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Career
- Line-ups
- Pukkelpop 2022
- Active since
- 1975
- Albums
- Souviens-toi d'aimer 2019
- Blue-Eyed Soul! 2011
- Hits since 2015
- Sprinter (Dave & Central Cee) NL #3, 2023
- Raindance (Dave feat. Tems) NL #5, 2025
- Sprinter (Dave & Central Cee) BE #21, 2023
- Starlight NL #26, 2022
- Raindance (Dave feat. Tems) BE #29, 2026
- Cheat On Me (Burna Boy feat. Dave) NL #46, 2023
Stature
- Gold and platinum
- Belgium: 1 album, 4 singles
- The Boy Who Played The Harp goud, 2026
the Netherlands: 0 albums, 4 singles- Location platina, 2026
- Starlight platina, 2026
- Raindance platina, 2026
- Sprinter platina, 2026
- Biggest own venue
- Cirque Royal / Koninklijk Circus, Brussels
- ±2.000 plaatsen
- 2024 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 1 38 1.3 a day DR P3 16 0.5 a day NPO 3FM 10 0.3 a day BBC Radio 6 Music 7 0.2 a day VRT Radio 1 3 0.1 a day Willy 3 0.1 a day Studio Brussel 2 0.1 a day Radio Nova 2 0.1 a day Since we track the stationBBC Radio 1 2.285 2.1 a day since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 386 0.4 a day since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 117 0.2 a day since Nov 2024 Studio Brussel 106 0.1 a day since Nov 2023 Willy 68 0.1 a day since Dec 2024 KEXP 38 0.0 a day since Nov 2023 DR P3 16 0.5 a day since Oct 2026 VRT Radio 1 3 0.1 a day 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Souviens-toi d'aimer | 2019 | – | – | – |
| Blue-Eyed Soul! | 2011 | – | – | – |
| Tout le plaisir a été pour moi | 2006 | – | – | – |
| Doux Tam Tam | 2004 | – | – | – |
| Soit dit and passant | 2001 | – | – | – |
| Dansez maintenant | 2000 | – | – | – |
| Classique | 1998 | – | – | – |
| Toujours le même bleu | 1996 | – | – | – |
| Dave | 1993 | – | – | – |
| Voyager | 1985 | – | – | – |
| Par pudeur | 1982 | – | – | – |
| L'Année de l'amour | 1981 | – | – | – |
| Côté cœur | 1979 | – | – | – |
| Pour que tu me comprennes… | 1978 | – | – | – |
| Tant qu'il y aura... | 1976 | – | – | – |
Other albums in the charts or with gold or platinum (live, compilations, reissues):
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Boy Who Played The Harp | 2025 | #4 (19 wk) | #2 (32 wk) | gold BE |
| We're All Alone In This Together | 2021 | #10 (47 wk) | #6 (21 wk) | – |
| Psychodrama | 2019 | #164 (3 wk) | #26 (7 wk) | – |
singles met goud of platina: Belgium 4, the Netherlands 4.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2022 | 30 | B | 28 / 137 | 41 | 36 | 32 | – | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2022 | Pukkelpop 2022 (Festivaldag 3): Lekker blijven hangen | Dansende Beren | 21/08/2022 | 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
- ●31/03/2025 · Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam
- ●31/05/2024 · Cirque Royal / Koninklijk Circus, Brussels
- ●14/01/2024 · Forum, Liège
- ▲Saturday, August 2022 · Pukkelpop
- ●22/05/2022 · Elisabethpark / Parc Elisabeth, Koekelberg
- ●17/01/2015 · Spiroudome, Charleroi
7 earlier dates
- ●16/01/2015 · Spiroudome, Charleroi
- ●23/02/1979 · Vorst Nationaal / Forest National, Vorst / Forest
- ●21/01/1978 · Vorst Nationaal / Forest National, Vorst / Forest
- ●18/03/1977 · Vorst Nationaal / Forest National, Vorst / Forest
- ●16/07/1969 · Casino, Knokke
- ●12/07/1969 · Casino, Knokke
- ●26/02/1969 · Circustheater, Scheveningen
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NPO 3FM | Netherlands | Raindance 2 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Raindance 99 · Black 2 · Doesn't Just Happen 2 · Location 1 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Soul Man 2 · Hold On I'm Comin' 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | Soul Man 56 · Hold On, I'm Comin' 1 |
| 1LIVE | Germany | Raindance 1 |
| BBC Radio 1 | United Kingdom | Sprinter 1 |
| DR P3 | Denmark | Raindance 16 |
| KEXP | United States | Soul Man 3 · Doesn’t Just Happen 3 · Lazarus 3 · Raindance 1 · I Take What I Want 1 |
| Radio Nova | France | Raindance 2 |
| egoFM | Germany | Soul Man 1 |