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France continues to buy mainly French music in 2023

France continues to buy mainly French music with the 10 best selling albums in 2023 being by local artists and in French according to SNEP the French recorded music industry association. 17 of the 20 best album sales in 2023 were produced in France – and singing in French – with all generations and all musical styles combined, but with rap dominating at the top of the charts. 2023 French Recorded Music Highlights In the last 10 […]

Local music tops the album charts again in France
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Local music tops the album charts again in France

Local music tops the album charts again in France with the Top 10 best selling albums of 2022 being sung in French according to figures released by SNEP, the French music industry association. In an analysis of the top 200 albums of 2022: 17 of the top 20 albums are French productions 154 French productions are ranked in the 200 best sellers of 2022 (77%) 32 first albums rank in the TOP 200 – including […]

Local music tops the album charts in France
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Local music tops the album charts in France

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 […]

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95% of Top 20 albums in France are locally produced

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 […]

Top 200 albums in France 2019
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France mainly buys French music

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 […]