Points show how well known and in demand an act is today in Belgium and the Netherlands, based on public figures such as listeners and hits. They say nothing about the quality of a show. 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
- Active since
- 2002
Stature
- Awards
- Grammy Award genomineerd 1998
- Gold and platinum
- the Netherlands: 3 albums, 0 singles
- Mama's Gun goud, 2001
- Live platina, 2000
- Live goud, 1998
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 6 Music 64 2.1 a day KEXP 30 1.0 a day VRT Radio 1 8 0.3 a day FluxFM 8 0.3 a day BBC Radio 1 6 0.2 a day Studio Brussel 2 0.1 a day Radio Nova 2 0.1 a day Since we track the stationBBC Radio 6 Music 508 4,6 per week since Oct 2024 KEXP 443 2,8 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 1 87 0,6 per week since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 18 1,9 per week since Sep 2026 Studio Brussel 10 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 FluxFM 8 1,6 per week since Oct 2026 NPO 3FM 7 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 Radio Nova 2 0,4 per week since Oct 2026
Records
Albums in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) and with gold or platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But You Caint Use My Phone | 2015 | #153 (1 wk) | – | – |
| New Amerykah Part Two (Return Of The Ankh) | 2010 | #53 (6 wk) | #66 (5 wk) | – |
| New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) | 2008 | #32 (4 wk) | #25 (7 wk) | – |
| Worldwide Underground | 2003 | – | #42 (7 wk) | – |
| Mama's Gun | 2000 | – | #7 (34 wk) | gold NL |
| Baduizm Live | 1998 | – | #5 (43 wk) | – |
| Baduizm | 1997 | – | #32 (46 wk) | – |
| Live | – | – | gold NL, platinum NL |
Awards
Awards won and nominations according to Wikidata (major awards only; counted per category).
| Award | Won | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Grammy Award | – | 1 |
How popular is Erykah Badu 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.
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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.
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 | Bag Lady 3 · Didn't Cha Know 2 · Window Seat 1 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Witch Doctor 8 · To the Moon 5 · You Got Me 2 · Phone Down 1 · Tyrone 1 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | To the Moon 10 · Witch Doctor 3 · Next To You 1 |
| FluxFM | Germany | Bag Lady 1 · Appletree 1 · Tyrone 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Witch Doctor 22 · Next To You 14 · To the Moon 13 · pure colour 12 · They Ain't You 9 |
| Radio Nova | France | On & On 1 |