Flemish Pop

The chart music people actually grew up on. Flemish-language pop and schlager, the television shows that broke it, Technotronic's global hit, Lost Frequencies, the Eurovision entries, and the songs everyone can sing.

Part of The Belgian Sound

42 moments in this segment.

1. 1975-01-01 - Will Tura - "Ik ben verliefd op jou". More from the emperor of Flemish pop.
2. 1986-04-04 - Sandra Kim - "J'aime la vie" (Eurovision winner). Sandra Kim won Eurovision 1986 for Belgium at 13, the country's only win.
3. 1989-05-05 - Clouseau - "Daar gaat ze". Clouseau, the Wauters brothers' enduring Flemish pop.
4. 1991-06-06 - Clouseau - "Anne". Clouseau's signature ballad.
5. 1996-01-01 - 2 Fabiola - "Lift U Up". 2 Fabiola, a Belgian eurodance staple.
6. 1996-02-02 - Dana Winner - Flemish schlager. Dana Winner, a Flemish schlager mainstay.
7. 1996-02-02 - Clouseau - "Passie". Clouseau's mid-90s hit.
8. 1996-08-08 - Helmut Lotti - the classical crossover. Helmut Lotti, the Flemish crooner who sold millions with classical-pop.
9. 1999-01-01 - K3 - Heyah Mama. The Flemish pop trio K3, a phenomenon in Belgian and Dutch pop.
10. 2000 - Will Tura - "Eenzaam zonder jou". Will Tura, the 'Keizer' of Flemish pop, a six-decade career (2000).
11. 2001-03-03 - Sylver - "Turn the Tide". Sylver, Belgian melodic trance-pop.
12. 2001-04-04 - Ian Van Dahl - "Castles in the Sky". Ian Van Dahl's euphoric Belgian trance-pop hit.
13. 2002-05-05 - Kate Ryan - "Désenchantée". Kate Ryan's dance-pop cover, a Europe-wide hit.
14. 2002 - Milk Inc. - Flemish dance-pop. Milk Inc. were one of Belgium's biggest dance-pop acts, a fixture of Flemish charts and arenas for years.
15. 2003-03-03 - Urban Trad - "Sanomi" (Eurovision 2003). Urban Trad's invented-language song, 2nd at Eurovision 2003.
16. 2003 - Milk Inc. - "Storm". Milk Inc., one of Belgium's biggest dance-pop acts of the 2000s.
17. 2004-04-04 - Gabriel Ríos - "Broad Daylight". Gabriel Ríos, the Puerto-Rican-Belgian pop voice.
18. 2004-06-06 - Ozark Henry - "I'm Your Sacrifice". Ozark Henry, Piet Goddaer's atmospheric pop.
19. 2008-11-11 - Milow - "Ayo Technology". Milow's acoustic cover, an international streaming hit.
20. 2011-12-12 - Selah Sue - "Raggamuffin". Selah Sue, the Leuven soul-pop voice.
21. 2014-01-13 - Oscar and the Wolf - "Strange Entity". Oscar and the Wolf, Max Colombie's dark electro-pop.
22. 2014 - Lost Frequencies - "Are You with Me" (2014). Felix De Laet, Lost Frequencies, topped charts across Europe with melodic deep house, the first Belgian to hit #1 in the UK with a debut single.
23. 2014 - Oscar and the Wolf - electronic pop. Max Colombie's Oscar and the Wolf became one of Belgium's biggest modern electronic-pop acts, filling arenas across the Low Countries.
24. 2015-05-05 - Loïc Nottet - "Rhythm Inside". Loïc Nottet, 4th at Eurovision 2015 for Belgium.
25. 2015-06-06 - Emma Bale - "Fortune Cookie". Emma Bale, a Flemish pop breakout.
26. 2015 - Lost Frequencies - the breakthrough. Felix De Laet's breakthrough as Lost Frequencies, melodic deep house from Belgium to #1.
27. 2016-02-14 - Bazart - "Goud". Bazart, the Flemish-language indie-pop breakout.
28. 2016 - Lost Frequencies - "Reality". Another global chart-topper for Lost Frequencies, confirming Belgium's place at the centre of melodic dance-pop.
29. 2016 - Regi - Belgian dance-pop hitmaker. Regi Penxten, formerly of Milk Inc., became a prolific Flemish dance-pop hitmaker and producer.
30. 2017 - Lost Frequencies - "Crazy" era. Lost Frequencies kept charting worldwide through the late 2010s with melodic, radio-ready dance pop.
31. 2017 - Regi - Flemish dance-pop. Regi Penxten, the prolific Flemish dance-pop hitmaker.
32. 2017-07-07 - Blanche - "City Lights" (Eurovision 2017). Blanche's dark-pop, 4th at Eurovision 2017.
33. 2019 - Lost Frequencies - global chart pop. Felix De Laet's Lost Frequencies turned melodic deep house into chart-topping pop across Europe, one of Belgium's biggest modern dance exports (2019).
34. 2019 - Lost Frequencies - "Where Are You Now". Another Lost Frequencies global smash, melodic dance-pop from Belgium to the world.
35. 2020-03-15 - Tourist LeMC - Antwerp pop-hop. Tourist LeMC, bridging Flemish pop and hip-hop.
36. 2020-08-08 - Regi, Camille & The Starlings - "Zonder Jou". Regi's Flemish pop-dance juggernaut.
37. 2021-09-09 - Metejoor - "1 op de miljoen". Metejoor, a huge modern Flemish-language pop hit.
38. 2021-10-10 - Camille - Flemish pop. Camille Dhont, a leading young Flemish pop star.
39. 2022-07-07 - Pommelien Thijs - new Flemish pop. Pommelien Thijs, a breakout young Flemish pop star.
40. 2024 - Lost Frequencies - Tomorrowland mainstage. Lost Frequencies graduated to the Tomorrowland mainstage, a melodic counterpoint to the festival's big-room sound (2024).
41. 2025 - Lost Frequencies - Tomorrowland. Lost Frequencies's melodic deep house on the Tomorrowland stage (2025).
42. 2025 - Natalia - Flemish pop-soul. Natalia, the Idool breakout and a Flemish pop staple (2025).