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 2022
- Active since
- 2017
- Albums
- Hellfire 2022
- Cavalcade: Covercade 2021
- Cavalcade 2021
- Schlagenheim 2019
Today
- Radio
- Since we track the station
BBC Radio 6 Music 38 0,4 per week since Nov 2024 KEXP 24 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hellfire | 2022 | #90 (2 wk) | – | – |
| Cavalcade: Covercade | 2021 | – | – | – |
| Cavalcade | 2021 | #66 (2 wk) | – | – |
| Schlagenheim | 2019 | #113 (4 wk) | – | – |
How popular is black midi compared with other countries?
Bigger in the United Kingdom than you would expect.
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 2022 | 15 | B | 21 / 50 | 100 | 17 | – | 12 | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2022 | Best Kept Secret (Festivaldag 3): En we leefden nog lang en gelukkig… | Dansende Beren | 13/06/2022 | 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
- ▲Sunday, June 2022 · Best Kept Secret
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 | Talking Heads 1 |
| KEXP | United States | bmbmbm 2 · Speedway 2 · 952 1 · Welcome to Hell 1 · Bmbmbm 1 |