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
- Best Kept Secret 2023, Best Kept Secret 2026
- Active since
- 2014
- Albums
- Cosplay 2025
- Anywhere but Here 2022
- 925 2020
- Concerts per year
- 2026 23
- 2025 36
- 2023 37
- 2022 64
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 1,506 times in a collection
- 772 on a wishlist
- 10 uitgaven
Per album, times in a collection- Wished / Lies 2017 · 120
- Home Demo/ns Vol I 2017 · 30
- Showgirl 2018 · 127
- 2 Down 2 Dance 2018 · 115
- スターに夢中 / ジェラス・ガイ 2018 · 41
- Home Demo/ns Vol II 2018 · 26
- Right Round The Clock 2019 · 142
- 925 2020 · 227
- Anywhere But Here 2022 · 404
- Cosplay 2025 · 274
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 6 Music 4 0,9 per week VRT Radio 1 2 0,5 per week MDR Sputnik 2 0,5 per week KEXP 2 0,5 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 6 Music 377 3,6 per week since Nov 2024 KEXP 59 0,4 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 1 15 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 9 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 3 0,0 per week since Dec 2024 VRT Radio 1 2 0,4 per week since Oct 2026 MDR Sputnik 2 0,4 per week since Oct 2026 KINK 2 0,0 per week since Nov 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosplay | 2025 | – | – | – | 274 |
| Anywhere but Here | 2022 | – | – | – | 404 |
| 925 | 2020 | – | – | – | 227 |
Discogs: 1,506 times in a collection. 772 times on a wishlist.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2023 | – | C | 34 / 50 | 100 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, setlist.fm, stature |
| Best Kept Secret 2026 | 12 | C | 29 / 82 | 22 | – | – | 12 | Wikipedia, 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 2): Na regen komt rock-‘n-roll | Dansende Beren | 14/06/2026 | dagverslag |
| Best Kept Secret 2023 | Best Kept Secret 2023 (Festivaldag 3): Tot het einde goed | Dansende Beren | 12/06/2023 | 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 2026 · Best Kept Secret
- ▲Sunday, June 2023 · 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 | Tom Will Smack Your Ass 2 |
| Willy | Belgium | Billy Elliot 2 · Today Might Be The Hit 1 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | Echoes 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Jetplane 12 · Echoes 10 · Today Might Be the Hit 7 · Waxwing 4 · Candle 4 |