France Archives

Deezer releases #MyDeezerYear 2022

01/12/2022

Deezer releases #MyDeezerYear 2022, the personalized yearly musical review for Deezer users, is back along with insights about top tracks, hours listened and favourite artists. The streamer is also rewarding superfans in its biggest markets for streaming their favourite artist more than anyone else in 2022 – a lucky few will find a golden ticket in the app, granting access to a concert with their idol, including superstars like Stromae, Billie Eilish and Harry Styles. […]

Local music tops the album charts in France

09/01/2022

Local music tops the album charts in France with 18 of 20 the best selling albums of 2021 being sung in French according to figures released by SNEP, the French music industry association. In an analysis of the top 200 albums of 2021: 18 of the top 20 albums are French productions 165 French productions are ranked in the 200 best sales in 2021 i.e. 83% compared to 80% in 2020 French productions also feature […]

83% of French album sales are locally produced

30/07/2021

83% of French album sales are locally produced with 166 French productions out of the 200 best-selling albums in the first half of 2021 according to SNEP, the French music industry association. Topping the list was Les Enfoirés with 350,000 album sales followed by SCH and Damso. Young talent figured prominently alongside established artists with 31 young artists achieving a first album in the Top 200, 26 of which were produced in France. This pattern was also reflected […]

People turned to streaming for entertainment in 2020

20/03/2021

People turned to streaming for entertainment in 2020 as they sought out entertainment and distraction during the global pandemic. YouGov conducted a global study tracking the impact of the pandemic on consumer behaviours in 17 countries around the world. YouGov’s International Media Consumption Report 2021 examines the changes in how frequently people consumed media, including how our listening habits have shifted. Among people in the US and UK there was an acceleration of active listening (music streaming […]

Radio Sing Sing

21/02/2021

Radio Sing Sing is a French community internet radio station in Saint Malo, Brittany offering a range of streams ranging from MP3, AAC, AAC+, Opus, Ogg and two CD Quality Lossless FLAC streams, one with metadata and one without. According to the station: “From its creation in 2001, Sing Sing’s vocation was to introduce new talents through concerts, broadcast live, and that in exceptional places… the Cancalaise beaches, Saint Suliac on the banks of the […]

95% of Top 20 albums in France are locally produced

20/01/2021

95% of Top 20 albums in France are locally produced for the 3rd year in a row in 2020 and all sung in French according to SNEP, the French music industry association. Despite the unusual circumstances caused by the pandemic, there was a continued appetite for locally produced music with 80% of the Top 200 albums being produced in France (same as 2019). This continues a trend over the past 6 years where 17 to […]

Physical sales suffer during pandemic in France

02/11/2020

Physical sales suffer during pandemic in France declining by 36.8% largely offset by a 17.7% increase in streaming to give an overall rise of 0.4% in the first half of 2020 according to SNEP, the French recorded music industry association. The French music industry had a turnover of €279 million during the period and this slowdown in growth follows 3 consecutive years of growth. In common with other countries there has been a marked shift […]