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 ›
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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2019
- Active since
- 2010
- Albums
- Hole Erth 2024
- MAHAL 2022
- Inclusion 2020
- Outer Peace 2019
- Boo Boo 2017
Stature
- Biggest own venue
- Oude Zaal, Amsterdam
- ±700 plaatsen
- 2022 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
egoFM 4 0,9 per week KEXP 4 0,9 per week Studio Brussel 2 0,5 per week BBC Radio 6 Music 2 0,5 per week Radio Nova 1 0,2 per week FluxFM 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 445 2,8 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 109 1,0 per week since Oct 2024 Studio Brussel 36 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 1 18 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 egoFM 4 0,8 per week since Oct 2026 NPO 3FM 3 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 Radio Nova 1 0,2 per week since Oct 2026 FluxFM 1 0,2 per week since Oct 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hole Erth | 2024 | – | – | – |
| MAHAL | 2022 | – | – | – |
| Inclusion | 2020 | – | – | – |
| Outer Peace | 2019 | – | – | – |
| Boo Boo | 2017 | – | – | – |
| What For? | 2015 | – | – | – |
| Anything in Return | 2013 | #190 (1 wk) | – | – |
| Underneath the Pine | 2011 | – | – | – |
| Causers of This | 2010 | – | – | – |
How popular is Toro y Moi 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)
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 2019 | – | C | 29 / 60 | 68 | – | – | 11 | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2019 | Best Kept Secret 2019 (Festivaldag 1): Opwarmen in stijl | Dansende Beren | 01/06/2019 | 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
- ●05/10/2022 · Oude Zaal, Amsterdam
- ▲Saturday, June 2019 · Best Kept Secret
- ●02/04/2015 · Gemeenschapscentrum De Vaartkapoen, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek / Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
- ●01/04/2015 · Oude Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●24/01/2013 · Toko MC / MC Theater, Amsterdam
- ●18/05/2011 · Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
4 earlier dates
- ●17/05/2011 · Charlatan, Ghent
- ●14/10/2010 · Theater Kikker, Utrecht
- ●21/08/2010 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●20/07/2010 · Valkhofpark, Nijmegen
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 | The Difference 21 · Ordinary Pleasure 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Tuesday 18 · Rose Quartz 14 · Say That 9 · Ordinary Guy 9 · CURIOUS 7 |
| Radio Nova | France | New Beat 1 |
| egoFM | Germany | Ordinary Pleasure 1 |