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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 […]

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 […]

French music industry grows 5.4% in 2019

01/03/2020

French music industry grows 5.4% in 2019 with streaming now making up 59% of sales according to a recent report by SNEP, the French music industry association. After 3 years of modest growth an 18.5% increase in streaming subscriptions helped the industry grow to €772 million in 2019. The number of subscriptions increased significantly (+1.7 million) and crossed the 10% mark for the first time in 2019. Helped by family subscription offers, 9.4 million French people […]

France mainly buys French music

11/01/2020

France mainly buys French music with 19 out of the 20 best selling albums in 2019 being by local artists and in French according to SNEP the French recorded music industry association. Local talent makes up 80% of the Top 200 albums produced in 2019 with 46 ‘young talents’ having a first album in the Top 200 making up almost a quarter of all sales in the year. Urban music (rap, hip hop, R&B) proved […]

France recorded music first half of 2019 results

French record industry grows 12.7% in first half of 2019

30/07/2019

French record industry grows 12.7% in first half of 2019 with 80% of the Top 200 albums made locally in France according to a recent report by SNEP, the French music industry association. Local music production and the growth of streaming were the key drivers in this good performance. The success of French artists, who had 18 of the 20 best sales in the first 6 months of the year, contributed to the continuing strong […]

Streaming is France’s main source of recorded music

22/03/2019

Streaming is France’s main source of recorded music with nearly 1 in 2 music consumers (46%) using a streaming service. Of these streaming music fans, 5.5 million now have a paid subscription according to figures released by SNEP, the French recorded music industry association. The French recorded music market grew for the 3rd consecutive year with a modest growth of 1.8% over the previous year. Digital sales generated 57% of revenue exceeding that of physical sales […]