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The rankings for album sales, downloads and radio broadcasts in France in 2024 were published this Thursday morning. Rap largely dominates the rankings. Who were the most popular artists last year?
The results of the musical year 2024 were unveiled this Thursday morning by the National Union of Phonographic Edition (SNEP) and it gives pride of place to French artists. The Top Albums 2024 includes 18 French artists in the first 20 places, all generations and all musical styles combined, with a predominance for rap.
The artist who sold the most albums is the rapper Werenoi with “Pyramide 2”. The artist from Montreuil in Seine-Saint-Denis has enjoyed dazzling success. Rapper PLK takes second place thanks to “Chambre 140”. The third step goes to Indochina. The pop rock group led by Nicola Sirkis is back in force with its double album “Babel Babel” which it will defend on tour from the end of January.
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The Top 5 is completed by the albums of Billie Eilish and Zaho de Sagazan. Note the performance of Marseille rapper Jul who ranked 8 albums in the best sales during the year 2024. The Top Albums combines physical sales of CDs and vinyls, downloads and streaming listening converted into sales equivalent .
-138 billion listens were recorded in 2024, up 14% year-on-year. The Top Streaming 2024 is dominated by pieces that move. The Gims-Dystinct duo is in the lead with “Spider”, second place goes to Jungeli with “Petit Génie”, third to the revelation Carbonne with “Imagine”.
French artists stand out in specialized rankings. The Top Classique 2024 is dominated by three albums by pianist Sofiane Pamart: “Noche”, “Planet” and “Letter”. For its part, the Top Jazz 2024 podium is made up of Nina Simone with “The very best of Nina Simone”, the Arthur Teboul-Baptiste Trotignon duo with “Piano voix” and a second album by Nina Simone: “Best of Nina Simone.
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Regarding the songs most played on the radio in France in 2024, four of the ten most heard artists are women. The American Sabrina Carpenter is in the lead with “Espresso” closely followed by the British Dua Lipa and “Training season” and the American Teddy Swims with “Lose control”. Note the good places of two artists from TV programs: Joseph Kamel in 5th place and Pierre Garnier in 10th place.
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In March, Snep will reveal the results of the French recorded music market, whose turnover amounted to 968 million euros in 2023.
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