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K's Choice

Band Kapellen Belgium Formed 1993 Belgian indie rock band

K's Choice formed in 1993 in Kapellen, Belgium. K's Choice has 59 chart appearances on 56 radio countdowns from 21 stations on RockLists, spanning 1995–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Not An Addict”, which appears on 51 lists with a best position of #10. The station that charted K's Choice most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 16 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1997.

59appearances
56countdowns
9songs charted
21stations
0#1 finishes
1995–2025years

K's Choice, from Belgium, broke through in 1995 with "Not an Addict", from their album Paradise in Me, a slow-burning, brooding thing that builds from a murmur to a wail. At the center are 2 brothers: Sam Bettens, singing lead and playing guitar in a voice that can go smoky or searing, and Gert Bettens on guitar, keyboards and harmonies.

Cocoon Crash in 1998 widened the palette with "Everything for Free" and "Believe", big-hearted guitar pop with the same undercurrent of ache. The lineup shifted through the years around the Bettens brothers, and they have kept coming back, with Echo Mountain in 2010 bringing "Come Live the Life" and The Phantom Cowboy in 2015 offering "Private Revolution" and "Bag Full of Concrete". Since 2014 they've been joined by Bart Van Lierde on bass, Tom Lodewyckx on lead guitar, Reinout Swinnen on keys and Wim Van Der Westen on drums.

Back home, several of their albums have gone gold and platinum, and at least one recent list of '90s post-grunge bands that should have been bigger has argued they were shortchanged.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by K's Choice on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Not An Addict
2,592		 51 #10 – 1997
2 Private Revolution
84		 1 #9 – 2015
3 Almost Happy
61		 1 #89 – 2002
4 A Sound (That Only You Can Hear)
31		 1 #74 – 1997
5 Bag Full of Concrete
28		 1 #37 – 2015
6 Come live the life
25		 1 #31 – 2010
7 Perfect Scar
23		 1 #91 – 2016
8 Everything for Free
9		 1 #95 – 1998
9 Believe
7		 1 #141 – –

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

97 98 02 10 15 16

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2025 429 Not An Addict WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s
2023 498 Not An Addict WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023)
2023 390 Not An Addict The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2022 413 Not An Addict 105.9 The X July 420 (2022)
2022 501 Not An Addict The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2021 553 Not An Addict 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2019 443 Not An Addict WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019)
2016 91 Perfect Scar WBER Listener Countdown 2016
2015 9 Private Revolution Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2015
2015 37 Bag Full of Concrete Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2015
2015 448 Not An Addict WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015)
2014 991 Not An Addict CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014 422 Not An Addict WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014)
2013 944 Not An Addict CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011 899 Not An Addict CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 31 Come live the life Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2010
2010 866 Not An Addict CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 894 Not An Addict CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 940 Not An Addict CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 1001 Not An Addict CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2006 91 Not An Addict Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2006)
2005 367 Not An Addict CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 71 Not An Addict Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2005)
2005 654 Not An Addict 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004 252 Not An Addict The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004)
2004 369 Not An Addict CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 65 Not An Addict Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2004)
2003 369 Not An Addict CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 39 Not An Addict Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2003)
2002 89 (tie) Almost Happy WBER Listener Countdown 2002
2002 369 Not An Addict CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 32 Not An Addict Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2002)
2002 1628 Not An Addict Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001 369 Not An Addict CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 26 Not An Addict Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2001)
2001 472 Not An Addict WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001)
2000 369 Not An Addict CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 37 Not An Addict Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (2000)
1999 331 Not An Addict Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 639 Not An Addict The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 369 Not An Addict CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 20 Not An Addict Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1999)
1999 141 Believe Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1999)
1998 95 Everything for Free Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998
1998 33 Not An Addict Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1998)
1997 83 Not An Addict KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997
1997 94 Not An Addict Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997
1997 21 Not An Addict Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997
1997 89 Not An Addict WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997
1997 18 Not An Addict The End Top 107 Songs of 1997
1997 10 Not An Addict 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997
1997 10 Not An Addict KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997
1997 17 Not An Addict X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997
1997 51 Not An Addict WBER Listener Countdown 1997
1997 74 A Sound (That Only You Can Hear) 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997
1997 15 Not An Addict Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997
1997 49 Not An Addict Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1997)
1996 72 Not An Addict Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1996)
1995 64 Not An Addict Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1995)

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