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 2018, Best Kept Secret 2022, Best Kept Secret 2024
- Concerts per year
- 2026 0
- 2025 0
- 2024 0
- 2023 1
- 2022 1
- 2021 0
- 2018 0
- 2017 0
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 2,150 times in a collection
- 306 on a wishlist
- 9 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Babies Are A Lie / School 2017 · 348
- Paycheck 2018 · 375
- Boat 2019 · 726
- Welcome Break 2022 · 148
- Bobbie 2023 · 538
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0,2 per week NPO 3FM 1 0,2 per week KINK 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationNPO 3FM 195 1,2 per week since Nov 2023 KINK 176 1,1 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 115 1,1 per week since Nov 2024 BBC Radio 1 7 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 KEXP 6 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 - Home act
- 31% of worldwide search volume comes from Belgium and the Netherlands (typically a few percent)
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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | setlist.fm, stature | |
| Best Kept Secret 2022 | – | C | 48 / 50 | 33 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, setlist.fm, stature |
| Best Kept Secret 2024 | – | C | 44 / 94 | 11 | – | 16 | – | Wikipedia, search volume, 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 3): Stem kwijt | Dansende Beren | 10/06/2024 | dagverslag |
| Best Kept Secret 2022 | Best Kept Secret (Festivaldag 2): Weinig geheimen, weinig verrassingen | Dansende Beren | 12/06/2022 | 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
- ▲Sunday, June 2024 · Best Kept Secret
- ▲Saturday, June 2022 · Best Kept Secret
- ●22/02/2019 · Cactus, Brugge
- ▲June 2018 · 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 | School 1 |