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 2025, Best Kept Secret 2026
- Active since
- 2020
- Albums
- BLACK STAR 2025
- Fountain Baby 2023
- THE ANGEL YOU DON’T KNOW 2020
- Hits since 2015
- Sad Girlz Luv Money Remix (Amaarae & Moliy feat. Kali Uchis) NL #55, 2021
- Concerts per year
- 2026 7
- 2025 17
- 2024 29
- 2023 3
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 1,453 times in a collection
- 924 on a wishlist
- 4 uitgaven
Per album, times in a collection- The Angel You Don't Know 2020 · 141
- Sad Girlz Luv Money (Remix) 2021 · 5
- Fountain Baby 2023 · 1.304
- Black Star 2025 · 3
- Biggest own venue
- Ronda, Utrecht
- ±2.000 plaatsen
- 2026 (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 1 60 0,4 per week since Nov 2023 KEXP 56 0,4 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 15 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 8 0,1 per week since Oct 2024 Studio Brussel 1 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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK STAR | 2025 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Fountain Baby | 2023 | – | – | – | 1.304 |
| THE ANGEL YOU DON’T KNOW | 2020 | – | – | – | 141 |
Discogs: 1,453 times in a collection. 924 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Amaarae 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 2025 | 12 | D | 52 / 128 | 64 | 10 | 13 | 19 | Wikipedia, search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Best Kept Secret 2026 | 14 | B | 17 / 82 | 35 | 11 | 15 | 19 | Wikipedia, search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2025 | Pukkelpop 2025 (Festivaldag 3): A volonté | Dansende Beren | 17/08/2025 | 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
- ▲June 2026 · Best Kept Secret
- ●22/04/2026 · Ronda, Utrecht
- ▲Saturday, August 2025 · Pukkelpop
- ●08/03/2024 · The Max, Amsterdam
- ●27/05/2022 · Ossegempark / Parc d'Osseghem, Laken / Laeken
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 | S.M.O. 1 |
| KEXP | United States | SAD GIRLZ LUV MONEY 2 · S.M.O. 2 · ms60 2 · Girlie-Pop! 2 · Fineshyt 1 |