The
UK Albums Chart
The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts C ...
is one of many music charts compiled by the
Official Charts Company
The Official Charts (legal name: The Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organization that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France.
In the United Kingdom, its charts inc ...
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
The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts C ...
during 1994, as well as albums which peaked in
1993
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and
1995
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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
See also
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1994 in British music
This is a summary of 1994 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.
Summary
The first number one single of the year was the 700th since charts began, a reggae version of "Twist and Shout" by Chaka Demus & Pl ...
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List of number-one albums from the 1990s (UK)
References
General
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Specific
External links
1994 album chart archiveat the
Official Charts Company
The Official Charts (legal name: The Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organization that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France.
In the United Kingdom, its charts inc ...
(click on relevant week)
{{UK Music Charts
United Kingdom top 10 albums
Top 10 albums
1994
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