Artist · chart history
Balthazar
Band Kortrijk Belgium Formed 2004 Belgian indie pop band
Balthazar formed in 2004 in Kortrijk, Belgium. Balthazar has 9 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2007–2015. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Bunker”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #3. The station that charted Balthazar most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 9 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2015.
Balthazar formed in Kortrijk in 2004 around a two-headed front line: Maarten Devoldere and Jinte Deprez both sing lead and play guitar, and the push and pull between their voices is the band's secret weapon. Patricia Vanneste added violin, keyboards and backing vocals, and the rhythm section took a few years to settle, with Simon Casier arriving on bass in 2007 and Michiel Balcaen taking over the drums in 2014. When Vanneste left in 2018, Tijs Delbeke stepped in on violin. They all hail from around Kortrijk and Ghent in Flanders.
The sound is indie pop dressed for a smoky late night: loping grooves, sly, crooning harmonies and strings that sidle in rather than swell. Applause arrived in 2010, Rats, with "Do Not Claim Them Anymore" and "Sinking Ship", in 2012, and Thin Walls in 2015, with Munich Records as their label. That last one is the most self-assured of the three, with "Bunker", "Then What" and "Night Club" sounding like a band that knows exactly how much restraint it takes to make a room lean in.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Balthazar on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bunker | 1 | #3 | – | 2015 | |
| 2 | Then What | 1 | #10 | – | 2015 | |
| 3 | Do Not Claim Them Anymore | 1 | #11 | – | 2013 | |
| 4 | This Is a Flirt | 1 | #16 | – | 2007 | |
| 5 | Leipzig | 1 | #16 | – | 2014 | |
| 6 | I'll stay here | 1 | #18 | – | 2010 | |
| 7 | Sinking Ship | 1 | #22 | – | 2013 | |
| 8 | Night Club | 1 | #30 | – | 2015 | |
| 9 | Bathroom lovin' situations | 1 | #33 | – | 2008 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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