Noordkaap
Points show how well known and in demand an act is today in Belgium and the Netherlands, based on public figures such as listeners and hits. They say nothing about the quality of a show. 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
- Active since
- 1999
- Hits since 2015
- Ik hou van u 2020 (Noordkaap & Warmste Koor) BE #33, 2020
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2025
- 4 nummers, hoogste #1149 (Wat is kunst?)
- in the list since 2021, 5 years
- per song
- Gold and platinum
- Belgium: 1 album, 0 singles
- Avanti! goud, 2000
- Biggest own venue
- Cactus, Brugge
- ±400 plaatsen
- 2022 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
Willy 57 1.9 a day VRT Radio 1 9 0.3 a day Since we track the stationWilly 1.191 1.7 a day since Dec 2024 Studio Brussel 196 0.2 a day since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 14 0.2 a day since Sep 2026 Qmusic 9 0.0 a day since Feb 2025 - Home act
- 78% of worldwide search volume comes from Belgium and the Netherlands (typically a few percent)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wat is kunst? | 1993 | 5 (2021–2025) | #1149 | #852 (2022) | #1149 (2025) |
| Een heel klein beetje oorlog | 1993 | 4 (2022–2025) | #1245 | #1229 (2024) | #1961 (2023) |
| Gigant | 1994 | 3 (2022–2025) | #1310 | #1060 (2022) | #1310 (2025) |
| Arme Joe | 1991 | 4 (2022–2025) | #1694 | #1535 (2023) | #1694 (2025) |
| Ik hou van u | 1995 | 2 (2023–2024) | – | #1510 (2024) | #1821 (2023) |
| Druk in Leuven | 1994 | 2 (2021–2024) | – | #1687 (2021) | #1931 (2024) |
| Satelliet Suzy | 1996 | 1 (2024) | – | #2060 (2024) | #2060 (2024) |
Records
Albums in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) and with gold or platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avanti! | 1999 | #10 (26 wk) | – | gold BE |
| Massis | 1999 | #7 (8 wk) | – | – |
| Programma '96 | 1996 | #8 (9 wk) | – | – |
| Manneken Pis | 1995 | #35 (5 wk) | – | – |
How popular is Noordkaap 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.
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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
- ●30/07/2022 · Cactus, Brugge
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Qmusic | Belgium | Ik Hou Van U 6 · Satelliet S.U.Z.Y 1 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Ik Hou Van U 52 · Satelliet S.U.Z.Y 50 · Arme Joe 2 · Wat Is Kunst 2 · Druk In Leuven 1 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Druk In Leuven 3 · De Belofte Jong Te Sterven 2 · Arme Joe 2 · Panamarenko 1 · Stil Verdriet 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | Wat Is Kunst 168 · Druk In Leuven 167 · Arme Joe 165 · Satelliet S.U.Z.Y 108 · Hoopvol 75 |