R&B number-one hits of 1994 (USA)
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These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1994:
Chart history
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
| January 1 | "Can We Talk Can We Talk "Can We Talk" is the title of a number-one single by singer Tevin Campbell and composed and produced by Babyface. It was the first single to be released from his double platinum second release I'm Ready. The song hit top ten on the pop charts peaking at number nine on the Hot 100 and spent a total... " |
Tevin Campbell Tevin Campbell Tevin Jermod Campbell is an American R&B singer-songwriter and actor. He scored a string of R&B chart hits as a teenager in the early to mid-1990s.-Music career:... |
| January 8 | "Can We Talk" | Tevin Campbell |
| January 15 | "Cry for You" | Jodeci Jodeci Jodeci is an American band, whose repertoire includes R&B, soul music, and new jack swing. The group consists of two pairs of brothers from Hampton, Virginia and Charlotte, North Carolina: Cedric & Joel Hailey and Donald & Dalvin DeGrate, all respectively known by their stage names: K-Ci & Jojo,... |
| January 22 | "Cry for You" | Jodeci |
| January 29 | "Cry for You" | Jodeci |
| February 5 | "Cry for You" | Jodeci |
| February 12 | "Understanding Understanding (song) "Understanding" is a song by American R&B group Xscape. Written by Manuel Seal,the song was released as the group's second single from the group's 1993 debut album Hummin' Comin' at 'Cha... " |
Xscape Xscape (band) Xscape, was a female American R&B group that originally started out as a quintet and then became a quartet. The group had a string of hit songs during the 1990s... |
| February 19 | "Understanding" | Xscape |
| February 26 | "Bump n' Grind Bump n' Grind "Bump n' Grind" is a song written, produced and performed by R&B musician R. Kelly. It was the second single released from his first solo album 12 Play in 1994. The track became a number one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 , and it also spent twelve weeks at number one on the U.S... " |
R. Kelly R. Kelly Robert Sylvester Kelly , better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. A native of Chicago, Kelly began performing during the late 1980s and debuted in 1992 with the group Public Announcement. In 1993, Kelly went solo with the album 12 Play... |
| March 5 | "Bump n' Grind" | R. Kelly |
| March 12 | "Bump n' Grind" | R. Kelly |
| March 19 | "Bump n' Grind" | R. Kelly |
| March 26 | "Bump n' Grind" | R. Kelly |
| April 2 | "Bump n' Grind" | R. Kelly |
| April 9 | "Bump n' Grind" | R. Kelly |
| April 16 | "Bump n' Grind" | R. Kelly |
| April 23 | "Bump n' Grind" | R. Kelly |
| April 30 | "Bump n' Grind | R. Kelly |
| May 7 | "Bump n' Grind" | R. Kelly |
| May 14 | "Bump n' Grind" | R. Kelly |
| May 21 | "Back & Forth" | Aaliyah Aaliyah Aaliyah Dana Haughton , who performed under the mononym Aaliyah , was an American R&B recording artist, actress and model. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of 10, she appeared on the television show Star Search and performed in concert alongside... |
| May 28 | "Back & Forth" | Aaliyah |
| June 4 | "Back & Forth" | Aaliyah |
| June 11 | "Any Time, Any Place Any Time, Any Place "Any Time, Any Place" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her fifth studio album, janet. . Released as the album's fifth single on May 23, 1994 it reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and became another R&B chart-topper for Jackson.Jackson has performed the song on some of her... " |
Janet Jackson Janet Jackson Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years... |
| June 18 | "Any Time, Any Place" | Janet Jackson |
| June 25 | "Any Time, Any Place" | Janet Jackson |
| July 2 | "Any Time, Any Place" | Janet Jackson |
| July 9 | "Any Time, Any Place" | Janet Jackson |
| July 16 | "Any Time, Any Place" | Janet Jackson |
| July 23 | "Any Time, Any Place" | Janet Jackson |
| July 30 | "Any Time, Any Place" | Janet Jackson |
| August 6 | "Any Time, Any Place" | Janet Jackson |
| August 13 | "Any Time, Any Place" | Janet Jackson |
| August 20 | "I'll Make Love to You I'll Make Love to You "I'll Make Love to You" is a 1994 number-one hit single by R&B group Boyz II Men for the Motown label. The song, which was written by Babyface, was the lead single from their second album II. It was at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks, from August 27 to November 26, 1994... " |
Boyz II Men Boyz II Men Boyz II Men is an American R&B vocal group best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies. They are the most successful R&B group of all time, having sold more than albums worldwide. In the 1990s, Boyz II Men found fame on Motown Records as a quartet, but original member Michael McCary... |
| August 27 | "I'll Make Love to You" | Boyz II Men |
| September 3 | "I'll Make Love to You" | Boyz II Men |
| September 10 | "I'll Make Love to You" | Boyz II Men |
| September 17 | "I'll Make Love to You" | Boyz II Men |
| September 24 | "I'll Make Love to You" | Boyz II Men |
| October 1 | "I'll Make Love to You" | Boyz II Men |
| October 8 | "I'll Make Love to You" | Boyz II Men |
| October 15 | "I'll Make Love to You" | Boyz II Men |
| October 22 | "I Wanna Be Down I Wanna Be Down "I Wanna Be Down" is the debut song performed by American singer Brandy. It was co-written and produced by Keith Crouch and Kipper Jones for the singer's self-titled debut studio album, Brandy , and released as its lead single during the third quarter of 1994... " |
Brandy Brandy (entertainer) Brandy Rayana Norwood , known professionally as Brandy, is an American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and dancer. In 2009, she introduced her rap alter-ego Bran'Nu.... |
| October 29 | "I Wanna Be Down" | Brandy |
| November 5 | "I Wanna Be Down" | Brandy |
| November 12 | "I Wanna Be Down" | Brandy |
| November 19 | "Practice What You Preach" | Barry White Barry White Barry White, born Barry Eugene Carter , was an American composer and singer-songwriter.A five-time Grammy Award-winner known for his distinctive bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring... |
| November 26 | "Practice What You Preach" | Barry White |
| December 3 | "Practice What You Preach" | Barry White |
| December 10 | "Creep Creep (TLC song) "Creep" is the Grammy-winning first single by American R&B group TLC from their second studio album CrazySexyCool, released on October 31, 1994 by LaFace Records... " |
TLC TLC (band) TLC is an American musical trio whose repertoire spanned R&B, hip-hop, soul, funk, and new jack swing. Originally consisting of singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, rapper-singer Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and singer Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas it found success in the 1990s while also enduring a series of spats... |
| December 17 | "Creep" | TLC |
| December 24 | "Creep" | TLC |
| December 31 | "Creep" | TLC |
Chart comparisons
- Three songs reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100/pop chart. Two of the songs, "Bump n' Grind" and "I'll Make Love to You" topped the chart in 1994, while "Creep" topped that chart the year after.
- Four songs reached number-one on the Rhythmic crossover chartRhythmic Top 40 number-one hits of 1994 (USA)This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Rhythmic Top 40 number-ones of 1994.-See also:*1994 in music*Top 40 Mainstream number-one hits of 1994 *Number-one dance hits of 1994 *R&B number-one hits of 1994...
: "Bump n' Grind," "Back & Forth," "Anytime, Anyplace" and "I'll Make Love to You."
See also
- 1994 in music1994 in musicThis is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994.-January–February:*January 25 – Alice in Chains release their Jar of Flies album which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the first ever EP to do so....
- List of number-one R&B hits (United States)
- List of number-one R&B albums of 1994 (U.S.)