-
12Fishing for LuckiesThe Wildhearts-
Rapid City Muscle CarCherry Poppin' Daddies-
13The HitsGarth BrooksCompilation
Interview with the VampireVarious ArtistsSoundtrack
Maná en VivoManáLive
19Jimmy Eat WorldJimmy Eat WorldDebut
20Keep the Fire Burnin'Dan HartmanCompilation +2 new tracks
21Heavy Metal HippiesLoudness-

Release date unknown

  • Acoustic - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
  • Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
  • Bjesovi – Bjesovi
  • Blue Room – Unwritten Law
  • Chippy – Various arists
  • The Church Within – The Obsessed
  • Churn – Seven Mary Three
  • Clocking Out Is for Suckers – Drake Tungsten
  • Danzón (Dance On) – Arturo Sandoval
  • Obaa Sima – Ata Kak
  • Dial Hard – Gotthard
  • Gulfam – Hariharan
  • Halo in a Haystack – Converge
  • Hellig Usvart – Horde
  • I Hope Your Heart Is Not Brittle – Portastatic
  • Imagínate – Menudo
  • Ja još spavam u tvojoj majici – Ceca
  • K... jego mać – Sedes
  • Mi Forma De Sentir – Pedro Fernández
  • MoodSwing – Joshua Redman Quartet
  • Naghmet Hob – Najwa Karam
  • No, No, No – Dawn Penn
  • Parallel Universe4hero
  • Patashnik – Biosphere
  • Peter Frampton – Peter Frampton
  • Puno't Dulo – The Dawn
  • Quick – Far
  • Safe Sex Designer Drugs & the Death of Rock 'N' Roll – Baby Chaos
  • Soda Pop * Rip Off – Slant 6
  • Swept Away – Jesse Colin Young
  • Television - Dr. John
  • Too Bad Jim – R. L. Burnside
  • Tortoise – Tortoise
  • Unknown Territory – Dick Dale
  • The Walls We Bounce Off Of – John Hartford
  • X Man – Andrew Cyrille

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions. in the charts of 1994.

#ArtistTitleYearCountryChart entries
1Bruce SpringsteenStreets of Philadelphia1994USAustria 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
2Bryan Adams & Rod Stewart & StingAll For Love1994Canada / UKUS 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
3RednexCotton-Eyed Joe1994SwedenUK 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
4All-4-OneI Swear1994USUS 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
5Mariah CareyWithout You1994USUK 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 40 Chart hit singles

Song titleArtist(s)Release date(s)USUKHighest chart positionOther Chart Performance(s)
"100% Pure Love"Crystal WatersApril 199411152 (Australia)See chart performance entry
"21st Century (Digital Boy)"Bad Religion1994n/a411 (Hungary)11 (U.S. Billboard Alternative Airplay - Hungary [Single Top 40]) - 32 (Austria) - 41 (Germany)
"About a Girl (Unplugged)"NirvanaOctober 1994n/a1851 (Iceland)See chart performance entry
"Absolutely Fabulous"Pet Shop BoysJune 1994n/a62 (Australia, New Zealand)See chart performance entry
"All I Wanna Do"Sheryl CrowApril 1994241 (Australia, Canada)See chart performance entry
"All I Want for Christmas Is You"Mariah CareyOctober 1994111 (26 countries)See chart performance entry
"Always"Bon JoviSeptember 1994421 (6 countries)See chart performance entry
"Always"ErasureApril 19942041 (Israel, Lithuania)See chart performance entry
"Amor Prohibido"SelenaApril 1994n/an/a1 (Mexico)See chart performance entry
"An Angel"The Kelly FamilyJune 1994n/a691 (Austria)2 (Austria, Switzerland) - 5 (Ireland) - 40 (Netherlands)
"Another Day"WhigfieldAugust 1994n/a73 (Denmark, Italy)See chart performance entry
"Any Time, Any Place"Janet JacksonMay 19942132 (United States)
"Anytime You Need a Friend"Mariah CareyMay 19941281 (Finland)
"Around the World"East 17May 1994n/a31 (Israel)See chart performance entry
"Away from Home"Dr. AlbanMay 1994n/a422 (Finland, Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)See chart performance entry

