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Chances for 2027
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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2025
- Active since
- 1980
- Albums
- L’amour à la folie 2025
- Eclipse 2022
- La Confusion 2017
- Folila 2012
- Concerts per year
- 2026 0
- 2025 3
- 2024 27
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Awards
- Victoires de la musique gewonnen x2 2005, 2013
- Grammy Award genomineerd x3 2006, 2010, 2013
- Discogs
- 3,712 times in a collection
- 1,181 on a wishlist
- 27 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Dimanche À Bamako 2004 · 710
- Zeit, Dass Sich Was Dreht 2006 · 238
- Welcome To Mali 2008 · 716
- La Confusion 2017 · 423
- La Vie Est Belle 2024 · 371
- Biggest own venue
- Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ±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
VRT Radio 1 2 0,5 per week Radio Nova 1 0,2 per week BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0,2 per week KEXP 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 62 0,4 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 41 0,4 per week since Oct 2024 BBC Radio 1 17 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 15 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 2 0,2 per week since Sep 2026 Radio Nova 1 0,2 per week since Oct 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L’amour à la folie | 2025 | – | – | – | – |
| Eclipse | 2022 | – | – | – | – |
| La Confusion | 2017 | – | – | – | 423 |
| Folila | 2012 | #89 (4 wk) | – | – | – |
| Welcome to Mali | 2008 | #83 (2 wk) | – | – | 716 |
| Dimanche à Bamako | 2004 | #70 (8 wk) | #93 (2 wk) | – | 710 |
| Wati | 2002 | – | – | – | – |
| Se te djon ye | 1999 | – | – | – | – |
| Tje ni mousso | 1999 | – | – | – | – |
| Sou ni tilé | 1998 | – | – | – | – |
| Vol. 5 | 1993 | – | – | – | – |
| Vol. 4 | 1992 | – | – | – | – |
| Vol. 3 | 1991 | – | – | – | – |
| Vol. 2 | 1990 | – | – | – | – |
| Vol. 1 | 1989 | – | – | – | – |
Discogs: 3,712 times in a collection. 1,181 times on a wishlist.
Awards
Awards won and nominations according to Wikidata (major awards only; counted per category).
| Award | Won | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Victoires de la musique | 2 (2005, 2013) | – |
| Grammy Award | – | 3 |
How popular is Amadou & Mariam compared with other countries?
Much bigger in France than you would expect; 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)
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 2025 | 20 | B | 14 / 85 | 34 | 31 | 15 | 15 | Wikipedia, search volume, charts, setlist.fm, 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
- ▲June 2025 · Best Kept Secret
- ●05/09/2024 · The Max, Amsterdam
- ●27/03/2024 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●28/08/2022 · Citadelle de Namur, Namur
- ●27/08/2022 · Bosspot, Amersfoort
- ●26/08/2022 · Julianapark, Venlo
29 earlier dates
- ●05/07/2022 · Le Manège, Mons
- ●23/03/2022 · The Max, Amsterdam
- ●04/11/2021 · Vooruit, Ghent
- ●01/09/2019 · Elisabethpark / Parc Elisabeth, Koekelberg
- ●24/07/2019 · Walter De Buckplein, Ghent
- ●20/07/2019 · Zuiderparktheater, The Hague
- ●19/07/2019 · De Groene Ster, Leeuwarden
- ●17/07/2019 · Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
- ●22/11/2018 · Grote Zaal, Utrecht
- ●29/06/2018 · Ossegempark / Parc d'Osseghem, Laken / Laeken
- ●09/11/2017 · Grote Zaal, Utrecht
- ●14/10/2017 · The Max, Amsterdam
- ●25/09/2015 · De Casino, Sint-Niklaas
- ●21/08/2015 · Kunstberg / Mont des Arts, Brussels
- ●21/07/2014 · Sportzone De Deuster, Peer
- ●07/09/2013 · Citadelle de Namur, Namur
- ●13/05/2012 · Cirque Royal / Koninklijk Circus, Brussels
- ●26/03/2012 · The Max, Amsterdam
- ●18/06/2011 · Paleizenplein / Place des Palais, Brussels
- ●26/06/2009 · Tour&Taxis, Brussels
- ●24/03/2009 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●18/02/2009 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●05/08/2006 · Terrein Koudekotstraat, Dranouter
- ●30/11/2005 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●01/07/2005 · Tour&Taxis, Brussels
- ●19/06/2005 · Oosterpark, Amsterdam
- ●20/04/2005 · L’Orangerie, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●22/03/2000 · L’Orangerie, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●19/12/1998 · La Rotonde, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
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 | Sabali 8 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | La Realite 1 · L'amour À La Folie 1 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | Senegal Fast Food 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Sabali 4 · Bofou Safou 3 · Sonfo 3 · On Veut La Paix 2 · Je pense à toi 1 |
| Radio Nova | France | Sabali 1 |