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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.

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")

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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]

Year Artist Track
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"
1991 R.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"
1996 dEUS "Little Arithmetics"
1997 Radiohead "Karma Police"
1998 K's Choice "Believe"
1999 dEUS "Instant Street"
2000 Live "They Stood Up for Love"
2001 Tool "Schism"
2002 Red Hot Chili Peppers "By the Way"
2003 Muse "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"
2008 dEUS "The Architect"
2009[2] Customs "Rex"
2010 The 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"
2016 Bazart "Chaos"
2017 Arcade Fire "Everything Now"
2018 Florence + the Machine "Hunger"
2019 Tool "Fear Inoculum"
2020 Taylor Swift ft. Bon Iver "exile"
2021 Måneskin "Zitti e buoni"
2022 The Haunted Youth "Gone"
2023 The Beaches "Blame Brett"

The Ultimate Final Settlement ("De Ultieme Eindafrekening")

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

Note: Belgian artists
# Song Artist Country of origin
1 Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine  United States
2 R U Mine? Arctic Monkeys  United Kingdom
3 Instant Street dEUS  Belgium
4 Schism Tool  United States
5 Karma Police Radiohead  United Kingdom
6 Hard Times The Scabs  Belgium
7 Time Is Running Out Muse  United Kingdom
8 Walk Foo Fighters  United States
9 Losing My Religion R.E.M.  United States
10 Everything Now Arcade Fire  Canada
11 One U2  Ireland
12 Hotellounge dEUS  Belgium
13 Lay It Down Magnapop  United States
14 Fast Car Tracy Chapman  United States
15 The Future The Van Jets  Belgium
16 Evil Interpol  United States
17 They Stood Up for Love Live  United States
18 Hunger Florence + the Machine  United Kingdom
19 Fear Inoculum Tool  United States
20 Alive and Kicking Simple Minds  United Kingdom
21 By the Way Red Hot Chili Peppers  United States
22 Pompeii Bastille  United Kingdom
23 Dear God XTC  United Kingdom
24 Rex Customs  Belgium
25 Orange Crush R.E.M.  United States
26 Hammerhead A Brand  Belgium
27 Strange Entity Oscar and the Wolf  Belgium
28 Mercy Muse  United Kingdom
29 The Architect dEUS  Belgium
30 Believe K's Choice  Belgium
31 Little Arithmetics dEUS  Belgium
32 Chaos Bazart  Belgium
33 The Dark of the Matinée Franz Ferdinand  United Kingdom
34 You Don't Know Milow  Belgium
35 Papa Don't Preach Madonna  United States

See also

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