1994 in music

none 1994 1994 music radio television film January 2026 This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994. right|thumb|Joan Jett performing at Bumbershoot 1994. Specific locations 1994 in British music 1994 in Norwegian music 1994 in Scandinavian music 1994 in South Korean music Specific genres 1994 in country music 1994 in heavy metal music 1994 in hip hop music 1994 in jazz 1994 in Latin music 1994 in progressive rock 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.Gerosa Melina https://ew.com/article/1994/02/04/bryan-adams-performs-vietnam/ https://web.archive.org/web/20080108072811/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,301004,00.html live January 8, 2008 Bryan Adams performs in Vietnam Entertainment Weekly 1994-02-04 2016-07-23 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.https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/every-big-day-out-line-up/11539046 The definitive guide to every Big Day Out line-up ever ABC September 30, 2019 August 31, 2020 Dan Condon August 4, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240804005504/https://www.abc.net.au/listen/doublej/music-reads/features/every-big-day-out-line-up/11539046 live 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.http://www.mtv.com/news/1611344/green-days-dookie-15-years-later-still-a-genuine-punk-classic/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140715072441/http://www.mtv.com/news/1611344/green-days-dookie-15-years-later-still-a-genuine-punk-classic/ dead July 15, 2014 Green Day's Dookie: 15 Years Later, Still A Genuine Punk Classic MTV 2009-05-13 2016-07-23 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.http://perso.wanadoo.es/spadilla/sh/ The Rock Cemetery: Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon) Perso.wanadoo.es 2016-07-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20080428210356/http://perso.wanadoo.es/spadilla/sh/ April 28, 2008 dead 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.Searching for the Sound: My Life with the Grateful Dead Lesh Phil 2005 Little, Brown and Company 0-316-00998-9 registration https://archive.org/details/searchingforsoun00lesh 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". http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/02/27/vincono-baldi-bocelli.html la Repubblica it 17 August 2011 27 February 1995 Maria Pia Fusco Vincono Baldi e Bocelli live https://web.archive.org/web/20141129034006/http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/02/27/vincono-baldi-bocelli.html 29 November 2014 dmy-all March–April March 1 Selena becomes the first Tejano music singer to win a Grammy Award.Stacy Lee Mexico and the United States 2002 Marshall Cavendish New York 0-7614-7402-1 https://books.google.com/books?id=DSzyMGh8pNwC&q=Selena+Live%21&pg=PA746 October 14, 2020 August 4, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240804005503/https://books.google.com/books?id=DSzyMGh8pNwC&q=Selena+Live!&pg=PA746#v=snippet&q=Selena%20Live!&f=false live 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.Slick Grace Andrea Cagan Somebody to Love? A Rock-and-Roll Memoir Warner Books 1998-09-01 New York, New York 340–3 978-0446523028 registration https://archive.org/details/somebodytolovero00slic/page/340 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!.(actor) Edward James Olmos, (producers) Abraham Quintanilla Jr., Claribel Cuevas, Jeffrey Coulter, José Behar, Ranal J. Edwards, (director) Cecilia Miniucchi, (writer) John Lannert 1997 Selena Remembered EMI Latin Corpus Christi, Texas 60 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.Tucker Ken Like Aversion: Madonna's shocking David Letterman interview – The pop-star's interview on the Late Show produces the show's highest ratings http://www.ew.com/article/1994/04/15/madonnas-shocking-david-letterman-interview Entertainment Weekly 26 January 2014 February 1, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140201225810/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,301834,00.html live 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.http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=20817] Platinum Awards Content December 30, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20080220133205/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumRight.asp?rq=search_plat February 20, 2008 dead mdy-all 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.Hayes Cathy http://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/Amazing-facts-about-the-Irish-dance-phenomenon-Riverdance.html Amazing facts about the Irish dance phenomenon "Riverdance" IrishCentral.com 29 January 2015 15 July 2015 March 19, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160319062733/http://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/Amazing-facts-about-the-Irish-dance-phenomenon-Riverdance.html live 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 26 – Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley are married in the Dominican Republic. http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=1924408&date=19940809 One Theory On Michael-Lisa: It's All A Plot Washington Post Seattle Times August 9, 1994 June 2, 2008 Richard N. Leiby May 19, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110519110407/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19940809&slug=1924408 dead 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; she is subsequently charged with arson.Reid Shaheem Lisa Lopes Documentary Captures Singer's Last Days http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1558031/lisa-lopes-film-captures-her-last-days.jhtml https://web.archive.org/web/20110602065414/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1558031/lisa-lopes-film-captures-her-last-days.jhtml dead June 2, 2011 February 8, 2014 MTV April 25, 2007 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.February 2026 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 by Martin Engstrom.CERN Courier Verbier Festival 40 European Organization for Nuclear Research 2000 11 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.Sutciffe 1994 Sutcliffe, Tom. 1994. "Prom Premiere; Majestic Max". The Guardian (10 August): T4. 