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 2016
- Active since
- 2007
- Albums
- AMEN 2023
- Sons 2019
- Hurt & The Merciless 2016
- The Glorious Dead 2012
Stature
- Biggest own venue
- Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ±1.500 plaatsen
- 2023 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
egoFM 3 0,7 per week Radio Nova 1 0,2 per week KINK 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 34 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 KINK 21 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 egoFM 3 0,6 per week since Oct 2026 Radio Nova 1 0,2 per week since Oct 2026 NPO 3FM 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMEN | 2023 | – | – | – |
| Sons | 2019 | – | – | – |
| Hurt & The Merciless | 2016 | #132 (2 wk) | – | – |
| The Glorious Dead | 2012 | – | – | – |
| The House That Dirt Built | 2009 | – | – | – |
| Great Vengeance & Furious Fire | 2007 | – | – | – |
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 2016 | 20 | B | 18 / 64 | 53 | 17 | – | 25 | 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
- ●12/09/2023 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●31/10/2019 · La Rotonde, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●30/10/2019 · Oude Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●24/05/2019 · De Helling, Utrecht
- ▲Friday, June 2016 · Best Kept Secret
- ●20/05/2016 · Club, Borgerhout
17 earlier dates
- ●12/07/2013 · Parc Astrid de Coronmeuse, Liège
- ●21/05/2013 · People's Place, Amsterdam
- ●05/11/2012 · Oude Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●03/07/2011 · Vismarkt, Mechelen
- ●30/04/2011 · Hunnerpark, Nijmegen
- ●30/04/2011 · Effenaar, Eindhoven
- ●30/09/2010 · Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
- ●14/08/2010 · Donkvijver, Oudenaarde
- ●20/07/2010 · Valkhofpark, Nijmegen
- ●04/06/2010 · Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●27/03/2010 · Luxor Live, Arnhem
- ●26/03/2010 · Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam
- ●25/03/2010 · La Rotonde, Sint-Joost-ten-Noode / Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- ●30/09/2009 · Club, Brussels
- ●29/09/2009 · Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
- ●16/08/2008 · Domein Kiewit, Hasselt
- ●03/12/2007 · Rotown, Rotterdam
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KINK | Netherlands | How You Like Me Now? 2 |
| KEXP | United States | How You Like Me Now? 7 · Short Change Hero 6 · What Makes a Good Man? 2 · Sixteen 1 · Coleen 1 |
| Radio Nova | France | Easier 1 |
| egoFM | Germany | Short Change Hero 1 |