Other chart hit singles

  • "Baby, Come Back" – Pato Banton & UB40
  • "Baby, I Love Your Way" – Big Mountain (#1 Denmark, Spain and Sweden)
  • "Back & Forth" – Aaliyah (#5 US)
  • "Be Happy" – Mary J. Blige
  • "Basket Case" – Green Day (#3 Sweden, #7 UK)
  • "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
  • "Carry Me Home" - Gloworm
  • "Chains" – Tina Arena (#4 Australia, #6 UK)
  • "Cigarettes & Alcohol" – Oasis
  • "Circle of Life" – Elton John
  • "Closer" – Nine Inch Nails (#3 Australia)
  • "Come On You Reds" – The Manchester United Football Squad (#1 UK and Denmark)
  • "Cornflake Girl" – Tori Amos
  • "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
  • "Dimension Divertida" – Paco Pil (#1 Spain)
  • "Dissident" – Pearl Jam
  • "Donde Quiera Que Estés" – Barrio Boyzz & Selena
  • "Don't Follow" – Alice in Chains
  • "Don't Turn Around" – Ace of Base
  • "Doop" – Doop
  • "Do You Wanna Get Funky" - C+C Music Factory
  • "Dreams" – The Cranberries
  • "Dreams (Will Come Alive)" – 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor
  • "Dromen zijn bedrog" – Marco Borsato (#1 Netherlands)
  • "Drop Dead Beautiful" – Six Was Nine (#1 in South Africa, #3 in Iceland)
  • "Dry County" – Bon Jovi
  • "Eins, Zwei, Polizei" – Mo-Do (#1 Austria, Germany and Italy)
  • "Endless Love" – Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey
  • "Everybody" – DJ BoBo
  • "Everybody Gonfi-Gon" – 2 Cowboys
  • "Everybody on the Floor (Pump It)" – Tokyo Ghetto Pussy
  • "Everyday" – Phil Collins
  • "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 (#3 Europe)
  • "Forever Young" - Interactive
  • "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
  • "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" - Urge Overkill
  • "Girls & Boys" – Blur
  • "Give Me All Your Love" – Magic Affair (#3 Finland, #4 Denmark)
  • "Gotta Get Away" – The Offspring
  • "Happy Nation" – Ace of Base (#1 Denmark, Finland, France, Israel)
  • "Here Comes the Hotstepper" – Ini Kamoze (#1 New Zealand and US)
  • "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" - Cyndi Lauper
  • "Hold On" - Jamie Walters (#2 Sweden, #3 Norway)
  • "Hyper Hyper" – Scooter (#1 Spain, #2 Austria and Germany)
  • "I Alone" – Live
  • "I Like to Move It" – Reel 2 Real
  • "I Show You Secrets" – Pharao (#3 Finland, #5 Austria)
  • "I Stay Away" – Alice in Chains
  • "I Wanna Be Down" – Brandy
  • "If I Only Knew" - Tom Jones
  • "I'll Make Love to You" – Boyz II Men
  • "I'll Remember" – Madonna
  • "I'll Stand by You" – The Pretenders
  • "I'll Take You There" - General Public
  • "I Love Saturday" - Erasure
  • "In Your Room" – Depeche Mode
  • "Infected" – Bad Religion
  • "Inside" – Stiltskin
  • "Inside Your Dreams" – U96 (#1 Finland, #9 Switzerland)
  • "Interstate Love Song" – Stone Temple Pilots (#2 Iceland)
  • "Is This the Love" – Masterboy
  • "It Takes Me Away" – Marusha (#3 Germany)
  • "It's Alright" – East 17 (#1 Australia, Ireland and Israel)
  • "It's a Rainy Day" – Ice MC
  • "I Will Survive (La La La)" - Hermes House Band
  • "Je danse le Mia" – IAM
  • "Jessie" – Joshua Kadison
  • "Juicy" – Notorious B.I.G.
  • "La solitudine" – Laura Pausini (#1 Belgium, Italy and Netherlands)
  • "Let the Beat Control Your Body" – 2 Unlimited
  • "Let the Beat Go On" – Dr. Alban
  • "Let the Dream Come True" – DJ BoBo
