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
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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2023
- Active since
- 2004
- Albums
- False Lankum 2023
- The Livelong Day 2019
- Between the Earth and Sky 2017
- Cold Old Fire 2014
- Concerts per year
- 2026 0
- 2025 12
- 2023 38
- 2022 2
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 3,634 times in a collection
- 934 on a wishlist
- 6 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Cold Old Fire ? · 10
- Between The Earth And Sky 2017 · 1.142
- The Livelong Day 2019 · 1.827
- False Lankum 2023 · 433
- Live in Dublin 2023 · 215
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 6 Music 2 0,5 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 6 Music 20 0,2 per week since Nov 2024 Willy 1 0,0 per week since Dec 2024 KEXP 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| False Lankum | 2023 | #83 (3 wk) | #40 (1 wk) | – | 433 |
| The Livelong Day | 2019 | – | – | – | 1.827 |
| Between the Earth and Sky | 2017 | – | – | – | 1.142 |
| Cold Old Fire | 2014 | – | – | – | 10 |
| Lynched | 2009 | – | – | – | – |
| Where Did We Go Wrong?! | 2004 | – | – | – | – |
Discogs: 3,634 times in a collection. 934 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Lankum 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)
Peaky Blinders - The Immortal Man (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
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.
| Edition | Score | Level | Rank | Exceptional | Belgium | Netherlands | World | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2023 | – | C | 46 / 50 | 100 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2023 | Best Kept Secret 2023 (Festivaldag 2): Door het stof gehaald | Dansende Beren | 11/06/2023 | 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
- ▲Saturday, June 2023 · Best Kept Secret
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Willy | Belgium | Ghost Town 1 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | What Will We Do When We Have No Money? 1 |