List of best-selling Belgian music artists

The best-selling Belgian music artists cannot be listed officially, as there is no organization that has recorded global music sales of Belgian artists. This page lists those artists who have had claims made to be among the top sellers.

Belgian artists by reputed sales 1940- Present

50 million records or more

No.	Artist	Sales (in millions)	Period	Genre	Source
1	Salvatore Adamo	100 more	1963–present	Chanson	[1][2][3]

20 million records or more

No.	Artist	Sales (in millions)	Period	Genre	Source
2	Frédéric François	40	1970–present	Chanson	[4][5]
3	Jacques Brel	25	1953-1978†	Chanson	[6][7][8][9]
4	Plastic Bertrand	20	1977–Present	Pop/Rock	[10]

10 million records or more

No.	Artist	Sales (in millions)	Period	Genre	Source
5	Rocco Granata	17	1959–present	Pop	[11][12]
6	Francis Goya	15	1966–present	Instrumental	[13]
7	Frank Michael	15	1974–present	Pop	[14]
8	Technotronic	14	1988–2005	Eurodance	[15][16]
9	Helmut Lotti	13.3	1990–present	Pop	[17]
10	Lara Fabian	13	1986–present	Pop	[18][19][20][21][22]
11	Claude Barzotti	12	1973–present	Pop	[23][24][25]
12	Vaya Con Dios	10.5	1986–2014	Pop	[26][27][28]
13	Art Sullivan	10.4	1966–present	Chanson	[29][30][31]

5 million records or more

No.	Artist	Sales (in millions)	Period	Genre	Source
14	Stromae	8.6	2005–Present	Hip Hop/Dance	[32]
15	André Brasseur	7	1965–present	Instrumental	[33][34][35]
16	Lio	7	1979–present	Pop	[36][37][38]
17	Tony Sandler	6	1949–present	Pop	[39][40][41]
18	Annie Cordy	5.5	1960–2000	Pop	[42][43][44]
19	Axelle Red	5.2	1987–present	Pop	[45][46][47]
20	Lasgo	5	2000–present	Dance	[48]
21	Bobbejaan Schoepen	5	1938–2010†	Pop	[49][50][51]
22	Eddy Wally	5	1959–2016†	Schlager	[52][53][54]

2 million records or more

No.	Artist	Sales (in millions)	Period	Genre	Source
23	K3	4.6	1999–present	Pop	[55][56][57][58]
24	J.J. Lionel	4.5	1970–present	Pop	[59][60][61][62]
25	Ian Van Dahl/Annagrace	4.3	2000–present	Dance	[63][64][65]
26	Paradisio	4.1	1994–present	Dance	[66][67]
27	Les Crazy Horse/Alain Delorme	4	1971–1975	Pop	[68][69][70]
28	Confetti's/T-Spoon	4	1982–present	New Beat/Dance	[71][72][73]
29	The Wallace Collection	4	1968–present	Pop/rock	[74][75][76]
30	Benny B	3.5	1990–present	Eurodance	[62]
31	Soeur Sourire	3.5	1963-1983†	Pop	[77][78][79]
32	DJ F.R.A.N.K./Van Rijswijk/Danzel	3.3	1999–present	Dance	[80][81][82]
33	Maurane	3.2	1979–2018†	Pop	[83][84][85]
34	Clouseau	3.1	1984–present	Pop	[86][87][88]
35	Christian Vidal	3.1	1972–present	Pop	[89][90][91]
36	Junior Jack	3	1990–present	Eurodance	[92][93]
37	Kate Ryan	3	2000–present	Pop/Dance/House	[94][95]
38	K's Choice	3	1990–present	Rock	[96][97]
39	Lords of Acid/Praga Khan	2.9	1988–present	Acid house	[98][99][100]
40	Soulwax/2 many dj's	2.7	1995–Present	Rock/Dance	[101][102][103]
41	Django Reinhardt	2.5	1934-1953†	Jazz	[104][105]
42	Front 242	2.5	1980–present	Electro	[106][107][108]
43	Jimmy Frey	(2.5)	1956–present	Pop	[109][110][111]
44	Toots Thielemans	2.5	1940–2016†	Jazz/Instrumental	[112][113][114]
45	Henri Seroka	2.2	1969–present	Film music/Pop	[115][116][117]
46	Milow	2.2	2003–present	Pop	[118][119][120][121]
47	Dana Winner	2.15	1989–present	Pop	[122][123][124]
48	D.H.T.	2.1	1995–present	Trance/Eurodance	[125]
49	Milk Inc./Regi Penxten	2.1	1996–present	Electronica/House	[126][127][128]
50	Burt Blanca	2	1958–present	Rock'n'roll	[129][130]
51	Christian Adam	2	1973–present	Pop	[131][132][133]
52	Philippe Lafontaine	2	1978–present	Pop	[134][135][136]
53	M.I.K.E.	2	1992–present	Trance	[137][138][139]
54	Soulsister/Jan Leyers/Paul Michiels	2	1986-1997, 2007	Pop	[140][141]