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.Lewis Peter H. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/12/business/attention-shoppers-internet-is-open.html Attention Shoppers: Internet Is Open The New York Times 12 August 1994 28 September 2014 September 3, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170903095512/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/12/business/attention-shoppers-internet-is-open.html live 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,The Timeless Influence of Jeff Buckley's Masterpiece https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a29755/jeff-buckley-grace/ Esquire 23 August 2014 August 3, 2024 August 4, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240804005600/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a29755/jeff-buckley-grace/ live full-length studio album Grace. August 30 Oasis release their debut album Definitely Maybe; it becomes the fastest-selling debut album in British music history at the time.Rapp Allison Oasis Albums Ranked Worst to Best https://ultimateclassicrock.com/oasis-albums-ranked/ Ultimate Classic Rock 24 April 2024 August 3, 2024 August 4, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240804005529/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/oasis-albums-ranked/ live Luis Miguel release Segundo Romance, the best-selling Latin album of the 1990s by a male artist.November 2017 Four singles from the album were released; two of which reached No. 1 on the Top Latin Songs.https://www.billboard.com/artist/luis-miguel/chart-history/latin-songs Luis Miguel – Chart history: Latin Songs Billboard Prometheus Global Media 15 July 2014 21 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211121093625/https://www.billboard.com/artist/luis-miguel/chart-history/latin-songs/ live It received a Grammy Award and a Billboard Latin Music Award.The 1995 Grammy winners https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/03/arts/the-1995-grammy-winners.html New York Times 3 March 1995 9 October 2010 live https://web.archive.org/web/20130612044635/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/03/arts/the-1995-grammy-winners.html 12 June 2013 dmy-all Lannert John 10 June 1995 Latin Music Conference Billboard Prometheus Global Media LM-54 https://books.google.com/books?id=0QsEAAAAMBAJ&q=india+dicen+que+soy+awards&pg=PA54 9 October 2010 live https://web.archive.org/web/20140702040910/http://books.google.com/books?id=0QsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54&dq=india+dicen+que+soy+awards&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iJovU4JssNLbBfnbgNgD&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAQ 2 July 2014 dmy-all September–October September 6 José Cura wins the Operalia – International Plácido Domingo Opera Singer Competition.https://www.onefineart.com/artists/musicians/Jose-Cura José Cura Argentinean Lebanese Tenor composer conductor, Classical Singer Lebanon Onefineart.com 2016-07-23 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.November 3, 1994 In The News Rolling Stone 694 32 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 "es Canción despareja no", 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.January 26, 1995 In The News Rolling Stone 700 25 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 sign to RCA Records. Summer – Tony Wilson attempts to revive Factory Records, in collaboration with London Records, as "Factory Too".https://books.google.com/books?id=bUc4AAAAQBAJ&pg=PT108 Tony Wilson – You're Entitled to an Opinion But. . .: The High times and ... David Nolan August 2, 2010 John Blake 9781843582229 2016-07-23 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 :Category:1994 albums January–March DateAlbumArtistNotes JANUARY4 Music from the Motion Picture Philadelphia Various Artists Soundtrack Trashed Lagwagon -10 Get What You Deserve Sodom -11 She'd Give Anything Boy Howdy EP13 Mary Queen of ScotsEugenius https://trouserpress.com/reviews/eugenius/ Trouser Press 27 January 2026 Eugenius -18 Antenna ZZ Top - A Constipated Monkey Kurious - Dogman King's X - Here It Is Freddie Jackson - LL77 Lisa Lisa - Mirror Blue Richard Thompson - Total Destruction Unsane - Whiskey for the Holy Ghost Mark Lanegan -24 Dubnobasswithmyheadman Underworld -25 Jar of Flies Alice in Chains EP Blunted on Reality Fugees Debut Best of Bachman–Turner Overdrive Live Bachman–Turner Overdrive Live Cleansing Prong - Face the Music NKOTB - Hips and Makers Kristin Hersh - Kickin' It Up John Michael Montgomery - Life Lover Aaron Kwok Chinese Compilation Album of UFO Record Labels Snuff the Punk P.O.D. Debut Too High to Die Meat Puppets -27 Dies Irae Noir Désir Live31 Blackhawk Blackhawk - Cross Purposes Black Sabbath - Hold on It Hurts Cornershop - Under the Pink Tori Amos - FEBRUARY1 Dookie Green Day Diamond (10+ million copies sold) Back at Your Ass for the Nine-4 2 Live Crew - Hank Flamingo Hank Flamingo - Reality Bites Various Artists Soundtrack What a Crying Shame The Mavericks -2 SMAP 005 SMAP -7 Brave Marillion - Motorcade of Generosity Cake Debut Troublegum Therapy? - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy Jawbreaker -8 Brainchild Circle of Dust - For Your Own Special Sweetheart Jawbox - No Doubt About It Neal McCoy - Offering Animal Bag - Paid Vacation Richard Marx - Some Old Bullshit Beastie Boys - Welcome to the Cruel World Ben Harper Debut9 Dreamspace Stratovarius - Prose Combat MC Solaar -14 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain Pavement - Hex Bark Psychosis -15 Angelfish Angelfish North America Moonlight Becomes You Willie Nelson - Pronounced Jah-Nay Zhané Debut Ungod Stabbing Westward Debut17 Transilvanian Hunger Darkthrone -18 Emmerdale The Cardigans Debut21 In the Nightside Eclipse Emperor -22 Beyond Flavor Original Flavor - Gangsta Funk 5th Ward Boyz - Ro Sham Bo The Grays Debut Stereopathetic Soulmanure Beck - What Jail Is Like The Afghan Whigs EP23 Hide Your Face hide Debut24 The Principle of Evil Made Flesh Cradle of Filth Debut28 Shock Me Red House