Stromae, Coldplay, Eminem, Imagine Dragons are among the top artists most listened to on the Spotify streaming platform in France… in 2014. Only one French-speaking artist and three international artists. Since then, the tastes of the leader in paid streaming have changed a lot. “In ten years, listening has evolved a lot. French and French-speaking artists are increasingly dominating,” explains Antoine Monin, Managing Director of Spotify France & Benelux.
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In France, paid streaming is adopted by less than 20% of the population (12 million subscriptions, or a penetration rate of 16% in 2023, according to the National Union of Phonographic Edition), less than in the Kingdom -United and only in Northern Europe. His audience? Mainly young people who listen to a lot of rap. The 2024 top, called “Wrapped”, from Spotify, like “DeezerYear”, illustrates this taste for this musical genre.
This year, for the fourth time in a row, Marseillais Jul, who has released two albums, the third being expected on December 6, is once again at the top of the ranking. Tickets for his concert at the Stade de France and the Vélodrome in April 2025 sold out in just a few minutes. French is starting to export well to our neighbors, Germany, Italy and Spain. Second in the Spotify top, Seine-et-Marne rapper Werenoi, who released two albums this year. Next are Ninho, PLK and Tiakola. At Deezer, Ninho is second, followed by PLK, Gazo and Werenoi.
-“Petit Génie” and “Imagine” prance at the top of the streaming rankings
Only men and only rappers… At Spotify, we therefore highlight female artists in another ranking called “Equal”. The most listened to in France remains the “queen” Aya Nakamura, whose performance with the Republican Guards marked the opening ceremony of Paris 2024. The five French singers who are best exported are Yseult, Aya Nakamura, Zaz, Vitaa and Louane. As for international artists, there are only two between the 10e et 20e place in the Spotify France ranking: Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish.
For the most streamed albums in France, all platforms combined, we find Room 140 of PLK and Pyramid from Werenoi. In the middle of this ocean of rap, French-speaking pop is increasingly rearing its ugly head. The duet “Ma Meilleure Enneme” between Stromae and Pomme thus became the most streamed French-language song over twenty-four hours (5.9 million streams on Spotify, reaching 8th place worldwide, more than 5 million views in three days on YouTube), dethroning PNL (“Au DD”, 1.8 million plays on Spotify).
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The titles most listened to in streaming by the French are “Petit Génie” (Jungeli), “Imagine” (Carbone), “Spider” (Gims), “Beautiful Things” (Benson Boone) and “Ce qu’on été” ( Pierre Garnier, winner last year of Star Academy).
Finally, the ranking of audio podcasts on Spotify remains dominated by Six-seater sofa by Léna Situations, followed by Legend by Guillaume Pley, Today's News: Hugo Decrypts, Criminal Chronicles et World Time.