Note - Numbers may not be accurate. International album and single sales were counted.

Notes

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66. "Paradisio". Showbizzsite.be. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
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72. "Serge Ramaekers". Showbizzsite.be. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
73. "T-Spoon". Webcitation.org. Archived from the original on October 21, 2009. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
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76. "Esperanto, Wallace Collection". Esperanto-rock-orchestra.com. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
77. "Soeur Sourire". Famousbelgians.net. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
78. "Telemoustique, Soeur Sourire". Telemoustique.be. 2008-09-16. Archived from the original on 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
79. "Allocine, Soeur Sourire". Allocine.fr. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
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81. "Singleminded, Danzel". Singleminded.com. 2009-02-23. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
82. "Danzel & DJ Frank". Atwork-booking.de. Retrieved 2014-02-22.^{[permanent dead link]}
83. "Maurane, site officiel". Maurane.be. Archived from the original on 2005-12-17. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
84. "Chapitre, Maurane". Chapitre.com. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
85. "RFImusique, Maurane". Rfimusique.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
86. Clouseau bio Archived February 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
87. "70s music, Clouseau". The70music.nl. Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
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89. "Etoile-productions, Christian Vidal". Etoile-productions.be. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
90. "Christian Vidal official site". Christianvidal.com. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
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96. "Nieuwsblad, K's Choice". Nieuwsblad.be. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
97. "Arid Central, K's C". Aridcentral.com. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
98. "Lords Of Acid". Lords of Acid. Archived from the original on 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
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104. Django Reinhardt Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
105. "Djangobirdland, Django Reinhardt". Djangobirdland.com. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
106. "Houbi, Front 242". Houbi.com. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
107. "Front 242". Herrebout.com. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
108. "Audioglobe, Front 242". Audioglobe.it. Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
109. "Jouwradio, Jimmy Frey". Jouwradio.be. 1939-04-28. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
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112. "Toots Thielemans, Knack". Knack.be. Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
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120. "De Redactie, Vrt, Milow". Deredactie.be. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
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123. "The Top of Music, Dana Winner". Thetopofmusic.be. 2008-12-15. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
124. "Humo, Dana Winner". Humo.be. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
125. "Riaa, DHT". Riaa.com. Archived from the original on 2007-06-26. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
126. "Milk Inc". Hoebelfeesten.be. Archived from the original on 2008-01-03. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
127. "Houbi, Milk Inc". Houbi.com. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
128. "Independent Promotions, Milk Inc". Independentpromotions.be. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
129. "Burt Blanca, official site". Burtblanca.net. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
130. "Burt Blanca". Showbizzsite.be. Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
131. "Bide-et-musique, Christian Adam". Bide-et-musique.com. 1945-05-14. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
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134. "Philippe Lafontaine, official site". Philippelafontaine.com. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
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140. "Marktrock, Soulsister". Marktrock.be. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
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Sources

• The official websites of the artists
• IFPI
• History of the Belgian music industry
• Best selling Belgian artists