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
- Active since
- 2008
- Albums
- Heavy Heavy 2023
- Cocoa Sugar 2018
- White Men Are Black Men Too 2015
- Dead 2014
- Concerts per year
- 2026 0
- 2025 0
- 2023 77
- 2022 0
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 7,333 times in a collection
- 2,608 on a wishlist
- 17 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Tape Two 2013 · 583
- Dead 2014 · 1.323
- White Men Are Black Men Too 2015 · 1.970
- Tape One / Tape Two 2017 · 836
- Cocoa Sugar 2018 · 1.568
- Biggest own venue
- Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ±1.500 plaatsen
- 2023 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 6 Music 4 0,9 per week egoFM 2 0,5 per week FM4 1 0,2 per week KEXP 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 6 Music 242 2,3 per week since Nov 2024 KEXP 82 0,5 per week since Nov 2023 egoFM 2 0,4 per week since Oct 2026 Studio Brussel 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 KINK 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 FM4 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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Heavy | 2023 | #73 (2 wk) | – | – | – |
| Cocoa Sugar | 2018 | #37 (8 wk) | – | – | 1.568 |
| White Men Are Black Men Too | 2015 | #95 (3 wk) | – | – | 1.970 |
| Dead | 2014 | #102 (3 wk) | – | – | 1.323 |
Discogs: 7,333 times in a collection. 2,608 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Young Fathers 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 2023 | 14 | B | 21 / 50 | 33 | 17 | 13 | 14 | Wikipedia, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2023 | Best Kept Secret 2023 (Festivaldag 2): Door het stof gehaald | Dansende Beren | 11/06/2023 | 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
- ●27/06/2024 · Spoorpark, Tilburg
- ▲Saturday, June 2023 · Best Kept Secret
- ●22/02/2023 · Trix, Borgerhout
- ●21/02/2023 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●25/03/2019 · Ahoy, Rotterdam
- ●07/03/2019 · Sportpaleis, Merksem
13 earlier dates
- ●08/07/2018 · Parc Astrid de Coronmeuse, Liège
- ●07/04/2018 · Concertzaal, Amsterdam
- ●06/04/2018 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●02/07/2016 · Tour&Taxis, Brussels
- ●25/02/2016 · Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
- ●24/02/2016 · Klokgebouw, Eindhoven
- ●10/02/2016 · Paleis 12 / Palais 12, Laken / Laeken
- ●23/10/2015 · L’Orangerie, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●22/10/2015 · Oude Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●04/07/2015 · Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
- ●14/08/2014 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●09/03/2014 · Center Parcs De Eemhof, Zeewolde
- ●08/03/2014 · Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam
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 | Geronimo 1 |
| FM4 | Oostenrijk | Only God Knows 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Lowly 9 · Border Girl 5 · Nest 3 · Get Up 3 · Voodoo in My Blood 3 |
| egoFM | Germany | Only God Knows 1 |