Painters EP Tiger Bay Saint Etienne - Vikingligr Veldi Enslaved Debut? Forget Love Potion Andy Lau UFO Record Semi-finale Just Say You Love Me Dave Wong UFO Record LabelsMARCH1 Robbin' the Hood Sublime - Bewitched Luna - The Funky Headhunter M.C. Hammer - Glow Raven - Live at the Acropolis Yanni Live Mellow Gold Beck - Naïve/Hell to Go KMFDM - That Dog That Dog Debut2 The 7th Blues B'z Double album4 A Total Letdown Babyland -7 Hit the Highway The Proclaimers - Selected Ambient Works Volume II Aphex Twin https://web.archive.org/web/20091118192738/http://warp.net/records/releases/aphex-twin/selected-ambient-works-volume-ii November 18, 2009 http://warp.net/records/releases/aphex-twin/selected-ambient-works-volume-ii 7 February 2016 Warp Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works Volume II8 Backbeat The Backbeat Band Soundtrack Brutal Youth Elvis Costello - The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails 4× Platinum Hard to Earn Gang Starr - Magnified Failure - Martinis and Bikinis Sam Phillips - Pirate Prude Helium Debut EP Point Blank Nailbomb Debut Pop Heiress Chainsaw Kittens - Ringmaster Insane Clown Posse - Superunknown Soundgarden 5× Platinum Your Filthy Little Mouth David Lee Roth -14 The Door Charlie Daniels - Forever Now Level 42 - Vauxhall and I Morrissey -15 Chant Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos Canto Gregoriano outside North America; re-release Living Room Cell - Mötley Crüe Mötley Crüe - Son of Altered Beast Matthew Sweet EP Unboxed Sammy Hagar Greatest Hits +2 new tracks21 Calculated Heavens to Betsy - Essex Alison Moyet - Talk Yes - Up to Our Hips The Charlatans -22 Longing in Their Hearts Bonnie Raitt - Amor Prohibido Selena - Woke Up with a Monster Cheap Trick - Above the Rim Various Artists Soundtrack Brother Sister Brand New Heavies - Devil Hopping Inspiral Carpets - Far Beyond Driven Pantera - Fuck What You Think Main Source - Mind Blowin Vanilla Ice - Naveed Our Lady Peace Debut; Canadian release New Plastic Ideas Unwound - Not a Moment Too Soon Tim McGraw - The Brian Setzer Orchestra The Brian Setzer Orchestra -24 Black Hand Inn Running Wild -25 True Force Powerman 5000 Debut EP28 The Division Bell Pink Floyd - Give Out But Don't Give Up Primal Scream - Now That's What I Call Music! 27 Various Artists - The Piano Concerto/MGV Michael Nyman - Promenade The Divine Comedy -29 The Crow Various Artists - Groove Family Cyco Infectious Grooves - Hoist Phish Gold Talking Timbuktu Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder - This Toilet Earth Gwar -? Panic On Madder Rose - Rester vrai Florent Pagny - April–June DateAlbumArtistNotes APRIL1 Lunar Strain In Flames Debut4 Rusty Rodan - WhatFunLifeWas Bedhead - The White Birch Codeine -5 The Divine Comedy Milla Jovovich - Shimmer Surgery - Some Change Boz Scaggs - To the Death M.O.P. -8 Only One Moon Prairie Oyster Canada Smash The Offspring 6× Platinum and the best-selling independent label album of all time.11 Crash! Boom! Bang! Roxette - Sister Hazel Sister Hazel-12 All-4-One All-4-One - The Bleeding Cannibal Corpse - Live Through This Hole - Weight Rollins Band - Sugartooth Sugartooth Debut18 Let Love In Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - And She Closed Her Eyes Stina Nordenstam - His 'n' Hers Pulp - How to Make Friends and Influence People Terrorvision -19 Foolish Superchunk - Crookt, Crackt, or Fly Gastr del Sol - Illmatic Nas Debut In My Wildest Dreams Kenny Chesney - Well... Katey Sagal -21 Australian Melodrama The Triffids -25 Anarchy Chumbawamba - Mädchen Lucilectric Germany Parklife Blur - Santa Monica '72 David Bowie UK, Live26 American Recordings Johnny Cash - A Date with The Smithereens The Smithereens - The Fatherless and the Widow Sixpence None the Richer - Last Day on Earth John Cale and Bob Neuwirth - Read My Mind Reba McEntire - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik OutKast Debut This Is Me Randy Travis - Throwing Copper Live 8× Platinum (US); 7× Platinum (Canada) Yank Crime Drive Like Jehu - 29 Life in the Streets Prince Ital Joe & Marky Mark - MAY2 1985 Enuff Z'Nuff -3 Middle Class Revolt The Fall - The Sweetest Illusion Basia - Where It All Begins The Allman Brothers Band -4 Dark Funeral Dark Funeral EP9 Last of the Independents The Pretenders - The Seventh Sign Yngwie Malmsteen Europe Far from Home Traffic - The Very Best of Kenny G Kenny G Greatest Hits Now I'm a Cowboy The Auteurs - Fairytales of Slavery Miranda Sex Garden -10 Arrive All Over You Danielle Brisebois Debut Diary Sunny Day Real Estate Debut Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star Sonic Youth - Four Chords & Several Years Ago Huey Lewis and The News Covers of popular songs from the 1950s & '60s G. 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Love & Special Sauce Gold (US) Swamp Ophelia Indigo Girls - Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof Travis Tritt - Weezer Weezer Debut; 3× Platinum (US), 2× Platinum (Canada)16 I Say I Say I Say Erasure -17 Boingo Oingo Boingo - New Times Violent Femmes - A Night in San Francisco Van Morrison Live Recently Dave Matthews Band Live EP Storyteller Crystal Waters -20 Teenager of the Year Frank Black -23 Seal Seal aka Seal II Street Angel Stevie Nicks - Lifeforms Future Sound of London -24 David Byrne David Byrne - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Mayhem - Dulcinea Toad the Wet Sprocket - Everyone Should Be Killed Anal Cunt - Fruitcakes Jimmy Buffett - Heart, Soul & a Voice Jon Secada - Nuttin' But Love Heavy D & the Boyz - The Sun Rises in the East Jeru the Damaja Debut The Woman's Boat Toni Childs -25Hai no DiamondGlayDebut Humanimal Talisman -31 199Quad 69 Boyz - Así Es Gerardo - Fear, Emptiness, Despair Napalm Death - Goodbye to the Age of Steam Big Big Train - Ill Communication Beastie Boys 3× Platinum (US) The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists - Mortal Kombat: The Album The Immortals - Way to Blue Nick Drake Compilation ? Love, Nancy Nancy Wilson - Dreamchild Toyah -JUNE1 76:14 Global Communication Debut4 Oh My Love Zard -6 Balls to Picasso Bruce Dickinson Europe; released in US on 26 