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 2022, Pinkpop 2024, Best Kept Secret 2025
- Active since
- 2018
- Albums
- Before It Might Be Gone 2025
- Unknown Affairs 2023
- Looking For Faces 2021
- Concerts per year
- 2026 4
- 2025 35
- 2024 41
- 2023 37
- 2022 31
- 2021 8
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 272 times in a collection
- 67 on a wishlist
- 3 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Looking For Faces 2021 · 157
- Unknown Affairs 2023 · 85
- Before It Might Be Gone 2025 · 30
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
KINK 11 2,6 per week Willy 2 0,5 per week Since we track the stationKINK 1.425 1.3 a day since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 166 0.2 a day since Nov 2023 Willy 102 0.1 a day since Dec 2024 Studio Brussel 1 0.0 a day 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before It Might Be Gone | 2025 | – | #20 (1 wk) | – | 30 |
| Unknown Affairs | 2023 | – | #43 (1 wk) | – | 85 |
| Looking For Faces | 2021 | – | #37 (1 wk) | – | 157 |
Discogs: 272 times in a collection. 67 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 2022 | – | – | – | – | – | – | charts, setlist.fm, stature | |
| Pinkpop 2024 | – | – | – | – | – | – | charts, setlist.fm, stature | |
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 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 1): Subtropisch zweten | Dansende Beren | 14/06/2025 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2024 | 5 must-sees op de zaterdag van Pinkpop 2024 | Festileaks | 05/06/2024 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2024 | Pinkpop 2024 (Festivaldag 2): Anticlimax tot de max | Dansende Beren | 23/06/2024 | dagverslag |
| Best Kept Secret 2022 | Best Kept Secret (Festivaldag 2): Weinig geheimen, weinig verrassingen | Dansende Beren | 12/06/2022 | 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 2025 · Best Kept Secret
- ▲June 2024 · Pinkpop
- ▲June 2022 · Best Kept Secret
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KINK | Netherlands | Gold 2 · Never Had to Know 1 · Never Had To Know 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | Gold 43 |