  • "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)
  • "Love Spreads" – The Stone Roses
  • "Lucky One" – Amy Grant
  • "Mädchen" – Lucilectric
  • "Mamá Yo Quiero" - King África
  • "Mary Jane's Last Dance" – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (#5 Canada)
  • "Mass Appeal" – Gangstarr
  • "(Meet) The Flintstones" – The B-52's
  • "Mishale" - Andru Donalds
  • "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" – Crash Test Dummies
  • "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" – Prince
  • "Move It Up" – Cappella (#6 Finland, Netherlands)
  • "Move on Baby" – Cappella (#1 Europe)
  • "Mr. Jones" – Counting Crows (#1 Canada)
  • "Never Lie" – Immature (#5 US)
  • "No Excuses" – Alice in Chains
  • "No Good (Start the Dance)" – The Prodigy (#1 Finland, Greece)
  • "No More (I Can't Stand It)" – Maxx
  • "No Me Queda Mas" – Selena
  • "No One" – 2 Unlimited
  • "Now and Forever" – Richard Marx (#6 Canada, #7 US)
  • "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
  • "The Real Thing" – 2 Unlimited
  • "The Real Thing" – Tony Di Bart
  • "Regulate" – Warren G & Nate Dogg
  • "Renaissance" - M People
  • "Return to Innocence" – Enigma (#1 Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Zimbabwe, #2 Denmark, #3 UK)
  • "The Ride" – Basic Element
  • "Right Beside You" – Sophie B. Hawkins (#7 Canada, #8 Switzerland)
  • "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" - Meat Loaf
  • "Rock My Heart" – Haddaway (#1 Israel, #4 Finland)
  • "Rocks" - Primal Scream
  • "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)
  • "Si Una Vez" – Selena
  • "Sight for Sore Eyes" - M People
  • "The Sign" – Ace of Base
  • "Sleeping in My Car" – Roxette
  • "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" – Marusha
  • "Spin the Black Circle" – Pearl Jam
  • "Spoonman" – Soundgarden
  • "Stay Another Day" – East 17
  • "Stay (I Missed You)" – Lisa Loeb
  • "Stay Together" – Suede
  • "Strani amori" – Laura Pausini
  • "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen
  • "Strong Enough" – Sheryl Crow
  • "Sukiyaki" – 4 P.M. (#3 Australia, #8 US)
  • "Summer in the City" – Joe Cocker
  • "Supernova" – Liz Phair
  • "Supersonic" – Oasis
  • "Sure" – Take That
  • "Sure Shot" – Beastie Boys
  • "Swamp Thing" – The Grid
  • "Sweet Dreams" – La Bouche (#1 Europe)
  • "Sweets for My Sweet" – C. J. Lewis (#3 UK)
  • "Take a Bow" – Madonna
  • "Tears Don't Lie" – Mark 'Oh
  • "Techno Cumbia" – Selena
  • "There is a Star" – Pharao
  • "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
  • "U R the Best Thing (Perfecto Remix)" - D:Ream
  • "Undone - The Sweater Song" – Weezer
  • "United" – Prince Ital Joe & Marky Mark
  • "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)
  • "What's up" – DJ Miko
  • "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" – R.E.M.
  • "Whatta Man" – Salt-n-Pepa & En Vogue
  • "When I Come Around" – Green Day
  • "When We Dance" - Sting
  • "White Dove" - Scorpions
  • "Wild Night" – John Mellencamp & Me'shell Ndegeocello
  • "Without You" – Mariah Carey
  • "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" - Pet Shop Boys
  • "You Don't Know How It Feels" - Tom Petty
  • "You Mean the World to Me" - Toni Braxton
  • "You Want This" – Janet Jackson
  • "Zombie" – The Cranberries