July Bad Boys Inc Bad Boys Inc -7 Pride & Glory Pride & Glory - Purple Stone Temple Pilots - Gems Patti LaBelle - Regulate... G Funk Era Warren G Debut Walk On Boston When Love Finds You Vince Gill -9 On and On Masaharu Fukuyama -8 Pandora's Toys Aerosmith (compilation) -10 Migratory Birds Dave Wong UFO Record Labels13 Amplified Heart Everything but the Girl - Split Lush - Aria Asia -14 Age Ain't Nothing but a Number Aaliyah Debut Pure and Simple Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Simpatico Velocity Girl - Suicidal for Life Suicidal Tendencies - Through the Fire Peabo Bryson - Turn It Upside Down Spin Doctors - Zingalamaduni Arrested Development -15 Deflowered Pansy Division -17 Temple Stone Ghost Live20 Carnival of Light Ride - Genius and Brutality...Taste and Power Brainbombs -21 Betty Helmet - Bee Thousand Guided by Voices - Super Bad Terminator X - Creepin on ah Come Up Bone Thugs-n-Harmony EP Dance Naked John Mellencamp - Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved Various Artists Kiss tribute Lead Pipe Grand Daddy I.U. - Let's Go Rancid -22 Surface of Pain Masquerade -26 Klaus Schulze Goes Classic Klaus Schulze -27 Keb' Mo' Keb' Mo' Debut One Foot In The Grave Beck - Rise and Shine Aswad -28 Funkdafied Da Brat Debut Get Up on It Keith Sweat - MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett Tony Bennett Live One Step Ahead of the Spider MC 900 Ft. Jesus - Same as It Ever Was House of Pain - Si Te Vas Jon Secada - Stand By for Pain Widowmaker - ¡Viva Zapata! 7 Year Bitch - Welcome to Sky Valley Kyuss - Who I Am Alan Jackson -30 Love Gone Sour, Suspicion, and Bad Debt The Clarks - July–September DateAlbumArtistNotes JULY1 Year of the Dog Wolfstone -4 Music for the Jilted Generation The Prodigy -5 Cracked Rear View Hootie & the Blowfish Diamond (10 million+ copies sold) DGC Rarities Vol. 1 Various Artists - Hot Boxing Magnapop - I Ain't Movin' Des'ree - Liquor in the Front The Reverend Horton Heat - Teenage Symphonies to God Velvet Crush - Thirty Years of Maximum R&B The Who Box set7 SMAP 006: Sexy Six SMAP -8 Master of the Rings Helloween -11 Voodoo Lounge The Rolling Stones - Zopilote Machine The Mountain Goats -12 Cowboys in Love Riders in the Sky - Dewdrops in the Garden Deee-Lite - Uncle Sam's Curse Above the Law - downset. downset. Debut Grassroots 311 - Hungry for Stink L7 - The Kansas Boxed Set Kansas Box set The Last Temptation Alice Cooper - Tales from the Thousand Lakes Amorphis -13 In the Trees The Watchmen Canada14 Roman Candle Elliott Smith -TierraL'Arc-en-Ciel -15 W.F.O. Overkill -18 Parables for Wooden Ears Powderfinger Debut The Space Age Playboys Warrior Soul - Terminal Spirit Disease At the Gates -19 Chief Boot Knocka Sir Mix-a-Lot - For the Love of Strange Medicine Steve Perry - Harbinger Paula Cole - It Takes A Thief Coolio - Peep This Jamie Foxx Debut Portrait of an American Family Marilyn Manson Debut Punk in Drublic NOFX - We Come Strapped MC Eiht -25 Chocolate Synthesizer Boredoms Japan only Pandemonium Killing Joke - These Are Not Fall Colors Lync -26 Going Public Newsboys - Gringo Honeymoon Robert Earl Keen - Inside Out Fates Warning - Out of Range Ani DiFranco - Pawnshop Guitars Gilby Clarke -27 Adesso Toshinori Yonekura -29 Desire Aaron Kwok Chinese UFO Records? The Happy Album The Selecter - AUGUST1 Now That's What I Call Music! 28 Various Artists Compilation2 Push Comes to Shove Jackyl - Creep wit' Me Ill Al Skratch Debut Love Spit Love Love Spit Love Debut Playtyme Is Over Immature - The Tractors The Tractors - Rotting Piñata Sponge - Whaler Sophie B. Hawkins -5 Prick Melvins -8 Frigate April Wine - Snivilisation Orbital - When the Kite String Pops Acid Bath Debut9 Autogeddon Julian Cope - Burn My Eyes Machine Head Debut Mars Audiac Quintet Stereolab - 6 Feet Deep Gravediggaz Debut10 Living Under June Jann Arden Canada15 Grace Jeff Buckley Europe16 After the Storm Crosby, Stills & Nash - Blue House Marcia Ball - Come Prince - Handful of Rain Savatage - Jerky Boys 2 Jerky Boys - Maybe You Should Drive Barenaked Ladies - Picture Perfect Morning Edie Brickell - Sleeps with Angels Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Stress: The Extinction Agenda Organized Konfusion -18 Hard Hats Phil Beer -19 The Business Trip Hawkwind Live Songs in the Key of Bree Buck-O-Nine -22 Dummy Portishead Debut Everyone's Got One Echobelly UK Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some Cyndi Lauper Compilation + new tracks Thirsty Work Status Quo -23 Bakesale Sebadoh - Bust a Nut Tesla - Clumsy Samiam - Cover Girl Shawn Colvin - Ken Mellons Ken Mellons - Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age Public Enemy - Natural Born Killers Various Artists Produced by Trent Reznor Natural Ingredients Luscious Jackson - Rhythm of Love Anita Baker - Rubberneck Toadies Debut Stoned & Dethroned The Jesus and Mary Chain - When I Woke Rusted Root - When Fallen Angels Fly Patty Loveless - Without a Sound Dinosaur Jr. - House of Love Amy Grant -27 Stuck Puddle of Mudd -30 Definitely Maybe Oasis Debut 7× platinum The Holy Bible Manic Street Preachers - Secret World Live Peter Gabriel Live Down The Jesus Lizard - Days in the Wake Palace Brothers - Segundo Romance Luis Miguel - Fresh soundtrack Various Artists - II Boyz II Men - Twice Removed Sloan - Usher Usher DebutSEPTEMBER5 Change Giver Shed Seven UK release date; Debut album Mamouna Bryan Ferry -6 Ain't Life Grand Widespread Panic - Born Dead Body Count - File Under: Easy Listening Sugar - Flesh David Gray - LAND Land - Stranger than Fiction Bad Religion - The Sporting Life Diamanda Galás U.S.A. Flatlinerz -12 Universal Mother Sinéad O'Connor - From the Cradle Eric Clapton Covers album D.I. Go Pop Disco Inferno - Disco 2 Pet Shop Boys Remix album The Shadowthrone Satyricon Remix album13 Autopilot The Samples - Break of Dawn Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - Four Blues Traveler - Friendly People Guttermouth - If I Were A Carpenter Various Artists Carpenters tribute John Henry They Might Be Giants - Ready to Die The Notorious B.I.G. Debut Red Hot + Country Various Artists Part of Red Hot Benefit series