These hits topped the Ultratop 50 started the official charts. [1]
Issue Date | Artist | Song |
January 7 | Marco Borsato | Dromen zijn bedrog |
January 14 | The Cranberries | "Zombie" |
January 21 | The Cranberries | "Zombie" |
January 28 | The Cranberries | "Zombie" |
February 4 | The Cranberries | "Zombie" |
February 11 | The Cranberries | "Zombie" |
February 18 | Edwyn Collins | "A Girl Like You" |
February 25 | Edwyn Collins | "A Girl Like You" |
March 4 | Edwyn Collins | "A Girl Like You" |
March 11 | Edwyn Collins | "A Girl Like You" |
March 18 | Edwyn Collins | "A Girl Like You" |
March 25 | Boyzone | "Love Me for a Reason" |
April 1 | Kamiel Spiessens | "Het isj nie moeilijk, het isj gemakkelijk" |
April 8 | Gompie | "Alice, Who the Fuck Is Alice?" |
April 15 | Gompie | "Alice, Who the Fuck Is Alice?" |
April 22 | Gompie | "Alice, Who the Fuck Is Alice?" |
April 29 | Gompie | "Alice, Who the Fuck Is Alice?" |
May 6 | Céline Dion | "Think Twice" |
May 13 | Céline Dion | "Think Twice" |
May 20 | Scatman John | "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" |
May 27 | Scatman John | "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" |
June 3 | Céline Dion | "Think Twice" |
June 10 | Céline Dion | "Think Twice" |
June 17 | Céline Dion | "Think Twice" |
June 24 | Vangelis | "Conquest of Paradise" |
July 1 | Vangelis | "Conquest of Paradise" |
July 8 | Vangelis | "Conquest of Paradise" |
July 15 | Vangelis | "Conquest of Paradise" |
July 22 | Vangelis | "Conquest of Paradise" |
July 29 | Vangelis | "Conquest of Paradise" |
August 5 | Vangelis | "Conquest of Paradise" |
August 12 | Vangelis | "Conquest of Paradise" |
August 19 | Scatman John | "Scatman's World" |
August 26 | Scatman John | "Scatman's World" |
September 2 | Scatman John | "Scatman's World" |
September 9 | Scatman John | "Scatman's World" |
September 16 | Scatman John | "Scatman's World" |
September 23 | Scatman John | "Scatman's World" |
September 30 | Technohead | "I Wanna Be a Hippy" |
October 7 | Guus Meeuwis & Vagant | "Het is een Nacht... (Levensecht)" |
October 14 | Guus Meeuwis & Vagant | "Het is een Nacht... (Levensecht)" |
October 21 | Guus Meeuwis & Vagant | "Het is een Nacht... (Levensecht)" |
October 28 | Guus Meeuwis & Vagant | "Het is een Nacht... (Levensecht)" |
November 4 | Guus Meeuwis & Vagant | "Het is een Nacht... (Levensecht)" |
November 11 | Guus Meeuwis & Vagant | "Het is een Nacht... (Levensecht)" |
November 18 | Guus Meeuwis & Vagant | "Het is een Nacht... (Levensecht)" |
November 25 | Guus Meeuwis & Vagant | "Het is een Nacht... (Levensecht)" |
December 2 | Coolio & LV | "Gangsta's Paradise" |
December 9 | Jimmy B | "Ik ben een vent" |
December 16 | Coolio & LV | "Gangsta's Paradise" |
December 23 | Coolio & LV | "Gangsta's Paradise" |
December 30 | Coolio & LV | "Gangsta's Paradise" |
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