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Latest update on the afternoon of 5 November 2026. May be temporarily behind.
Please note: ActRanker has just launched and the data is still incomplete. Not every concert or festival booking is in yet, so the points and chances are provisional.

Emma Hessels

Popularity today
13
Belgium 17 · the Netherlands 11 · Worldwide – · on a scale of 100
Score back then at Best Kept Secret 2025
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Belgium – · the Netherlands – · Worldwide – · level C

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

Probability estimates remain estimates and are not an official announcement.

No rumours, no inside knowledge. Tap Why? for the reasons.

(Nearly) impossible
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festival
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festival
(Nearly) impossible
If this act plays this festival: level D, now 10 of 10 acts
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festival
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festival
Figures
Spotify listeners
≈ 338
estimate, below the measuring threshold of 500.000 · Deezer 26 · streams per day –
Last.fm listeners
2.685
not in the country charts
Instagram followers
–
Not available yet
Search volume per month
850
Belgium 850 · the Netherlands 75 · Worldwide 920
Wikipedia, 12 months
0
EN 0 · NL 0 · FR 0

pop

Career

Line-ups
Best Kept Secret 2025
Active since
2025
Concerts per year
  • 2026 17
  • 2025 15
  • 2024 2
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.

Today

Radio
Last 30 days
VRT Radio 1163,7 per week
Studio Brussel10,2 per week
Since we track the station
Studio Brussel510,3 per weeksince Nov 2023
VRT Radio 1163,2 per weeksince Oct 2026
Willy50,0 per weeksince Dec 2024
Home act
101% of worldwide search volume comes from Belgium and the Netherlands (typically a few percent)

Best-known songs (Deezer)

Always Lost
Always Lost
op Deezer
I Wish It Was Me
I Wish It Was Me
op Deezer
Woollen Women
Constant Distance
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.

EditionScoreLevelRankExceptionalBelgiumNetherlandsWorldSources
Best Kept Secret 2025–C79 / 85100–––search volume, setlist.fm, stature

Reviews and reports

Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.

EditionTitelBronDateSoort
Best Kept Secret 2025Best Kept Secret 2025 (Festivaldag 3): Rood stofDansende Beren16/06/2025dagverslag

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

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
StationCountryMost played
Studio BrusselBelgiumWoollen Women 29 · I Wish It Was Me 8 · Insular 7 · Day One 3 · Always Lost 3
VRT Radio 1BelgiumTantalus 11 · I Wish It Was Me 3 · Always Lost 2
WillyBelgiumInsular 3 · Insular (Live Bij De Zomer Van 2
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