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Latest update on the afternoon of 5 November 2026. May be temporarily behind.
Please note: ActRanker has just launched and the data is still incomplete. Not every concert or festival booking is in yet, so the points and chances are provisional.

Sam de Nef

DeezerLast.fmsetlist.fm
Popularity today
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Belgium – · the Netherlands – · Worldwide 10 · on a scale of 100

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.

No rumours, no inside knowledge. Tap Why? for the reasons.

Best Kept Secret 2027
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festival
Pinkpop 2027
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festival
Rock Werchter 2027
(Nearly) impossible
If this act plays this festival: level D, now 10 of 10 acts
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festival
Pukkelpop 2027
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festival
Figures
Spotify listeners
≈ 1.469
estimate, below the measuring threshold of 500.000 · Deezer 113 · streams per day –
Last.fm listeners
6.796
not in the country charts
Instagram followers
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Not available yet
Search volume per month
87
Belgium 87 · the Netherlands 9 · Worldwide 124
Wikipedia, 12 months
0
EN 0 · NL 0 · FR 0

indiesinger-songwriterbelgianfolk

Career

Line-ups
Pukkelpop 2022

Stature

Biggest own venue
  • Cactus Club, Brugge
  • ±400 plaatsen
  • 2022 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.

Today

Radio
Since we track the station
Studio Brussel90,1 per weeksince Nov 2023
Willy30,0 per weeksince Dec 2024
all stations
Home act
78% of worldwide search volume comes from Belgium and the Netherlands (typically a few percent)

Best-known songs (Deezer)

Waving
Waving
op Deezer
Before We Die
Waving
op Deezer
Strangers
Waving
op 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.

EditionScoreLevelRankExceptionalBelgiumNetherlandsWorldSources
Pukkelpop 2022––––––Stature

Reviews and reports

Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.

EditionTitelBronDateSoort
Pukkelpop 2022Pukkelpop 2022 (Festivaldag 2): Wispelturige mengelmoesDansende Beren20/08/2022dagverslag

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

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
StationCountryMost played
WillyBelgiumUntitled 1 · Starlit Waters 1 · Rushing Sky 1
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