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
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
- 2015
- Albums
- Something Soft 2025
- Attachment Styles 2023
- Concerts per year
- 2026 7
- 2025 46
- 2023 33
- 2022 37
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 463 times in a collection
- 116 on a wishlist
- 3 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Gender Studies 2021 · 126
- Attachment Styles 2023 · 176
- Something Soft 2025 · 161
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 6 Music 26 0,2 per week since Nov 2024 KEXP 14 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 2 0,0 per week since Dec 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Something Soft | 2025 | – | – | – | 161 |
| Attachment Styles | 2023 | – | – | – | 176 |
Discogs: 463 times in a collection. 116 times on a wishlist.
How popular is M(h)aol 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 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 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 1): Stralend van start | Dansende Beren | 10/06/2023 | 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
- ▲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 |
|---|---|---|
| KEXP | United States | Pursuit 3 · Snare 1 · Gender Studies 1 · You Are Temporary, The Internet Is Forever 1 |