Release Cop Shoot Cop - Terry McBride & the Ride McBride & the Ride - There's Nothing Wrong with Love Built to Spill -19 Dos Dedos Mis Amigos Pop Will Eat Itself - Kylie Minogue Kylie Minogue - Vs the Greatest of All Time Archers of Loaf EP20 I See It Now Tracy Lawrence - Jamie Walters Jamie Walters Debut Mighty Joe Moon Grant Lee Buffalo - Project: Funk da World Craig Mack Debut Whip-Smart Liz Phair -23 Atofio Hrysafi Katy Garbi -25 Dis Unu Fi Hear Beenie Man - Speak Squeak Creak Melt-Banana -26 In the Hot Seat Emerson, Lake & Palmer - My Iron Lung Radiohead EP Protection Massive Attack - The Best Mixes from the Album Debut for All the People Who Don't Buy White Labels Björk Remix Hot Trip to Heaven Love & Rockets - Thug Life: Volume 1 2Pac -27 11 Tracks of Whack Walter Becker - American Thighs Veruca Salt Debut Boomtown Toby Keith - Brandy Brandy Debut Chocolate and Cheese Ween - Deliverance Corrosion of Conformity - Divine Intervention Slayer - The Glory of Gershwin Larry Adler/Various Artists Gershwin tribute The Great Subconscious Club K's Choice - I Love Everybody Lyle Lovett - Kermit Unpigged The Muppets - Monster R.E.M. - Permanent Record: Al in the Box "Weird Al" Yankovic Box Set Pulp Fiction Various Artists Soundtrack Ruby Vroom Soul Coughing Debut Shade Business PMD - Songs Luther Vandross - Under the Table and Dreaming Dave Matthews Band Debut Waitin' on Sundown Brooks & Dunn -28 The Decline and Fall of Heavenly Heavenly -30 Greater Art Lake of Tears Debut Welcome to Tomorrow Snap! -? Helium Pram - October–December DateAlbumArtistNotes OCTOBER1 Overdose Pizzicato Five - Purgatory Afterglow Edge of Sanity -3 No Need to Argue The Cranberries 7× Platinum (US); 5× Platinum (Canada/Europe)4 Awake Dream Theater - Christmas Spirit Donna Summer Christmas Danzig 4 Danzig - Death Row Accept - Greatest Hits: The Platinum Collection Barry Manilow Compilation The Icon Is Love Barry White - Low Testament - Lucacentric Lucas - Nativity in Black: A Tribute to Black Sabbath Various Artists Black Sabbath tribute Night Music Joe Jackson - Pisces Iscariot The Smashing Pumpkins Compilation of B-Sides/Unreleased material Question the Answers The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Stones in the Road Mary Chapin Carpenter - Vicious Circle L.A. Guns -10 Dog Man Star Suede - King of the Kill Annihilator - The Cult The Cult - Música de Rua Daniela Mercury - Singin' with the Big Bands Barry Manilow -11 Bumpin' Dis-n-Dat - Clerks Various Artists Soundtrack Colouz Uv Sound Simple E - Country 'til I Die John Anderson - D Generation D Generation - Korn Korn Debut Millennium Front Line Assembly - Orange The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion -14 Renaissance: The Mix Collection Sasha and Digweed Mix album17 Move Me Nazareth - The Return of the Space Cowboy Jamiroquai UK Requiem Bathory - Steam East 17 -18 Blowout Comb Digable Planets - Cross Road Bon Jovi Compilation The Diary Scarface - Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Gloria Estefan Covers CD Genocide & Juice The Coup - Law of the Jungle Various artists Compilation Murder Was the Case Various Artists Soundtrack Promised Land Queensrÿche - Return to the Valley of The Go-Go's The Go-Go's Compilation +3 new tracks Scratch the Surface Sick of It All - Stoner Witch Melvins - Trailer Ash Mini Album Word...Life O.C. Debut Worst Case Scenario Deus Debut19 Humanimal Part 2 Talisman EP20 The Sea and Cake The Sea and Cake -21 Future Listening! Towa Tei - Love or Nothing Miyuki Nakajima - Tears Laid in Earth The 3rd and the Mortal -22 Landscapes Shun - Neulainen Jerkunen Absoluuttinen Nollapiste -23 Burn or Bury Milk Cult -24 At Action Park Shellac - The Best of Chris Rea Chris Rea - Barangay Apo Apo Hiking Society - Firin' in Fouta Baaba Maal - Home Deep Blue Something RainMaker release Homegrown Dodgy - Mr. Moonlight Foreigner - Oyster Heather Nova - Sacrifice Gary Numan - Starlite Walker Silver Jews - Toward the Within Dead Can Dance Live25 Bedtime Stories Madonna - Bright Red Laurie Anderson - Geek the Girl Lisa Germano - Hospital Gary Young Solo Debut Nervous Breakdown Fu-Schnickens - Resurrection Common Sense - Slippin' In Buddy Guy - Time Mercyful Fate - Turbulent Indigo Joni Mitchell - Voodoo-U Lords of Acid - Wildhoney Tiamat -26Mother Luna Sea - Pokinatcha MxPx - The Special Collectors Edition Blur Compilation of B-Sides27 Personligt Carola Häggkvist -28 Gang Affiliated Gospel Gangstaz - Merry Christmas Mariah Carey Christmas songs Same Old Tunes Millencolin -31 The Best of Sade Sade Compilation Thank You For The Music ABBA Europe; Box Set? San Francisco American Music Club - NOVEMBER1 Amorica The Black Crowes - Big Ones Aerosmith Compilation The Good, the Bad, and the Argyle The Bouncing Souls - Healing Hands of Time Willie Nelson - Letters Never Sent Carly Simon - Love and Honor Ricky Van Shelton - Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the Album: A Rock Adventure Ron Wasserman - MTV Unplugged in New York Nirvana Live Out in L.A. Red Hot Chili Peppers Compilation Planet of da Apes Da Lench Mob - Sixteen Stone Bush Debut; 6× Platinum Wildflowers Tom Petty - Youthanasia Megadeth -3 Giant Robot Buckethead -4 Psyche PJ & Duncan -7 No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded Page and Plant Live Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994 Sting Compilation +2 new tracks Amber Autechre http://warp.net/records/releases/autechre/amber Warp Records Autechre: Amber August 17, 2014 August 19, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090520/http://warp.net/records/releases/autechre/amber live8 A Low Down Dirty Shame Various Artists Soundtrack Athos Stephan Micus - Endless Summer: Donna Summer's Greatest Hits Donna Summer Compilation +2 new tracks Hell Freezes Over Eagles Live/Studio Higher Power Big Audio - Lookin' Back at Myself Aaron Tippin - Lost in the Former West The Fatima Mansions - The Main Ingredient Pete Rock & CL Smooth - The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World Keith Murray - None Meshuggah EP Still Climbing Cinderella - Woodstock 94 Various Artists -14 Bizarre Fruit M People - More Pink: The B-Sides Tori Amos Australia/New Zealand A Very Special Season Diana Ross Christmas15 Ass, Gas, or Cash (No One Rides for Free) K-Dee - CrazySexyCool TLC Diamond status, 23 million+ copies sold Duets II Frank Sinatra - Fate (with Utha Likumahuwa crying-saxophone and Harvey Malaiholo composer) Andy Lau UFO Record Finale Tical Method Man -21 Bonsai Superstar Brainiac - Don't Ask Tina Arena - Now That's What I Call Music! 