De Afrekening

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De Afrekening is a Belgian radio and record chart broadcasting program featured on Studio Brussel (commonly referred to as "StuBru") since 1985. During the program, thirty top-rating "alternative" tracks are played, with the chart being assembled by the program's audience via a voting poll system. Two or three times each year, StuBru will release an album featuring the program's most popular chart tracks. Beginning in 1990, albums are still released today and continue to prove popular with fans.

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Since the chart is assembled via voting, unexpected results and outcomes will sometimes occur. One such instance occurred on 19 April 2006, with two separate songs placing first after receiving an equal number of votes. The songs in question were Placebo's "Song to Say Goodbye," and A Brand's "Hammerhead". Another historical event occurred on 31 May 2006. For the first time ever, a song featured on the annual Eurovision Song Contest entered the charts. This song was Lordi's "Hard Rock Hallelujah."

At the end of each year, the most popular songs of that year is assembled. This chart is known as the "Eindafrekening," or by its nickname "De Afvaardiging."

The chart is also broadcast on TMF Flanders

The Final Settlement ("De Eindafrekening")

Since 1985, listeners of De Afrekening have voted for the Eindafrekening every year. The Eindafrekening has had nine Belgian winners with The Scabs (1990), dEUS (1995, 1996, 1999 and 2008), K's Choice (1998), A Brand (2006), Milow (2007), Customs (2009), The Van Jets (2010), Oscar and the Wolf (2014), Bazart (2016) and The Haunted Youth (2022). R.E.M. (1989 and 1991), Muse (2003 and 2015) and Tool (2001 and 2019) have won twice. Only dEUS has won four times. [1]

YearArtistTrack
1985 Simple Minds "Alive and Kicking"
1986 Madonna "Papa Don't Preach"
1987 XTC "Dear God"
1988 Tracy Chapman "Fast Car"
1989 R.E.M. "Orange Crush"
1990 The Scabs "Hard Times"
1991R.E.M."Losing My Religion"
1992 U2 "One"
1993 Rage Against the Machine "Killing in the Name"
1994 Magnapop "Lay It Down"
1995 dEUS "Hotellounge"
1996dEUS"Little Arithmetics"
1997 Radiohead "Karma Police"
1998 K's Choice "Believe"
1999dEUS"Instant Street"
2000 Live "They Stood Up for Love"
2001 Tool "Schism"
2002 Red Hot Chili Peppers "By the Way"
2003Muse"Time Is Running Out"
2004 Franz Ferdinand "The Dark of the Matinee"
2005 Interpol "Evil"
2006 A Brand "Hammerhead"
2007 Milow "You Don't Know"
2008dEUS"The Architect"
2009 [2] Customs"Rex"
2010The Van Jets"The Future"
2011 Foo Fighters "Walk"
2012 Arctic Monkeys "R U Mine?"
2013 Bastille "Pompeii"
2014 Oscar and the Wolf "Strange Entity"
2015 [3] Muse"Mercy"
2016Bazart"Chaos"
2017 Arcade Fire "Everything Now"
2018 Florence + the Machine "Hunger"
2019Tool"Fear Inoculum"
2020 Taylor Swift ft. Bon Iver "exile"
2021 Måneskin "Zitti e buoni"
2022The Haunted Youth"Gone"
2023 The Beaches "Blame Brett"

The Ultimate Final Settlement ("De Ultieme Eindafrekening")

To celebrate 35 years De Afrekening, listeners voted for the De Ultieme Eindafrekening from the previous winners. [4]

Note: Belgian artists
#SongArtistCountry of origin
1Killing in the NameRage Against the MachineFlag of the United States.svg  United States
2R U Mine?Arctic MonkeysFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
3Instant StreetdEUSFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
4SchismToolFlag of the United States.svg  United States
5Karma PoliceRadioheadFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
6Hard TimesThe ScabsFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
7Time Is Running OutMuseFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
8WalkFoo FightersFlag of the United States.svg  United States
9Losing My ReligionR.E.M.Flag of the United States.svg  United States
10Everything NowArcade FireFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
11OneU2Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
12HotelloungedEUSFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
13Lay It DownMagnapopFlag of the United States.svg  United States
14Fast CarTracy ChapmanFlag of the United States.svg  United States
15The FutureThe Van JetsFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
16EvilInterpolFlag of the United States.svg  United States
17They Stood Up for LoveLiveFlag of the United States.svg  United States
18HungerFlorence + the MachineFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
19Fear InoculumToolFlag of the United States.svg  United States
20Alive and KickingSimple MindsFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
21By the WayRed Hot Chili PeppersFlag of the United States.svg  United States
22PompeiiBastilleFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
23Dear GodXTCFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
24RexCustomsFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
25Orange CrushR.E.M.Flag of the United States.svg  United States
26HammerheadA BrandFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
27Strange EntityOscar and the WolfFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
28MercyMuseFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
29The ArchitectdEUSFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
30BelieveK's ChoiceFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
31Little ArithmeticsdEUSFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
32ChaosBazartFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
33The Dark of the MatinéeFranz FerdinandFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
34You Don't KnowMilowFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
35Papa Don't PreachMadonnaFlag of the United States.svg  United States

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