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
† 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 † Bon Jovi Jambco [23]
5 November [24]
19 November [25]
3 December [26]
17 December Second Coming The Stone Roses Geffen [2]

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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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