For the second year in a row, rapper Werenoi becomes last year’s album sales champion in France. It thus ranks ahead of PLK and Indochina.
The podium for album sales in France in 2024 is dominated for the second consecutive year by the Ile-de-France rapper Werenoi, ahead of PLK and Indochina, the National Phonographic Publishing Union announced on Thursday. “With 18 of the 20 best album sales in 2024, the public favors the projects of artists produced in France – and singing in French – all generations and all musical styles combined, with a special mention for rap which dominates the top of this ranking “, summarized Snep in a press release.
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“Carré”, an opus awarded a Flame in April
Werenoi, rapper from Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis), confirms his dazzling success at the head of this Top albums, carried by “Pyramide 2” but also “Carré”, an opus rewarded in April with a Flame. PLK, another French rapper with Polish origins, takes second place thanks to “Chambre 140”, a dense mixtape in three parts. The third step goes to Indochina. The pop rock group led by Nicola Sirkis is back strong with its double album “Babel Babel”, which it will tour on at the end of January.
The Marseille UFO Jul includes eight projects, as in 2023, in this annual ranking, but does not rise higher than 10th place, while it reached 6th position a year earlier. Also note the supremacy of pianist Sofiane Pamart, who dominates the podium of Top Classique, one of the Snep rankings by musical genre.
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On the streaming side, 138 billion streams were recorded last year (+14%), notably thanks to “bangers”, these songs that make you want to move: “Spider” by the duo Gims-Dystinct, “Petit Génie” by Jungeli with his troupe and “Imagine” by the revelation Carbonne.
Female artists underrepresented at the top of the rankings
Female artists remain underrepresented at the top of the rankings, despite the performances of Billie Eilish (4th), Zaho de Sagazan (6th) and superstar Taylor Swift (9th). In the Top 200, a broader picture of the musical landscape, “41 projects are female, or a little more than one album in five”, noted Snep, seeing an “encouraging development” calling for “to be strengthened”.
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The Top Albums combines physical sales of CDs and vinyls, downloads and streaming streams converted into sales equivalent. In March, Snep will reveal the results of the French recorded music market, whose turnover amounted to 968 million euros in 2023.
