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
- Pukkelpop 2017, Rock Werchter 2024
- Active since
- 2016
- Albums
- Lahai 2023
- Process 2017
- Hits since 2015
- 4422 (Drake feat. Sampha) NL #88, 2017
- Concerts per year
- 2026 1
- 2025 3
- 2024 43
- 2023 24
- 2018 14
- 2017 83
- 2016 13
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 7,123 times in a collection
- 3,139 on a wishlist
- 10 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Break Off / Evening Glow 2010 · 182
- Dual 2013 · 565
- Too Much 2013 · 466
- Process 2016 · 2.704
- Lahai 2023 · 3.124
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 6 Music 8 1,9 per week BBC Radio 1 5 1,2 per week Studio Brussel 1 0,2 per week VRT Radio 1 1 0,2 per week Radio Nova 1 0,2 per week egoFM 1 0,2 per week FluxFM 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 1 587 3,7 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 321 2,9 per week since Oct 2024 KEXP 238 1,5 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 26 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 13 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 2 0,2 per week since Sep 2026 Radio Nova 1 0,2 per week since Oct 2026 egoFM 1 0,2 per week since Oct 2026 - Similar to
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahai | 2023 | #60 (3 wk) | #98 (1 wk) | – | 3.124 |
| Process | 2017 | #28 (16 wk) | #38 (4 wk) | – | 2.704 |
Discogs: 7,123 times in a collection. 3,139 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Sampha compared with other countries?
Bigger in the United Kingdom 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2017 | – | D | 78 / 119 | 100 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Rock Werchter 2024 | 15 | D | 60 / 94 | 83 | 15 | 16 | 18 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Werchter 2024 | Rock Werchter 2024 (Festivaldag 4): Sterren tellen | Dansende Beren | 08/07/2024 | 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, July 2024 · Rock Werchter
- ▲Friday, August 2017 · Pukkelpop
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 | Like The Piano 4 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Never Felt Better 1 · Can We Do This 1 |
| FluxFM | Germany | Blood on Me 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Cumulus / Memory 18 · Senses 14 · Dream Therapy 5 · Like The Piano 4 · Tender 4 |
| Radio Nova | France | Blood on Me 1 |
| egoFM | Germany | Ocean Steppin’ 1 |