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 2026
- Active since
- 2014
- Albums
- City of Clowns 2025
- Renegade Breakdown 2020
- Working Class Woman 2018
- Adieux au Dancefloor 2016
- Un autre voyage 2015
- Concerts per year
- 2026 13
- 2025 34
- 2024 16
- 2017 15
- 2016 3
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 3,366 times in a collection
- 2,661 on a wishlist
- 18 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Perte D'Identité 2014 · 148
- Adieux Au Dancefloor 2016 · 527
- Whatever Makes You Feel Safe 2017 · 133
- So Right 2018 · 212
- Working Class Woman 2018 · 174
- Chasing The Light 2019 · 536
- Workaholic Paranoid Bitch (Nina Kraviz Remix) / Day Dreaming (Afrodeutsche Remix) 2019 · 203
- Renegade Breakdown 2020 · 540
- Y.A.A.M. 2024 · 127
- City Of Clowns 2025 · 524
All 18 releases
- Marie Davidson 2012 · 13
- Perte D'Identité 2014 · 148
- L'Espoir Est Mon Sentiment Le Plus Noir / Vaste Obscurité 2014 · 82
- Un Autre Voyage 2015 · 50
- Adieux Au Dancefloor 2016 · 527
- Whatever Makes You Feel Safe 2017 · 133
- So Right 2018 · 212
- Working Class Woman 2018 · 174
- Workaholic Paranoid Bitch (Nina Kraviz Workaholic Remix) 2018 · 6
- Chasing The Light 2019 · 536
- Workaholic Paranoid Bitch (Nina Kraviz Remix) / Day Dreaming (Afrodeutsche Remix) 2019 · 203
- Renegade Breakdown 2020 · 540
- C'est Parce Que J'm'en Fous (Jlin Remix) 2021 · 1
- Jesus Was An Alien 2022 · 7
- Y.A.A.M. 2024 · 127
- Contrarian 2024 · 77
- City Of Clowns (MDJ Tools) 2025 · 6
- City Of Clowns 2025 · 524
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
Studio Brussel 5 1,2 per week BBC Radio 6 Music 3 0,7 per week KEXP 2 0,5 per week MNM 1 0,2 per week BBC Radio 1 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 6 Music 287 2,6 per week since Oct 2024 KEXP 126 0,8 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 83 0,5 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 1 80 0,5 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 19 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 MNM 1 0,1 per week since Sep 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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Clowns | 2025 | – | – | – | 524 |
| Renegade Breakdown | 2020 | – | – | – | 540 |
| Working Class Woman | 2018 | – | – | – | 174 |
| Adieux au Dancefloor | 2016 | – | – | – | 527 |
| Un autre voyage | 2015 | – | – | – | 50 |
| Perte d'identité | 2014 | – | – | – | 148 |
Discogs: 3,366 times in a collection. 2,661 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Marie Davidson 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 2026 | – | C | 41 / 82 | 100 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, search volume, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2026 | Best Kept Secret 2026 (Festivaldag 3): Dolfijn | Dansende Beren | 15/06/2026 | 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 · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MNM | Belgium | Work It 2 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Work It 34 |
| Willy | Belgium | Work It 1 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | Heat 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Work It 10 · Sexy Clown 10 · Fun Times 8 · Demolition 4 · Watch Me 2 |