Purple Disco Machine
Popularity today
39
Belgium 42 · the Netherlands 36 · Worldwide 33 · on a scale of 100
Score back then at Pukkelpop 2026
27
Belgium 30 · Netherlands 22 · Worldwide 25 · level B
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
Probability estimates remain estimates and are not an official announcement.
No rumours, no inside knowledge. Tap Why? for the reasons.
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festivalpopularity only, nothing that points to a booking
(Nearly) impossible
If this act plays this festival: 54 points (B), now 10 of 10 acts
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festival
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
little that points to itno shows planned around the festivalplayed here last year, and two years in a row is rareprofile fits this festival less
Figures
Spotify listeners
8.037.948
Deezer 166.549 · streams per day 677.097
Last.fm listeners
613.083
rank 1506 in Belgium · rank 1096 in the Netherlands
Instagram followers
507.483
@purple_disco_machine · updated on 02/11/2026
Search volume per month
857
Belgium 857 · the Netherlands 905 · Worldwide 45.316
Wikipedia, 12 months
61.917
EN 52.184 · NL 3.200 · FR 6.533
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Career
- Line-ups
- Rock Werchter 2025, Pinkpop 2025, Pukkelpop 2026
- Active since
- 2017
- Albums
- Paradise 2024
- Exotica 2021
- Soulmatic 2017
- Hits since 2015
- Substitution (Purple Disco Machine x Kungs feat. Julian Perretta) BE #2, 2023
- In The Dark (Purple Disco Machine + Sophie And The Giants) BE #4, 2022
- Something On My Mind (Purple Disco Machine / Duke Dumont / Nothing But Thieves) BE #4, 2023
- Hypnotized (Purple Disco Machine & Sophie And The Giants) BE #9, 2021
- All My Life (Purple Disco Machine & The Magician) BE #9, 2024
- Beat Of Your Heart (Purple Disco Machine & Ásdís) BE #11, 2024
- Concerts per year
- 2026 19
- 2025 26
- 2024 35
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Gold and platinum
- Belgium: 0 albums, 3 singles
- Substitution platina, 2024
- Substitution goud, 2023
- Hypnotized goud, 2021
- Discogs
- 7,182 times in a collection
- 4,568 on a wishlist
- 38 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Move Or Not 2013 · 1.203
- Love For Days 2017 · 292
- Body Funk 2017 · 264
- Dished (Male Stripper) 2018 · 508
- Emotion EP 2019 · 783
- Discotheque 2019 · 275
- In My Arms 2020 · 733
- Exotica 2021 · 1.816
- Playbox 2021 · 323
- Paradise 2024 · 259
All 38 releases
- My House / These Sheets 2013 · 46
- Move Or Not 2013 · 1.203
- Need Someone 2013 · 43
- Funk EP 2013 · 10
- RPMD EP 2015 · 2
- Counting On Me 2016 · 4
- Love For Days 2017 · 292
- Body Funk 2017 · 264
- Soulmatic 2017 · 72
- Devil In Me 2017 · 167
- Dished (Male Stripper) 2018 · 508
- Discotheque 2019 · 275
- Emotion EP 2019 · 783
- Hypnotized 2020 · 20
- In My Arms 2020 · 733
- Exotica 2021 · 1.816
- Playbox 2021 · 323
- Club Exotica 2021 · 35
- Dopamine 2021 · 5
- Rise 2021 · 9
- Fireworks 2021 · 200
- In The Dark 2022 · 13
- Wake Up! 2022 · 5
- Summer Lovin' 2022 · 9
- Something On My Mind 2023 · 5
- Substitution 2023 · 16
- Bad Company 2023 · 3
- Compliance (Purple Disco Machine Remix) 2023 · 7
- Higher Ground 2024 · 3
- Die Maschine 2024 · 5
- Heartbreaker 2024 · 10
- Beat Of Your Heart 2024 · 6
- Honey Boy 2024 · 12
- All My Life 2024 · 4
- Paradise 2024 · 259
- Ghost Town 2025 · 3
- Dream Machine 2025 · 8
- Disco Cherry 2026 · 4
- Biggest own venue
- Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ±2.000 plaatsen
- 2024 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
MNM 86 2.9 a day Qmusic 45 1.5 a day NPO 3FM 24 0.8 a day Qmusic NL 21 0.7 a day Studio Brussel 19 0.6 a day 1LIVE 11 0.4 a day BBC Radio 1 6 0.2 a day delta radio 3 0.1 a day Since we track the stationNPO 3FM 2.132 1.9 a day since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 1.175 1.1 a day since Nov 2023 Qmusic 1.076 1.7 a day since Feb 2025 BBC Radio 1 223 0.2 a day since Nov 2023 MNM 89 2.5 a day since Oct 2026 Qmusic NL 61 0.6 a day since Aug 2026 KEXP 12 0.0 a day since Nov 2023 1LIVE 11 0.3 a day since Oct 2026 - Similar to
- Kungs, Ofenbach, Felix Jaehn, Bakermat, Robin Schulz, Claptone
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 | 2024 | #26 (6 wk) | – | – | 259 |
| Exotica | 2021 | #32 (23 wk) | #45 (18 wk) | – | 1.816 |
| Soulmatic | 2017 | – | – | – | 72 |
Discogs: 7.182 keer in een collectie. 4.568 times on een verlanglijst; singles met goud of platina: Belgium 3, the Netherlands 0.
