List of best-selling singles in Belgium

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The following is a list of the best-selling singles in Belgium. Depends on the measurement, list is divided by claimed sales and official certifications from Ultratop, which online base operated since 1995.

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By claimed sales only
YearArtistTitleSalesOrigin
1989 Kaoma "Lambada"300,000 [1] Claimed sales
1978 Village People "Y.M.C.A."300,000 [2] Claimed sales
1974 ABBA "Waterloo"200,000 [3] Claimed sales
1977 The Smurfs music "The Smurfs Song"200,000 [4] Claimed sales
1978 Boney M. "Rivers of Babylon"200,000 [5] Claimed sales
1970 Middle of the Road "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"178,000 [6] Claimed sales
1978 John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John "You're the One That I Want"170,000 [7] Claimed sales
1969Dimitri Dourakine and his orchestra"Casatschok"150,000 [8] Claimed sales
1972Sweet"Poppa Joe"135,000 [3] Claimed sales
1971 Samantha "Eviva España"130,000 [9] Claimed sales
1964Adamo"Vous Permettez Monsieur"128,000 [6] Claimed sales
1963 The Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand"126,000 [6] Claimed sales
1977 Adriano Celentano "Don't Play That Song"100,000 [10] Claimed sales
1973 Barry Blue "Do You Wanna Dance"100,000 [3] Claimed sales
1967 Engelbert Humperdinck "Release Me"100,000 [11] Claimed sales
1973Ivan Heylen"De wilde boerendochtere"100,000 [12] Claimed sales
1972Jimmy Frey"Roses to Sandra"100,000 [13] Claimed sales
1977 Laurent Voulzy "Rockollection"100,000 [14] Claimed sales
1970 Marc Hamilton "Comme j'ai toujours envie d'aimer"100,000 [15] Claimed sales
1981 Ricchi e Poveri "Sarà perché ti amo"100,000 [16] Claimed sales
1977 Laurent Voulzy "Rockollection"100,000 [17] Claimed sales
1974Ricky Gordon"Such A Night"100,000 [18] Claimed sales
1973Sharif Dean"Do You Love Me?"100,000 [19] Claimed sales
1974Spooky & Sue"Swinging of A Star"100,000 [20] Claimed sales
Highest certified singles
YearArtistTitleCertified salesAmount
1997 Elton John "Candle in the Wind 1997"450,000 [21] 9× Platinum
1986 Sandra Kim "J'Aime La Vie"300,000 [22] 2× Platinum
2002 Las Ketchup "The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)"250,000 [23] 5× Platinum
1997 Aqua "Barbie Girl"200,000 [21] 4× Platinum
2016 Lost Frequencies "Are You with Me"200,000 [24] 5× Platinum ‡
1997 Puff Daddy "I'll Be Missing You"200,000 [25] 4× Platinum
2019 Tones and I "Dance Monkey"200,000 [26] 5× Platinum ‡
2018 Aya Nakamura "Djadja"160,000 [27] 4× Platinum ‡
2019 Billie Eilish "Bad Guy"160,000 [26] 4× Platinum ‡
2018 Lewis Capaldi "Someone You Loved"160,000 [26] 4× Platinum ‡
2019 Lil Nas X "Old Town Road"160,000 [26] 4× Platinum ‡
2015 Lost Frequencies "Reality"160,000 [27] 4× Platinum ‡
2019 The Weeknd "Blinding Lights"160,000 [26] 5× Platinum ‡
1998 Britney Spears "...Baby One More Time"150,000 [28] 3× Platinum
1997 Celine Dion "My Heart Will Go On"150,000 [21] 3× Platinum
1997 Cher "Believe"150,000 [28] 3× Platinum
1995 Lou Bega "Mambo No. 5"150,000 [28] 3× Platinum
1998 Patrick Fiori, Daniel Lavoie & Garou "Belle"150,000 [28] 3× Platinum
1999 R. Kelly "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time"150,000 [23] 3× Platinum
2015 Sandra Kim "J'aime la vie"150,000 [29] 2× Platinum
1997 Wes "Alane"150,000 [25] 3× Platinum
2018 Ed Sheeran "Shape of You"140,000 [30] 7× Platinum ‡
2018 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper "Shallow"140,000 [27] 3× Platinum ‡

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