Based on figures from SNEP and the Official Charts Company institute, the Top Albums communicated by Purecharts compiles physical sales, downloads and sales equivalents linked to performances on streaming platforms, including the back catalog (albums more than 3 years old). ‘seniority).
Werenoi, PLK and Indochina. This is the leading trio of best album sales in France in 2024. However, none of these three artists takes the lead in the first Top Albums of 2025 since it is… Gims! For the first time since its release in September, his mixtape “The North Remembers”, containing his hits “Spider” and “Sois pas tim”, is number one in sales with 7,900 units sold, solely thanks to streaming and downloading. That’s six places gained, but a drop of 6%. Gazo is also recovering: he goes from eighth to second in the ranking, with 6,600 copies ripped out of his latest project “Apocalypse” (-18%). Down two notches, Jul completes the podium with his latest opus “Unstoppable”, acclaimed 6,200 times (-54%). The Christmas holiday season having passed, rap albums, mainly popular in streaming, are regaining the advantage.
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Indochine and Clara Luciani leave the top 10 after Christmas
Thus, SCH remains fourth with “JVLIVS III: Ad Finem”, adding 5,500 purchases to its counter (-41%). For its part, the K-pop group Stray Kids gained five places and is positioned fifth with the mixtape “Hop”, which attracted 5,300 fans (-31%). Billie Eilish returns to the top 10. Best international seller of 2024 in France, “Hit Me Hard and Soft” explodes 10 places and settles in sixth with 4,700 units (-24%). Ditto for Ninho and Niska, up 11 steps with “GOAT”, seventh thanks to 4,600 supporters (-16%). Behind, Christmas bestsellers show a decline. If Pierre Garnier only slips one place (“Every second” is eighth with 4,600 sales, -43%), Linkin Park and Julien Doré have more difficulty: ninth, the rock group slips three places with “From Zero” (4,400 checkouts, -48%), while the French singer moves from second to 10th with “Imposteur “, credited with 4,400 sales, down 66%.
In the same logic, Indochina also leaves the top 10: the double album “Babel Babel” is only 15th with 3,700 sales, a drop of 12 places and 71%. Also impacted, Clara Luciani lost 17 ranks: “My blood” attracted 2,700 music lovers in 23rd place (-69%). No new entry is also to be notified in the ranking; only a few best-ofs like those of Johnny Hallyday, Charles Aznavour or ABBA are back in the top this week.
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