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
Probability estimates remain estimates and are not an official announcement.
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2025
- Active since
- 2017
- Albums
- Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild 2024
- Moonth 2020
- Ideal for a Light Flow With Your Body 2017
- Concerts per year
- 2026 15
- 2025 46
- 2024 11
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 160 times in a collection
- 44 on a wishlist
- 3 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Ride Every Day 2020 · 5
- Moonth 2020 · 2
- Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild 2024 · 153
Today
- Radio
- Since we track the station
KEXP 46 0,3 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0,0 per week since Nov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild | 2024 | – | – | – | 153 |
| Moonth | 2020 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Ideal for a Light Flow With Your Body | 2017 | – | – | – | – |
Discogs: 160 times in a collection. 44 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Merce Lemon 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 | – | C | 43 / 85 | 100 | – | 11 | – | 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 3): Rood stof | Dansende Beren | 16/06/2025 | 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
- ▲Sunday, June 2025 · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KEXP | United States | Backyard Lover 5 · Foolish and Fast 3 · Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild 2 · Birdseed 2 · Will You Do Me a Kindness 1 |