29 Various Artists Compilation Pulse Megumi Hayashibara - The Songs of Distant Earth Mike Oldfield -22 Behind Bars Slick Rick - The Black Album Prince Recorded 1986–'87 Bootlegs & B-Sides Ice Cube Compilation Box of Fire Aerosmith Box Set Dare Iz a Darkside Redman - Laura Pausini Laura Pausini - Miracles: The Holiday Album Kenny G Christmas Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt John Frusciante - Vitalogy Pearl Jam -25 Blasphemy Made Flesh Cryptopsy - Manhole Manhole Debut albumTyer Brad November 24, 1994 Punk, but Not Stupid https://www.houstonpress.com/music/punk-but-not-stupid-6572532?showFullText=true 2025-08-07 Houston Press en 26 Frost Enslaved -28 Haunted Dancehall The Sabres of Paradise -29 The Impossible Bird Nick Lowe - My Life Mary J. Blige -30 Live at the BBC The Beatles Recorded 1963–65? Cardinal Cardinal Debut Och du tände stjärnorna Thorleifs -DECEMBER5 Second Coming The Stone Roses UK6 Ambushed Da Bush Babees - Non-Fiction Black Sheep - The Sweetest Days Vanessa Williams -12 Fishing for Luckies The Wildhearts - Rapid City Muscle Car Cherry Poppin' Daddies -13 The Hits Garth Brooks Compilation Interview with the Vampire Various Artists Soundtrack Maná en Vivo Maná Live20 Keep the Fire Burnin' Dan Hartman Compilation +2 new tracks21 Heavy Metal Hippies Loudness -? Jimmy Eat World Jimmy Eat World Debut Release date unknown Acoustic - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Answer the Phone, Dummy - Fastbacks Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Wener Ben Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Knopper Steve January 1, 1998 MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide Visible Ink Press Detroit 52–53 Bjesovi – Bjesovi Blue Room – Unwritten Law The Brooklyn Side – The Bottle Rockets 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 Halo in a Haystack – Converge Hellig Usvart – Horde I Hope Your Heart Is Not Brittle – Portastatic Imagínate – Menudo K... jego mać – Sedes Mi Forma De Sentir – Pedro Fernández MoodSwing – Joshua Redman QuartetJoshua Redman Moodswing https://www.allmusic.com/album/moodswing-mw0000117047 AllMusic allmusic.com 16 January 2018 Naghmet Hob – Najwa KaramInternational Who's who in Popular Music Europa Publications Limited 2009 279 No, No, No – Dawn PennPete Stanton https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/53977558031/in/album-72177720320155944/ New Albums: Best New Album Smash Hits 1994-07-06 50 2024-10-04 Parallel Universe – 4hero Patashnik – Biosphere Peter Frampton – Peter Frampton Puno't Dulo – The DawnThe Rolling Dawn https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ra4mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6520%2C2977296 25 August 2022 Bert B. Sulat Jr. 20 September 1994 Quick – Far Safe Sex Designer Drugs & the Death of Rock 'N' Roll – Baby Chaos Soda Pop * Rip Off – Slant 6https://www.dischord.com/release/091/soda-pop-rip-off Slant 6 - Soda Pop*Rip Off (091) Dischord Records 3819 Beecher St NW Washington Dc 20007-1802 U.s.a. 703.351.7507 Dischord Records Songs for the Daily Planet – Todd Snider 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.http://tsort.info/music/yr1994.htm Songs from the Year 1994 Tsort.info 2016-07-23 July 20, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160720162300/http://tsort.info/music/yr1994.htm live in the charts of 1994. # Artist Title Year Country Chart entries 1 Bruce Springsteen Streets of Philadelphia 1994 US Austria 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 2 Bryan Adams & Rod Stewart & Sting All For Love 1994 Canada / UK US 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 3 Rednex Cotton-Eyed Joe 1994 Sweden UK 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 4 All-4-One I Swear 1994 US US 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 5 Mariah Carey Without You 1994 US UK 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 title Artist(s) Release date(s) US UK Highest chart position Other Chart Performance(s)"100% Pure Love" Crystal Waters April 1994 11 15 2 (Australia) See chart performance entry"21st Century (Digital Boy)" Bad Religion 1994 n/a 41 1 (Hungary) 11 (U.S. Billboard Alternative Airplay - Hungary [Single Top 40]) - 32 (Austria) - 41 (Germany)"About a Girl (Unplugged)" Nirvana October 1994 n/a 185 1 (Iceland) See chart performance entry"Absolutely Fabulous" Pet Shop Boys June 1994 n/a 6 2 (Australia, New Zealand) See chart performance entry"All I Wanna Do" Sheryl Crow April 1994 2 4 1 (Australia, Canada) See chart performance entry"All I Want for Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey October 1994 1 1 1 (26 countries) See chart performance entry"Always" Bon Jovi September 1994 4 2 1 (6 countries) See chart performance entry"Always" Erasure April 1994 20 4 1 (Israel, Lithuania) See chart performance entry"Amor Prohibido" Selena April 1994 n/a n/a 1 (Mexico) See chart performance entry"An Angel" The Kelly Family June 1994 n/a 69 1 (Austria) 2 (Austria, Switzerland) - 5 (Ireland) - 40 (Netherlands)"Another Day" Whigfield August 1994 n/a 7 3 (Denmark, Italy) See chart performance entry "Any Time, Any Place" Janet Jackson May 1994 2 13 2 (United States) See chart performance entry"Anytime You Need a Friend" Mariah Carey May 1994 12 8 1 (Finland) See chart performance entry"Around the World" East 17 May 1994 n/a 3 1 (Israel) See chart performance entry"Away from Home" Dr. Alban May 1994 n/a 42 2 (Finland, Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) See chart performance entry Other chart hit singles 30em "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 (#1 Denmark) "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 "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 