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 2017
- Active since
- 2011
- Albums
- Iris Silver Mist 2025
- Classic Objects 2022
- The Practice of Love 2019
- Blood Bitch 2016
- In the End His Voice Will Be the Sound of Paper 2016
Stature
- Biggest own venue
- Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ±2.000 plaatsen
- 2022 (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 1 0,2 per week KEXP 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 6 Music 68 0,6 per week since Oct 2024 KEXP 14 0,1 per week since Nov 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iris Silver Mist | 2025 | – | – | – |
| Classic Objects | 2022 | – | – | – |
| The Practice of Love | 2019 | – | – | – |
| Blood Bitch | 2016 | #192 (1 wk) | – | – |
| In the End His Voice Will Be the Sound of Paper | 2016 | – | – | – |
| Apocalypse, girl | 2015 | – | #81 (1 wk) | – |
| Meshes of Voice | 2014 | – | – | – |
| Innocence Is Kinky | 2013 | – | – | – |
| Viscera | 2011 | – | – | – |
How popular is Jenny Hval 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 2017 | – | C | 24 / 53 | 38 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2017 | Best of Best Kept Secret 2017 Dag 1 | Dansende Beren | 19/06/2017 | 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
- ●15/10/2025 · Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam
- ●23/05/2025 · L’Orangerie, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●06/04/2024 · Danstheater, The Hague
- ●10/04/2022 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●09/04/2022 · Grote Zaal, The Hague
- ●20/02/2020 · STUK, Leuven
13 earlier dates
- ●09/11/2019 · Stadsschouwburg, Utrecht
- ●25/05/2018 · Korzo Theater, The Hague
- ●10/11/2017 · Pandora, Utrecht
- ●14/07/2017 · de Bijloke, Ghent
- ▲Friday, June 2017 · Best Kept Secret
- ●27/10/2016 · De School, Amsterdam
- ●21/10/2016 · Club, Brussels
- ●13/11/2015 · Koninklijke Schouwburg, The Hague
- ●12/11/2015 · Charlatan, Ghent
- ●18/06/2015 · La Rotonde, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●21/11/2014 · De Helling, Utrecht
- ●17/11/2013 · Arenbergschouwburg, Antwerp
- ●15/11/2013 · Nationaal Toneel Gebouw, The Hague
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KEXP | United States | The Artist Is Absent 2 · To Be a Rose 2 · Female Vampire 1 · Anxi. 1 · I Don’t Know What Free Is 1 |