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

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

20 million records or more

№	Artist	Sales (in millions)	Period	Genre	Source
2	Frédéric François	40	1970–present	Chanson	[4][5]
3	Lara Fabian	32	1986–present	Pop	[6]
4	Jacques Brel	25	1953-1978†	Chanson	[7][8][9][10]
5	Lou Deprijck/Plastic Bertrand	20	1963–present	Pop/Rock	[11]

10 million records or more

№	Artist	Sales (in millions)	Period	Genre	Source
6	Rocco Granata	17	1959–present	Pop	[12][13]
7	Francis Goya	15	1966–present	Instrumental	[14]
8	Frank Michael	15	1974–present	Pop	[15]
9	Technotronic	14	1988–2005	Eurodance	[16][17]
10	Helmut Lotti	13.3	1990–present	Pop	[18]
11	Claude Barzotti	12	1973–present	Pop	[19][20][21]
12	Vaya Con Dios	10.5	1986–2014	Pop	[22][23][24]
13	Art Sullivan	10,4	1966–present	Chanson	[25][26][27]

5 million records or more

№	Artist	Sales (in millions)	Period	Genre	Source
14	André Brasseur	7	1965–present	Instrumental	[28][29][30]
15	Lio	7	1979–present	Pop	[31][32][33]
16	Tony Sandler	6	1949–present	Pop	[34][35][36]
17	Annie Cordy	5.5	1960–2000	Pop	[37][38][39]
18	Axelle Red	5.2	1987–present	Pop	[40][41][42]
19	Lasgo	5	2000–present	Dance	[43][44]
20	Bobbejaan Schoepen	5	1938–2010†	Pop	[45][46][47]
21	Eddy Wally	5	1959–present	Ambiance	[48][49][50]

2 million records or more

№	Artist	Sales (in millions)	Period	Genre	Source
22	K3	4.6	1999–present	Pop	[51][52][53][54]
23	J.J. Lionel	4.5	1970–present	Pop	[55][56][57][58]
24	Ian Van Dahl/Annagrace	4.3	2000–present	Dance	[59][60][61]
25	Paradisio	4.1	1994–present	Dance	[62][63]
26	Les Crazy Horse/Alain Delorme	4	1971–1975	Pop	[64][65][66]
27	Confetti's/T-Spoon	4	1982–present	New Beat/Dance	[67][68][69]
28	The Wallace Collection	4	1968–present	Pop/rock	[70][71][72]
29	Benny B	3.5	1990–present	Eurodance	[58]
30	Soeur Sourire	3.5	1963-1983†	Pop	[73][74][75]
31	DJ F.R.A.N.K./Van Rijswijk/Danzel	3.3	1999-heden	Dance	[76][77][78]
32	Maurane	3.2	1979–present	Pop	[79][80][81]
33	Clouseau	3.1	1984–present	Pop	[82][83][84]
34	Christian Vidal	3.1	1972–present	Pop	[85][86][87]
35	Junior Jack	3	1990-heden	Eurodance	[88][89]
36	Kate Ryan	3	2000–present	Pop/Dance/House	[90][91]
37	K's Choice	3	1990–present	Rock	[92][93]
38	Lords of Acid/Praga Khan	2.9	1988–present	Acid house	[94][95][96]
39	Soulwax/2 many dj's	2.7	1995–Present	Rock/Dance	[97][98][99]
40	Django Reinhardt	2.5	1934-1953†	Jazz	[100][101]
41	Front 242	2.5	1980–present	Electro	[102][103][104]
42	Jimmy Frey	(2.5)	1956–present	Pop	[105][106][107]
43	Toots Thielemans	2.5	1940–present	Jazz/Instrumental	[108][109][110]
44	Henri Seroka	2.2	1969–present	Film music/Pop	[111][112][113]
45	Milow	2.2	2003–present	Pop	[114][115][116][117]
46	Dana Winner	2.15	1989–present	Pop	[118][119][120]
47	D.H.T.	2.1	1995–present	Trance/Eurodance	[121]
48	Milk Inc./Regi Penxten	2.1	1996–present	Electronica/House	[122][123][124]
49	Stromae	(2.1)	2005–present	Hip Hop/Dance	[125][126]
50	Burt Blanca	2	1958–present	Rock'n'roll	[127][128]
51	Christian Adam	2	1973–present	Pop	[129][130][131]
52	Philippe Lafontaine	2	1978–present	Pop	[132][133][134]
53	M.I.K.E.	2	1992–present	Trance	[135][136][137]
54	Soulsister/Jan Leyers/Paul Michiels	2	1986-1997, 2007	Pop	[138][139]

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

Notes

Sources

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