title Artist(s) Release date(s) Other Chart Performance(s)"In Your Room" Depeche Mode January 1994 See chart performance entry Other Notable singles 30em "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.http://www.besteveralbums.com/yearstats.php?y=1994 Best albums of 1994 besteveralbums 2005 December 31, 2011 August 14, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120814172229/http://www.besteveralbums.com/yearstats.php?y=1994 live TLC – CrazySexyCool Oasis – Definitely Maybe Weezer – Weezer Portishead – Dummy Nirvana – MTV Unplugged In New York Green Day – Dookie Nas – Illmatic Blur – Parklife Soundgarden – Superunknown 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 pianoReview of Trio by David Diamond http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2000/oct00/verderh3.htm October 2000 March 17, 2009 Barnett Rob August 4, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240804005504/http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2000/oct00/verderh3.htm live 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 https://music.usc.edu/mortenlauridsen/celebrating-morten-lauridsen-o-magnum-mysterium/ Celebrating Morten Lauridsen – "O Magnum Mysterium" USC Thornton School of Music 9 April 2023 April 9, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230409101838/https://music.usc.edu/mortenlauridsen/celebrating-morten-lauridsen-o-magnum-mysterium/ live 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 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 BackbeatBroughton Chris 2 September 2024 'Let them kick the crap out of the songs': how we recreated the Beatles to make Backbeat https://www.theguardian.com/culture/article/2024/sep/02/how-we-made-backbeat-beatles-john-lennon 18 December 2024 The Guardian Chaand Kaa Tukdaa, starring SrideviChaand Kaa Tukdaa - Synopsis https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/chaand-kaa-tukdaa/movieshow/61321760.cms 2 July 2020 The Times of India 19 August 1994 December 1, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191201143914/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/chaand-kaa-tukdaa/movieshow/61321760.cms live Fear of a Black Hat Gandugali, with music by Sadhu Kokila.https://mio.to//album/Gandugali+%281994%29 https://web.archive.org/web/20141029201557/http://mio.to/album/Gandugali+(1994) dead October 29, 2014 Gandugali (1994) – Sadhu Kokila Mio.to Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkieshttps://mubi.com/en/us/films/hated-gg-allin-and-the-murder-junkies Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies (1994) MUBI en 2024-07-18 mubi.com Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, with music by Raamlaxmanhttp://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=350 https://web.archive.org/web/20130630112621/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=350 30 June 2013 The Biggest Blockbusters Ever In Hindi Cinema Box Office India 28 April 2013 Immortal Beloved, biopic of Ludwig van Beethoven January 6, 1995 Roger Ebert Roger Ebert https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/immortal-beloved-1995 Immortal Beloved Chicago Sun-Times 2012-04-03 The Lion King – animated feature film with songs by Elton John and Tim Rice Min fynske barndom, biopic of composer Carl NielsenJohn Sundholm Isak Thorsen Lars Gustaf Andersson Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema https://books.google.com/books?id=Ae4QqlUDt9wC&pg=PA106 31 August 2012 Scarecrow Press 978-0-8108-5524-3 106 August 28, 2020 August 4, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240804005505/https://books.google.com/books?id=Ae4QqlUDt9wC&pg=PA106 live Sukham Sukhakaram, with music by Ravindra Jain.http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=2758 Sukham Sukhakaram 2014-10-01 Malayalachalachithram.com July 23, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190723083717/https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=2758 live 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 dancerhttps://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution Russell Mark Tuttle Publishing 2014 978-1-4629-1411-1 77 October 3, 2016 May 27, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160527064350/https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ live Jiyoung, South Korean singer and actressMark Russell K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution 94 https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ 29 April 2014 Tuttle Publishing 978-1-4629-1411-1 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) Hanne Verbruggen, Belgian singer, actress, and television presenter (K3) 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)https://www.aksm.org/news/entertainment/grimmie/29-birthday-memory Honoring the Memory of Christina Grimmie on her 29th Birthda March 12, 2023 AKSM Media 2 February 2026 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)Mark Russell K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution 93 https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ April 29, 2014 Tuttle Publishing 978-1-4629-1411-1 November 1, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160527064350/https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ May 27, 2016 live 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) EXO-K: My name is 카이, 세훈 EXO-K: My name is Kai, Sehun Hwang Hyo-jin TenAsia May 1, 2012 July 4, 2016 http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/14268 ko August 17, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160817230614/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/14268 dead 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 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 Ashton Irwin, Australian drummer and singer-songwriter (5 Seconds of Summer) 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 5 – Donnie, Dutch rapper, singer and songwriter 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 artistPhoebe Lucille Bridgers, Born 08/17/1994 in Orange County, California https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/phoebe_lucille_bridgers_born_1994_22745290 