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 2022, Pukkelpop 2024
- Active since
- 2020
- Albums
- Black Classical Music 2023
- What Kinda Music 2020
- Concerts per year
- 2026 6
- 2025 11
- 2024 33
- 2023 33
- 2022 24
- 2021 7
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 5,264 times in a collection
- 5,091 on a wishlist
- 6 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Love Is The Message (Live At Abbey Road Studios) 2018 · 491
- What Kinda Music 2020 · 560
- Duality 2020 · 331
- Black Classical Music 2023 · 3.702
- Live From The Greenhouse 2025 · 172
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
FluxFM 2 0,5 per week VRT Radio 1 1 0,2 per week Since we track the stationKEXP 103 0,7 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 59 0,5 per week since Oct 2024 BBC Radio 1 22 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 FluxFM 2 0,4 per week since Oct 2026 Studio Brussel 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 VRT Radio 1 1 0,1 per week since Sep 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Classical Music | 2023 | #73 (1 wk) | – | – | 3.702 |
| What Kinda Music | 2020 | #25 (3 wk) | #57 (1 wk) | – | 560 |
Discogs: 5,264 times in a collection. 5,091 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Yussef Dayes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2022 | – | D | 110 / 137 | 100 | – | – | – | Wikipedia, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
| Pukkelpop 2024 | 16 | C | 33 / 108 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 14 | Wikipedia, search volume, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2022 | Pukkelpop 2022 (Festivaldag 2): Wispelturige mengelmoes | Dansende Beren | 20/08/2022 | 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
- ▲August 2024 · Pukkelpop
- ▲Friday, August 2022 · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| VRT Radio 1 | Belgium | Nightrider 1 |
| FluxFM | Germany | Nightrider 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Lotus 9 · Istanbul 4 · Birds of Paradise 2 · Black Classical Music 2 · What Kinda Music 2 |