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Career
- Line-ups
- Pinkpop 2018, Pinkpop 2023, Pinkpop 2026
- Active since
- 2017
- Hits since 2015
- Soldier On NL #18, 2020
- Through The Looking Glass NL #41, 2022
- How My Heart Was Won NL #65, 2023
- My Blood NL #73, 2024
- Concerts per year
- 2026 35
- 2025 11
- 2023 41
- 2022 70
- 2018 60
- 2017 54
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Gold and platinum
- the Netherlands: 7 albums, 8 singles
- Sphinx platina, 2026
- Wild Hearts platina, 2025
- Sphinx goud, 2024
- Wild Hearts goud, 2021
- and 3 more
- Discogs
- 4,418 times in a collection
- 572 on a wishlist
- 35 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Discover 2001 · 437
- All Systems Go! 2005 · 270
- Time Will Heal Our Senses 2011 · 266
- Rolling With The Punches 2017 · 237
- Wild Hearts 2020 · 169
- Residentie Orkest Sessions 2022 · 243
- Residentie Orkest Sessions Pt. II 2023 · 221
- Sphinx 2024 · 841
- Live In De Kuip 2025 · 606
- I: Keep The Fire On 2026 · 279
All 35 releases
- Discover 2001 · 437
- Don't Kill Me Tonight 2003 · 29
- Rollercoaster 2003 · 18
- She 2003 · 9
- All Systems Go! 2005 · 270
- Blind For You 2005 · 51
- Webcam Girl 2005 · 16
- Hungry For Love 2005 · 3
- A Good Thing 2007 · 17
- Bring Down Tomorrow 2007 · 2
- Johnny 2007 · 14
- Live & Acoustic 2008 · 167
- I Forget Your Name 2008 · 7
- Times Are Changing 2009 · 24
- This Is Who We Are 2010 · 65
- This Is Who We Are 2010 · 19
- Long Way Home 2011 · 5
- Young Ones 2011 · 8
- Time Will Heal Our Senses 2011 · 266
- Where We Belong 2013 · 7
- Daydreams In A Blackout 2014 · 95
- Invincible 2014 · 4
- Fired Up 2016 · 9
- Fired Up 2016 · 123
- Rolling With The Punches 2017 · 237
- Rockstar 2017 · 1
- Ricochet 2017 · 1
- De Duif Sessions 2019 · 59
- Nothing To Lose 2019 · 96
- Wild Hearts 2020 · 169
- Residentie Orkest Sessions 2022 · 243
- Residentie Orkest Sessions Pt. II 2023 · 221
- Sphinx 2024 · 841
- Live In De Kuip 2025 · 606
- I: Keep The Fire On 2026 · 279
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
Qmusic NL 82 2.7 a day NPO 3FM 75 2.5 a day KINK 1 0.0 a day Since we track the stationNPO 3FM 2.456 2.2 a day since Nov 2023 Qmusic NL 186 1.9 a day since Aug 2026 KINK 84 0.1 a day since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 1 2 0.0 a day since Nov 2023 - Airplay Top 40 (NL)
- 20 weeks in the last twelve months, best position 7
Records
Albums in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) and with gold or platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum | Discogs collections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I: Keep The Fire On | 2026 | – | #1 (2 wk) | – | 279 |
| Live in de Kuip | 2025 | – | #1 (2 wk) | – | 606 |
| Sphinx Clubtour 2024 | 2025 | – | #100 (1 wk) | – | – |
| Sphinx | 2024 | – | #2 (6 wk) | gold NL, platinum NL | 841 |
| Residentie Orkest Sessions | 2023 | – | #6 (3 wk) | – | 243 |
| Wild Hearts | 2020 | – | #2 (21 wk) | gold NL, platinum NL | 169 |
| Rolling With The Punches | 2017 | – | #6 (5 wk) | – | 237 |
| Daydreams In A Blackout | 2014 | – | #1 (17 wk) | – | 95 |
| Time Will Heal Our Senses | 2011 | – | #6 (21 wk) | – | 266 |
| This Is Who We Are | 2010 | – | #3 (28 wk) | gold NL | 65 |
| Di-rect doet Tommy | 2008 | – | #53 (7 wk) | – | – |
| Live & Acoustic | 2008 | – | #14 (8 wk) | – | 167 |
| Di-rect | 2007 | – | #2 (9 wk) | – | – |
| All Systems Go! | 2005 | – | #1 (28 wk) | – | 270 |
| Over The Moon | 2003 | – | #2 (26 wk) | gold NL | – |
| Discover | 2001 | – | #14 (68 wk) | gold NL | 437 |
Discogs: 4.418 keer in een collectie. 572 times on een verlanglijst; singles met goud of platina: Belgium 0, the Netherlands 8.
How popular is Di-rect compared with other countries?
Bigger in the Netherlands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinkpop 2018 | 21 | C | 26 / 44 | 100 | 16 | 23 | 22 | Wikipedia, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pinkpop 2023 | 33 | B | 16 / 49 | 44 | 24 | 41 | 20 | Wikipedia, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pinkpop 2026 | 52 | A | 7 / 71 | 22 | 44 | 63 | 32 | Wikipedia, search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinkpop 2026 | 7 must-sees op de zondag van Pinkpop 2026 | Festileaks | 17/06/2026 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2026 | Pinkpop 2026 (Festivaldag 3): Saunaclub Megaland | Dansende Beren | 22/06/2026 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2026 | De 7 hoogtepunten van de zondag van Pinkpop 2026 | Festileaks | 22/06/2026 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2023 | Pinkpop 2023 (Festivaldag 3): Kleurrijke momenten op een grijze dag | Dansende Beren | 19/06/2023 | 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 2026 · Pinkpop
- ▲Sunday, June 2023 · Pinkpop
- ▲Sunday, June 2018 · Pinkpop
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 | My Friend 8 · Through The Looking Glass 1 · Inside My Head 1 |
| Qmusic NL | Netherlands | My Friend 139 · My Blood 23 · Soldier On 13 · Through The Looking Glass 11 |