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
- Best Kept Secret 2016
- Active since
- 2011
- Albums
- Reine Fiske/Ryley Walker 2024
- It'll Sound Different Once We Get Some Bodies in the Room 2023
- Belladonna Garnish 2022
- Post Wook 2021
- A Tap on the Shoulder 2021
Stature
- Biggest own venue
- Cactus, Brugge
- ±400 plaatsen
- 2022 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Since we track the station
BBC Radio 6 Music 5 0,0 per week since Oct 2024 KEXP 2 0,0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reine Fiske/Ryley Walker | 2024 | – | – | – |
| It'll Sound Different Once We Get Some Bodies in the Room | 2023 | – | – | – |
| Belladonna Garnish | 2022 | – | – | – |
| Post Wook | 2021 | – | – | – |
| A Tap on the Shoulder | 2021 | – | – | – |
| Course in Fable | 2021 | – | – | – |
| For Michael Ripps | 2020 | – | – | – |
| Bozo in Big Smoke | 2020 | – | – | – |
| Papaya in a Hound's Tooth | 2020 | – | – | – |
| Flops In New York | 2019 | – | – | – |
| Sliders | 2019 | – | – | – |
| Running & Ryley Walker | 2018 | – | – | – |
| Deafman Glance | 2018 | #50 (6 wk) | – | – |
| Hypnotic Pulse of the Reindeer Range | 2017 | – | – | – |
| Golden Sings That Have Been Sung | 2016 | #12 (7 wk) | #20 (3 wk) | – |
| Cannots | 2016 | – | – | – |
| Primrose Green | 2015 | – | #80 (4 wk) | – |
| Land of Plenty | 2015 | – | – | – |
| All Kinds of You | 2014 | – | – | – |
| Of Deathly Premonitions | 2011 | – | – | – |
How popular is Ryley Walker 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 2016 | – | C | 36 / 64 | 100 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, 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
- ●06/05/2022 · Cactus, Brugge
- ▲Sunday, June 2016 · Best Kept Secret
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 | Silver Cup 1 · Primrose Green 1 |