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 ›
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Pinkpop 2017, Rock Werchter 2024, Pinkpop 2024
- Active since
- 2016
- Hits since 2015
- Say You Won't Let Go NL #1, 2016
- Rewrite The Stars (James Arthur & Anne-Marie) BE #7, 2018
- Say You Won't Let Go BE #10, 2016
- Questions (Lost Frequencies / James Arthur) BE #13, 2022
- Rewrite The Stars (James Arthur & Anne-Marie) NL #24, 2018
- Naked BE #38, 2018
- Concerts per year
- 2026 32
- 2025 56
- 2024 76
- 2023 8
- 2017 75
- 2016 11
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Gold and platinum
- Belgium: 0 albums, 6 singles
- Say You Won't Let Go platina x2, 2021
- Train Wreck goud, 2021
- Say You Won't Let Go platina, 2017
- Say You Won't Let Go goud, 2016
- and 2 more
- Discogs
- 1,255 times in a collection
- 162 on a wishlist
- 20 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Impossible 2012 · 179
- James Arthur 2013 · 505
- You 2019 · 242
- It'll All Make Sense In The End 2021 · 127
- Bitter Sweet Love 2024 · 70
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
MNM 10 2,3 per week Qmusic 8 1,9 per week 1LIVE 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationQmusic 134 1,5 per week since Feb 2025 BBC Radio 1 110 0,7 per week since Nov 2023 MNM 18 1,9 per week since Sep 2026 NPO 3FM 3 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 Qmusic NL 3 0,2 per week since Jul 2026 1LIVE 1 0,2 per week since Oct 2026 - Similar to
- Dean Lewis, Lewis Capaldi, Calum Scott, Ed Sheeran, Henry Moodie, James TW
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 | Discogs collections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pisces | 2025 | #78 (1 wk) | #51 (1 wk) | – | – |
| Bitter Sweet Love | 2024 | #33 (1 wk) | #43 (1 wk) | – | 70 |
| It'll All Make Sense In The End | 2021 | #118 (1 wk) | – | – | 127 |
| You | 2019 | #87 (2 wk) | #60 (2 wk) | – | 242 |
| Back From The Edge | 2016 | #19 (42 wk) | #24 (71 wk) | – | – |
| James Arthur | 2013 | #74 (23 wk) | #99 (1 wk) | – | 505 |
Discogs: 1.255 keer in een collectie. 162 times on een verlanglijst; singles met goud of platina: Belgium 6, the Netherlands 0.
How popular is James Arthur 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinkpop 2017 | 31 | B | 16 / 45 | 100 | 33 | 28 | 37 | Wikipedia, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Rock Werchter 2024 | 48 | B | 12 / 94 | 100 | 52 | 41 | 49 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pinkpop 2024 | 45 | B | 15 / 60 | 93 | 51 | 40 | 49 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Werchter 2024 | Rock Werchter 2024 (Festivaldag 2): Regengeur en maneschijn | Dansende Beren | 06/07/2024 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2024 | 5 must-sees op de zondag van Pinkpop 2024 | Festileaks | 05/06/2024 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2017 | Pinkpop-zondag is van start en we hebben er zin in! | Festileaks | 04/06/2017 | 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
- ▲Friday, July 2024 · Rock Werchter
- ▲Sunday, June 2024 · Pinkpop
- ▲Sunday, June 2017 · Pinkpop
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MNM | Belgium | Rewrite The Stars 10 · Impossible 7 · Say You Won't Let Go 4 |
| Qmusic | Belgium | Impossible 110 · Rewrite The Stars 2 · Say You Won't Let Go 1 |
| Qmusic NL | Netherlands | Say You Won't Let Go 3 |