List of best-selling singles in Belgium

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.

List

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By claimed sales only
Year Artist Title Sales Origin
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
1969 Dimitri Dourakine and his orchestra "Casatschok" 150,000[8] Claimed sales
1972 Sweet "Poppa Joe" 135,000[3] Claimed sales
1971 Samantha "Eviva España" 130,000[9] Claimed sales
1964 Adamo "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
1973 Ivan Heylen "De wilde boerendochtere" 100,000[12] Claimed sales
1972 Jimmy 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
1974 Ricky Gordon "Such A Night" 100,000[18] Claimed sales
1973 Sharif Dean "Do You Love Me?" 100,000[19] Claimed sales
1974 Spooky & Sue "Swinging of A Star" 100,000[20] Claimed sales
Highest certified singles
Year Artist Title Certified sales Amount
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‡

References

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  1. ^ Maes, Marc (14 April 1990). "Belgian Music Biz Up 20%" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 102, no. 15. p. 70. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. ^ Anthonissen, Juul (12 May 1979). "From The Music Capitals Of The World – Brussels" (PDF). Billboard. p. 69. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "BIEM copyright rule angers Blegian public" (PDF). Music Week. 22 November 1974. p. 42. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  4. ^ Hoos, Willem (21 January 1978). "Dutch Firms Prime Promotional Guns For Major MIDEM Attack" (PDF). Billboard. p. 116. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  5. ^ "The Biggest River in the World Just Got Bigger" (PDF). Radio & Records. 23 June 1978. p. 6. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Belgium Backs Bubble Gum Music" (PDF). Music Week. 14 September 1974. p. 36. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  7. ^ "'Grease' Outpacing 'Fever'" (PDF). Record World. 14 October 1978. p. 16. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  8. ^ Murrells, Joseph (1985). Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s : an illustrated directory. Arco Pub. p. 282. ISBN 0668064595. It was No 1 for ten weeks in France, and a big seller in Denmark (No 1), Italy (No 5), Holland 'No 3), Spain, Germany, Bekgium (sold 150,000) and Mexico (No 1).
  9. ^ "'Viva Espana' Draws Tiff On Subpublishing Rights" (PDF). Billboard. 5 October 1974. p. 66. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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  19. ^ "CBS". Billboard. 10 November 1973. p. 62. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  20. ^ "Belgium" (PDF). Cash Box. 4 December 1975. p. 44. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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