October 14, 2020 California Birth Index October 16, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201016170819/https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/phoebe_lucille_bridgers_born_1994_22745290 live 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 singerMark Russell K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution 85 https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ 29 April 2014 Tuttle Publishing 978-1-4629-1411-1 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 activistOctober 15, 2017 Bobby Olivier http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2017/10/halsey_concert_review_2017_hopeless_nj_prudential.html N.J. pop star Halsey was magnetic in her largest home-state concert yet NJ.com October 16, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171015191104/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2017/10/halsey_concert_review_2017_hopeless_nj_prudential.html October 15, 2017 live 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 singerThe birth of Chrystal Jung https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/chrystal_soo_jung_born_1994_23001837 California Birth Index December 26, 2020 December 2, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235227/https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/chrystal_soo_jung_born_1994_23001837 live (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) Shamir, American singer and songwriter 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 17 - Nat Wolf, American actor, musician and singer-songwriter December 18 – Slowthai, British rapperAugust 2025 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-instrumentalistLudlow, Naomi, 1994– https://natlib.govt.nz/records/39413242 2023-03-13 natlib.govt.nz Deaths January 4 – R. D. Burman, music director, 54Manorama Year Book https://books.google.com/books?id=KuptAAAAMAAJ 1995 Manorama Publishing House 92 June 21, 2021 August 4, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240804010019/https://books.google.com/books?id=KuptAAAAMAAJ live January 6 – Harold Sumberg, violinist, 88https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/harold-sumberg-emc Harold Sumberg February 7, 2006 2 February 2026 The Canadian Encyclopedia January 15 Harry Nilsson, singer, songwriter, 52 (heart attack)Talevski, Nick 464,465 2006 Knocking on Heaven's Door: Rock Obituaries Omnibus Press 1846090911 Georges Cziffra, pianist, 72John Gillespie Anna Gillespie Notable Twentieth-century Pianists: A Bio-critical Sourcebook https://books.google.com/books?id=rB8KAQAAMAAJ 1995 Greenwood Press 978-0-313-29695-6 194 June 21, 2021 August 4, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240804010007/https://books.google.com/books?id=rB8KAQAAMAAJ live 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, 81Bodman Rae Charles 1999 The Music of Lutosławski, third edn. London Omnibus Press 978-0-7119-6910-0 251 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"Papa John Creach, A Violinist Versed In Pop, Dies at 76" https://web.archive.org/web/20171016020013/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/23/obituaries/papa-john-creach-a-violinist-versed-in-pop-dies-at-76.html October 16, 2017 New York Times (February 23, 1994) February 24 Jean Sablon, French singer, 87 Dinah Shore, singer, actress, 77Harris M. Lentz Obituaries in the Performing Arts https://books.google.com/books?id=yJoHAQAAMAAJ 1994 McFarland & Company 978-0-7864-0254-0 160 June 21, 2021 August 4, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240804010008/https://books.google.com/books?id=yJoHAQAAMAAJ live March 3 – Karel Kryl, Czech folk singer, 49Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences SVU Bulletin https://books.google.com/books?id=kiMoAQAAMAAJ 1994 Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences 15 June 21, 2021 August 4, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240804010008/https://books.google.com/books?id=kiMoAQAAMAAJ live March 6 – Yvonne Fair, African-American singer, 51 March 13 – Danny Barker, jazz musician and composer, 85 March 16 – Nicolas Flagello, composer, 66https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/17/obituaries/nicolas-flagello-66-american-composer.html The New York Times Nicolas Flagello, 66, American Composer March 17, 1994 June 21, 2021 April 4, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230404181851/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/17/obituaries/nicolas-flagello-66-american-composer.html live 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)Laurence Staig https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-lee-brilleaux-1368879.html Obituary: Lee Brilleaux The Independent 9 April 1994 23 March 2013 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)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-roy-castle-1446523.html Obituary:Roy Castle 3 September 1994 The Independent 2 February 2026 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, 88https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/21/obituaries/jule-styne-bountiful-creator-of-song-favorites-dies-at-88.html Jule Styne, Bountiful Creator of Song Favorites, Dies at 88 Eleanor Blau The New York Times September 21, 1994 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, 86Wilson, John S. Cab Calloway Is Dead at 86; 'Hi-de-hi-de-ho' Jazz Man The New York Times November 20, 1994 https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/20/obituaries/cab-calloway-is-dead-at-86-hi-de-hi-de-ho-jazz-man.html July 6, 2019 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 36th Annual Grammy Awards Country Music Association Awards 1994 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 List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1994 1994 in British music#Charts List of Oricon number-one singles of 1994 KROQ KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1994 Triple J Hottest 100 Triple J Hottest 100, 1994 See also 1994 in British music Record labels established in 1994 References Citations 30em Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year