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 2016
- Active since
- 2009
- Albums
- Brittle Dream 2022
- Things That Don't Go Right 2020
- Good News 2017
- Nature Fear 2014
- Entropology 2011
Stature
- Biggest own venue
- Cactus Club, Brugge
- ±400 plaatsen
- 2023 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
Willy 26 6,1 per week Studio Brussel 7 1,6 per week VRT Radio 1 2 0,5 per week Since we track the stationWilly 575 5,7 per week since Dec 2024 Studio Brussel 192 1,2 per week since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 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, and gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brittle Dream | 2022 | #106 (2 wk) | – | – |
| Things That Don't Go Right | 2020 | #16 (12 wk) | – | – |
| Good News | 2017 | #6 (12 wk) | – | – |
| Nature Fear | 2014 | #12 (24 wk) | – | – |
| Entropology | 2011 | #10 (45 wk) | #98 (1 wk) | – |
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 2016 | 17 | C | 54 / 154 | 11 | 15 | 20 | – | Wikipedia, charts, stature |
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
- ●10/03/2023 · Cactus Club, Brugge
- ▲Wednesday, August 2016 · 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 | The World Is Gonna End Tonight 42 · New Kids In Town 42 · Trophy Wall 1 · Thunder & Lightning 1 |
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Whisper On The Wind 1 · The World Is Gonna End Tonight 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | Warpaint 89 · New Kids In Town 84 · Trophy Wall 57 · Close 53 · Never Mind The Feeling 40 |