Popularity today
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Belgium – · the Netherlands – · Worldwide – · on a scale of 100
Points at Best Kept Secret 2027
20
level B
20
20
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 ›
Chances for 2027
Probability estimates remain estimates and are not an official announcement.
No rumours, no inside knowledge. Tap Why? for the reasons.
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
few indications of a booking yetno shows planned around the festivalalready booked at Best Kept Secret 2027, in the same country
(Nearly) impossible
If this act plays this festival: 18 points (D), now 10 of 10 acts
Why?
few indications of a booking yetno shows planned around the festival
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
few indications of a booking yetno shows planned around the festival
Figures
Spotify listeners
272.000
Deezer 374 · streams per day –
Last.fm listeners
1.127.865
not in the country charts
Instagram followers
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Not available yet
Search interest
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not measured: the name also means something else
Wikipedia, 12 months
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EN 0 · NL 0 · FR 0
rock
Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2027
- Active since
- 1950
- Concerts per year
- 2026 13
- 2025 8
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 339 times in a collection
- 158 on a wishlist
- 3 uitgaven
Per album, times in a collection- Mind Palace Music 2021 · 131
- Are You There God? It's Me, @ 2024 · 22
- Autosmile 2026 · 186
- Biggest own venue
- Vera, Groningen
- ±450 plaatsen
- 2024 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
KEXP 3 0,7 per week Studio Brussel 1 0,2 per week BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 13 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0,0 per week since Oct 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kramář: Klarinettenkonzert Es-dur op. 36 / Mozart: Klarinettenkonzert A-dur KV 622 | 1979 | – | – | – |
| Le Gabon éternel | 1979 | – | – | – |
| Stille Nacht: Die schönsten Weihnachtslieder | 1979 | – | – | – |
| April Orchestra Vol. 18 | 1977 | – | – | – |
| Persuasive Jazz Album 5 | 1977 | – | – | – |
| Persuasive Jazz Album 15 | 1977 | – | – | – |
| Persuasive Jazz Album 1 | 1977 | – | – | – |
| Die heissesten Hits | 1976 | – | – | – |
| Internationale Top Hits | 1976 | – | – | – |
| Smash Hits 76’ | 1976 | – | – | – |
| 10 Hits | 1976 | – | – | – |
| 12 Tops Today’s Top Hits – Volume 27 | 1975 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Volume 19 | 1975 | – | – | – |
| 12 Top Hits Volume 28 | 1975 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Volume 21 | 1975 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Volume 18 | 1975 | – | – | – |
| April Orchestra Vol. 9 | 1975 | – | – | – |
| 12 Tops – Volume 29 | 1975 | – | – | – |
| 12 Tops Today’s Top Hits Volume 26 | 1975 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Volume 22 | 1975 | – | – | – |
| April Orchestra Vol. 06 | 1975 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Volume 17 | 1975 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Volume 16 | 1974 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Volume 15 | 1974 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Volume 14 | 1974 | – | – | – |
| 12 Chart Buster Hits: Volume 11 | 1974 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Volume 12 | 1974 | – | – | – |
| 12 Tops – Todays Top Hits | 1974 | – | – | – |
| Solid Gold Parade of Pops | 1974 | – | – | – |
| I Afton Dans, Vol. 2 | 1974 | – | – | – |
| April Orchestra Vol. 04 | 1974 | – | – | – |
| April Orchestra Vol. 5 | 1974 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Volume 11 | 1974 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Volume 13 | 1974 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Volume 10 | 1974 | – | – | – |
| 12 Tops Todays Top Hits – Volume 22 | 1974 | – | – | – |
| 12 Tops – Volume 24 | 1974 | – | – | – |
| 24 bunte Kinderlieder | 1974 | – | – | – |
| 12 Tops – Todays Top Hits – Volume 19 | 1974 | – | – | – |
