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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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Pukkelpop 2016, Best Kept Secret 2016, Pukkelpop 2022
- Active since
- 2010
- Albums
- I Love You So F***ing Much. 2024
- Dreamland 2020
- How to Be a Human Being 2016
- ZABA 2014
- Hits since 2015
- Heat Waves BE #4, 2021
- Heat Waves NL #6, 2021
Stature
- Discogs
- 8,402 times in a collection
- 6,081 on a wishlist
- 12 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Glass Animals 2013 · 342
- ZABA 2014 · 5.089
- How To Be A Human Being 2016 · 1.736
- Dreamland 2020 · 558
- I Love You So F***ing Much. 2024 · 313
- Biggest own venue
- AFAS Live, Amsterdam
- ±6.000 plaatsen
- 2024 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
Qmusic 17 4,0 per week NPO 3FM 10 2,3 per week egoFM 10 2,3 per week MNM 5 1,2 per week BBC Radio 1 5 1,2 per week Studio Brussel 4 0,9 per week FM4 4 0,9 per week 1LIVE 3 0,7 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 1 811 5,2 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 549 3,5 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 286 1,8 per week since Nov 2023 Qmusic 246 2,7 per week since Feb 2025 BBC Radio 6 Music 38 0,3 per week since Oct 2024 KEXP 25 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 egoFM 10 1,9 per week since Oct 2026 MNM 8 0,8 per week since Sep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Love You So F***ing Much. | 2024 | #34 (1 wk) | #20 (1 wk) | – | 313 |
| Dreamland | 2020 | #32 (3 wk) | #15 (51 wk) | – | 558 |
| How to Be a Human Being | 2016 | #68 (5 wk) | #77 (1 wk) | – | 1.736 |
| ZABA | 2014 | – | – | – | 5.089 |
Discogs: 8,402 times in a collection. 6,081 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Glass Animals 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2016 | 15 | C | 59 / 154 | 18 | – | – | 15 | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
| Best Kept Secret 2016 | 14 | B | 27 / 64 | 27 | – | – | 14 | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
| Pukkelpop 2022 | 25 | C | 38 / 137 | 76 | 26 | – | 23 | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2022 | Pukkelpop 2022 (Festivaldag 4): En op het einde wint de groove | Dansende Beren | 22/08/2022 | 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
- ●26/10/2024 · AFAS Live, Amsterdam
- ●16/10/2024 · Vorst Nationaal / Forest National, Vorst / Forest
- ▲Sunday, August 2022 · Pukkelpop
- ●04/05/2017 · Ronda, Utrecht
- ●04/11/2016 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●03/11/2016 · L’Orangerie, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
14 earlier dates
- ●19/08/2016 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ▲Friday, August 2016 · Pukkelpop
- ▲Saturday, June 2016 · Best Kept Secret
- ●05/07/2015 · Zuiderpark, Rotterdam
- ●24/03/2015 · De Helling, Utrecht
- ●23/03/2015 · Handelsbeurs, Ghent
- ●25/11/2014 · Oude Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●12/11/2014 · Club, Brussels
- ●16/08/2014 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●08/05/2014 · Concertzaal, Amsterdam
- ●15/02/2014 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●03/11/2013 · Effenaar, Eindhoven
- ●02/11/2013 · Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●05/04/2013 · BIRD, Rotterdam
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MNM | Belgium | Heat Waves 10 |
| NPO 3FM | Netherlands | Heat Waves 2 |
| Qmusic | Belgium | Heat Waves 210 |
| Qmusic NL | Netherlands | Heat Waves 8 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Heat Waves 89 · I Don't Wanna Talk I Just Wanna Dance 4 |
| 1LIVE | Germany | Heat Waves 2 |
| DR P3 | Denmark | Heat Waves 3 |
| FM4 | Oostenrijk | Vampire Bat 3 · Heat Waves 1 |
| FluxFM | Germany | Gooey 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Pools 3 · Life Itself 2 · Gooey 1 · Dreamland 1 · Youth 1 |
| Radio X | United Kingdom | Heat Waves 1 |
| egoFM | Germany | Youth 2 · Your Love 1 · Life Itself 1 · Heat Waves 1 |