Notable singles

Song titleArtist(s)Release date(s)Other Chart Performance(s)
"In Your Room"Depeche ModeJanuary 1994See chart performance entry

Other Notable singles

  • "In the Neighbourhood" - Sisters Underground

Top ten best albums of the year

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

  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

  • Thomas Beveridge – 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
  • 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
  • Morten Lauridsen – O magnum mysterium
  • 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
  • Jonathan Dove – Siren Song
  • 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

  • Aag Aur Chingari
  • Andaz, with music by Bappi Lahiri
  • Airheads
  • Backbeat
  • Chaand Kaa Tukdaa, starring Sridevi
  • Fear of a Black Hat
  • Gandugali, with music by Sadhu Kokila.
  • Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies
  • Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, with music by Raamlaxman
  • Immortal Beloved, biopic of Ludwig van Beethoven
  • The Lion King – animated feature film with songs by Elton John and Tim Rice
  • Min fynske barndom, biopic of composer Carl Nielsen
  • Sukham Sukhakaram, with music by Ravindra Jain.
  • The Swan Princess – animated feature film
  • That's Entertainment! III
  • Thumbelina – animated feature film.

Births

  • January 6 – Catriona Gray, Australian model, presenter, singer and beauty queen
  • January 8 – Tanika Anderson, Australian actress, singer and performer (Hi-5)
  • January 13 – Asta, Australian singer-songwriter
  • January 14 – Kai, Korean singer and dancer (EXO)
  • January 18
    • Minzy, South Korean singer, rapper and dancer
    • Jiyoung, South Korean singer and actress
  • 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 Musgraves)
  • February 3 – Orla Gartland, Irish singer, songwriter and YouTuber (member of band Fizz)
  • 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-songwriter
    • Shae, Indonesian actress and singer
  • 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, writer, runner, composer, and 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 3 - Sam Asghari, Iranian-American actor, dancer, fitness guru, businessman, business owner and model (Formerly married & muse to Britney Spears)
  • March 10 – Bad Bunny, Puerto Rican Latin trap and reggaeton singer.
  • March 11 – Jace Chan, Hong Kong singer and actress
  • March 12 – Christina Grimmie, American singer, songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, actress and YouTuber (d. 2016)
  • March 14 – Ansel Elgort, American actor, singer and DJ
  • March 15 – Lynn Gunn, American musician (PVRIS)
  • March 16
    • Connie Glynn, English author, YouTuber, former influencer, and member of snaggletooth, a "Very haunted" band. (Former name of blog: Noodlerella, worked with Evan Edinger & Dodie)
    • Camilo, Colombian singer, musician and songwriter. (Married to Evaluna Montaner)
  • March 17 – Amber Holcomb, American singer
  • March 19 – Fletcher, American actress, singer, and songwriter.
  • March 20 – R'Bonney Gabriel, American model, fashion designer and beauty pageant
  • March 22 – Dax, Canadian rapper
  • March 28
    • Dreezy, American hip hop recording artist, rapper, musician
    • Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas, twin English country-pop musicians
    • Jackson Wang, Hong Kong rapper
  • March 29 – Sulli, singer and actress (d. 2019)
  • 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
    • Maggie Rogers, American singer-songwriter and record producer
  • April 26 - Michael Pollack, American songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer
  • May 1 - Kacy Hill, American singer-songwriter, producer and former model
  • May 5 – Celeste, American-born British singer
  • May 7 - Laurel (musician). British musician
  • May 11 - Howard Lawrence of EDM House garage band, Disclosure
  • May 17 – Julie Anne San Jose, Filipina actress, singer, television personality
  • May 24 – Dimash Kudaibergen, Kazakh singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
  • May 25 -
    • Royal & the Serpent, American singer and songwriter
    • Nathan Dawe, English DJ and producer (Annie-Marie, Little Mix, Ella Henderson)
  • May 28 – Alec Benjamin, American musician
  • May 30 - Madeon, French musician, DJ, songwriter, singer and music producer
  • May 31 - Lil Aaron, American rapper, singer and songwriter
