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
- Best Kept Secret 2024
- Active since
- 2022
- Albums
- God Said No 2024
- Ivory 2022
- Concerts per year
- 2026 1
- 2025 0
- 2024 40
- 2023 30
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Awards
- Grammy Award genomineerd 2023
- Discogs
- 2,002 times in a collection
- 704 on a wishlist
- 7 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Stereo 2018 · 63
- Apolonio 2020 · 81
- Ivory 2022 · 74
- Te Maldigo 2024 · 1.081
- God Said No 2024 · 616
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
FluxFM 3 0,7 per week Radio Nova 2 0,5 per week BBC Radio 1 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 1 181 1,2 per week since Nov 2023 KEXP 34 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 8 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 7 0,1 per week since Oct 2024 FluxFM 3 0,6 per week since Oct 2026 Radio Nova 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| God Said No | 2024 | – | – | – | 616 |
| Ivory | 2022 | – | – | – | 74 |
Discogs: 2,002 times in a collection. 704 times on a wishlist.
Awards
Awards won and nominations according to Wikidata (major awards only; counted per category).
| Award | Won | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Grammy Award | – | 1 |
How popular is Omar Apollo 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)
Evergreen (You Didn’t Deserve Me At All) (Live At NPR's Tiny Desk)
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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 2024 | – | C | 50 / 94 | 80 | – | – | 14 | Wikipedia, search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2024 | Best Kept Secret 2024 (Festivaldag 1): Kleur bekennen | Dansende Beren | 08/06/2024 | 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, June 2024 · Best Kept Secret
- ●25/06/2019 · Cinetol, Amsterdam
- ●22/11/2018 · Upstairs, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FluxFM | Germany | Killing Me 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Bleed 2 · Ice Slippin 1 · Te olvidaste 1 · Invincible 1 · Less of You 1 |
| Radio Nova | France | Spite 2 |