How popular is Purple Disco Machine compared with other countries?
Bigger in Germany and Poland than you would expect.
Germany×10,015,183 per month
Italy×3,62,275 per month
Spain×2,71,708 per month
Poland×2,61,071 per month
France×2,32,775 per month
Belgium×2,2857 per month
Zweden×1,5396 per month
Netherlands×1,3905 per month
United Kingdom×1,23,558 per month
Denmark×1,0170 per month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Werchter 2025 | 34 | B | 19 / 92 | 26 | 38 | 30 | 28 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pinkpop 2025 | 32 | B | 12 / 53 | 38 | 39 | 29 | 28 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pukkelpop 2026 | 27 | B | 22 / 138 | 18 | 30 | 22 | 25 | Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2026 | Pukkelpop 2026 (Festivaldag 4): Pop around the clock | Dansende Beren | 24/08/2026 | dagverslag |
| Rock Werchter 2025 | Rock Werchter 2025 (Festivaldag 2): Geslopet en gesloopt worden | Dansende Beren | 05/07/2025 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2025 | Pinkpop 2025 (Festivaldag 3): De revival is daar! | Dansende Beren | 23/06/2025 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2025 | 6 hoogtepunten van de zondag op Pinkpop 2025 | Festileaks | 23/06/2025 | 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, August 2026 · Pukkelpop
- ▲Friday, July 2025 · Rock Werchter
- ▲Sunday, June 2025 · Pinkpop
- ●01/11/2024 · The Max, Amsterdam
- ●31/10/2024 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●21/10/2023 · Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam
9 earlier dates
- ●09/07/2023 · Klein Strand, Ostend
- ●22/04/2023 · Vooruit, Ghent
- ●08/11/2017 · Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
- ●18/10/2017 · De Bajes, Amsterdam
- ●02/09/2017 · Middenvijver, Antwerp
- ●21/04/2017 · Bloody Louis, Sint Gillis / Saint-Gilles
- ●04/06/2016 · Gaasperpark, Amsterdam
- ●15/05/2016 · Kelchterhoef, Houthalen
- ●08/08/2015 · Aquabest, Best
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MNM | Belgium | Test My Luck 55 · All My Life 14 · Substitution 8 · Beat Of Your Heart 5 · TEST MY LUCK 5 |
| NPO 3FM | Netherlands | Substitution 2 · Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 1 |
| Qmusic | Belgium | Beat Of Your Heart 332 · Substitution 279 · In The Dark 160 · Hypnotized 132 · Test My Luck 8 |
| Qmusic NL | Netherlands | In The Dark 27 · Substitution 25 · Hypnotized 9 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | All My Life 84 · Hypnotized 65 · Fireworks 64 · Substitution 60 · Something On My Mind 38 |
| 1LIVE | Germany | All My Life 2 · Beat Of Your Heart 1 · Hypnotized 1 |
| DR P3 | Denmark | Fireworks 2 · Something On My Mind (Solomun Remix) 1 |
| FM4 | Oostenrijk | Devil In Me 2 |
| KEXP | United States | Soul So Sweet 4 · Supernature MMXXV 3 · Summer Lovin' 1 |
| delta radio | Germany | Substitution 1 |