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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2019
- Active since
- 2006
- Albums
- SABLE, fABLE 2025
- i,i 2019
- 22, a Million 2016
- Bon Iver, Bon Iver 2011
- Hits since 2015
- Exile (Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver) BE #37, 2020
- Speyside BE #48, 2024
- Exile (Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver) NL #84, 2020
Stature
- De Tijdloze 2025
- 5 nummers, hoogste #178 (Exile)
- in the list since 2020, 6 years
- per song
- Awards
- Grammy Award gewonnen 2012
- Grammy Award genomineerd 2012
- Biggest own venue
- Sportpaleis, Merksem
- ±23.000 plaatsen
- 2022 (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 10 2,3 per week egoFM 8 1,9 per week Studio Brussel 7 1,6 per week Willy 5 1,2 per week BBC Radio 1 3 0,7 per week FluxFM 3 0,7 per week VRT Radio 1 2 0,5 per week KINK 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationStudio Brussel 614 3,9 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 508 4,8 per week since Nov 2024 BBC Radio 1 491 3,1 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 278 2,8 per week since Dec 2024 KEXP 143 0,9 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 56 0,4 per week since Nov 2023 KINK 33 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 egoFM 8 1,6 per week since Oct 2026
De Tijdloze on StuBru
De Tijdloze is the all-time list of Studio Brussel, the Flemish rock station. Listeners vote for their favourite songs every year, and since 1987 StuBru has broadcast the top 100 at the end of December. Since 2019 the rest of the vote is known as well: 500 places in 2019, around 2,000 since 2021. A place above 100 did not make the broadcast. The figures come from tijdloze.rocks, an independent site that keeps every list since 1987. Click a column header to sort.
| Song | From | Years in the list | 2025 | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exile | 2020 | 2 (2023–2025) | #178 | #178 (2025) | #1848 (2023) |
| Holocene | 2011 | 6 (2020–2025) | #550 | #517 (2020) | #649 (2021) |
| Skinny Love | 2008 | 6 (2020–2025) | #904 | #416 (2020) | #904 (2025) |
| For Emma | 2008 | 5 (2021–2025) | #1019 | #1019 (2025) | #2207 (2023) |
| Re: Stacks | 2008 | 5 (2021–2025) | #1146 | #853 (2022) | #1446 (2021) |
| 8 (circle) | 2016 | 5 (2020–2024) | – | #1020 (2020) | #1623 (2023) |
| Perth | 2011 | 4 (2021–2024) | – | #1053 (2022) | #1628 (2021) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SABLE, fABLE | 2025 | #3 (14 wk) | #8 (2 wk) | – |
| i,i | 2019 | #5 (25 wk) | #21 (5 wk) | – |
| 22, a Million | 2016 | #2 (9 wk) | #8 (7 wk) | – |
| Bon Iver, Bon Iver | 2011 | #4 (61 wk) | #15 (18 wk) | – |
| For Emma, Forever Ago | 2007 | #20 (48 wk) | #61 (3 wk) | – |
Other albums in the charts or with gold or platinum (live, compilations, reissues):
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volumes - One - Selections From Music Concerts 2019-2023 | 2026 | #88 (2 wk) | – | – |
Awards
Awards won and nominations according to Wikidata (major awards only; counted per category).
| Award | Won | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Grammy Award | 1 (2012) | 1 |
How popular is Bon Iver compared with other countries?
Bigger in Denmark 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 2019 | 28 | A | 5 / 60 | 37 | 24 | 27 | 42 | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2019 | Bon Iver @ Best Kept Secret 2019: Groots in zijn eenvoud | Dansende Beren | 01/06/2019 | about this act |
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
- ●03/11/2022 · Sportpaleis, Merksem
- ●02/11/2022 · Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
- ▲June 2019 · Best Kept Secret
- ●25/10/2018 · Vorst Nationaal / Forest National, Vorst / Forest
- ●19/09/2017 · Grote Zaal, Utrecht
- ●06/11/2012 · Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
11 earlier dates
- ●02/11/2012 · Lotto Arena, Merksem
- ●11/07/2012 · Kardingerplas, Groningen
- ●27/10/2011 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●26/10/2011 · Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht
- ●20/08/2009 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●06/12/2008 · Vooruit, Ghent
- ●04/10/2008 · De Oosterpoort, Groningen
- ●03/10/2008 · L’Orangerie, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●19/09/2008 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●29/05/2008 · Vooruit Balzaal, Ghent
- ●24/05/2008 · Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam
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 | Skinny Love 1 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | From 77 · Everything Is Peaceful Love 28 · Skinny Love 23 · Exile 21 · Holocene 14 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Exile 1 · Auatc 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | From 188 · Skinny Love 55 · Holocene 4 · Everything Is Peaceful Love 2 · Flume 1 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | Perth 1 |
| FluxFM | Germany | There's A Rhythmn 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Flood 26 · Day One 10 · Everything Is Peaceful Love 10 · Keep Away 5 · From 5 |
| egoFM | Germany | S P E Y S I D E 1 · AUATC 1 · Naeem 1 |