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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2025, Rock Werchter 2026
- Active since
- 2014
- Albums
- Self Titled 2025
- The Line Is a Curve 2022
- The Book of Traps and Lessons 2019
- Let Them Eat Chaos 2016
- Everybody Down 2014
- Concerts per year
- 2026 17
- 2025 54
- 2024 11
- 2023 12
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 1,002 times in a collection
- 219 on a wishlist
- 2 uitgaven
Per album, times in a collection- The Line Is A Curve 2022 · 865
- Self Titled 2025 · 137
- Biggest own venue
- Ronda, Utrecht
- ±2.000 plaatsen
- 2025 (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 7 1,6 per week VRT Radio 1 3 0,7 per week KEXP 3 0,7 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 6 Music 614 5,6 per week since Oct 2024 KEXP 80 0,5 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 36 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 23 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 1 17 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 5 0,0 per week since Dec 2024 VRT Radio 1 4 0,4 per week since Sep 2026 KINK 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 - Similar to
- Kate Tempest, Sleaford Mods, Loyle Carner, Sampa The Great, Young Fathers, Little Simz
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self Titled | 2025 | #50 (2 wk) | – | – | 137 |
| The Line Is a Curve | 2022 | #16 (6 wk) | – | – | 865 |
| The Book of Traps and Lessons | 2019 | #29 (13 wk) | – | – | – |
| Let Them Eat Chaos | 2016 | #148 (2 wk) | – | – | – |
| Everybody Down | 2014 | – | – | – | – |
Discogs: 1,002 times in a collection. 219 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Kae Tempest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | 16 | B | 19 / 85 | 37 | 18 | 14 | 16 | Wikipedia, search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Rock Werchter 2026 | 22 | C | 37 / 86 | 32 | 23 | 19 | 23 | Wikipedia, search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Werchter 2026 | Terugblik: Kae Tempest slaat en zalft op Rock Werchter 2026 | Festileaks | 16/09/2026 | about this act |
| Rock Werchter 2026 | Rock Werchter 2026 (Festivaldag 2): Alice in Werchterland | Dansende Beren | 04/07/2026 | dagverslag |
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | Best Kept Secret 2025 (Festivaldag 2): Gezien en gezien worden | Dansende Beren | 15/06/2025 | 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 2026 · Rock Werchter
- ●06/07/2026 · Openluchttheater De Goffert, Nijmegen
- ●05/07/2026 · Amsterdamse Bostheater, Amstelveen
- ●04/07/2026 · Reflektor, Liège
- ●25/11/2025 · Ronda, Utrecht
- ●06/11/2025 · Grote Zaal, Eindhoven
20 earlier dates
- ●05/11/2025 · Ronda, Utrecht
- ●12/10/2025 · Henry Le Bœufzaal / Salle Henry Le Bœuf, Brussels
- ▲Saturday, June 2025 · Best Kept Secret
- ●25/08/2024 · Openluchttheater Rivierenhof, Deurne
- ●15/07/2022 · de Bijloke, Ghent
- ●02/11/2019 · Theater Aan Het Spui, The Hague
- ●25/10/2019 · Théâtre National de la Communauté Française / Nationaal Theater, Brussels
- ●23/10/2019 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●17/09/2019 · Studio Brussel, Schaarbeek / Schaerbeek
- ●18/08/2019 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●07/05/2019 · Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
- ●03/05/2019 · L’Orangerie, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●12/11/2016 · De Kreun, Kortrijk
- ●11/11/2016 · Reflektor, Liège
- ●10/11/2016 · The Max, Amsterdam
- ●22/08/2015 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●10/04/2015 · Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Rotterdam
- ●16/01/2015 · Stadsschouwburg, Groningen
- ●05/12/2014 · Club, Brussels
- ●21/11/2014 · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Statue In The Square 6 · Diagnoses 6 · More Pressure 5 · Europe Is Lost 2 · Flags 2 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Irish Goodbye 3 · People's Faces 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | Statue In The Square 1 · Europe Is Lost 1 |
| BBC Radio 6 Music | United Kingdom | Time Is Hardcore 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Statue In The Square 12 · People's Faces 11 · Flags 8 · Know Yourself 6 · More Pressure 5 |