The historical score shows how big an act was at the time of that edition, on a scale of 100 against the biggest acts of all editions. The letter is the level by the festival's own scale. How the points work ›
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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2017
- Active since
- 2006
- Albums
- Norm 2023
- Wilds 2021
- The Neon Skyline 2020
- The Party 2016
- The Bearer of Bad News 2012
Stature
- Biggest own venue
- Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ±1.500 plaatsen
- 2023 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
VRT Radio 1 2 0,5 per week BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 6 Music 36 0,3 per week since Oct 2024 KEXP 16 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 9 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 1 3 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 2 0,2 per week since Sep 2026
Records
Studio albums, the highest position in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) with the number of weeks, and gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm | 2023 | – | – | – |
| Wilds | 2021 | – | – | – |
| The Neon Skyline | 2020 | – | – | – |
| The Party | 2016 | – | – | – |
| The Bearer of Bad News | 2012 | – | – | – |
| Darker Days | 2009 | – | – | – |
| Grandpa Songs | 2007 | – | – | – |
| Love and the Memories of It | 2006 | – | – | – |
How popular is Andy Shauf compared with other countries?
Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.
Best-known songs (Deezer)
Per edition, historical
Score measured in the twelve months before each edition, place = rank in that line-up. The letter differs per festival: an A at Best Kept Secret can be a C at Rock Werchter.
| Edition | Score | Level | Rank | Exceptional | Belgium | Netherlands | World | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2017 | 12 | C | 18 / 53 | 29 | – | – | 12 | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2017 | Best of Best Kept Secret 2017 Dag 2 | Dansende Beren | 20/06/2017 | dagverslag |
Over the years
◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert. Click the legend to switch them on or off.
Festivals and own concerts
- ●02/11/2023 · Reflektor, Liège
- ●01/11/2023 · Sint-Dionysius-kerk, Sint-Denijs
- ●26/05/2023 · De Roma, Borgerhout
- ●23/05/2023 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●07/05/2022 · CLUB, Winterslag
- ●05/05/2022 · Chapiteau, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
17 earlier dates
- ●26/04/2022 · Doornroosje, Nijmegen
- ●25/04/2022 · Rotown, Rotterdam
- ●24/04/2022 · Pandora, Utrecht
- ●04/11/2018 · Molen de Ster, Utrecht
- ●02/11/2018 · Trix, Borgerhout
- ▲Saturday, June 2017 · Best Kept Secret
- ●04/06/2017 · DOKbox, Ghent
- ●16/02/2017 · La Rotonde, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●15/02/2017 · Merleyn, Nijmegen
- ●12/02/2017 · Zenderzaal, Radio Kootwijk
- ●23/05/2016 · Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●19/05/2016 · Le Musée, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●28/04/2016 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●12/09/2015 · Kleine Zaal, Groningen
- ●06/09/2015 · Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●22/05/2015 · Merleyn, Nijmegen
- ●06/05/2015 · Muziekodroom, Hasselt
Place among all acts on this site: 80 = viewed or searched more than 80% of the other acts that month. The thick line is the average.
Studio Brussel since August 2023, NPO 3FM and KINK since 2020, the other stations since late October 2026. "Compare countries" shows the average per station.
Songs per station, last 18 months
| Station | Country | Most played |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Neon Skyline 1 · Living Room 1 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Losing 1 · Wasted On You 1 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | The Magician 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Things I Do 2 · The Magician 2 |