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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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Pinkpop 2024, Rock Werchter 2025, Pukkelpop 2025, Pinkpop 2025, Best Kept Secret 2026
- Active since
- 2023
- Albums
- Gedoe 2025
- Per ongeluk 2023
- Hits since 2015
- Nu wij niet meer praten (Jaap Reesema & Pommelien Thijs) BE #1, 2020
- Ongewoon BE #1, 2022
- Erop of eronder BE #1, 2023
- Het beste moet nog komen BE #1, 2024
- Het midden (Pommelien Thijs & Meau) BE #1, 2024
- Atlas BE #1, 2025
- Concerts per year
- 2026 29
- 2025 56
- 2024 73
- 2023 67
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Gold and platinum
- Belgium: 0 albums, 12 singles
- Atlas platina x4, 2025
- Ben je klaar? platina, 2025
- Cassandra goud, 2025
- Ik moet gaan goud, 2025
- and 8 more
the Netherlands: 1 album, 1 single- Gedoe goud, 2026
- Discogs
- 1,871 times in a collection
- 184 on a wishlist
- 3 uitgaven
Per album, times in a collection- Per Ongeluk 2023 · 1.079
- Per Ongeluk Live 2024 · 50
- Gedoe 2025 · 742
- Biggest own venue
- Sportpaleis, Merksem
- ±23.000 plaatsen
- 2022 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
MNM 128 4.3 a day Qmusic 39 1.3 a day NPO 3FM 19 0.6 a day VRT Radio 1 1 0.0 a day Since we track the stationQmusic 1.569 2.4 a day since Feb 2025 NPO 3FM 1.068 1.0 a day since Nov 2023 MNM 249 3.7 a day since Sep 2026 Studio Brussel 42 0.0 a day since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 2 0.0 a day since Sep 2026 - Similar to
- Roxy Dekker, Hannah Mae, Merol, Froukje, Bazart, Suzan & Freek
- Home act
- 77% of worldwide search volume comes from Belgium and the Netherlands (typically a few percent)
Records and awards
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gedoe | 2025 | #1 (55 wk) | #2 (17 wk) | gold NL | 742 |
| Per ongeluk | 2023 | #1 (240 wk) | #18 (2 wk) | – | 1.079 |
Other albums in the charts or with gold or platinum (live, compilations, reissues):
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Baarnse moordzaak | 2023 | #21 (1 wk) | – | – |
Discogs: 1.871 keer in een collectie. 184 times on een verlanglijst; singles met goud of platina: Belgium 12, the Netherlands 1.
How popular is Pommelien Thijs compared with other countries?
Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.
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 2024 | 23 | C | 27 / 60 | 21 | 61 | 47 | 17 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Rock Werchter 2025 | 27 | C | 28 / 92 | 10 | 64 | 52 | 23 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pinkpop 2025 | 26 | C | 19 / 53 | – | 64 | 53 | 21 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pukkelpop 2025 | 28 | B | 19 / 128 | 10 | 65 | 56 | 23 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Best Kept Secret 2026 | 29 | A | 6 / 82 | 10 | 68 | 62 | 27 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, 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 1): Wisselvallige start | Dansende Beren | 13/06/2026 | dagverslag |
| Rock Werchter 2025 | Rock Werchter 2025 (Festivaldag 4): Rien ne va paraplu | Dansende Beren | 07/07/2025 | dagverslag |
| Pukkelpop 2025 | Pukkelpop 2025 (Festivaldag 2): Zwetende vleermuizen | Dansende Beren | 16/08/2025 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2025 | Pinkpop 2025 (Festivaldag 1): De revival in gang gezet | Dansende Beren | 21/06/2025 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2025 | 7 hoogtepunten van de vrijdag van Pinkpop 2025 | Festileaks | 21/06/2025 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2025 | Bezoekersaantallen Pinkpop 2025: 40.000 op vrijdag en zaterdag, 50.000 op zondag | Festileaks | 25/06/2025 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2024 | 5 must-sees op de vrijdag van Pinkpop 2024 | Festileaks | 05/06/2024 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2024 | Pinkpop 2024 (Festivaldag 1): Wereldsterren van morgen | Dansende Beren | 22/06/2024 | dagverslag |
Over the years
◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert (the last three and what is planned). Click the legend to switch them on or off.
Festivals and own concerts
- ●25/09/2026 · Antwerp Expo, Antwerp
- ●19/09/2026 · De Roma, Borgerhout
- ●11/09/2026 · Waalkade, Tiel
Earlier dates count in the figures above (concerts per year, largest own venue) and are not listed separately.
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 of Wikipedia and search volume.
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 | Atlas 48 · Ongewoon 42 · Ik Moet Gaan 38 · Erop Of Eronder 35 · Het Midden 32 |
| NPO 3FM | Netherlands | Atlas 3 · Het Midden 1 · Onomatopee 1 |
| Qmusic | Belgium | Atlas 799 · Ik Moet Gaan 280 · Erop Of Eronder 124 · Ongewoon 71 · Het Midden 8 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Badlands 9 · Atlas 4 · Ben Je Klaar? 2 · Ik Moet Gaan 2 · Cassandra 1 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Hou Mij Vast 1 · Atlas 1 |