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
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Pukkelpop 2023, Pukkelpop 2025
- Active since
- 2020
- Albums
- Paradise Now 2025
- Some Nights I Dream of Doors 2022
- Which Way Is Forward? 2020
- Hits since 2015
- Adore U (Fred Again.. & Obongjayar) BE #45, 2023
- Adore U (Fred Again.. & Obongjayar) NL #80, 2023
- Concerts per year
- 2026 9
- 2025 19
- 2024 8
- 2023 12
- 2022 7
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 337 times in a collection
- 184 on a wishlist
- 2 uitgaven
Per album, times in a collection- Some Nights I Dream Of Doors 2022 · 161
- Paradise Now 2025 · 176
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 1 11 2,6 per week egoFM 7 1,6 per week KEXP 5 1,2 per week VRT Radio 1 4 0,9 per week Studio Brussel 3 0,7 per week FM4 2 0,5 per week FluxFM 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 1 726 4,6 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 415 2,6 per week since Nov 2023 KEXP 403 2,6 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 221 2,0 per week since Oct 2024 NPO 3FM 115 0,7 per week since Nov 2023 egoFM 7 1,4 per week since Oct 2026 VRT Radio 1 5 0,5 per week since Sep 2026 FM4 2 0,4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Now | 2025 | – | – | – | 176 |
| Some Nights I Dream of Doors | 2022 | – | – | – | 161 |
| Which Way Is Forward? | 2020 | – | – | – | – |
Discogs: 337 times in a collection. 184 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Obongjayar 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 2023 | – | D | 88 / 136 | 100 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pukkelpop 2025 | 12 | D | 55 / 128 | 11 | 13 | 11 | – | Wikipedia, search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2025 | Pukkelpop 2025 (Festivaldag 3): A volonté | Dansende Beren | 17/08/2025 | dagverslag |
| Pukkelpop 2023 | Pukkelpop 2023 (Festivaldag 4): Overal vuurwerk | Dansende Beren | 21/08/2023 | 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
- ▲Saturday, August 2025 · Pukkelpop
- ▲Sunday, August 2023 · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Adore U 81 · Point and Kill 8 · Just Cool 6 · Not in Surrender 2 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Give Me More 3 · I Wish It Was Me 2 · Just My Luck 1 |
| FM4 | Oostenrijk | Sugar 2 |
| KEXP | United States | Not in Surrender 72 · Sweet Danger 28 · Give Me More 23 · Flood 20 · Lion 20 |
| egoFM | Germany | Holy Mountain 1 · Just Cool 1 · Sweet Danger 1 |