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") 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.De Eindafrekening van 1989 tot nu
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" 2009Eindafrekening 2009 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" 2015Eindafrekening 2015 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") To celebrate 35 years De Afrekening, listeners voted for the De Ultieme Eindafrekening from the previous winners.De Ultieme Eindafrekening
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
See also 3VOOR12
References
External links De Afrekening