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
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 | "Alive and Kicking" | |
| 1986 | "Papa Don't Preach" | |
| 1987 | "Dear God" | |
| 1988 | "Fast Car" | |
| 1989 | "Orange Crush" | |
| 1990 | "Hard Times" | |
| 1991 | R.E.M. | "Losing My Religion" |
| 1992 | "One" | |
| 1993 | "Killing in the Name" | |
| 1994 | "Lay It Down" | |
| 1995 | "Hotellounge" | |
| 1996 | dEUS | "Little Arithmetics" |
| 1997 | "Karma Police" | |
| 1998 | "Believe" | |
| 1999 | dEUS | "Instant Street" |
| 2000 | "They Stood Up for Love" | |
| 2001 | "Schism" | |
| 2002 | "By the Way" | |
| 2003 | Muse | "Time Is Running Out" |
| 2004 | "The Dark of the Matinee" | |
| 2005 | "Evil" | |
| 2006 | "Hammerhead" | |
| 2007 | "You Don't Know" | |
| 2008 | dEUS | "The Architect" |
| 2009[2] | Customs | "Rex" |
| 2010 | The Van Jets | "The Future" |
| 2011 | "Walk" | |
| 2012 | "R U Mine?" | |
| 2013 | "Pompeii" | |
| 2014 | "Strange Entity" | |
| 2015[3] | Muse | "Mercy" |
| 2016 | Bazart | "Chaos" |
| 2017 | "Everything Now" | |
| 2018 | "Hunger" | |
| 2019 | Tool | "Fear Inoculum" |
| 2020 | "exile" | |
| 2021 | "Zitti e buoni" | |
| 2022 | The Haunted Youth | "Gone" |
| 2023 | "Blame Brett" | |
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 |  | |
| 2 | R U Mine? | Arctic Monkeys | ||
| 3 | Instant Street | dEUS |  | |
| 4 | Schism | Tool | | |
| 5 | Karma Police | Radiohead | ||
| 6 | Hard Times | The Scabs | | |
| 7 | Time Is Running Out | Muse | ||
| 8 | Walk | Foo Fighters | | |
| 9 | Losing My Religion | R.E.M. | | |
| 10 | Everything Now | Arcade Fire | ||
| 11 | One | U2 | ||
| 12 | Hotellounge | dEUS | | |
| 13 | Lay It Down | Magnapop | | |
| 14 | Fast Car | Tracy Chapman | | |
| 15 | The Future | The Van Jets | | |
| 16 | Evil | Interpol | | |
| 17 | They Stood Up for Love | Live | | |
| 18 | Hunger | Florence + the Machine | ||
| 19 | Fear Inoculum | Tool | | |
| 20 | Alive and Kicking | Simple Minds | ||
| 21 | By the Way | Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||
| 22 | Pompeii | Bastille | ||
| 23 | Dear God | XTC | ||
| 24 | Rex | Customs | ||
| 25 | Orange Crush | R.E.M. | | |
| 26 | Hammerhead | A Brand | | |
| 27 | Strange Entity | Oscar and the Wolf | | |
| 28 | Mercy | Muse | ||
| 29 | The Architect | dEUS | ||
| 30 | Believe | K's Choice | | |
| 31 | Little Arithmetics | dEUS | | |
| 32 | Chaos | Bazart | | |
| 33 | The Dark of the Matinée | Franz Ferdinand | ||
| 34 | You Don't Know | Milow | | |
| 35 | Papa Don't Preach | Madonna | |