Japanese Breakfast
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.
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2023
- Active since
- 2013
- Albums
- For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) 2025
- Jubilee 2021
- Soft Sounds From Another Planet 2017
- Psychopomp 2016
- Concerts per year
- 2026 11
- 2025 82
- 2023 38
- 2022 68
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 7,158 times in a collection
- 3,214 on a wishlist
- 8 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- June 2013 · 169
- Psychopomp 2016 · 241
- Soft Sounds From Another Planet 2017 · 5.164
- Jubilee 2020 · 858
- For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) 2025 · 579
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 6 Music 2 0,5 per week Studio Brussel 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 257 1,6 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 170 1,6 per week since Nov 2024 BBC Radio 1 26 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 6 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 4 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 KINK 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) | 2025 | – | – | – | 579 |
| Jubilee | 2021 | – | – | – | 858 |
| Soft Sounds From Another Planet | 2017 | – | – | – | 5.164 |
| Psychopomp | 2016 | – | – | – | 241 |
Discogs: 7,158 times in a collection. 3,214 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Japanese Breakfast compared with other countries?
Smaller in Italy.
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 2023 | 18 | B | 12 / 50 | 100 | 17 | 18 | 24 | Wikipedia, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2023 | Best Kept Secret 2023 (Festivaldag 3): Tot het einde goed | Dansende Beren | 12/06/2023 | 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
- ▲Sunday, June 2023 · Best Kept Secret
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 | Mega Circuit 1 · In Heaven 1 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | Kokomo, IN 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Be Sweet 14 · NamgungFEFERE 12 · Be Sweet (Korean Version) 9 · Diving Woman 8 · Honey Water 8 |