Top 10 Albums of 1994

1.  Dreams Come True                    Magic
2.  Mariya Takeuchi                        Impressions
3.  Mr. Children                              Atomic Heart
4.  B'z                                              The 7th Blues
5.  Zard                                           Oh My Love
6.  trf                                               Billionaire
7.  Yumi Matsutoya                       U-Miz
8.  Deen                                          Deen
9.  trf                                               World Groove
10. Various Artists                         NOW 1

The Band Boom was talked about a lot in the late 1980s, but it looks like 1994 was a big one for bands as well. Pop/rock units that proliferated in the early 90s were well-represented by groups like Zard and Deen, but Dreams Come True came out on top....that time in the last few years of the 20th-century were their banner years. However, trf's two albums in the Top 10 were a herald of where J-Pop was going to go for the next several years as Tetsuya Komuro brought in a whole bunch of acts centering around a new wave of technopop dance music. On the other hand, a couple of veterans were in the mix as well with Mariya and Yuming.

It was truly a profitable year since the top 8 entries all sold well north of 1 million albums.