The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1994, as well as albums which peaked in 1993 and 1995 but were in the top 10 in 1994. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
The first new number-one album of the year was Tease Me by Chaka Demus & Pliers. Overall, twenty-seven different albums peaked at number-one in 1994, with twenty-seven unique artists hitting that position.
Top-ten albums Key SymbolMeaning‡Album peaked in 1992 or 1993 but still in chart in 1994.♦Album released in 1994 but peaked in 1995 or 1996.EnteredThe date that the album first appeared in the chart.PeakHighest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart.
Entered (week ending)Weeksintop10 Single ArtistPeak Peakreached (week ending)WeeksatpeakAlbums in 1992 18ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits ‡ABBA 1 1Albums in 1993 30So Close ‡Dina Carroll 2 4 15Ten Summoner's Tales ‡Sting 2 1 12Debut ‡Björk 3 3 37Music Box ‡Mariah Carey 1 6 23Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell ‡Meat Loaf 1 11 17Elegant Slumming ‡M People 2 1 15Everything Changes ‡Take That 1 2 18One Woman: The Ultimate CollectionDiana Ross 1 2 12Both Sides ‡Phil Collins 1 1 13So Far So GoodBryan Adams 1 1 22End of Part One: Their Greatest HitsWet Wet Wet 1 5 6The One Thing ‡Michael Bolton 4 1 5Duets ‡Elton John and Various artists 5 2Albums in 1994 6Tease MeChaka Demus & Pliers 1 2 24Always & Forever ♦Eternal 2 3 1AntennaZZ Top 3 1 1Jar of Flies/Sap (EP)Alice in Chains 4 1 5D:Ream On Volume 1D:Ream 5 1 1Hips and MakersKristin Hersh 7 1 4Under the PinkTori Amos 1 1 2In PiecesGarth Brooks 2 1 9The Cross of ChangesEnigma 1 1 1TroublegumTherapy? 5 1 2Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta FlackRoberta Flack 7 1 3The Heart of ChicagoChicago 6 1 1BraveMarillion 10 1 32The Colour of My Love ♦Celine Dion 1 7 16Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?The Cranberries 1 1 1Tiger BaySaint Etienne 8 1 1Brutal YouthElvis Costello 2 1 1SuperunknownSoundgarden 4 1 1Hit the HighwayThe Proclaimers 8 1 1The Downward SpiralNine Inch Nails 9 1 1Devil HoppingInspiral Carpets 10 1 2Vauxhall and IMorrissey 1 1 14Happy NationAce of Base 1 2 1Forever NowLevel 42 8 1 4Canto GregorianoCoro De Monjes Del Monasterio Benedictino De Santo Domingo De Silos 7 2 1U Got 2 KnowCappella 10 1 1Far Beyond DrivenPantera 3 1 1Up to Our HipsThe Charlatans 8 1 13The Division BellPink Floyd 1 4 3Give Out But Don't Give UpPrimal Scream 2 1 5The Very Best of Marvin GayeMarvin Gaye 3 1 2MiaowThe Beautiful South 6 1 14Our Town – The Greatest HitsDeacon Blue 1 2 5Brother SisterThe Brand New Heavies 4 2 2Crash! Boom! Bang!Roxette 3 1 1Haddaway – The AlbumHaddaway 9 1 2Toni BraxtonToni Braxton 4 1 1A Night in San FranciscoVan Morrison 8 1 1His 'n' HersPulp 9 1 1BluesJimi Hendrix 10 1 36ParklifeBlur 1 1 1Stacked UpSenser 4 1 2A Carnival of HitsJudith Durham and The Seekers 7 2 6God Shuffled His FeetCrash Test Dummies 2 2 3Goin' Back: The Very Best of Dusty SpringfieldDusty Springfield 5 1 1SkinSkin 9 1 1Last of the IndependentsThe Pretenders 8 1 1Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No StarSonic Youth 10 1 3I Say I Say I SayErasure 1 1 1This Way UpChris de Burgh 5 1 12Seal (1994)Seal 1 2 1LifeformsThe Future Sound of London 6 1 3CrazyJulio Iglesias 6 1 1Ill CommunicationBeastie Boys 10 1 1The Plot ThickensGalliano 8 1 3Real Things2 Unlimited 1 1 1The Last TemptationAlice Cooper 6 1 1Around the Next DreamBBM 9 1 1PurpleStone Temple Pilots 10 1 1Pomme Fritz: The Orb's Little AlbumThe Orb 6 1 2Eddi ReaderEddi Reader 4 1 1Carnival of LightRide 5 1 5The Very Best of the Electric Light OrchestraElectric Light Orchestra 4 1 2Turn It Upside DownSpin Doctors 3 1 1Loudmouth – The Best of Bob Geldof and the Boomtown RatsBob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats 10 1 11Music for the Jilted GenerationThe Prodigy 1 1 6Greatest HitsWhitesnake 4 1 2Feeling Good: The Very Best of Nina SimoneNina Simone 9 2 5Voodoo LoungeThe Rolling Stones 1 1 5The Very Best of the EaglesEagles 4 1 1Same as It Ever WasHouse of Pain 8 1 4The Glory of GershwinLarry Adler and Various artists 2 3 1SwaggerGun 5 1 1One Careful OwnerMichael Ball 7 1 1SnivilisationOrbital 4 1 2ComePrince 1 1 2Sleeps with AngelsNeil Young & Crazy Horse 2 1 11Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then SomeCyndi Lauper 2 3 1Everyone's Got OneEchobelly 8 1 25Definitely MaybeOasis 1 1 8The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti 1 1 1The Holy Bible Manic Street Preachers 6 1 4The Essential Collection Elvis Presley 6 1 1Secret World Live Peter Gabriel 10 1 1File Under: Easy ListeningSugar 7 1 1Have a Little FaithJoe Cocker 9 1 4From the CradleEric Clapton 1 1 1Disco 2Pet Shop Boys 6 1 1Simply the BestTina Turner 9 1 3SongsLuther Vandross 1 1 1Kylie MinogueKylie Minogue 4 1 9MonsterR.E.M. 1 2 3Protection/No ProtectionMassive Attack 4 1 1If The Beatles Had Read Hunter...The SinglesThe Wonder Stuff 8 1 1The Commitments (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)The Commitments 9 1 22No Need to ArgueThe Cranberries 2 1 8The Hit List – The Best of 35 YearsCliff Richard 3 1 15Cross RoadBon Jovi 1 5 1Dog Man StarSuede 3 1 1Move It!Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman 8 1 2The Return of the Space CowboyJamiroquai 2 1 9SteamEast 17 3 3 2Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss MeGloria Estefan 5 1 3Bedtime StoriesMadonna 2 1 3The Best of Chris ReaChris Rea 3 1 1YouthanasiaMegadeth 6 1 3MTV Unplugged in New YorkNirvana 1 1 3The Greatest HitsINXS 3 1 4The Best of SadeSade 6 1 2Big OnesAerosmith 7 1 1AmoricaThe Black Crowes 8 1 9Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994Sting 2 1 18Carry on up the Charts: The Best of The Beautiful SouthThe Beautiful South 1 7 3Labour of Love, Volumes I and IIUB40 5 1 1No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant UnleddedJimmy Page & Robert Plant 7 1 26Bizarre Fruit ♦M People 3 3 4The Best of New OrderNew Order 4 1 5Live at the BBCThe Beatles 1 1 1VitalogyPearl Jam 4 1 14Crocodile Shoes (Original Songs from the BBC Television Serial)Jimmy Nail 2 2 1Second ComingThe Stone Roses 4 1 2The Pure Genius of Louis Armstrong: We Have All the Time in the WorldLouis Armstrong 10 2
See also 1994 in British music List of number-one albums from the 1990s (UK)
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External links 1994 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)