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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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Pukkelpop 2017
- Active since
- 1997
- Albums
- Heartworms 2017
- Fly Like a Home 2013
- Port of Morrow 2012
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
KEXP 4 0,9 per week KINK 3 0,7 per week egoFM 2 0,5 per week Studio Brussel 1 0,2 per week FIP Rock 1 0,2 per week BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0,2 per week Radio X 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 119 0,8 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 111 1,0 per week since Oct 2024 KINK 44 0,3 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 18 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 9 0,1 per week since Dec 2024 NPO 3FM 7 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 egoFM 2 0,4 per week since Oct 2026 FIP Rock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heartworms | 2017 | #60 (5 wk) | #26 (3 wk) | – |
| Fly Like a Home | 2013 | – | – | – |
| Port of Morrow | 2012 | #24 (8 wk) | #20 (5 wk) | – |
| Wincing the Night Away | 2007 | #39 (6 wk) | #27 (7 wk) | – |
| Chutes Too Narrow | 2003 | – | #82 (5 wk) | – |
| Oh, Inverted World | 2001 | – | – | – |
How popular is The Shins compared with other countries?
Smaller in Poland.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2017 | 23 | C | 23 / 119 | 44 | 20 | 26 | 28 | 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
- ▲Friday, August 2017 · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KINK | Netherlands | Phantom Limb 1 · New Slang 1 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Phantom Limb 4 · Wonderful Christmastime 2 · New Slang 2 |
| Willy | Belgium | Phantom Limb 4 · Simple Song 2 · Caring Is Creepy 1 |
| FIP Rock | France | Mildenhall 1 |
| KEXP | United States | New Slang 16 · Sleeping Lessons 8 · Caring Is Creepy 5 · Kissing the Lipless 4 · Sealegs 3 |
| Radio X | United Kingdom | New Slang 1 |
| egoFM | Germany | New Slang 1 |