This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

January–February

March–April

May–June

July–August

September–October

November–December

Also in 1994

Bands formed

Bands disbanded

Bands reformed

Albums released

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Release date unknown

Biggest hit singles

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

Top 40 Chart hit singles

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) • "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 • "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 • "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 • "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) • "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 • "Supersonic" – Oasis • "Sure" – Take That • "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)" - 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 • "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 Mean the World to Me" - Toni Braxton • "You Want This" – Janet Jackson • "Zombie" – The Cranberries

Notable singles

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.

Classical music

Opera

Jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

Awards

Filmfare Awards

Grammy Awards

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

Mercury Music Prize

Juno Award

Charts

KROQ

Triple J Hottest 100

Citations