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David Kushner
Photo: Drew de F Fawkes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

David Kushner

Popularity today
43
Belgium 46 · the Netherlands 36 · Worldwide 44 · on a scale of 100
Score back then at Rock Werchter 2025
27
Belgium 27 · Netherlands 28 · Worldwide 28 · level C

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

Probability estimates remain estimates and are not an official announcement.

No rumours, no inside knowledge. Tap Why? for the reasons.

(Nearly) impossible
Why?
few indications of a booking yetno shows planned around the festivalnothing suggests this act is in Europe at that timeno concrete indication of a booking
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
few indications of a booking yetno shows planned around the festivalnothing suggests this act is in Europe at that timeno concrete indication of a booking
(Nearly) impossible
If this act plays this festival: 38 points (C), now 10 of 10 acts
Why?
few indications of a booking yetno shows planned around the festivalplayed here two years ago, and returning that soon is rarenothing suggests this act is in Europe at that time
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
few indications of a booking yetno shows planned around the festivalnothing suggests this act is in Europe at that timeno concrete indication of a booking
Figures
Spotify listeners
12.757.205
Deezer 147.096 · streams per day 1.334.880
Last.fm listeners
1.052.007
rank 881 in Belgium · rank 1164 in the Netherlands
Instagram followers
2.017.107
@david.kushner · updated on 04/11/2026
Search interest
80
Belgium 80 · the Netherlands 70 · rank on a scale of 100
Wikipedia, 12 months
192.429
EN 192.384 · NL 45 · FR 0

indiefolksinger-songwriterpopalternative

Career

Line-ups
Rock Werchter 2025
Active since
2023
Hits since 2015
  • Daylight NL #1, 2023
  • Daylight BE #2, 2023
  • Miserable Man NL #57, 2022
Concerts per year
  • 2026 1
  • 2025 37
  • 2024 38
  • 2023 34
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.

Stature

Gold and platinum
Belgium: 0 albums, 4 singles
  • In My Bones goud, 2024
  • Daylight platina x2, 2023
  • Daylight platina, 2023
  • Daylight goud, 2023
the Netherlands: 0 albums, 1 single
  • Daylight goud, 2023
Discogs
  • 897 times in a collection
  • 337 on a wishlist
  • 2 uitgaven
Per album, times in a collection
  • Footprints I Found 2022 · 602
  • The Dichotomy 2024 · 295

Today

Radio
Last 30 days
MNM10,2 per week
1LIVE10,2 per week
NPO 3FM10,2 per week
Since we track the station
BBC Radio 11120,7 per weeksince Nov 2023
NPO 3FM990,6 per weeksince Nov 2023
Studio Brussel570,4 per weeksince Nov 2023
Qmusic240,3 per weeksince Feb 2025
MNM20,2 per weeksince Sep 2026
1LIVE10,2 per weeksince Oct 2026
Similar to
Chance Peña, Dean Lewis, Matt Hansen, Alex Warren, Tom Odell, Mark Ambor

Records

Albums in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) and with gold or platinum (BEA, NVPI).

AlbumYearBelgian album chartDutch album chartGold/platinumDiscogs collections
The Dichotomy2024#97 (2 wk)#74 (1 wk)–295
Footprints I Found2023#114 (10 wk)––602

Discogs: 897 keer in een collectie. 337 times on een verlanglijst; singles met goud of platina: Belgium 4, the Netherlands 1.

Best-known songs (Deezer)

Daylight
Daylight (Reimagined)
op Deezer
I Walk Away
I Walk Away
op Deezer
Mr. Forgettable
Footprints I Found
op 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.

EditionScoreLevelRankExceptionalBelgiumNetherlandsWorldSources
Rock Werchter 202527C29 / 92100272828Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature

Reviews and reports

Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.

EditionTitelBronDateSoort
Rock Werchter 2025Rock Werchter 2025 (Festivaldag 4): Rien ne va parapluDansende Beren07/07/2025dagverslag

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

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
StationCountryMost played
MNMBelgiumDaylight 2
Studio BrusselBelgiumDaylight 5
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