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 ›
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Pukkelpop 2018
- Active since
- 2001
- Albums
- NO_ONE EVER REALLY DIES 2017
- Nothing 2010
Stature
- Gold and platinum
- the Netherlands: 2 albums, 0 singles
- Fly Or Die goud, 2005
- In Search Of… goud, 2004
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
Studio Brussel 9 2,1 per week BBC Radio 6 Music 3 0,7 per week NPO 3FM 2 0,5 per week VRT Radio 1 2 0,5 per week Radio Nova 1 0,2 per week BBC Radio 1 1 0,2 per week Radio X 1 0,2 per week egoFM 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationStudio Brussel 326 2,1 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 72 0,5 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 69 0,7 per week since Nov 2024 BBC Radio 1 54 0,3 per week since Nov 2023 KINK 53 0,3 per week since Nov 2023 KEXP 26 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 2 0,4 per week since Oct 2026 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, and gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO_ONE EVER REALLY DIES | 2017 | – | – | – |
| Nothing | 2010 | – | – | – |
| Seeing Sounds | 2008 | – | – | – |
| Fly or Die | 2004 | – | – | gold NL |
| In Search Of… | 2001 | – | – | gold NL |
How popular is N*E*R*D* 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2018 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2018 | Pukkelpop 2018: Festivaldag 3 | Dansende Beren | 18/08/2018 | 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
- ▲August 2018 · Pukkelpop
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 |
|---|---|---|
| NPO 3FM | Netherlands | Lapdance 1 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Hot 'n' Fun 88 · She Wants To Move 52 · Lapdance 8 · Hypnotize U 7 · She Wants To Move (live) 1 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | She Wants To Move 2 · She wants to move 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | Lapdance 1 |
| FluxFM | Germany | My Drive Thru 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Run to the Sun 3 · Everyone Nose (All the Girls Standing in the Line for the Bathroom) 2 · The Way She Dances 1 · She Wants To Move 1 · Spaz 1 |
| Radio Nova | France | Hypnotize U 1 |