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This is a summary of 1994 In Music in the United Kingdom , including the official charts from that year. SUMMARY The first number 1 single of the year was also the 700th, a Reggae version of Twist And Shout by Chaka Demus & Pliers . The next month saw Mariah Carey get her first (and, to date, only) solo number 1 with Without You , after having 8 previous #1s in the United States . In late May, Wet Wet Wet reached number 1 with ''Love Is All Around'', from the film Four Weddings And A Funeral . It would remain at number 1 for fifteen weeks, the second longest consecutive run at #1 ever in the UK Singles Chart , and become the biggest selling single of the year. When Whigfield replaced it in September, she became the first act ever to make their chart debut at number 1, with ''Saturday Night''. After having been played frequently in clubs that summer, there was high demand for the song on its release. Since both ''Saturday Night'' and ''Love Is All Around'' were still in the charts at the end of December (''Love Is All Around'' having just re-entered the top 40 at number 37) the final top 40 of 1994 contained all but one of the number 1 singles since the end of May - Take That's ''Sure'' (which topped the chart for two weeks, but only spent five weeks in the Top 40) was the only absentee. December saw the debut of Boyzone to the charts, with a #2 cover of The Osmonds 1974 #1 ''Love Me For a Reason''. They would go on to have another fifteen singles, six reaching #1 and the rest reaching the top five, as well as four #1 albums. Aside from Wet Wet Wet and Whigfield, the only other million selling single this year came from Céline Dion , with ''Think Twice'' (though it wouldn't reach number 1 until 1995). In all, 15 singles topped the chart this year, the second lowest amount of the 1990s. CHARTS Singles Albums Cumulative chart |
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