Dirty Projectors
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 ›
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Pukkelpop 2018
- Active since
- 2002
- Albums
- Song of the Earth 2025
- Lamp Lit Prose 2018
- Dirty Projectors 2017
- Swing Lo Magellan 2012
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 6 Music 2 0,5 per week VRT Radio 1 1 0,2 per week Radio Nova 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 6 Music 57 0,5 per week since Oct 2024 KEXP 26 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 1 0,1 per week since Sep 2026 Radio Nova 1 0,2 per week since Oct 2026 Willy 1 0,0 per week since Dec 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song of the Earth | 2025 | – | – | – |
| Lamp Lit Prose | 2018 | #122 (3 wk) | – | – |
| Dirty Projectors | 2017 | #84 (3 wk) | – | – |
| Swing Lo Magellan | 2012 | #47 (10 wk) | – | – |
| Bitte Orca | 2009 | – | – | – |
| Rise Above | 2007 | – | – | – |
| The Getty Address | 2005 | – | – | – |
| Slaves’ Graves & Ballads | 2004 | – | – | – |
| The Glad Fact | 2003 | – | – | – |
| Three Brown Finches | 2002 | – | – | – |
How popular is Dirty Projectors 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2018 | 13 | D | 43 / 113 | 89 | 11 | – | 17 | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2018 | Pukkelpop 2018: Festivaldag 2 | Dansende Beren | 17/08/2018 | 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
- ▲Thursday, August 2018 · Pukkelpop
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 |
|---|---|---|
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Break-thru 1 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | Stillness Is the Move 1 · Overlord 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Stillness Is the Move 6 · Gun Has No Trigger 2 · Inner World 2 · Ascending Melody 1 · Lose Your Love 1 |
| Radio Nova | France | On and Ever Onward 1 |