| April Orchestra Vol. 01 | 1974 | – | – | – |
| 12 Tops: Volume 20 | 1974 | – | – | – |
| 12 Tops Today’s Top Hits Volume 23 | 1974 | – | – | – |
| 12 Chartbuster Hits | 1974 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Vol 7 | 1973 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Vol 6 | 1973 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Vol 5 | 1973 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Vol 4 | 1973 | – | – | – |
| Blockbuster and 15 Other Topsongs! | 1973 | – | – | – |
| Solid Gold: Top Hits of the Year | 1973 | – | – | – |
| World’s Best Loved Operatic Favourites: Tijuana Style | 1973 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Volume 9 | 1973 | – | – | – |
| 12 Tops (Todays Top Hits) – Volume 8 | 1973 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Volume 8 | 1973 | – | – | – |
| Springbok Hit Parade 13 | 1973 | – | – | – |
| Oriental Dances Past & Present | 1973 | – | – | – |
| Moog Party Time | 1973 | – | – | – |
| 12 Tops Vol. 18 | 1973 | – | – | – |
| Sound Power 7 | 1973 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Vol 3 | 1972 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits, Vol 2 | 1972 | – | – | – |
| Hot Hits 15 | 1972 | – | – | – |
| 16 Chart Hits | 1972 | – | – | – |
| 12 Tops – Volume 6 | 1972 | – | – | – |
| Country Hits, Volume 1 | 1972 | – | – | – |
| Todays Top Hits | 1972 | – | – | – |
| 12 Tops, Volume 4 | 1972 | – | – | – |
| Bali: The Celebrated Gamelans | 1972 | – | – | – |
| Todays Top Hits Vol 2 | 1972 | – | – | – |
| Tribute to Neil Diamond | 1972 | – | – | – |
| The Swing Era 1930-1936 | 1971 | – | – | – |
| Hammond Fever | 1971 | – | – | – |
| Squirt Does Its Thing (Semi-Soft Music in Tijuana Style) | 1970 | – | – | – |
| The Exciting Combination of Blues and Brass | 1970 | – | – | – |
| Smash Hits – Country Style | 1970 | – | – | – |
| Big Hits | 1969 | – | – | – |
| Hammond and the Golden Hits Featuring Hammond Organ and Percussion | 1969 | – | – | – |
| Java - The Jasmine Isle: Gamelan Music | 1969 | – | – | – |
| שירי חג לילדים | 1968 | – | – | – |
| Pêcheurs de perles et musiciens du golfe persique | 1968 | – | – | – |
| Venezuela combate | 1966 | – | – | – |
| Adam Stag Party Record 7: Spice After Hours | 1962 | – | – | – |
| Erotica: The Rhythms of Love | 1962 | – | – | – |
| Adam Stag Party Record 11: Further Off Limits | 1960 | – | – | – |
| Adam Stag Party Record 6: Saturday Night Riot | 1960 | – | – | – |
| Adam Stag Party Record 8: A Night in Bedlam | 1960 | – | – | – |
| Erotica Number 2: Passion, Pain and Pleasure | 1960 | – | – | – |
| Borodin: Polovetsian Dances With Chorus (From “Prince Igor”) / Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d’or | 1959 | – | – | – |
| Folk Music of Jamaica | 1956 | – | – | – |
| Skip Rope Games | 1955 | – | – | – |
| Folk Music of Hungary | 1950 | – | – | – |
Discogs: 339 times in a collection. 158 times on a wishlist.
Upcoming concerts
Benelux first, then Europe.
| Date | Stad | Country | Zaal of festival | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24/11/2026 | Brussel | Belgium | Botanique Witloof Bar | @ - nykolaes |
| 11/06 to 13/06/2027 | Hilvarenbeek | Netherlands | Best Kept Secret (confirmed) | Best Kept Secret 2027 |
On the map, until the end of September 2027
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Europeown showfestival★our festivals (green = confirmed)
The numbers follow the dates, also in the timeline above. Hover or tap a number for the date and venue.
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 2027 | 20 | B | 24 / 51 | 60 | – | – | – | setlist.fm |
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
- ●24/11/2026 · Botanique Witloof Bar, Brussel (planned)
- ●02/03/2024 · Vera, Groningen
- ●01/03/2024 · Rotown, Rotterdam
- ●29/02/2024 · Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam
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 | Autosmile 1 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | I Know You Are 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Autosmile 7 · Punish My Mind 3 · Love in the Dark 1 · Bird 1 |
Concerts in the Benelux (ten years)
3 shows: the Netherlands 3 · laatste keer: the Netherlands 2024. Bron: setlist.fm.