List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 1994

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Cross Road by Bon Jovi was the longest-running number-one rock album of 1994, spending eight weeks atop the chart. It ended 1994 as the second best-selling album of the year in the UK.

The UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal albums in the United Kingdom. In 1994, the chart was compiled by Gallup and published in Hit Music magazine every two weeks.[1] During the year, 25 charts were published with 19 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was So Far So Good by Bryan Adams, which spent the first two charts of 1994 at number one.[1] The last number-one album of the year was Second Coming by the Stone Roses.[2] Cross Road by Bon Jovi was the most successful album of the year on the chart, spending a total of eight weeks at number one, and finished the year as the second best-selling album in the UK.[3]

Chart history[edit]

So Far So Good by Bryan Adams (top), Nevermind by Nirvana (middle) and Greatest Hits by Whitesnake (bottom) all spent four weeks at number one in 1994.
Key
‹See TfM›† Indicates best-selling rock album of 1994
Issue date Album Artist(s) Record label(s) Ref.
15 January So Far So Good Bryan Adams A&M [1]
29 January [4]
12 February Jar of Flies/Sap Alice in Chains Columbia [5]
26 February Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell Meat Loaf Virgin [6]
12 March Troublegum Therapy? A&M [7]
26 March Superunknown Soundgarden [8]
9 April Far Beyond Driven Pantera East West [9]
23 April A Little of the Past Little Angels Polydor [10]
7 May Don't Be Happy... Just Worry The Wildhearts East West [11]
21 May Nevermind Nirvana Geffen [12]
4 June [13]
18 June The Last Temptation Alice Cooper Epic [14]
2 July Betty Helmet Interscope [15]
2 July Greatest Hits Whitesnake EMI [16]
30 July [17]
13 August Swagger Gun A&M [18]
27 August Burn My Eyes Machine Head Roadrunner [19]
10 September The Holy Bible Manic Street Preachers Epic [20]
24 September Born Dead Body Count Rhyme Syndicate [21]
8 October Crank The Almighty Chrysalis [22]
22 October Cross Road ‹See TfM›† Bon Jovi Jambco [23]
5 November [24]
19 November [25]
3 December [26]
17 December Second Coming The Stone Roses Geffen [2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 67. London, England: Spotlight. 15 January 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 115. London, England: Spotlight. 17 December 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Top UK Albums – Year-End 1994". BestSellingAlbums.org. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 69. London, England: Spotlight. 29 January 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 71. London, England: Spotlight. 12 February 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 73. London, England: Spotlight. 26 February 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 75. London, England: Spotlight. 12 March 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 77. London, England: Spotlight. 26 March 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 79. London, England: Spotlight. 9 April 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 81. London, England: Spotlight. 23 April 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 83. London, England: Spotlight. 7 May 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 85. London, England: Spotlight. 21 May 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 87. London, England: Spotlight. 4 June 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 89. London, England: Spotlight. 18 June 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 91. London, England: Spotlight. 2 July 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 93. London, England: Spotlight. 16 July 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  17. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 95. London, England: Spotlight. 30 July 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  18. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 97. London, England: Spotlight. 13 August 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  19. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 99. London, England: Spotlight. 27 August 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  20. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 101. London, England: Spotlight. 10 September 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  21. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 103. London, England: Spotlight. 24 September 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  22. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 105. London, England: Spotlight. 8 October 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  23. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 107. London, England: Spotlight. 22 October 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  24. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 109. London, England: Spotlight. 5 November 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  25. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 111. London, England: Spotlight. 19 November 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  26. ^ "Heavy Rock Albums 20" (PDF). Hit Music. No. 113. London, England: Spotlight. 3 December 1994. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

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