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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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2025
- Active since
- 2012
- Albums
- Héritage 2025
- Optimisme 2020
- Résistance 2017
- Music in Exile 2015
- Concerts per year
- 2026 4
- 2025 7
- 2024 0
- 2017 54
- 2016 24
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 1,749 times in a collection
- 442 on a wishlist
- 7 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Music In Exile 2015 · 363
- Re-Covered 2015 · 153
- Résistance 2017 · 415
- Optimisme 2020 · 507
- Héritage 2025 · 140
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
VRT Radio 1 1 0,2 per week BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 6 Music 109 1,0 per week since Oct 2024 KEXP 22 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 1 0,1 per week since Sep 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Héritage | 2025 | – | – | – | 140 |
| Optimisme | 2020 | – | – | – | 507 |
| Résistance | 2017 | – | – | – | 415 |
| Music in Exile | 2015 | #154 (1 wk) | – | – | 363 |
Discogs: 1,749 times in a collection. 442 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Songhoy Blues 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)
Petit Metier (Cult Version by Julian Casablancas)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | – | C | 54 / 85 | 100 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | Best Kept Secret 2025 (Festivaldag 2): Gezien en gezien worden | Dansende Beren | 15/06/2025 | 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
- ▲Saturday, June 2025 · Best Kept Secret
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 |
|---|---|---|
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Mali Nord 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Worry 3 · Toukambela 2 · Garibou 1 |