This is a list of the American '' Billboard'' magazine Hot 100 number-ones of 1994. There were 10 singles that topped the chart this year. The first of these, "

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" by Mariah Carey, spent three weeks at the top, concluding a four-week run that had begun in December 1993. The longest running number-one single of 1994 is "

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" by Boyz II Men, which logged 14 weeks at number-one, tying the song with " I Will Always Love You" by

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for the most weeks at number-one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 until " One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men stayed atop the chart from December 1995 to the first quarter of 1996. With the rise of " On Bended Knee" to the top of the Hot 100, Boyz II Men became the first act to chart consecutive number-one singles in the United States since

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charted three consecutive number-one singles in

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became the first artist to reach #1 with " Stay (I Missed You)" before signing to any record label. That year, 7 acts earned their first number one song:

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, Ace of Base, R. Kelly,

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, Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories, and Ini Kamoze. Sting, already having hit number one with

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, earned his first number one song as a solo act. Boyz II Men was the only act to hit number one more than once, by hitting twice.

Chart history

Number-one artists

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's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition'' () *'' Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition'' () *''Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties'' () *Additional information obtained can be verified within ''Billboard's'
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Chart history

Number-one artists

See also

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