  • June 4 – Olivia Somerlyn, known as LIVVIA, American pop singer-songwriter
  • June 14 – Scarlxrd, British rapper and songwriter
  • June 18 – Takeoff, American rapper (Migos) (d. 2022)
  • June 22 - Louta (musician), Argentine performing musician, producer, songwriter, and disc-jockey
  • June 25 - Egor Kreed, Russian rapper
  • June 27 - Malinda Kathleen Reese, American stage actress, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter, comedian, YouTuber, and activist (Founder, Leader, Creator of Twisted Translations/ Google Translate Sings / Translator Fails)
  • July 4
    • Era Istrefi, Kosovar singer
    • Amaarae, A Ghanaian-American pop, afrobeat, alte, R&B singer
  • July 5 – Sơn Tùng M-TP, Vietnamese singer-songwriter
  • July 7
  • July 9 - SG Lewis, English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer (Tove Lo)
  • July 10 – Angel Haze, American rapper and singer
  • July 11 – Nina Nesbitt, Scottish singer-songwriter, model, and musician
  • July 14 - Bibi Bourelly, German-American singer-songwriter
  • 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 9 – King Von, American rapper (d. 2020)
  • August 11 – Alejandro Aranda, American singer
  • August 16 – Áine Cahill, Irish singer-songwriter
  • August 17 – Phoebe Bridgers, American indie rock singer-songwriter, musician and artist
  • August 18 – Bobby Andonov, Australian singer-songwriter and actor
  • August 22 – Jimilian, Danish singer
  • August 28 – Felix Jaehn, German/Dutch DJ and record producer
  • August 29 - Courtney Stodden, American media personality, model and singer
  • August 30 – Kwon So-hyun, South Korean actress and singer
  • August 31 - MoStack British Rapper and Singer (worked with: Anne-Marie)
  • 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
    • G Flip, Australian singer-songwriter, producer, musician, drummer and activist
  • 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 1 – Alfredo Olivas, Mexican singer
  • October 2 – Shekhinah, South African singer-songwriter
  • October 4 – Sarah Aarons, Australian singer, songwriter, musician
  • October 15 – Sebastián Yatra, Colombian singer
  • October 24 – Krystal Jung, American-South Korean singer (member of Boygenius)
  • October 15 – Lil' Kleine, Dutch musician
  • October 30 - Maro (Portuguese singer), Portuguese singer and songwriter
  • November 3 – Ella Mai, English singer and songwriter
  • November 4 – keshi, American singer
  • November 6 – Speaker Knockerz, American rapper and record producer (d. 2014)
  • November 7 – Haruna Iikubo, Japanese actress and singer (Morning Musume)
  • 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, and musician (English born, Australian)
  • November 26 – Emma Portner, American dancer and choreographer
  • November 28 – Bonnie Anderson, Australian singer-songwriter
  • December 2 – Laura Les, American music producer and singer-songwriter (100 gecs)
  • December 13 – Ibeyi (Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz), twin French singer-songwriters
  • December 18 – Slowthai, British rapper
  • December 19
    • Michele Bravi, Italian singer
    • Nathan Evans, Scottish musician
  • December 21 – Thelma Plum, Aboriginal Australian singer, songwriter, guitarist and musician
  • unknown date – Ny Oh, British-born New Zealand folk singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

Deaths

  • January 4 – R. D. Burman, music director, 54
  • January 6 – Harold Sumberg, violinist, 88
  • January 15
    • Harry Nilsson, singer, songwriter, 52 (heart attack)
    • Georges Cziffra, pianist, 72
  • 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
  • February 24
    • Jean Sablon, French singer, 87
    • Dinah Shore, singer, actress, 77
  • March 3 – Karel Kryl, Czech folk singer, 49
  • March 6 – Yvonne Fair, African-American singer, 51
  • March 13 – Danny Barker, jazz musician and composer, 85
  • March 16 – Nicolas Flagello, composer, 66
  • 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
    • Derek Leckenby, guitarist (Herman's Hermits), 51
    • 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)
  • December 23 - Dan Hamilton, singer (Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds), 48

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

  • Rascalz – Juno Award Best rap album

Charts

KROQ

  • KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1994

Triple J Hottest 100

  • Triple J Hottest 100, 1994

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