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Career
- Line-ups
- Pinkpop 2022
- Active since
- 1996
- Albums
- Yesterwynde 2024
- Human. :||: Nature. 2020
- Endless Forms Most Beautiful 2015
- Imaginaerum 2011
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2025
- 1 nummer, hoogste #896 (Ghost Love Score)
- in the list since 2021, 4 years
- per song
- Awards
- Echo gewonnen
- MTV Award gewonnen 2008
- MTV Award genomineerd x3 2005, 2007, 2008
- Biggest own venue
- Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
- ±17.000 plaatsen
- 2022 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
RADIO BOB! 3 0,7 per week Kerrang! Radio 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationStudio Brussel 3 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 RADIO BOB! 3 0,6 per week since Oct 2026 NPO 3FM 3 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 KINK 3 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 2 0,0 per week since Dec 2024 BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0,0 per week since Oct 2024 Kerrang! Radio 1 0,2 per week since Oct 2026
De Tijdloze on StuBru
De Tijdloze is the all-time list of Studio Brussel, the Flemish rock station. Listeners vote for their favourite songs every year, and since 1987 StuBru has broadcast the top 100 at the end of December. Since 2019 the rest of the vote is known as well: 500 places in 2019, around 2,000 since 2021. A place above 100 did not make the broadcast. The figures come from tijdloze.rocks, an independent site that keeps every list since 1987. Click a column header to sort.
| Song | From | Years in the list | 2025 | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost Love Score | 2004 | 4 (2021–2025) | #896 | #580 (2022) | #1307 (2021) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yesterwynde | 2024 | #12 (4 wk) | #4 (5 wk) | – |
| Human. :||: Nature. | 2020 | #11 (15 wk) | #2 (7 wk) | – |
| Endless Forms Most Beautiful | 2015 | #14 (45 wk) | #3 (17 wk) | – |
| Imaginaerum | 2011 | #44 (12 wk) | #24 (9 wk) | – |
| Dark Passion Play | 2007 | #18 (27 wk) | #5 (11 wk) | – |
| Once | 2004 | #30 (21 wk) | #11 (15 wk) | – |
| Century Child | 2002 | – | #41 (10 wk) | – |
| Wishmaster | 2000 | – | – | – |
| Oceanborn | 1998 | – | – | – |
| Angels Fall First | 1997 | – | – | – |
Other albums in the charts or with gold or platinum (live, compilations, reissues):
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decades - Live In Buenos Aires | 2019 | #196 (1 wk) | #50 (1 wk) | – |
| Decades | 2018 | #25 (12 wk) | #68 (2 wk) | – |
| Showtime, Storytime | 2013 | #184 (1 wk) | – | – |
| Made In Hong Kong (And In Various Other Places) | 2009 | #50 (5 wk) | #20 (1 wk) | – |
| End Of An Era | 2006 | #40 (11 wk) | – | – |
| Highest Hopes - The Best Of Nightwish | 2005 | #51 (3 wk) | #41 (5 wk) | – |
Awards
Awards won and nominations according to Wikidata (major awards only; counted per category).
| Award | Won | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| MTV Award | 1 (2008) | 3 |
| Echo | 1 | – |
How popular is Nightwish compared with other countries?
Much bigger in Poland than you would expect; bigger in Germany and the Netherlands than you would expect.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinkpop 2022 | 54 | A | 7 / 49 | 63 | 53 | 54 | 58 | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinkpop 2022 | Volle bak op Pinkpop 2022: 70.000 bezoekers op vrijdag en zaterdag | Festileaks | 16/06/2022 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2022 | Pinkpop (Festivaldag 1): Gitaren en beats onder een stralende zon | Dansende Beren | 18/06/2022 | 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
- ●28/11/2022 · Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
- ●27/11/2022 · Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
- ●20/11/2022 · Lotto Arena, Merksem
- ▲Friday, June 2022 · Pinkpop
- ●26/11/2018 · Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
- ●07/11/2018 · Lotto Arena, Merksem
25 earlier dates
- ●02/06/2018 · Goffertpark, Nijmegen
- ●17/12/2015 · Lotto Arena, Merksem
- ●20/11/2015 · Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
- ●19/11/2015 · Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
- ●08/08/2015 · Sport Campus Lange Munte, Kortrijk
- ●16/04/2012 · Vorst Nationaal / Forest National, Vorst / Forest
- ●13/04/2012 · Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
- ●15/03/2009 · Ahoy, Rotterdam
- ●14/03/2009 · Vorst Nationaal / Forest National, Vorst / Forest
- ●23/03/2008 · Lotto Arena, Merksem
- ●21/03/2008 · Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
- ●19/08/2005 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●21/02/2005 · Oktoberhallen, Wieze
- ●11/02/2005 · Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
- ●08/11/2004 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●07/11/2004 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●05/06/2004 · Goffertpark, Nijmegen
- ●28/08/2002 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●20/08/2002 · Hof Ter Lo, Borgerhout
- ●07/11/2000 · Oude Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●05/11/2000 · Biebob, Vosselaar
- ●06/08/2000 · Axionhal, Geel
- ●15/05/2000 · Biebob, Vosselaar
- ●20/11/1999 · Biebob, Vosselaar
- ●18/11/1999 · Vera, Groningen
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Wish I Had An Angel 1 · Ghost Love Score 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | Storytime 1 · Planet Hell 1 |
| Kerrang! Radio | United Kingdom | Nemo 1 |
| RADIO BOB! | Germany | Last Ride of the Day 1 |