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

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‡

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