Ultratop

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Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts. Ultratop is a non-profit organization, created on the initiative of the Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA), the Belgian member organization of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.12

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Ultratop charts and regional versions

The music charts produced by Ultratop are separated along regional-language boundaries, an unusual division that is justified by the cultural differences in Belgium. So it is that the Dutch-speaking Flanders region has one set of charts of record activity there, while the French-speaking Wallonia region has another set to measure popularity in those provinces. All of the charts generated by Ultratop are published in three different languages: Dutch, primarily for the Flemish inhabitants of Flanders; French, primarily for the Walloons in Wallonia; and English.

In Flanders the most important charts are the Ultratop 50 singles and the Ultratop 200 albums. In Wallonia the most important charts are the Ultratop 40 singles and the Ultratop 200 albums (the Flemish and Walloon charts are separate). The rankings in all of these charts are based on record sales. The charts are broadcast on several Belgian radio stations, and on TV stations TMF in Flanders and Plug TV in Wallonia.1 In addition to the Ultratop charts, Ultratop also produces singles charts named "Ultratip"; these, too, are produced separately for the Flanders and Wallonia regions.

Ultratip

Ultratip (also referred to as "Tipparade") is a Belgian chart of commercially-available singles, with chart positions based on a combination of sales and airplay (i.e., the number of times a song is played on the radio or television, combined with the calculated audience size for a station, region or language).1 Two Ultratip charts are published weekly, the Ultratip 100 [1] in Flemish markets and Ultratip 50 [2] in Walllon markets. Ultratip differs from the Ultratop charts, in that Ultratip charts depend mostly on airplay, whereas Ultratop charts are based solely on sales; however, it should be noted that a song cannot chart on the Ultratip chart on airplay figures alone.3

Records

In Flanders

Singles

Note: Ultratop's all-time singles record (at Ultratop) has been updated to combine the Ultratop data (from 1995 onwards) with the earlier official charts dating back to late 1954. Therefore the singles statistics here actually reflect a combination of charts that are successive but independent of each other.

Most top 50 singles
Longest at number 1
  • 16 weeks: "Kvraagetaan" by Fixkes
Longest noted overall
Other records
  • Biggest leap to the number 1 position was for Elton John with "Candle in the Wind 1997". It jumped from the 46th position, directly to the number 1 spot in September 1997.
  • The record of most songs in the top 100 at the same moment is held by Natalia. In June 2007 she charted with 10 songs.

Albums

Most top 50 albums
Most number 1 albums
  • Helmut Lotti and Clouseau: 8
  • K3 and Marco Borsato: 7
  • U2, Michael Jackson and Samson & Gert: 6
  • Celine Dion and Madonna: 5
Longest stay in the charts

In Wallonia

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ultratop Belgian Charts". Ultratop.be. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2010-05-31. 
  2. ^ "LINKS - Local record industry associations". IFPI. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  3. ^ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". Ultratop.be. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-08-23. 
  4. ^ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". Ultratop.be. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-09-23. 

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