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
- Pukkelpop 2023, Best Kept Secret 2024, Pukkelpop 2025, Rock Werchter 2026, Pinkpop 2026
- Active since
- 2019
- Albums
- hickey 2025
- PRATTS & PAIN 2024
- Concerts per year
- 2026 41
- 2025 94
- 2024 136
- 2023 51
- 2022 23
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 1,372 times in a collection
- 1,434 on a wishlist
- 5 uitgaven
Per album, times in a collection- Bar & Grill / Sofa Kings 2023 · 155
- Sofa Kings EP 2023 · 95
- Pratts & Pain 2024 · 382
- (Hickey) 2025 · 732
- Moody 2025 · 8
- Biggest own venue
- Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ±1.500 plaatsen
- 2024 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
NPO 3FM 20 4,7 per week egoFM 16 3,7 per week Willy 6 1,4 per week Studio Brussel 5 1,2 per week BBC Radio 6 Music 3 0,7 per week Radio Nova 2 0,5 per week 1LIVE 2 0,5 per week FM4 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationStudio Brussel 955 6,1 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 826 5,3 per week since Nov 2023 KINK 688 4,4 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 1 401 2,5 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 383 3,8 per week since Dec 2024 BBC Radio 6 Music 257 2,3 per week since Oct 2024 KEXP 45 0,3 per week since Nov 2023 egoFM 16 3,1 per week since Oct 2026 - Similar to
- Balu Brigada, Good Neighbours, Inhaler, Almost Monday, bby, Sam Fender
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hickey | 2025 | #20 (12 wk) | #14 (1 wk) | – | 732 |
| PRATTS & PAIN | 2024 | – | – | – | 382 |
Discogs: 1,372 times in a collection. 1,434 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Royel Otis 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)
Murder on the Dancefloor (triple j Like A Version)
op 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 2023 | – | D | 77 / 136 | 45 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Best Kept Secret 2024 | 12 | C | 33 / 94 | 41 | 11 | 12 | 12 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pukkelpop 2025 | 17 | C | 38 / 128 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 21 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Rock Werchter 2026 | 25 | C | 31 / 86 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 29 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pinkpop 2026 | 25 | B | 21 / 71 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 29 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Werchter 2026 | Rock Werchter 2026 (Festivaldag 2): Alice in Werchterland | Dansende Beren | 04/07/2026 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2026 | 7 must-sees op de zondag van Pinkpop 2026 | Festileaks | 17/06/2026 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2026 | Pinkpop 2026 (Festivaldag 3): Saunaclub Megaland | Dansende Beren | 22/06/2026 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2026 | De 7 hoogtepunten van de zondag van Pinkpop 2026 | Festileaks | 22/06/2026 | dagverslag |
| Best Kept Secret 2024 | Best Kept Secret 2024 (Festivaldag 2): Bergopwaarts | Dansende Beren | 09/06/2024 | dagverslag |
| Pukkelpop 2023 | Pukkelpop 2023 (Festivaldag 2): Kokend bloed | Dansende Beren | 19/08/2023 | dagverslag |
| Pukkelpop 2023 | Dit waren de hoogtepunten van de vrijdag van Pukkelpop 2023 | Festileaks | 19/08/2023 | 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
- ▲Friday, July 2026 · Rock Werchter
- ●30/06/2026 · Grote Zaal, Groningen
- ▲Sunday, June 2026 · Pinkpop
- ●06/12/2025 · Vorst Nationaal / Forest National, Vorst / Forest
- ●19/11/2025 · AFAS Live, Amsterdam
- ▲August 2025 · Pukkelpop
10 earlier dates
- ●04/07/2025 · The Waterhole, Amsterdam
- ●24/11/2024 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●23/11/2024 · Doornroosje, Nijmegen
- ●19/11/2024 · Trix, Borgerhout
- ▲Saturday, June 2024 · Best Kept Secret
- ●20/08/2023 · Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●18/08/2023 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ▲Friday, August 2023 · Pukkelpop
- ●28/10/2022 · Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●25/10/2022 · Café, Borgerhout
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KINK | Netherlands | Moody 2 |
| NPO 3FM | Netherlands | Oysters In My Pocket 2 · Sofa King 2 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Car 137 · Moody 76 · Murder On The Dancefloor 27 · Sofa King 26 · Linger 18 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Say Something 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | Say Something 211 · If Our Love Is Dead 47 · Sweet Hallelujah 22 · Moody 8 · More To Loose 1 |
| 1LIVE | Germany | Murder On The Dancefloor 1 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | Moody 1 |
| DR P3 | Denmark | Say Something 1 |
| FM4 | Oostenrijk | Murder On The Dancefloor 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Moody 12 · Oysters In My Pocket 3 · Murder On The Dancefloor 3 · Car 3 · Heading For The Door 1 |
| Radio Nova | France | Car 2 |
| egoFM | Germany | Going Kokomo 2 · Oysters In My Pocket 2 · Claw Foot 2 · Say Something 1 · Sofa King 1 |