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 2017
- Active since
- 2013
- Albums
- RTJ4 2020
- Run the Jewels 3 2016
- Run the Jewels 2 2014
- Run the Jewels 2013
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
KEXP 2 0,5 per week NPO 3FM 1 0,2 per week FM4 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 86 0,5 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 76 0,7 per week since Oct 2024 NPO 3FM 4 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 3 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 FM4 1 0,2 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, and gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTJ4 | 2020 | #18 (5 wk) | #25 (2 wk) | – |
| Run the Jewels 3 | 2016 | – | – | – |
| Run the Jewels 2 | 2014 | – | – | – |
| Run the Jewels | 2013 | – | – | – |
Other albums in the charts or with gold or platinum (live, compilations, reissues):
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2017 | #141 (2 wk) | – | – |
| 3 | 2017 | #32 (17 wk) | #49 (1 wk) | – |
How popular is Run The Jewels 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 2017 | 17 | B | 11 / 53 | 40 | 13 | – | 23 | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2017 | Best of Best Kept Secret 2017 Dag 1 | Dansende Beren | 19/06/2017 | 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
- ●07/11/2017 · Ronda, Utrecht
- ●06/11/2017 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●05/11/2017 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ▲Friday, June 2017 · Best Kept Secret
- ●06/04/2017 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●05/04/2017 · The Max, Amsterdam
2 earlier dates
- ●04/07/2015 · Spoorzone, Tilburg
- ●20/12/2014 · Pandora, Utrecht
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 | Ooh LA LA 1 |
| FM4 | Oostenrijk | Nobody Speak 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Ooh LA LA 12 · Nobody Speak 5 · Close Your Eyes 4 · JU$T 4 · Early 2 |