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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Career
- Line-ups
- Pukkelpop 2018
- Active since
- 2002
- Albums
- While the Flood Rages 2026
- Vivaldi by Max Richter 2025
- Sleep Circle 2025
- Sleep Circle (Faded) 2025
- Dance Music 2025
- New album
- While the Flood Rages · 16/10/2026
Stature
- Awards
- Echo gewonnen 2013
- Biggest own venue
- Koningin Elisabethzaal, Antwerp
- ±2.000 plaatsen
- 2024 (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 5 1,2 per week VRT Radio 1 1 0,2 per week KEXP 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 6 Music 45 0,4 per week since Oct 2024 KEXP 9 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 2 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 1 0,1 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, and gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| While the Flood Rages | 2026 | #116 (1 wk) | – | – |
| Vivaldi by Max Richter | 2025 | – | – | – |
| Sleep Circle (Faded) | 2025 | – | – | – |
| Sleep Circle | 2025 | #99 (1 wk) | – | – |
| Dance Music | 2025 | – | – | – |
| In a Landscape | 2024 | #28 (2 wk) | – | – |
| Recomposed: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons | 2024 | – | – | – |
| Illuminated Horizons | 2023 | – | – | – |
| Sixteen Seasons | 2022 | – | – | – |
| The New Four Seasons - Vivaldi Recomposed | 2022 | #34 (1 wk) | – | – |
| Exiles | 2021 | – | – | – |
| Voices (Pt. 1 & 2) | 2021 | – | – | – |
| Voices 2 | 2021 | #61 (2 wk) | – | – |
| All Human Beings - International Voices | 2020 | – | – | – |
| Voices | 2020 | #20 (2 wk) | – | – |
| Recomposed: The Four Seasons | 2019 | – | – | – |
| Sleep (Faded) | 2018 | – | – | – |
| Through the Lens of Time | 2018 | – | – | – |
| Max Richter: Portrait | 2017 | – | – | – |
| Piano Works | 2017 | – | – | – |
| Three Worlds: Music From Woolf Works | 2017 | #52 (6 wk) | – | – |
| Solo Piano Music | 2016 | – | – | – |
| From Sleep | 2015 | #18 (53 wk) | #23 (4 wk) | – |
| Sleep | 2015 | #120 (1 wk) | – | – |
| Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons | 2012 | #65 (7 wk) | #28 (3 wk) | – |
| infra | 2010 | – | – | – |
| 24 Postcards in Full Colour | 2008 | – | – | – |
| Songs From Before | 2006 | – | – | – |
| The Blue Notebooks | 2004 | #124 (2 wk) | – | – |
| Memoryhouse | 2002 | – | – | – |
Other albums in the charts or with gold or platinum (live, compilations, reissues):
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voyager - Essential Max Richter | 2019 | #178 (1 wk) | – | – |
| Out Of The Dark Room | 2017 | #165 (1 wk) | – | – |
Awards
Awards won and nominations according to Wikidata (major awards only; counted per category).
| Award | Won | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Echo | 1 (2013) | – |
How popular is Max Richter compared with other countries?
Bigger in Belgium than you would expect.
Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.
Best-known songs (Deezer)
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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 2018 | 26 | B | 15 / 113 | 53 | 27 | 25 | 24 | Wikipedia, Google Trends, charts, stature |
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
- ●09/07/2025 · de Bijloke, Ghent
- ●08/07/2025 · de Bijloke, Ghent
- ●01/12/2024 · Koningin Elisabethzaal, Antwerp
- ●30/11/2024 · Henry Le Bœufzaal / Salle Henry Le Bœuf, Brussels
- ●28/11/2024 · Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam
- ●07/09/2018 · Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp
6 earlier dates
- ▲August 2018 · Pukkelpop
- ●15/07/2017 · Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
- ●09/07/2016 · de Bijloke, Ghent
- ●10/09/2014 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●23/02/2007 · Concertgebouw, Bruges
- ●22/09/2005 · Club, Brussels
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 | Richter: Mirrors 1 · Spring 1 1 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Quiet 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Quiet 1 · Now We Can Sing 1 · Of agnes 1 · Look at me 1 · Infra 2 1 |