Top songs of 1994

What was the number one song of 1994?

The number one song of 1994 was “The Sign” by Ace of Base, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1994. It spent 6 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated March 12, 1994.

“I'll Make Love to You” by Boyz II Men was number one for the most weeks of 1994: 14 of the year's 53 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated August 27, 1994.

Born in 1994? The birthday number one finder shows the song at number one in the exact week of your birthday, and the number one on every birthday since.

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1994, year-end Hot 100 of 1994).

How many songs reached number one in 1994?

9 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 1994. Counting “Hero”, which was already at number one when the year began, 10 songs held the top spot across the year's 53 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 1994, “I'll Make Love to You” by Boyz II Men stayed there longest: 14 weeks in total, from the chart dated August 27, 1994.

Weeks at No. 1 counts every week the song spent at the top, including weeks in other years; the number in brackets is the weeks on charts dated 1994. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 1994?

Boyz II Men was the only act with more than one number one in 1994, counting lead and featured credits: “I'll Make Love to You” and “On Bended Knee”.

What were the biggest songs of 1994?

The five biggest songs of 1994 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “The Sign” by Ace of Base, “I Swear” by All-4-One, “I'll Make Love to You” by Boyz II Men, “The Power of Love” by Celine Dion and “Hero” by Mariah Carey.

The year-end chart ranks songs by how they performed on the weekly Hot 100 across Billboard’s chart year, so a song that peaked late in the year can rank lower than its weekly peak suggests, or count toward the next year’s list. The top 30 below show each song’s length where we could match the recording.

Numbers 31 to 100

31. “Shine” Collective Soul
32. “Said I Loved You...But I Lied” Michael Bolton
33. “Return to Innocence” Enigma
34. “All I Wanna Do” Sheryl Crow
35. “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” Crash Test Dummies
36. “Can We Talk” Tevin Campbell
37. “Funkdafied” Da Brat
38. “I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)” Meat Loaf
39. “Gangsta Lean” DRS
40. “Because the Night” 10,000 Maniacs
41. “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)” Us3
42. “Whoomp! (There It Is)” Tag Team
43. “Come to My Window” Melissa Etheridge
44. “Stroke You Up” Changing Faces
45. “I'm Ready” Tevin Campbell
46. “100% Pure Love” Crystal Waters
47. “Anytime You Need a Friend” Mariah Carey
48. “Because of Love” Janet Jackson
49. “Linger” The Cranberries
50. “Loser” Beck
51. “Found Out About You” Gin Blossoms
52. “Gin and Juice” Snoop Doggy Dogg
53. “Never Lie” Immature
54. “Streets of Philadelphia” Bruce Springsteen
55. “Getto Jam” Domino
56. “Endless Love” Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey
57. “I Miss You” Aaron Hall
58. “Understanding” Xscape
59. “This D.J.” Warren G
60. “Cry for You” Jodeci
61. “Keep Ya Head Up” 2Pac
62. “What's My Name?” Snoop Doggy Dogg
63. “Another Night” Real McCoy
64. “Your Body's Callin'” R. Kelly
65. “Tootsee Roll” 69 Boyz
66. “I Can See Clearly Now (from Cool Runnings)” Jimmy Cliff
67. “Never Keeping Secrets” Babyface
68. “Crazy” Aerosmith
69. “Just Kickin' It” Xscape
70. “(At Your Best) You Are Love” Aaliyah
71. “Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through” Meat Loaf
72. “Amazing” Aerosmith
73. “Always” Erasure
74. “Groove Thang” Zhané
75. “Dreams” Gabrielle
76. “Mr. Vain” Culture Beat
77. “Mary Jane's Last Dance” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
78. “Anything” SWV
79. “Beautiful in My Eyes” Joshua Kadison
80. “Stay” Eternal
81. “Flava in Ya Ear” Craig Mack
82. “U.N.I.T.Y.” Queen Latifah
83. “Prayer for the Dying” Seal
84. “Secret” Madonna
85. “Here Comes the Hotstepper” Ini Kamoze
86. “Everyday” Phil Collins
87. “Don't Take the Girl” Tim McGraw
88. “Got Me Waiting” Heavy D & the Boyz
89. “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” The Four Seasons
90. “Indian Outlaw” Tim McGraw
91. “Always” Bon Jovi
92. “I'm the Only One” Melissa Etheridge
93. “Back in the Day” Ahmad
94. “Love Sneakin' Up On You” Bonnie Raitt
95. “I'll Take You There (from Threesome)” General Public
96. “Always in My Heart” Tevin Campbell
97. “What Is Love” Haddaway
98. “And Our Feelings” Babyface
99. “Bop Gun (One Nation)” Ice Cube featuring George Clinton
100. “I Wanna Be Down” Brandy

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1994, year-end Hot 100 of 1994).

What songs should go on a 1994 mix CD?

A 1994 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 18 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “Breathe Again” by Toni Braxton and closing with “Baby, I Love Your Way” by Big Mountain, for 76:08 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 1994, taking songs in year-end order until the disc was full, then sequenced it to follow the year: the number ones in the order they reached the top, with the year’s other big hits placed between them. With a 2-second gap before each track it runs 76:44, under the 79 minutes we fill a CD to.

Lengths are the recordings matched in Deezer’s catalog. Single edits, album versions and remasters can run a little longer or shorter, so check your own playlist before you burn it.

Turn 1994 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 1994 songs, and we burn it to a real audio CD, test-play it and post it. It makes a good gift for a birth year, a graduation year or a wedding year.

To change the songs, paste the list into the playlist length calculator to keep it under 80 minutes, then print an insert with the CD case template. Our guide to making a mixtape covers sequencing, and nostalgic gift ideas has more ways to give a year as a present.

What was popular music like in the 1990s?

Popular music in the 1990s was shaped by R&B, hip-hop, pop ballads and alternative rock, and by changes in how the Hot 100 was counted. The chart dated November 30, 1991 was the first Hot 100 compiled with Nielsen SoundScan sales data, and from the chart dated December 5, 1998, songs that were never released as a commercial single could chart.

From 1990 to 1999, 140 songs reached number one on the Hot 100, and 11 songs stayed there for 10 weeks or more. Of those 140, “One Sweet Day” by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men spent the most weeks at number one: 16 in total. Mariah Carey had the most number ones that reached the top in these years, with 14. The typical number one of these years ran 4:24 (the median of the 121 with a known length).