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 ›
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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2017
- Active since
- 2010
- Albums
- What's Up with All These Shangri-Las 2026
- The Homesick 2023
- The Big Exercise 2020
- Youth Hunt 2017
- New album
- What's Up with All These Shangri-Las · 18/09/2026
Today
- Radio
- Since we track the station
BBC Radio 6 Music 3 0,0 per week since Oct 2024 NPO 3FM 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 - Home act
- 35% of worldwide search volume comes from Belgium and the Netherlands (typically a few percent)
Records
Studio albums, the highest position in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) with the number of weeks, and gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What's Up with All These Shangri-Las | 2026 | – | – | – |
| The Homesick | 2023 | – | – | – |
| The Big Exercise | 2020 | – | – | – |
| Youth Hunt | 2017 | – | – | – |
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 2017 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2017 | Best of Best Kept Secret 2017 Dag 3 | Dansende Beren | 20/06/2017 | 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
- ▲June 2017 · 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.