De Afrekening is a Belgian radio and record chart broadcasting program featured on Studio Brussel (commonly referred to as "StuBru"). 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")

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
1985Simple Minds"Alive and Kicking"
1986Madonna"Papa Don't Preach"
1987XTC"Dear God"
1988Tracy Chapman"Fast Car"
1989R.E.M."Orange Crush"
1990The Scabs"Hard Times"
1991R.E.M."Losing My Religion"
1992U2"One"
1993Rage Against the Machine"Killing in the Name"
1994Magnapop"Lay It Down"
1995dEUS"Hotellounge"
1996dEUS"Little Arithmetics"
1997Radiohead"Karma Police"
1998K's Choice"Believe"
1999dEUS"Instant Street"
2000Live"They Stood Up for Love"
2001Tool"Schism"
2002Red Hot Chili Peppers"By the Way"
2003Muse"Time Is Running Out"
2004Franz Ferdinand"The Dark of the Matinee"
2005Interpol"Evil"
2006A Brand"Hammerhead"
2007Milow"You Don't Know"
2008dEUS"The Architect"
2009[2]Customs"Rex"
2010The Van Jets"The Future"
2011Foo Fighters"Walk"
2012Arctic Monkeys"R U Mine?"
2013Bastille"Pompeii"
2014Oscar and the Wolf"Strange Entity"
2015[3]Muse"Mercy"
2016Bazart"Chaos"
2017Arcade Fire"Everything Now"
2018Florence + the Machine"Hunger"
2019Tool"Fear Inoculum"
2020Taylor Swift ft. Bon Iver"exile"
2021Måneskin"Zitti e buoni"
2022The Haunted Youth"Gone"
2023The 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
# Song Artist Country of origin
1Killing in the NameRage Against the Machine United States
2R U Mine?Arctic Monkeys United Kingdom
3Instant StreetdEUS Belgium
4SchismTool United States
5Karma PoliceRadiohead United Kingdom
6Hard TimesThe Scabs Belgium
7Time Is Running OutMuse United Kingdom
8WalkFoo Fighters United States
9Losing My ReligionR.E.M. United States
10Everything NowArcade Fire Canada
11OneU2 Ireland
12HotelloungedEUS Belgium
13Lay It DownMagnapop United States
14Fast CarTracy Chapman United States
15The FutureThe Van Jets Belgium
16EvilInterpol United States
17They Stood Up for LoveLive United States
18HungerFlorence + the Machine United Kingdom
19Fear InoculumTool United States
20Alive and KickingSimple Minds United Kingdom
21By the WayRed Hot Chili Peppers United States
22PompeiiBastille United Kingdom
23Dear GodXTC United Kingdom
24RexCustoms Belgium
25Orange CrushR.E.M. United States
26HammerheadA Brand Belgium
27Strange EntityOscar and the Wolf Belgium
28MercyMuse United Kingdom
29The ArchitectdEUS Belgium
30BelieveK's Choice Belgium
31Little ArithmeticsdEUS Belgium
32ChaosBazart Belgium
33The Dark of the MatinéeFranz Ferdinand United Kingdom
34You Don't KnowMilow Belgium
35Papa Don't PreachMadonna United States

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