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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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2018, Pukkelpop 2019, Best Kept Secret 2022, Best Kept Secret 2025
- Active since
- 2017
- Albums
- My Method Actor 2024
- PAINLESS 2022
- Miss Universe 2019
- Concerts per year
- 2026 6
- 2025 50
- 2024 42
- 2022 64
- 2021 2
- 2019 68
- 2018 38
- 2017 12
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 3,416 times in a collection
- 929 on a wishlist
- 7 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Do You Like Pain? 2018 · 122
- Miss Universe 2019 · 992
- Inside Out 2021 · 618
- Painless 2022 · 403
- My Method Actor 2024 · 1.272
- Biggest own venue
- AFAS Live, Amsterdam
- ±6.000 plaatsen
- 2025 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
KEXP 5 1,2 per week VRT Radio 1 3 0,7 per week egoFM 3 0,7 per week BBC Radio 1 2 0,5 per week BBC Radio 6 Music 2 0,5 per week FluxFM 1 0,2 per week FM4 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 307 2,0 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 243 2,3 per week since Nov 2024 BBC Radio 1 135 0,9 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 13 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 12 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 KINK 7 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 3 0,6 per week since Oct 2026 egoFM 3 0,6 per week since Oct 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Method Actor | 2024 | #109 (1 wk) | – | – | 1.272 |
| PAINLESS | 2022 | #172 (1 wk) | – | – | 403 |
| Miss Universe | 2019 | #160 (1 wk) | – | – | 992 |
Discogs: 3,416 times in a collection. 929 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Nilüfer Yanya 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 2018 | – | – | – | – | – | – | charts, setlist.fm, stature | |
| Pukkelpop 2019 | – | D | 79 / 111 | 38 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Best Kept Secret 2022 | – | C | 32 / 50 | 16 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | 17 | B | 16 / 85 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 20 | Wikipedia, search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | Best Kept Secret 2025 (Festivaldag 1): Subtropisch zweten | Dansende Beren | 14/06/2025 | dagverslag |
| Best Kept Secret 2022 | Best Kept Secret (Festivaldag 3): En we leefden nog lang en gelukkig… | Dansende Beren | 13/06/2022 | dagverslag |
| Pukkelpop 2019 | Pukkelpop 2019 (Dag 2): Topdag onder een muzikale vlag | Dansende Beren | 17/08/2019 | dagverslag |
| Best Kept Secret 2018 | Best Kept Secret 2018: Festivaldag 2 | Dansende Beren | 10/06/2018 | 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
- ●24/11/2025 · AFAS Live, Amsterdam
- ▲Friday, June 2025 · Best Kept Secret
- ●25/11/2024 · Oude Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●24/11/2024 · L’Orangerie, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ▲Sunday, June 2022 · Best Kept Secret
- ●30/03/2022 · L’Orangerie, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
18 earlier dates
- ●28/03/2022 · Club, Amsterdam
- ●25/10/2019 · Pandora, Utrecht
- ●16/08/2019 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ▲Friday, August 2019 · Pukkelpop
- ●01/05/2019 · ACU, Utrecht
- ●30/04/2019 · Merleyn, Nijmegen
- ●29/04/2019 · Le Musée, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●19/04/2019 · BIRD, Rotterdam
- ●16/04/2019 · Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
- ●28/11/2018 · Vorst Nationaal / Forest National, Vorst / Forest
- ●27/11/2018 · Ronda, Utrecht
- ●23/09/2018 · Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam
- ▲June 2018 · Best Kept Secret
- ●10/04/2018 · Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●24/01/2018 · Beursschouwburg, Brussels
- ●17/01/2018 · Friday, Groningen
- ●10/06/2017 · de Ceuvel, Amsterdam
- ●29/10/2016 · 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 | Midnight Sun 1 · Sunday Light 1 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Day 7.5093 1 · Where To Look 1 · Cold Heart 1 |
| FM4 | Oostenrijk | Anotherlife 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Cold Heart 24 · Like I Say (I runaway) 9 · Where to Look 9 · Kneel 8 · Youth’s Fountain 6 |
| egoFM | Germany | The Dealer 1 · Paradise 1 |