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 ›
Chances for 2027
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2016
- Active since
- 2012
- Albums
- Julia 2026
- Time on My Hands (lo‐fi version) 2023
- Time on My Hands 2022
- Bury the Moon 2020
- Sátt 2020
Stature
- Biggest own venue
- Grote Zaal, Utrecht
- ±2.000 plaatsen
- 2022 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
VRT Radio 1 6 1,4 per week FluxFM 5 1,2 per week egoFM 4 0,9 per week FIP Rock 1 0,2 per week FM4 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationStudio Brussel 21 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 11 1,2 per week since Sep 2026 BBC Radio 6 Music 5 0,0 per week since Oct 2024 FluxFM 5 1,0 per week since Oct 2026 egoFM 4 0,8 per week since Oct 2026 KEXP 4 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 3 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 FIP Rock 1 0,2 per week since Oct 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia | 2026 | – | – | – |
| Time on My Hands (lo‐fi version) | 2023 | – | – | – |
| Time on My Hands | 2022 | – | – | – |
| Bury the Moon | 2020 | #162 (2 wk) | – | – |
| Sátt | 2020 | – | – | – |
| Afterglow | 2017 | #68 (8 wk) | #58 (1 wk) | – |
| In the Silence | 2013 | #42 (21 wk) | #36 (6 wk) | – |
| Dýrð í dauðaþögn | 2012 | – | – | – |
How popular is Ásgeir 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 2016 | 20 | B | 20 / 64 | 27 | 19 | 21 | 22 | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
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
- ●16/09/2026 · Le Musée, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●16/09/2026 · Botanique Museum, Brussel
- ●10/09/2026 · Kleine Zaal, Groningen
- ●09/09/2026 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●22/02/2026 · Concerto, Amsterdam
- ●19/02/2026 · Paviljoen De Rivieren / Pavillion Les Tarins, Ganshoren
43 earlier dates
- ●25/09/2025 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●19/09/2025 · Vooruit, Ghent
- ●05/12/2023 · Kleine Zaal, Groningen
- ●04/12/2023 · Hertz, Utrecht
- ●24/11/2023 · Club, Borgerhout
- ●16/09/2023 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●11/06/2023 · Zuiderparktheater, The Hague
- ●09/06/2023 · The Max, Amsterdam
- ●08/06/2023 · Openluchttheater De Goffert, Nijmegen
- ●17/10/2022 · Grote Zaal, Utrecht
- ●03/10/2022 · Paterskerk, Eindhoven
- ●02/10/2022 · Le Musée, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●20/02/2020 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●19/02/2020 · Stadsschouwburg, Groningen
- ●18/02/2020 · TR Schouwburg, Rotterdam
- ●14/02/2020 · L’Orangerie, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●23/02/2019 · Sint-Dionysius-kerk, Sint-Denijs
- ●22/02/2019 · Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk / L'église Notre-Dame de Laeken, Laken / Laeken
- ●21/02/2019 · De Duif, Amsterdam
- ●20/02/2019 · Sint-Stevenskerk, Nijmegen
- ●19/10/2017 · Ronda, Utrecht
- ●14/10/2017 · De Oosterpoort, Groningen
- ●10/08/2017 · Openluchttheater Caprera, Bloemendaal
- ●09/08/2017 · Stadsschouwburg, Bruges
- ●09/08/2017 · Cactus, Brugge
- ●18/05/2017 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●16/05/2017 · Cirque Royal / Koninklijk Circus, Brussels
- ●12/03/2017 · Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam
- ▲Sunday, June 2016 · Best Kept Secret
- ●24/08/2015 · Amsterdamse Bostheater, Amstelveen
- ●04/09/2014 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●25/05/2014 · Chapiteau, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●05/04/2014 · Grote Zaal, Zwolle
- ●04/04/2014 · nhow, Rotterdam
- ●03/04/2014 · De Centrale, Ghent
- ●16/01/2014 · 3FM-studio, Groningen
- ●03/12/2013 · La Rotonde, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●16/11/2013 · Kleine Zaal, The Hague
- ●19/08/2013 · Openluchttheater Rivierenhof, Deurne
- ●18/07/2013 · Valkhofpark, Nijmegen
- ●17/07/2013 · Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
- ●03/02/2013 · La Rotonde, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●09/01/2013 · Grand Theatre, Groningen
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 | Against The Current 3 · Smoke 3 · Julia 2 · King And Cross 2 · Sugar Clouds 1 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Hunter 10 · Unbound 1 |
| FIP Rock | France | On That Day 1 |
| FM4 | Oostenrijk | Snowblind 1 |
| FluxFM | Germany | Infinity 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Dimmuborgir 1 |
| egoFM | Germany | Snowblind 1 · Myndir 1 |