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
- Best Kept Secret 2025
- Active since
- 2019
- Albums
- Phonetics On and On 2025
- Versions of Modern Performance 2022
- Concerts per year
- 2026 44
- 2025 47
- 2024 22
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 2,629 times in a collection
- 698 on a wishlist
- 4 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Ballroom Dance Scene / Sea Life Sandwich Boy 2021 · 112
- Versions Of Modern Performance 2022 · 1.250
- Rough Trade Super-Disc 2022 · 268
- Phonetics On And On 2025 · 999
- Biggest own venue
- Club, Borgerhout
- ±300 plaatsen
- 2025 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
KEXP 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 97 0,6 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 86 0,8 per week since Oct 2024 Studio Brussel 4 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 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, gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI), and how many Discogs members own the record. Data provided by Discogs.
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum | Discogs collections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phonetics On and On | 2025 | – | – | – | 999 |
| Versions of Modern Performance | 2022 | – | – | – | 1.250 |
Discogs: 2,629 times in a collection. 698 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Horsegirl 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | 16 | B | 18 / 85 | 62 | – | 19 | 18 | Wikipedia, search volume, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | Best Kept Secret 2025 (Festivaldag 1): Subtropisch zweten | Dansende Beren | 14/06/2025 | 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
- ●19/08/2026 · Paarse Zaal, Nijmegen
- ●17/06/2025 · Club, Borgerhout
- ▲Friday, June 2025 · Best Kept Secret
- ●03/07/2022 · Zuiderpark, Rotterdam
- ●18/06/2022 · Grote Zaal, The Hague
- ●16/06/2022 · Café, Borgerhout
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KEXP | United States | Anti-glory 7 · Rock City 5 · Switch Over 5 · Well I Know You’re Shy 3 · Julie 3 |